Neutron activation resolves the 71Ge M-shell X-ray line at 158.7 eVee in a CONUS+ germanium detector, reducing CEvNS signal prediction uncertainty below 4%.
Probing the Solar $^8$B Neutrino Fog with XENONnT
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We report a 3.3 $\sigma$ measurement of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering from solar $^8$B neutrinos using a 6.77 t$\times$yr exposure from the XENONnT experiment, inferring a solar $^8$B neutrino flux of $(5_{-2}^{+3})\times 10^6\,\mathrm{cm}^{-2}\mathrm{s}^{-1}$, consistent with previous measurements. In the presence of the $^8$B "neutrino fog", we find no evidence for light dark matter, and observe diminishing returns in sensitivity with increasing exposure. A 93% increase in exposure from the previous search improves the median sensitivity to 5 GeV/$c^2$ weakly interacting massive particles-nucleon cross section by 10%. The dataset was also used to measure the weak mixing angle at $\sim$ 0.02 GeV/$c$ momentum transfer and constrain physics beyond the Standard Model.
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Sub-keV energy calibration of CONUS+ via 71Ge M-shell neutron activation
Neutron activation resolves the 71Ge M-shell X-ray line at 158.7 eVee in a CONUS+ germanium detector, reducing CEvNS signal prediction uncertainty below 4%.