Status of the COHERENT experiment
ORAL · Invited
Abstract
The COHERENT collaboration made the first measurement of coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CEvNS) in 2017 using a low-background, 14.6-kg CsI[Na] detector at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). We have also measured CEvNS using a 24-kg argon scintillation calorimeter. Recently deployed detectors with Na and Ge targets are currently collecting data.
With first-light discovery of CEvNS accomplished, COHERENT is now transitioning to precision measurements of CEvNS and other low-energy neutrino scattering processes. This precision era will facilitate strong probes for searches for beyond-the-standard-model (BSM) physics. We discuss CEvNS results in both CsI and Ar including applications of these measurements to BSM scenarios such as dark matter and NSI searches.
Beyond CEvNS, ongoing efforts to measure inelastic scattering processes will be detailed. With a variety of detector nuclei instrumented at the SNS, COHERENT can test low-energy nuclear scattering models by studying several processes not yet measured. We will present new results demonstrating COHERENT’s potential to understand inelastic neutrino scattering processes vital to the success of other high-energy experiments.
With first-light discovery of CEvNS accomplished, COHERENT is now transitioning to precision measurements of CEvNS and other low-energy neutrino scattering processes. This precision era will facilitate strong probes for searches for beyond-the-standard-model (BSM) physics. We discuss CEvNS results in both CsI and Ar including applications of these measurements to BSM scenarios such as dark matter and NSI searches.
Beyond CEvNS, ongoing efforts to measure inelastic scattering processes will be detailed. With a variety of detector nuclei instrumented at the SNS, COHERENT can test low-energy nuclear scattering models by studying several processes not yet measured. We will present new results demonstrating COHERENT’s potential to understand inelastic neutrino scattering processes vital to the success of other high-energy experiments.
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Presenters
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Daniel Pershey
Florida State University
Authors
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Daniel Pershey
Florida State University