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Title: Supernova electron-neutrino interactions with xenon in the nEXO detector

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D.
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  2. Stanford University; McGill University
  3. Stanford University
  4. Yale University
  5. Nantes Université
  6. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  7. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  8. Université de Sherbrooke
  9. Drexel University
  10. Carleton University
  11. University of Massachusetts
  12. National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute
  13. University of Kentucky
  14. Brookhaven National Laboratory
  15. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  16. McGill University; TRIUMF
  17. SNOLAB; Laurentian University; McGill University
  18. Chinese Academy of Sciences
  19. University of Alabama
  20. TRIUMF
  21. University of North Carolina Wilmington
  22. McGill University
  23. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  24. Colorado State University
  25. Laurentian University; Carleton University
  26. SNOLAB
  27. Skyline College
  28. TRIUMF; McGill University
  29. Colorado School of Mines
  30. University of South Dakota
  31. IBS Center for Underground Physics
  32. University of California San Diego
  33. University of Windsor
  34. University of the Western Cape
  35. Queen’s University; SNOLAB
  36. Laurentian University
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Electron-neutrino charged-current interactions with xenon nuclei were modeled in the nEXO neutrinoless double-𝛽 decay detector (∼5 metric ton, 90% 136Xe, 10% 134Xe) to evaluate its sensitivity to supernova neutrinos. Predictions for event rates and detectable signatures were modeled using the Model of Argon Reaction Low Energy Yields (MARLEY) event generator. We find good agreement between MARLEY’s predictions and existing theoretical calculations of the inclusive cross sections at supernova neutrino energies. The interactions modeled by MARLEY were simulated within the nEXO simulation framework and were run through an example reconstruction algorithm to determine the detector’s efficiency for reconstructing these events. The simulated data, incorporating the detector response, were used to study the ability of nEXO to reconstruct the incident electron-neutrino spectrum and these results were extended to a larger xenon detector of the same isotope enrichment. We estimate that nEXO will be able to observe electron-neutrino interactions with xenon from supernovae as far as 5–8 kpc from Earth, while the ability to reconstruct incident electron-neutrino spectrum parameters from observed interactions in nEXO is limited to closer supernovae.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Stanford University, CA (United States); Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States); University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Organization:
nEXO; nEXO Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; AC52-07NA27344; SC0017970; SC0020509; SC0024666
OSTI ID:
2478948
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL--864783
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 110; ISSN 2470-0010; ISSN 2470-0029
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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