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The $\nu$-cleus experiment: A gram-scale fiducial-volume cryogenic detector for the first detection of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering

We discuss a small-scale experiment, called $\nu$-cleus, for the first detection of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering by probing nuclear-recoil energies down to the 10 eV-regime. The detector consists of low-threshold CaWO$_4$ and…

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Direct observation of coherent elastic antineutrino-nucleus scattering

Neutrinos are elementary particles that interact only very weakly with matter. Neutrino experiments are, therefore, usually big, with masses in the multi-tonne range. The thresholdless interaction of coherent elastic scattering of neutrinos…

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Probing neutrino transition magnetic moments with coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering

We explore the potential of current and next generation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) experiments in probing neutrino electromagnetic interactions. On the basis of a thorough statistical analysis, we determine…

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Impact of form factor uncertainties on interpretations of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering data

The standard model coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) cross section is subject to nuclear form factor uncertainties, mainly driven by the root-mean-square radius of the neutron density distribution. Motivated by…

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Neutron capture-induced nuclear recoils as background for CE$\nu$NS~measurements at reactors

Nuclear reactors represent a promising neutrino source for CE$\nu$NS (coherent-elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering) searches. However, reactor sites also come with high ambient neutron flux. Neutron capture-induced nuclear recoils can…

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Searching for Axial Neutral Current Non-Standard Interactions of neutrinos by DUNE-like experiments

The increasingly precise neutrino experiments raise the hope for searching for new physics through studying the impact of Neutral Current (NC) Non-Standard Interactions (NSI) of neutrinos with matter fields. Neutrino oscillation experiments…

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The COHERENT Experiment: 2026 Update

The COHERENT experiment measures neutrino-induced recoils from coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) with multiple nuclear targets at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA.…

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Searches for Light Dark Matter and Evidence of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering of Solar Neutrinos with the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

We present searches for light dark matter (DM) with masses 3-9 GeV/$c^2$ in the presence of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) from $^{8}$B solar neutrinos with the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment. This analysis uses a 5.7…

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Accelerator and reactor complementarity in coherent neutrino scattering

We study the complementarity between accelerator and reactor coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering (CE$\nu$NS) experiments for constraining new physics in the form of non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI). Firstly,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-02-14 James B. Dent , Bhaskar Dutta , Shu Liao , Jayden L. Newstead , Louis E. Strigari , Joel W. Walker

Coherent Neutrino Scattering in Dark Matter Detectors

Coherent elastic neutrino- and WIMP-nucleus interaction signatures are expected to be quite similar. This paper discusses how a next generation ton-scale dark matter detector could discover neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering, a…

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Fundamental Nuclear and Particle Physics At Neutron Sources

Fundamental neutron and neutrino physics at neutron sources, combining precision measurements and theory, can probe new physics at energy scales well beyond the highest energies probed by the LHC and possible future high energy collider…

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Sensitivity study of a sapphire detector using Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering process

The Indian Coherent Neutrino-nucleus Scattering Experiment(ICNSE) has been proposed at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in India to measure the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering process using electron antineutrinos produced from…

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Analytical and Machine Learning Methods for Model Discernment at CE$\nu$NS Experiments

Neutrino experiments are often limited by low statistics, sizable systematic uncertainties, and coarse observable binning, which can hinder discrimination among competing beyond-the-Standard-Model (BSM) explanations of anomalous signals. In…

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Muon-Decay Parameters from COHERENT

We demonstrate that measurements of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CE$\nu$NS) at spallation sources are valuable probes of muon-decay physics. Using COHERENT data we derive the first direct constraint on the Michel parameters…

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Sensitivity of the COHERENT Experiment to Accelerator-Produced Dark Matter

The COHERENT experiment is well poised to test sub-GeV dark matter models using low-energy recoil detectors sensitive to coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) in the $\pi$-DAR neutrino beam produced by the Spallation Neutron…

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Tensor interaction in coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering

Neutrino tensor interactions have gained prominence in the study of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) recently. We perform a systematical examination of the nuclear effect, which plays a crucial role in evaluating the…

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When backgrounds become signals: neutrino interactions in xenon-based dark matter detectors

Direct detection dark matter experiments have proven to be compelling probes for studying low-energy neutrino interactions with both nuclei and atomic electrons, offering complementary information to accelerator and reactor-based neutrino…

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Online triggers for supernova and pre-supernova neutrino detection with cryogenic detectors

Supernovae (SNe) are among the most energetic events in the universe still far from being fully understood. An early and prompt detection of neutrinos is a one-time opportunity for the realization of the first multi-messenger observation of…

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Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering: EFT analysis and nuclear responses

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