Probing neutrino transition magnetic moments with coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering

We explore the potential of current and next generation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEνNS) experiments in probing neutrino electromagnetic interactions. On the basis of a thorough statistical analysis, we determine the sensitivities on each component of the Majorana neutrino tra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Miranda, O.G., Papoulias, D.K., Tórtola, Mariam, Valle, José W. F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/194885
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/194885
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:We explore the potential of current and next generation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEνNS) experiments in probing neutrino electromagnetic interactions. On the basis of a thorough statistical analysis, we determine the sensitivities on each component of the Majorana neutrino transition magnetic moment (TMM), |Λ|, that follow from low-energy neutrino-nucleus experiments. We derive the sensitivity to neutrino TMM from the first CEνNS measurement by the COHERENT experiment, at the Spallation Neutron Source. We also present results for the next phases of COHERENT using HPGe, LAr and NaI[Tl] detectors and for reactor neutrino experiments such as CONUS, CONNIE, MINER, TEXONO and RED100. The role of the CP violating phases in each case is also briefly discussed. We conclude that future CEνNS experiments with low-threshold capabilities can improve current TMM limits obtained from Borexino data.