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Modelling and reconstructing neutrino-nucleus scattering is difficult, but it is crucial to do it precisely to enable next-generation oscillation measurements. Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs), such as MicroBooNE, can be the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-05 Holly B. Parkinson , for the MicroBooNE Collaboration

Over the last two decades, several experiments have reported anomalous results that could be hinting at the exciting possibility of sterile neutrino states in the $eV^{2}$ mass scale. Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) are a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Sowjanya Gollapinni

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a kilometer-scale detector currently under construction at the South Pole. The full detector will comprise 5,160 photomultipliers (PMTs) deployed on 86 strings from 1.45-2.45 km deep within the ice. As of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Juan A. Aguilar

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic kilometer-sized detector designed to detect neutrinos of astrophysical origin. However, muons created by cosmic rays interacting in the atmosphere pose a significant background for these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-22 Sarah Mancina , Manuel Silva

We consider an electro-weak scale model for Dark Matter (DM) and radiative neutrino mass generation. Despite the leptophilic nature of DM with no direct couplings to quarks and gluons, scattering with nuclei is induced at the 1-loop level…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-08-19 Daniel Schmidt , Thomas Schwetz , Takashi Toma

Recent Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of a number of X-ray ``dim'' pulsating neutron stars revealed quite unexpected features in the emission from these sources. Their soft thermal spectrum, believed to originate directly from the star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Silvia Zane , Roberto Turolla

A new generation of neutrino cross-section experiments at the GeV scale is crucial in the precision era of oscillation physics and lepton flavor studies. In this document, we present a novel neutrino beam design that leverages the…

Light sterile neutrinos have been introduced as an explanation for a number of oscillation signals at $\Delta m^2 \sim 1$ eV$^2$. Neutrino oscillations at relatively short baselines provide a probe of these possible new states. This paper…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-30 A. J. Anderson , J. M. Conrad , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , C. Ignarra , G. Karagiorgi , K. Scholberg , M. H. Shaevitz , J. Spitz

A new high-precision detector for studying neutrons from beta-delayed neutron emission and direct reaction studies is proposed. The Neutron dEtector with Xn Tracking (NEXT) array is designed to maintain high intrinsic neutron detection…

The use of low-temperature detectors, such as cryogenic calorimeters, has pioneered the recent advancements in low-energy rare event searches. These detectors provide a low-noise environment essential for the direct detection of dark matter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-25 Giorgio Del Castello

The Medipix detector is the first device dedicated to measuring mixed-field radiation in the CMS cavern and able to distinguish between different particle types. Medipix2-MXR chips bump bonded to silicon sensors with various neutron…

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…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Andre de Gouvea , James Jenkins

In the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), the VUV LAr luminescence is collected by light trap devices named X-Arapuca, sizing (480x93) mm2. Six thousand of these units will be deployed in the first DUNE ten kiloton far detector…

This article details the potential for using Charge Coupled Devices (CCD) to detect low-energy neutrinos through their coherent scattering with nuclei. The detection of neutrinos through this standard model process has not been accessible…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-19 Guillermo Fernandez Moroni , Juan Estrada , Gustavo Cancelo , Eduardo Paolini , Javier Tiffenberg , Jorge Molina

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) opens new approaches for the search of new physics beyond the Standard Model. The NUCLEUS experiment aims to use the intense antineutrino flux produced from nuclear reactor cores to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-07 Giorgio Del Castello

The analysis and interpretation of the present and future neutrino oscillation experiments strongly rely on the quantitative understanding of neutrino and antineutrino interactions with nuclei in the "few GeV" energy range. With the advent…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-25 O. Palamara , K. Partyka , F. Cavanna

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…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-14 M. Atzori Corona , M. Cadeddu , N. Cargioli , F. Dordei , M. Sestu

MicroBooNE is a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) neutrino experiment that is currently running in the Booster Neutrino Beam at Fermilab. LArTPC technology allows for high-resolution, three-dimensional representations of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-04 Katherine Woodruff , the MicroBooNE Collaboration

Sterile neutrinos are a minimal extension of the Standard Model of particle physics and a promising candidate for dark matter if their mass is in the keV-range. The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment (KATRIN), equipped with a novel…

Laser-driven neutron sources offer ultrashort pulse durations and extreme peak fluxes inaccessible to conventional facilities, enabling novel time-of-flight(TOF) spectroscopy and nuclear astrophysics measurements. We present the first…