Cryogenic pure CsI converts the suppression of nuclear recoil ionization into a selective probe for neutrino-electron scattering, enabling better constraints on neutrino electromagnetic couplings at reactor sites.
Coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering detection with a CsI[Na] scintillator at the SNS spallation source
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We study the possibility of using CsI[Na] scintillators as an advantageous target for the detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENNS), using the neutrino emissions from the SNS spallation source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The response of this material to low-energy nuclear recoils like those expected from this process is characterized. Backgrounds are studied using a 2 kg low-background prototype crystal in a dedicated radiation shield. The conclusion is that a planned 14 kg detector should measure approximately 550 CENNS events per year above a demonstrated $\sim7$ keVnr low-energy threshold, with a signal-to-background ratio sufficient for a first measurement of the CENNS cross-section. The cross-section for the $^{208}$Pb($\nu_{e},e^{-}$)$^{208}$Bi reaction, of interest for future supernova neutrino detection, can be simultaneously obtained.
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High-statistics CEνNS measurements at J-PARC are feasible with significant sensitivity to relevant particle physics scenarios using currently funded detectors.
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Cryogenic pure CsI as a probe for neutrino electromagnetic interactions
Cryogenic pure CsI converts the suppression of nuclear recoil ionization into a selective probe for neutrino-electron scattering, enabling better constraints on neutrino electromagnetic couplings at reactor sites.
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Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
High-statistics CEνNS measurements at J-PARC are feasible with significant sensitivity to relevant particle physics scenarios using currently funded detectors.