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The cumulative (anti)neutrino production from all core-collapse supernovae within our cosmic horizon gives rise to the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB), which is on the verge of detectability. The observed flux depends on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-26 Amy Lien , Brian D. Fields , John F. Beacom

If dark matter self-annihilates into neutrinos or a second component of ("boosted") dark matter that is nucleophilic, the annihilation products may be detected with high rates via coherent nuclear scattering. A future multi-ten-tonne liquid…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-22 David McKeen , Nirmal Raj

The large distances travelled by neutrinos emitted from the Sun and core-collapse supernovae together with the characteristic energy of such neutrinos provide ideal conditions to probe their lifetime, when the decay products evade…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-07 Pablo Martínez-Miravé , Irene Tamborra , Mariam Tórtola

The current supernova detection technique used in IceCube relies on the sudden deviation of the summed photomultiplier noise rate from its nominal value during the neutrino burst, making IceCube a $\approx 3$ Megaton effective detection…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 L. Demiroers , M. Ribordy , M. Salathe

Neutrino-induced recoil events may constitute a background to direct dark matter searches, particularly for those detectors that strive to reach the ton-scale and beyond. This paper discusses the expected neutrino-induced background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Louis E. Strigari

In the first 10 seconds of a core-collapse supernova, almost all of its progenitor's gravitational potential, O(10$^{53}$~ergs), is carried away in the form of neutrinos. These neutrinos, with O(10~MeV) kinetic energy, can interact via…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-07 Dev Ashish Khaitan

RES-NOVA is a new proposed experiment for the investigation of astrophysical neutrino sources with archaeological Pb-based cryogenic detectors. RES-NOVA will exploit Coherent Elastic neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CE$\nu$NS) as detection…

The upcoming Hyper-Kamiokande (HyperK) experiment is expected to detect the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB). This requires to ponder all possible sources of background. Sub-GeV dark matter (DM) which annihilates into neutrinos…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-07-07 Sandra Robles

The Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB) -- a probe of the core-collapse mechanism and the cosmic star-formation history -- has not been detected, but its discovery may be imminent. A significant obstacle for DSNB detection in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-07 Bei Zhou , John F. Beacom

We study the prospects for detection of solar and atmospheric neutrino fluxes at future large-scale dark matter detectors through both electron and nuclear recoils. We specifically examine how the detection prospects change for several…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-31 Yi Zhuang , Louis E. Strigari , Lei Jin , Samiran Sinha

Neutrinos are the second most abundant particles in the universe according to the Standard Model, yet they are the least likely to interact. This feature implies that detecting a neutrino can reveal valuable insights into its source. Among…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-27 Anna M. Suliga

The possibility of observing supernova (SN) neutrinos through the process of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENNS) in future ton scale detectors designed primarily for direct detection of dark matter is investigated. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-02-05 Sovan Chakraborty , Pijushpani Bhattacharjee , Kamales Kar

Building on the technological success of the IceCube neutrino telescope, we outline a prospective low-energy extension that utilizes the clear ice of the South Pole. Aiming at a 10 Mton effective volume and a 10 MeV threshold, the detector…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Sebastian Böser , Marek Kowalski , Lukas Schulte , Nora Linn Strotjohann , Markus Voge

Neutrinos from core-collapse supernovae are essential for the understanding of neutrino physics and stellar evolution. The dual-phase xenon dark matter detectors can provide a way to track explosions of galactic supernovae by detecting…

Supernovae are rare nearby, but they are not rare in the Universe, and all past core-collapse supernovae contributed to the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB), for which the near-term detection prospects are very good. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 John F. Beacom , Louis E. Strigari

We propose the RES-NOVA project which will hunt neutrinos from core-collapse supernovae (SN) via coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) using an array of archaeological lead (Pb) based cryogenic detectors. The high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-03 Luca Pattavina , Nahuel Ferreiro Iachellini , Irene Tamborra

Supernova (SN) neutrinos can excite the nuclei of various detector materials beyond their neutron emission thresholds through charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) interactions. The emitted neutrons, if detected, can be a signal for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-29 Abhijit Bandyopadhyay , Pijushpani Bhattacharjee , Sovan Chakraborty , Kamales Kar , Satyajit Saha

Coherent scattering of solar, atmospheric and diffuse supernovae neutrinos creates an irreducible background for direct dark matter experiments with sensitivities to WIMP-nucleon spin-independent scattering cross-sections of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-10-01 Philipp Grothaus , Malcolm Fairbairn , Jocelyn Monroe

The next Galactic core-collapse supernova (SN) is a highly anticipated observational target for neutrino telescopes. However, even prior to collapse, massive dying stars shine copiously in "pre-supernova" (pre-SN) neutrinos, which can…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-02-21 Nirmal Raj , Volodymyr Takhistov , Samuel J. Witte

A core-collapse supernova will produce an enormous burst of neutrinos of all flavors in the few-tens-of-MeV range. Measurement of the flavor, time and energy structure of a nearby core-collapse neutrino burst will yield answers to many…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-20 Kate Scholberg