First constraint on coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering in argon

D. Akimov; J. B. Albert; P. An; C. Awe; P. S. Barbeau; B. Becker; V. Belov; M. A. Blackston; A. Bolozdynya; B. Cabrera-Palmer; M. Cervantes; J. I. Collar; R. L. Cooper; J. Daughhetee; M. Del Valle Coello; J. A. Detwiler; M. D'Onofrio; Y. Efremenko; E. M. Erkela; S. R. Elliott; L. Fabris; M. Febbraro; W. Fox; A. Galindo-Uribarri; M. P. Green; K. S. Hansen; M. R. Heath; S. Hedges; T. Johnson; M. Kaemingk; L. J. Kaufman; A. Khromov; A. Konovalov; E. Kozlova; A. Kumpan; L. Li; J. T. Librande; J. M. Link; J. Liu; K. Mann; D. M. Markoff; H. Moreno; P. E. Mueller; J. Newby; D. S. Parno; S. Penttila; D. Pershey; D. Radford; R. Rapp; H. Ray; J. Raybern; O. Razuvaeva; D. Reyna; G. C. Rich; D. Rudik; J. Runge; D. J. Salvat; K. Scholberg; A. Shakirov; G. Simakov; G. Sinev; W. M. Snow; V. Sosnovtsev; B. Suh; R. Tayloe; K. Tellez-Giron-Flores; R. T. Thornton; I. Tolstukhin; J. Vanderwerp; R. L. Varner; C. J. Virtue; G. Visser; C. Wiseman; T. Wongjirad; J. Yang; Y. R. Yen; J. Yoo; C. H. Yu; J. Zettlemoyer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.115020

First constraint on coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering in argon

D. Akimov, J. B. Albert, P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau, B. Becker, V. Belov, M. A. Blackston, A. Bolozdynya, B. Cabrera-Palmer, M. Cervantes, J. I. Collar, R. L. Cooper, J. Daughhetee, M. Del Valle Coello, J. A. Detwiler, M. D'Onofrio, Y. Efremenko, E. M. Erkela, S. R. ElliottL. Fabris, M. Febbraro, W. Fox, A. Galindo-Uribarri, M. P. Green, K. S. Hansen, M. R. Heath, S. Hedges, T. Johnson, M. Kaemingk, L. J. Kaufman, A. Khromov, A. Konovalov, E. Kozlova, A. Kumpan, L. Li, J. T. Librande, J. M. Link, J. Liu, K. Mann, D. M. Markoff, H. Moreno, P. E. Mueller, J. Newby, D. S. Parno, S. Penttila, D. Pershey, D. Radford, R. Rapp, H. Ray, J. Raybern, O. Razuvaeva, D. Reyna, G. C. Rich, D. Rudik, J. Runge, D. J. Salvat, K. Scholberg, A. Shakirov, G. Simakov, G. Sinev, W. M. Snow, V. Sosnovtsev, B. Suh, R. Tayloe, K. Tellez-Giron-Flores, R. T. Thornton, I. Tolstukhin, J. Vanderwerp, R. L. Varner, C. J. Virtue, G. Visser, C. Wiseman, T. Wongjirad, J. Yang, Y. R. Yen, J. Yoo, C. H. Yu, J. Zettlemoyer

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Abstract

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) is calculated to be the dominant neutrino scattering channel for neutrinos of energy Eν<100 MeV. We report a limit for this process from data collected in an engineering run of the 29 kg CENNS-10 liquid argon detector located 27.5 m from the pion decay-at-rest neutrino source at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) with 4.2×1022 protons on target. The dataset provided constraints on beam-related backgrounds critical for future measurements and yielded <7.4 candidate CEvNS events which implies a cross section for the process, averaged over the SNS pion decay-at-rest flux, of <3.4×10-39 cm2, a limit within twice the Standard Model prediction. This is the first limit on CEvNS from an argon nucleus and confirms the earlier CsI[Na] nonstandard neutrino interaction constraints from the collaboration. This run demonstrated the feasibility of the ongoing experimental effort to detect CEvNS with liquid argon.

Original language	English
Article number	115020
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	100
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.115020
State	Published - Dec 9 2019

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The COHERENT collaboration acknowledges the generous resources provided by the ORNL Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and thanks Fermilab for the continuing loan of the CENNS-10 detector. We also acknowledge support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Consortium for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities, the Institute for Basic Science (Korea, Grant No. IBS-R017-G1-2019-a00), the National Science Foundation, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 17-02-01077 A), and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science. Laboratory Directed Research and Development funds from ORNL and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory also supported this project. This research used the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Notice: This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). 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Akimov, D., Albert, J. B., An, P., Awe, C., Barbeau, P. S., Becker, B., Belov, V., Blackston, M. A., Bolozdynya, A., Cabrera-Palmer, B., Cervantes, M., Collar, J. I., Cooper, R. L., Daughhetee, J., Del Valle Coello, M., Detwiler, J. A., D'Onofrio, M., Efremenko, Y., Erkela, E. M., ... Zettlemoyer, J. (2019). First constraint on coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering in argon. Physical Review D, 100(11), Article 115020. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.115020

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