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Characterization of the Low Energy Excess using a NUCLEUS $Al_2O_3$ detector

The NUCLEUS experiment aims to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering of reactor antineutrinos using low-threshold, gram-scale cryogenic calorimeters. Similar to other low-threshold experiments, NUCLEUS observes a sharp rise in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-10 H. Abele , G. Angloher , B. Arnold , M. Atzori Corona , A. Bento , E. Bossio , F. Buchsteiner , J. Burkhart , F. Cappella , M. Cappelli , N. Casali , R. Cerulli , A. Cruciani , G. Del Castello , M. del Gallo Roccagiovine , S. Dorer , A. Erhart , M. Friedl , S. Fichtinger , V. M. Ghete , M. Giammei , C. Goupy , J. Hakenmüller , D. Hauff , F. Jeanneau , E. Jericha , M. Kaznacheeva , H. Kluck , A. Langenkämper , T. Lasserre , D. Lhuillier , M. Mancuso , R. Martin , B. Mauri , A. Mazzolari , L. McCallin , H. Neyrial , C. Nones , L. Oberauer , L. Peters , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , F. Pucci , F. Reindl , M. Romagnoni , J. Rothe , N. Schermer , J. Schieck , S. Schönert , C. Schwertner , L. Scola , G. Soum-Sidikov , L. Stodolsky , A. Schröder , R. Strauss , R. Thalmeier , C. Tomei , L. Valla , M. Vignati , M. Vivier , A. Wallach , P. Wasser , A. Wex , L. Wienke

Phenomenological implications of the high-precision COHERENT germanium CE$\nu$NS data

This work presents the first comprehensive phenomenological analysis of the newly released Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CE$\nu$NS) data on germanium, measured by the COHERENT collaboration at the Spallation Neutron Source.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-19 M. Atzori Corona , M. Cadeddu , N. Cargioli , R. Cerulli , G. Co' , F. Dordei , C. Giunti , R. Pavarani

Sterile neutrino search at NEOS Experiment

An experiment to search for light sterile neutrinos was conducted at a reactor with a thermal power of 2.8 GW located at the Hanbit nuclear power complex. The search was done with a detector consisting of a ton of Gd-loaded liquid…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-03-29 Y. J. Ko , B. R. Kim , J. Y. Kim , B. Y. Han , C. H. Jang , E. J. Jeon , K. K. Joo , H. J. Kim , H. S. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Jaison Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , Y. M. Oh , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , K. M. Seo , Kim Siyeon , G. M. Sun

Research Program towards Observation of Neutrino-Nucleus Coherent Scattering

The article describes the research program pursued by the TEXONO Collaboration towards an experiment to observe coherent scattering between neutrinos and the nucleus at the power reactor. The motivations of studying this process are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 Henry T. Wong

New methods of neutrino and anti-neutrino detection from 0.115 to 105 MeV

We have developed a neutrino detector with threshold energies from ~0.115 to 105 MeV in a clean detection mode almost completely void of accidental backgrounds. It was initially developed for the NASA $\nu$SOL project to put a solar…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-11-20 Nickolas Solomey , Mark Christl , Brian Doty , Jonathan Folkerts , Brooks Hartsock , Evgen Kuznetsco , Robert McTaggart , Holger Meyer , Tyler Nolan , Greg Pawloski , Daniel Reichart , Miguel Rodriguez-Otero , Dan Smith , Lisa Solomey

First measurement of low intensity fast neutron background from rock at the Boulby Underground Laboratory

A technique to measure low intensity fast neutron flux has been developed. The design, calibrations, procedure for data analysis and interpretation of the results are discussed in detail. The technique has been applied to measure the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 E. Tziaferi , M. J. Carson , V. A. Kudryavtsev , R. Lerner , P. K. Lightfoot , S. M. Paling , M. Robinson , N. J. C. Spooner

How to measure the reactor neutrino flux below the inverse beta decay threshold with CE$\nu$NS

Most antineutrinos produced in a nuclear reactor have energies below the inverse beta decay threshold, and have not yet been detected. We show that a coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering experiment with an ultra-low energy threshold…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-16 Jiajun Liao , Hongkai Liu , Danny Marfatia

Trigger for the SoLid Reactor Antineutrino Experiment

SoLid, located at SCK-CEN in Mol, Belgium, is a reactor antineutrino experiment at a very short baseline of 5.5 -- 10m aiming at the search for sterile neutrinos and for high precision measurement of the neutrino energy spectrum of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-03 Lukas On Arnold

Environmental sub-MeV neutron measurement at the Gran Sasso surface laboratory with a super-fine-grained nuclear emulsion detector

The measurement of environmental neutrons is particularly important in the search for new physics, such as dark matter particles, because neutrons constitute an often-irreducible background source. The measurement of the neutron energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-01-13 T. Shiraishi , S. Akamatsu , T. Naka , T. Asada , G. De Lellis , V. Tioukov , G. Rosa , R. Kobayashi , N. Ambrosio , A. Alexandrov , O. Sato

COHERENT 2018 at the Spallation Neutron Source

The primary goal of the COHERENT collaboration is to measure and study coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) using the high-power, few-tens-of-MeV, pulsed source of neutrinos provided by the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-04 D. Akimov , J. B. Albert , P. An , C. Awe , P. S. Barbeau , B. Becker , V. Belov , M. A. Blackston , A. Bolozdynya , A. Brown , A. Burenkov , B. Cabrera-Palmer , M. Cervantes , J. I. Collar , R. J. Cooper , R. L. Cooper , J. Daughhetee , D. J. Dean , M. del Valle Coello , J. A. Detwiler , M. D'Onofrio , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , E. Erkela , A. Etenko , L. Fabris , M. Febbraro , N. Fields , W. Fox , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. P. Green , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , E. B. Iverson , M. Kaemingk , L. J. Kaufman , S. R. Klein , A. Khromov , S. Ki , A. Konovalov , A. Kovalenko , A. Kumpan , L. Li , W. Lu , K. Mann , Y. Melikyan , D. M. Markoff , H. Moreno , P. E. Mueller , P. Naumov , J. Newby , D. S. Parno , S. Penttila , G. Perumpilly , D. Radford , R. Rapp , H. Ray , J. Raybern , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , D. Rimal , D. Rudik , D. J. Salvat , K. Scholberg , B. Scholz , G. Sinev , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovtsev , A. Shakirov , B. Suh , R. Tayloe , R. T. Thornton , I. Tolstukhin , J. Vanderwerp , R. L. Varner , C. J. Virtue , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , J. Zettlemoyer

Coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering detection with a CsI[Na] scintillator at the SNS spallation source

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…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-12-04 J. I. Collar , N. E. Fields , E. Fuller , M. Hai , T. W. Hossbach , J. L. Orrell , G. Perumpilly , B. Scholz

Potentialities of a low-energy detector based on $^4$He evaporation to observe atomic effects in coherent neutrino scattering and physics perspectives

We propose an experimental setup to observe coherent elastic neutrino-atom scattering (CE$\nu$AS) using electron antineutrinos from tritium decay and a liquid helium target. In this scattering process with the whole atom, that has not beeen…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-11-06 M. Cadeddu , F. Dordei , C. Giunti , K. A. Kouzakov , E. Picciau , A. I. Studenikin

Pulse shape discrimination for the CONUS experiment in the keV and sub-keV regime

Point-contact p-type high-purity germanium detectors (PPC HPGe) are particularly suited for detection of sub-keV nuclear recoils from coherent elastic scattering of neutrinos or light dark matter particles. While these particles are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-02-12 H. Bonet , A. Bonhomme , C. Buck , K. Fülber , J. Hakenmüller , J. Hempfling , J. Henrichs , G. Heusser , M. Lindner , W. Maneschg , T. Rink , E. Sanchez Garcia , J. Stauber , H. Strecker , R. Wink

Current Status and Future Prospects of the SNO+ Experiment

SNO+ is a large liquid scintillator-based experiment located 2km underground at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada. It reuses the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory detector, consisting of a 12m diameter acrylic vessel which will be filled with about 780…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-08 SNO+ Collaboration , : , S. Andringa , E. Arushanova , S. Asahi , M. Askins , D. J. Auty , A. R. Back , Z. Barnard , N. Barros , E. W. Beier , A. Bialek , S. D. Biller , E. Blucher , R. Bonventre , D. Braid , E. Caden , E. Callaghan , J. Caravaca , J. Carvalho , L. Cavalli , D. Chauhan , M. Chen , O. Chkvorets , K. Clark , B. Cleveland , I. T. Coulter , D. Cressy , X. Dai , C. Darrach , B. Davis-Purcell , R. Deen , M. M. Depatie , F. Descamps , F. Di Lodovico , N. Duhaime , F. Duncan , J. Dunger , E. Falk , N. Fatemighomi , R. Ford , P. Gorel , C. Grant , S. Grullon , E. Guillian , A. L. Hallin , D. Hallman , S. Hans , J. Hartnell , P. Harvey , M. Hedayatipour , W. J. Heintzelman , R. L. Helmer , B. Hreljac , J. Hu , T. Iida , C. M. Jackson , N. A. Jelley , C. Jillings , C. Jones , P. G. Jones , K. Kamdin , T. Kaptanoglu , J. Kaspar , P. Keener , P. Khaghani , L. Kippenbrock , J. R. Klein , R. Knapik , J. N. Kofron , L. L. Kormos , S. Korte , C. Kraus , C. B. Krauss , K. Labe , I. Lam , C. Lan , B. J. Land , S. Langrock , A. LaTorre , I. Lawson , G. M. Lefeuvre , E. J. Leming , J. Lidgard , X. Liu , Y. Liu , V. Lozza , S. Maguire , A. Maio , K. Majumdar , S. Manecki , J. Maneira , E. Marzec , A. Mastbaum , N. McCauley , A. B. McDonald , J. E. McMillan , P. Mekarski , C. Miller , Y. Mohan , E. Mony , M. J. Mottram , V. Novikov , H. M. O'Keeffe , E. O'Sullivan , G. D. Orebi Gann , M. J. Parnell , S. J. M. Peeters , T. Pershing , Z. Petriw , G. Prior , J. C. Prouty , S. Quirk , A. Reichold , A. Robertson , J. Rose , R. Rosero , P. M. Rost , J. Rumleskie , M. A. Schumaker , M. H. Schwendener , D. Scislowski , J. Secrest , M. Seddighin , L. Segui , S. Seibert , T. Shantz , T. M. Shokair , L. Sibley , J. R. Sinclair , K. Singh , P. Skensved , A. Soerensen , T. Sonley , R. Stainforth , M. Strait , M. I. Stringer , R. Svoboda , J. Tatar , L. Tian , N. Tolich , J. Tseng , H. W. C. Tseung , R. Van Berg , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , C. Virtue , B. von Krosigk , J. M. G. Walker , M. Walker , O. Wasalski , J. Waterfield , R. F. White , J. R. Wilson , T. J. Winchester , A. Wright , M. Yeh , T. Zhao , K. Zuber

Accessing new physics with an undoped, cryogenic CsI CEvNS detector for COHERENT at the SNS

We consider the potential for a 10-kg undoped cryogenic CsI detector operating at the Spallation Neutron Source to measure coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and its sensitivity to discover new physics beyond the standard model.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-11-23 P. S. Barbeau , V. Belov , I. Bernardi , C. Bock , A. Bolozdynya , R. Bouabid , J. Browning , B. Cabrera-Palmer , E. Conley , V. da Silva , J. Daughhetee , J. Detwiler , K. Ding , M. R. Durand , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , A. Erlandson , L. Fabris , M. Febbraro , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. P. Green , J. Hakenmüller , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , B. A. Johnson , T. Johnson , A. Khromov , A. Konovalov , E. Kozlova , A. Kumpan , O. Kyzylova , J. M. Link , J. Liu , A. Major , K. Mann , D. M. Markoff , J. Mattingly , P. E. Mueller , J. Newby , N. Ogoi , J. O'Reilly , D. S. Parno , D. Pérez-Loureiro , S. I. Penttila , D. Pershey , C. G. Prior , J. Queen , R. Rapp , H. Ray , O. Razuvaeva , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , D. Rudik , J. Runge , D. J. Salvat , J. Sander , K. Scholberg , A. Shakirov , G. Simakov , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovtsev , M. Stringer , T. Subedi , B. Suh , B. Sur , R. Tayloe , K. Tellez-Giron-Flores , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Vanderwerp , E. E. van Nieuwenhuizen , R. L. Varner , C. J. Virtue , G. Visser , K. Walkup , E. M. Ward , T. Wongjirad , Y. Yang , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , A. Zaalishvili

Expected geoneutrino signal at JUNO

Constraints on the Earth's composition and on its radiogenic energy budget come from the detection of geoneutrinos. The KamLAND and Borexino experiments recently reported the geoneutrino flux, which reflects the amount and distribution of U…

Geophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Virginia Strati , Marica Baldoncini , Ivan Callegari , Fabio Mantovani , William F. McDonough , Barbara Ricci , Gerti Xhixha

Monitoring the SNS basement neutron background with the MARS detector

We present the analysis and results of the first dataset collected with the MARS neutron detector deployed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) for the purpose of monitoring and characterizing the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-04-15 COHERENT Collaboration , D. Akimov , P. An , C. Awe , P. S. Barbeau , B. Becker , V. Belov , I. Bernardi , M. A. Blackston , C. Bock , A. Bolozdynya , J. Browning , B. Cabrera-Palmer , D. Chernyak , E. Conley , J. Daughhetee , J. Detwiler , K. Ding , M. R. Durand , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , L. Fabris , M. Febbraro , A. Gallo Rosso , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. P. Green , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , D. Hoang , M. Hughes , B. A. Johnson , T. Johnson , A. Khromov , A. Konovalov , E. Kozlova , A. Kumpan , L. Li , J. M. Link , J. Liu , K. Mann , D. M. Markoff , J. Mastroberti , P. E. Mueller , J. Newby , D. S. Parno , S. I. Penttila , D. Pershey , R. Rapp , H. Ray , J. Raybern , O. Razuvaeva , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , J. Ross , D. Rudik , J. Runge , D. J. Salvat , A. M. Salyapongse , K. Scholberg , A. Shakirov , G. Simakov , G. Sinev , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovstsev , B. Suh , R. Tayloe , K. Tellez-Giron-Flores , I. Tolstukhin , E. Ujah , J. Vanderwerp , R. L. Varner , C. J. Virtue , G. Visser , T. Wongjirad , Y. -R. Yen , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , J. Zettlemoyer

Implications of the first evidence for coherent elastic scattering of reactor neutrinos

The recent evidence for coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) in the NCC-1701 germanium detector using antineutrinos from the Dresden-II nuclear reactor is in good agreement with standard model expectations. However, we…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-17 Jiajun Liao , Hongkai Liu , Danny Marfatia

The SNO+ Experiment: Reactor & Solar $\nu$ Prospects

The SNO+ experiment is a large-scale, multipurpose neutrino experiment situated 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Canada. Successor to the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, the SNO+ detector has inherited much of the original infrastructure…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-11 Benjamin Tam

Sensitivities to neutrino electromagnetic properties at the TEXONO experiment

The possibility of measuring neutral-current coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENNS) at the TEXONO experiment has opened high expectations towards probing exotic neutrino properties. Focusing on low threshold Germanium-based…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-10-06 T. S. Kosmas , O. G. Miranda , D. K. Papoulias , M. Tortola , J. W. F. Valle