{"paper":{"title":"First Search for Dark Sector $e^+e^-$ Explanations of the MiniBooNE Anomaly at MicroBooNE","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"hep-ex","authors_text":"A. Ashkenazi, A. Barnard, A. Bhat, A. Blake, A. Chappell, A. Ereditato, A. F. Moor, A. Hussain, A. J. White, A. Mastbaum, A. Mogan, A. M. Szelc, A. Navrer-Agasson, A. Papadopoulou, A. P. Furmanski, A. Rafique, A. Schukraft, A. Trettin, B. Baller, B. Bogart, B. Eberly, B. Irwin, B. R. Littlejohn, B. T. Fleming, B. Viren, C. D. Moore, C. Fang, C. Hilgenberg, C. James, C. Mariani, C. Nguyen, C. Thorpe, C. Zhang, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, D. Andrade Aldana, D. Barrow, D. Caratelli, D. Franco, D. Garcia-Gamez, D. Kalra, D. Massaro, D. Naples, D. Torbunov, D. Totani, D. W. Schmitz, E. Gramellini, E. L. Snider, E. Piasetzky, E. Yandel, F. Cavanna, F. Gao, G. A. Horton-Smith, G. Barr, G. Cerati, G. Ge, G. Karagiorgi, G. P. Zeller, H. B. Parkinson, H. Greenlee, H. Wei, H. W. Yu, I. Mawby, I. Pophale, I. Safa, J. Asaadi, J. Barrow, J. Bateman, J. H. Jo, J. Hoefken Zink, J. I. Crespo-Anadon, J. J. Evans, J. L. Raaf, J. Marshall, J. M. Conrad, J. Mendez, J. Micallef, J. Nowak, J. Rodriguez Rondon, J. Shi, J. Spitz, J. St. John, J. Tyler, J. Wang, J. Y. Li, J. Zennamo, K. Duffy, K. Lin, K. Pletcher, K. Terao, K. Wresilo, L. Arellano, L. Camilleri, L. Cooper-Troendle, L. E. Yates, L. Gu, L. Hagaman, L. Liu, L. Mellet, L. Mora Lepin, M. A. Uchida, M. B. Brunetti, M. Bhattacharya, M. Bishai, M. Convery, M. Del Tutto, M. D. Handley, M. Hostert, M. H. Shaevitz, MicroBooNE Collaboration: A. M. Abdullahi, M. Kirby, M. M. Moudgalya, M. Mooney, M. Nebot-Guinot, M. Reggiani-Guzzo, M. Rosenberg, M. Ross-Lonergan, M. S. Ismail, M. Soderberg, M. Stancari, M. Toups, M. Weber, N. Lane, N. Martinez, N. McConkey, N. Nayak, N. Oza, N. Pallat, N. Patel, N. Taniuchi, O. Benevides Rodrigues, O. Hen, O. Palamara, P. Abratenko, P. Detje, P. Englezos, P. Green, P. Guzowski, R. A. Johnson, R. Cross, R. Diurba, R. Guenette, R. Sharankova, S. Balasubramanian, S. Berkman, S. Dytman, S. F. Pate, S. Gardiner, S. Gollapinni, S. Martynenko, S. Mulleriababu, S. Pascoli, S. R. Dennis, S. Soldner-Rembold, S. Wolbers, T. Bolton, T. Kobilarcik, T. Mahmud, T. Mohayai, T. Strauss, T. Usher, T. Wongjirad, T. Yang, V. Basque, V. Paolone, V. Papavassiliou, V. Radeka, W. C. Louis, W. Foreman, W. Gu, W. Ketchum, W. Seligman, W. Wu, X. Ji, X. Luo, X. Qian, Y. Chen, Y. Li, Y. T. Tsai, Z. Djurcic, Z. Pavlovic","submitted_at":"2025-02-15T20:38:03Z","abstract_excerpt":"We present MicroBooNE's first search for dark sector $e^+e^-$ explanations of the long-standing MiniBooNE anomaly. The MiniBooNE anomaly has garnered significant attention over the past 20 years including previous MicroBooNE investigations into both anomalous electron and photon excesses, but its origin still remains unclear. In this letter, we provide the first direct test of dark sector models in which dark neutrinos, produced through neutrino-induced scattering, decay into missing energy and visible $e^+e^-$ pairs comprising the MiniBooNE anomaly. Many such models have recently gained tract"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2502.10900","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/2502.10900/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}