MicroBooNE is an 85-tonne active mass liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) located at Fermilab and is part of the Short Baseline Neutrino program. It has excellent calorimetric, spatial and energy resolution and is exposed to two neutrino beams, making it powerful neutrino detector. However, MicroBooNE physics reach doesn’t end with neutrinos. Its technology also makes it an excellent tool for Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics. The experiment has a rich BSM physics program including searches for dark matter candidates or particles related to the origin of neutrino masses. Recently, MicroBooNE has published searches for heavy neutral leptons as well as Higgs portal scalars from Kaon decays. In addition, MicroBooNE has been developing tools for future rare events searches in the upcoming Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). In this seminar, I will explore MicroBooNE’s capabilities for BSM physics and highlight recent BSM results as well as some of the ongoing studies.
