Non-standard interactions of solar neutrinos in dark matter experiments

Dutta, Bhaskar; Liao, Shu; Strigari, Louis E.; Walker, Joel W.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.08.031

Title: Non-standard interactions of solar neutrinos in dark matter experiments

Journal Article · 24 August 2017 · Physics Letters. B

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.08.031 · OSTI ID:1437724

Dutta, Bhaskar ^[1];

^[1]; Strigari, Louis E. ^[1]; Walker, Joel W. ^[2]

Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Mitchell Inst. for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Sam Houston State Univ., Huntsville, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics

We show that non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) can be probed in future direct dark matter detection experiments through both elastic neutrino-electron scattering and coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering. We show NSI can increase the event rate due to solar neutrinos, with a sharp increase for lower nuclear recoil energy thresholds. We also identify an interference range of NSI parameters for which the rate is reduced by approximately 40%. Finally, we show that the “dark side” solution for the solar neutrino mixing angle may be discovered at forthcoming experiments.

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Research Organization:: Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Sam Houston State Univ., Huntsville, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010813; FG02-13ER42020; PHY-1522717; PHY-1521105

OSTI ID:: 1437724

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1499164

Journal Information:: Physics Letters. B, Vol. 773; ISSN 0370-2693

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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