Coherent neutrino scattering with cryogenic semiconductor detectors

A. J. Anderson, J. Conrad, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, J. A. Formaggio, J. Spitz, M. Pyle

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Abstract

Coherent neutrino scattering (CNS) is an unmeasured, well-predicted standard model process observable via low-energy nuclear recoils. The latest generation of dark matter detectors is now achieving the recoil energy thresholds and fiducial masses needed to detect CNS for the first time. We discuss the application of cryogenic phonon-mediated detectors, optimized for low energy thresholds, to the detection of neutrinos from nuclear reactors, decay-at-rest stopped-pion neutrino sources, and megacurie radioactive sources. Research reactors, in particular, offer the most convenient neutrino sources for a first measurement, as envisioned in the Ricochet experiment.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages425-430
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2012
Event47th Rencontres de Moriond on Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories, EW 2012 - La Thuile, Italy
Duration: Mar 3 2012Mar 10 2012

Conference

Conference47th Rencontres de Moriond on Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories, EW 2012
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityLa Thuile
Period3/3/123/10/12

Funding

A.J.A. acknowledges partial support from the US Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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