Designing a Novel Data Analysis Framework for the MINER Experiment

Mitchel Institute Neutrino Experiment at Reactor (MINER) is a novel experiment that utilizes kg-scale cryogenic germanium and silicon detectors placed a few meters from a 1 MW research grade nuclear reactor core to look for Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS). The detectors—designed to be sensitive to the very low energy deposition of CEvNS—are placed very close to the reactor core to maximize neutrino flux. MINER aims to take advantage of the higher neutrino flux rate from the reactor to detect CEvNS and probe for new physics beyond the Standard Model. I will start my talk by briefly describing the MINER experiment. Then, I present my data analysis work along with a new way to improve the chi-square cut used to reject poorly fit events.