New Limits on the Coherent Neutrino-Nucleus Elastic Scattering Cross Section at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor-Neutrino Laboratory


Karmakar S., Singh M., Sharma V., Wong H., Greeshma C., Li H., ...Daha Fazla

Physical Review Letters, cilt.134, sa.12, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 134 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1103/physrevlett.134.121802
  • Dergi Adı: Physical Review Letters
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, INSPEC, zbMATH, DIALNET, Nature Index
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering (νAel) with partial quantum-mechanical coherency has been observed in several nuclei with neutrinos from decay-At-rest pions. This interaction with reactor neutrinos where coherency is >95% has not yet been experimentally observed. We present new results on the studies of the νAel cross section with an electrocooled p-Type point-contact germanium detector at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory. A total of 242(357) kg-days of Reactor ON(OFF) data at a detector threshold of 200 eV in ionization energy are analyzed. The Lindhard model parametrized by a single variable k which characterizes the quenching function was used. A limit at 90% confidence level of ρ<4.7 at the predicted value of k=0.162 is derived, where ρ is the ratio of the measured to standard model (SM) cross section. Conversely, k<0.288 at the SM value of ρ=1.