TY - JOUR
T1 - What can we learn from neutrino electron scattering?
AU - De Gouvêa, André
AU - Jenkins, James
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PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Precision tests of the standard model are essential for constraining models of new physics. Neutrino-electron elastic scattering offers a clean probe into many electroweak effects that are complimentary to the more canonical measurements done at collider facilities. Such reactions are rare, even as compared with the already tiny cross sections for neutrino-nucleon scattering, and competitive precision measurements have historically been challenging to obtain. Because of new existing and proposed high-flux neutrino sources, this is about to change. We present a topical survey of precision measurements that can be done with neutrino-electron scattering in light of these new developments. Specifically, we consider four distinct neutrino sources: nuclear reactors, neutrino factories, beta beams, and conventional beams. For each source we estimate the expected future precision of several representative observables, including the weak mixing angle, neutrino magnetic moments, and potential leptonic Z′ couplings. We find that future neutrino-electron scattering experiments should add nontrivially to our understanding of fundamental physics.
AB - Precision tests of the standard model are essential for constraining models of new physics. Neutrino-electron elastic scattering offers a clean probe into many electroweak effects that are complimentary to the more canonical measurements done at collider facilities. Such reactions are rare, even as compared with the already tiny cross sections for neutrino-nucleon scattering, and competitive precision measurements have historically been challenging to obtain. Because of new existing and proposed high-flux neutrino sources, this is about to change. We present a topical survey of precision measurements that can be done with neutrino-electron scattering in light of these new developments. Specifically, we consider four distinct neutrino sources: nuclear reactors, neutrino factories, beta beams, and conventional beams. For each source we estimate the expected future precision of several representative observables, including the weak mixing angle, neutrino magnetic moments, and potential leptonic Z′ couplings. We find that future neutrino-electron scattering experiments should add nontrivially to our understanding of fundamental physics.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.033004
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.033004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746887360
VL - 74
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
SN - 1550-7998
IS - 3
M1 - 033004
ER -