Detecting CNO solar neutrinos in next-generation xenon dark matter experiments

Newstead, Jayden L.; Strigari, Louis E.; Lang, Rafael F.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.99.043006

Title: Detecting CNO solar neutrinos in next-generation xenon dark matter experiments

Journal Article · 14 February 2019 · Physical Review D

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.99.043006 · OSTI ID:1611534

Newstead, Jayden L. ^[1]; Strigari, Louis E. ^[2]; Lang, Rafael F. ^[3]

Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States); DOE/OSTI
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)

We study the prospects for measuring the low-energy components of the solar neutrino flux in future direct dark matter detection experiments. We show that for a depletion of ¹³⁶Xe by a factor of 1000 relative to its natural abundance, and an extension to electron recoil energies of ~MeV, future xenon experiments with exposure ~1000 ton-yr can detect the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) component of the solar neutrino flux at approximately three-sigma significance. A CNO detection will provide important insight into the metallicity of the solar interior. Precise measurement of low-energy solar neutrinos, including as pp, ⁷Be, and pep components, will further improve constraints on the “neutrino luminosity” of the Sun, thereby providing constraints on alternative sources of energy production. Furthermore, we find that a measurement of L_ν/L_⊙ of order 1% is possible with the above exposure, improving on current bounds from a global analysis of solar neutrino data by a factor of about 7.

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Research Organization:: Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010813

OSTI ID:: 1611534

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 99; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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