First constraint on coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering in argon

Akimov, D.; Albert, J. B.; An, P.; Awe, C.; Barbeau, P. S.; Becker, B.; Belov, V.; Blackston, M. A.; Bolozdynya, A.; Cabrera-Palmer, B.; Cervantes, M.; Collar, J. I.; Cooper, R. L.; Daughhetee, J.; del Valle Coello, M.; Detwiler, J. A.; D’Onofrio, M.; Efremenko, Y.; Erkela, E. M.; Elliott, S. R.; Fabris, L.; Febbraro, M.; Fox, W.; Galindo-Uribarri, A.; Green, M. P.; Hansen, K. S.; Heath, M. R.; Hedges, S.; Johnson, T.; Kaemingk, M.; Kaufman, L. J.; Khromov, A.; Konovalov, A.; Kozlova, E.; Kumpan, A.; Li, L.; Librande, J. T.; Link, J. M.; Liu, J.; Mann, K.; Markoff, D. M.; Moreno, H.; Mueller, P. E.; Newby, J.; Parno, D. S.; Penttila, S.; Pershey, D.; Radford, D.; Rapp, R.; Ray, H.; Raybern, J.; Razuvaeva, O.; Reyna, D.; Rich, G. C.; Rudik, D.; Runge, J.; Salvat, D. J.; Scholberg, K.; Shakirov, A.; Simakov, G.; Sinev, G.; Snow, W. M.; Sosnovtsev, V.; Suh, B.; Tayloe, R.; Tellez-Giron-Flores, K.; Thornton, R. T.; Tolstukhin, I.; Vanderwerp, J.; Varner, R. L.; Virtue, C. J.; Visser, G.; Wiseman, C.; Wongjirad, T.; Yang, J.; Yen, Y. -R.; Yoo, J.; Yu, C. -H.; Zettlemoyer, J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.115020

Title: First constraint on coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering in argon

Journal Article · Mon Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Physical Review. D.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.115020· OSTI ID:1577892

Akimov, D.; Albert, J. B.; An, P.; Awe, C.; Barbeau, P. S.; Becker, B.; Belov, V.; Blackston, M. A.; Bolozdynya, A.; Cabrera-Palmer, B.; Cervantes, M.; Collar, J. I.; Cooper, R. L.; Daughhetee, J.; del Valle Coello, M.; Detwiler, J. A.; D’Onofrio, M.; Efremenko, Y.; Erkela, E. M.; Elliott, S. R. more »

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) is the dominant neutrino scattering channel for neutrinos of energy Eν<100 MeV. We report a limit for this process using data collected in an engineering run of the 29 kg CENNS-10 liquid argon detector located 27.5 m from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Hg target with 4.2×1022 protons on target. The dataset yielded <7.4 observed CEvNS events implying a cross section for the process, averaged over the SNS pion decay-at-rest flux, of <3.4×10-39 cm2, a limit within twice the Standard Model prediction. This is the first limit on CEvNS from an argon nucleus and confirms the earlier CsI non-standard neutrino interaction constraints from the collaboration. This run demonstrated the feasibility of the ongoing experimental effort to detect CEvNS with liquid argon.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: COHERENT Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC02-76SF00515; AC05-00OR22725; SC0020518; IBS-R017-G1-2019-a00; 17-02-01077 A; AC04-94AL85000; SC0010118

OSTI ID:: 1577892

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1591638; OSTI ID: 1600647; OSTI ID: 1604046; OSTI ID: 1606930; OSTI ID: 1697987; OSTI ID: 1755597

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-19-28853; SAND-2019-11661J; PRVDAQ; 115020

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Vol. 100 Journal Issue: 11; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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