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Title: The physics potential of a reactor neutrino experiment with Skipper-CCDs: searching for new physics with light mediators

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  2. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); cColegio de Física Fundamental e Interdisciplinaria de las Américas (COFI), San Juan (Puerto Rico)
  3. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires (Argentina). Univ. of Buenos Aires, Inst. de Física de Buenos Aires (IFIBA CONICET-UBA)
  4. Univ. Autonoma de Madrid (Spain). Inst. de Física Téorica

In this work, we explore the sensitivity to new physics of the recently proposed vIOLETA experiment: a 10 kg Skipper Charged Coupled Device detector deployed 12 meters away from a commercial nuclear reactor core. We investigate two broad classes of models which benefit from the very low energy recoil threshold of these detectors, namely neutrino magnetic moments and light mediators coupled to neutrinos and quarks or electrons. We find that this experimental setup is very sensitive to light, weakly coupled new physics, and in particular that it could probe potential explanations of the event excess observed in XENON1T. We also provide a detailed study on the dependence of the sensitivity on the experimental setup assumptions and on the neutrino flux systematic uncertainties.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1824801
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB--21-357-T; IFT-UAM/CSIC-21-92; NUHEP-TH/21-08; arXiv:2108.07310; oai:inspirehep.net:1906166
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 2022; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer NatureCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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