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Title: Search for light mediators in the low-energy data of the CONNIE reactor neutrino experiment

Abstract

The CONNIE experiment is located at a distance of 30 m from the core of a commercial nuclear reactor, and has collected a 3.7 kg-day exposure using a CCD detector array sensitive to an~1 keV threshold for the study of coherent neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering. Here we demonstrate the potential of this low-energy neutrino experiment as a probe for physics Beyond the Standard Model, by using the recently published results to constrain two simplified extensions of the Standard Model with light mediators. We compare the new limits with those obtained for the same models using neutrinos from the Spallation Neutron Source. Our new constraints represent the best limits for these simplified models among the experiments searching for CE$$ν$$NS for a light vector mediator with mass $$ {M}_{Z^{\prime }} $$< 10 MeV, and for a light scalar mediator with mass M$$_{\phi}$$< 30 MeV. These results constitute the first use of the CONNIE data as a probe for physics Beyond the Standard Model.

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Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Brazilian Ministry for Science, Technology, and Innovation; Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)
Contributing Org.:
The CONNIE Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1574973
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1910.04951; FERMILAB-PUB-19-525-AE-PPD-SCD
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; oai:inspirehep.net:1758662; TRN: US2001279
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359; E-26/110.145/2013; E-26/210.151/2016; 01.10.0462.00; 240666; IN108917
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2020; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments)

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Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis, Bertou, Xavier, Bonifazi, Carla, Cancelo, Gustavo, Cervantes-Vergara, Brenda Aurea, Chavez, Claudio, D’Olivo, Juan C., dos Anjos, João C., Estrada, Juan, Fernandes Neto, Aldo R., Fernandez-Moroni, Guillermo, Foguel, Ana, Ford, Richard, Izraelevitch, Federico, Kilminster, Ben, Lima, H. P., Makler, Martin, Molina, Jorge, Mota, Philipe, Nasteva, Irina, Paolini, Eduardo, Romero, Carlos, Sarkis, Youssef, Haro, Miguel Sofo, Tiffenberg, Javier, and Torres, Christian. Search for light mediators in the low-energy data of the CONNIE reactor neutrino experiment. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP04(2020)054.
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Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis, Bertou, Xavier, Bonifazi, Carla, Cancelo, Gustavo, Cervantes-Vergara, Brenda Aurea, Chavez, Claudio, D’Olivo, Juan C., dos Anjos, João C., Estrada, Juan, Fernandes Neto, Aldo R., Fernandez-Moroni, Guillermo, Foguel, Ana, Ford, Richard, Izraelevitch, Federico, Kilminster, Ben, Lima, H. P., Makler, Martin, Molina, Jorge, Mota, Philipe, Nasteva, Irina, Paolini, Eduardo, Romero, Carlos, Sarkis, Youssef, Haro, Miguel Sofo, Tiffenberg, Javier, & Torres, Christian. Search for light mediators in the low-energy data of the CONNIE reactor neutrino experiment. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2020)054
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Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis, Bertou, Xavier, Bonifazi, Carla, Cancelo, Gustavo, Cervantes-Vergara, Brenda Aurea, Chavez, Claudio, D’Olivo, Juan C., dos Anjos, João C., Estrada, Juan, Fernandes Neto, Aldo R., Fernandez-Moroni, Guillermo, Foguel, Ana, Ford, Richard, Izraelevitch, Federico, Kilminster, Ben, Lima, H. P., Makler, Martin, Molina, Jorge, Mota, Philipe, Nasteva, Irina, Paolini, Eduardo, Romero, Carlos, Sarkis, Youssef, Haro, Miguel Sofo, Tiffenberg, Javier, and Torres, Christian. Thu . "Search for light mediators in the low-energy data of the CONNIE reactor neutrino experiment". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2020)054. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1574973.
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@article{osti_1574973,
title = {Search for light mediators in the low-energy data of the CONNIE reactor neutrino experiment},
author = {Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis and Bertou, Xavier and Bonifazi, Carla and Cancelo, Gustavo and Cervantes-Vergara, Brenda Aurea and Chavez, Claudio and D’Olivo, Juan C. and dos Anjos, João C. and Estrada, Juan and Fernandes Neto, Aldo R. and Fernandez-Moroni, Guillermo and Foguel, Ana and Ford, Richard and Izraelevitch, Federico and Kilminster, Ben and Lima, H. P. and Makler, Martin and Molina, Jorge and Mota, Philipe and Nasteva, Irina and Paolini, Eduardo and Romero, Carlos and Sarkis, Youssef and Haro, Miguel Sofo and Tiffenberg, Javier and Torres, Christian},
abstractNote = {The CONNIE experiment is located at a distance of 30 m from the core of a commercial nuclear reactor, and has collected a 3.7 kg-day exposure using a CCD detector array sensitive to an~1 keV threshold for the study of coherent neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering. Here we demonstrate the potential of this low-energy neutrino experiment as a probe for physics Beyond the Standard Model, by using the recently published results to constrain two simplified extensions of the Standard Model with light mediators. We compare the new limits with those obtained for the same models using neutrinos from the Spallation Neutron Source. Our new constraints represent the best limits for these simplified models among the experiments searching for CE$ν$NS for a light vector mediator with mass $ {M}_{Z^{\prime }} $< 10 MeV, and for a light scalar mediator with mass M$_{\phi}$< 30 MeV. These results constitute the first use of the CONNIE data as a probe for physics Beyond the Standard Model.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP04(2020)054},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 4,
volume = 2020,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: 95% confidence level limits from RON-ROFF measurements (solid line) and CEνNS expected event rate using measurements in ref. [33] (dashed line) and expressions in ref. [34] (dotted line) for the quenching factor. Figure from ref. [23].
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