A neutrino floor for the Migdal effect

Herrera, Gonzalo

doi:10.1007/JHEP05(2024)288

A neutrino floor for the Migdal effect

Journal Article · Fri May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Journal of High Energy Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2024)288· OSTI ID:3008803

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Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); Technische Universität München, Garching (Germany); Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), München (Germany)

Neutrino-nucleus scatterings in the detector could induce electron ionization signatures due to the Migdal effect. We derive prospects for a future detection of the Migdal effect via coherent elastic solar neutrino-nucleus scatterings in liquid xenon detectors, and discuss the irreducible background that it constitutes for the Migdal effect caused by light dark matter-nucleus scatterings. Furthermore, we explore the ionization signal induced by some neutrino electromagnetic and non-standard interactions on nuclei. In certain scenarios, we find a distinct peak on the ionization spectrum of xenon around 0.1 keV, in clear contrast to the Standard Model expectation.

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Research Organization:: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0020262

OSTI ID:: 3008803

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2576039

Journal Information:: Journal of High Energy Physics, Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 2024; ISSN 1029-8479

Publisher:: Springer Science and Business Media LLCCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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