Simulated Neutrino Signals of Low and Intermediate Energy Neutrinos on Cd Detectors
Neutrino-nucleus reactions cross sections, obtained for neutrino energies in the range εν ≤ 100–120 MeV (low- and intermediate-energy range), which refer to promising neutrino detection targets of current terrestrial neutrino experiments, are presented and discussed. At first, we evaluated original...
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| author | J. Sinatkas Vaitsa Tsakstara Vaitsa Tsakstara Odysseas Kosmas |
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| description | Neutrino-nucleus reactions cross sections, obtained for neutrino energies in the range εν ≤ 100–120 MeV (low- and intermediate-energy range), which refer to promising neutrino detection targets of current terrestrial neutrino experiments, are presented and discussed. At first, we evaluated original cross sections for elastic scattering of neutrinos produced from various astrophysical and laboratory neutrino sources with the most abundant Cd isotopes 112Cd, 114Cd, and 116Cd. These isotopes constitute the main material of the COBRA detector aiming to search for neutrinoless double beta decay events and neutrino-nucleus scattering events at the Gran Sasso laboratory (LNGS). The coherent ν-nucleus reaction channel addressed with emphasis here, dominates the neutral current ν-nucleus scattering, events of which have only recently been observed for a first time in the COHERENT experiment at Oak Ridge. Subsequently, simulated ν-signals expected to be recorded at Cd detectors are derived through the application of modern simulation techniques and employment of reliable neutrino distributions of astrophysical ν-sources (as the solar, supernova, and Earth neutrinos), as well as laboratory neutrinos (like the reactor neutrinos, the neutrinos produced from pion-muon decay at rest and the β-beam neutrinos produced from the acceleration of radioactive isotopes at storage rings as e.g., at CERN).PACS numbers: 26.50.+x, 25.30.Pt, 97.60.Bw, 25.30.-c, 23.40.Bw, 21.60.Jz |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48e60d86434b4563a820ab4864d0b83b2022-12-22T01:39:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physics2296-424X2019-04-01710.3389/fphy.2019.00042426092Simulated Neutrino Signals of Low and Intermediate Energy Neutrinos on Cd DetectorsJ. Sinatkas0Vaitsa Tsakstara1Vaitsa Tsakstara2Odysseas Kosmas3Department of Informatics Engineering, Technological Institute of Western Macedonia, Kastoria, GreeceElectrical Engineering Department, Technological Institute of Western Macedonia, School of Applied Science, Kozani, GreeceDivision of Theoretical Physics, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GreeceModelling and Simulation Centre, MACE, University of Manchester, Manchester, United KingdomNeutrino-nucleus reactions cross sections, obtained for neutrino energies in the range εν ≤ 100–120 MeV (low- and intermediate-energy range), which refer to promising neutrino detection targets of current terrestrial neutrino experiments, are presented and discussed. At first, we evaluated original cross sections for elastic scattering of neutrinos produced from various astrophysical and laboratory neutrino sources with the most abundant Cd isotopes 112Cd, 114Cd, and 116Cd. These isotopes constitute the main material of the COBRA detector aiming to search for neutrinoless double beta decay events and neutrino-nucleus scattering events at the Gran Sasso laboratory (LNGS). The coherent ν-nucleus reaction channel addressed with emphasis here, dominates the neutral current ν-nucleus scattering, events of which have only recently been observed for a first time in the COHERENT experiment at Oak Ridge. Subsequently, simulated ν-signals expected to be recorded at Cd detectors are derived through the application of modern simulation techniques and employment of reliable neutrino distributions of astrophysical ν-sources (as the solar, supernova, and Earth neutrinos), as well as laboratory neutrinos (like the reactor neutrinos, the neutrinos produced from pion-muon decay at rest and the β-beam neutrinos produced from the acceleration of radioactive isotopes at storage rings as e.g., at CERN).PACS numbers: 26.50.+x, 25.30.Pt, 97.60.Bw, 25.30.-c, 23.40.Bw, 21.60.Jzhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2019.00042/fullnuclear detector responsesneutrino nucleus cross sectionssupernova neutrino detectionneutral-current neutrino-nucleus processesquasi-particle random phase approximation |
| spellingShingle | J. Sinatkas Vaitsa Tsakstara Vaitsa Tsakstara Odysseas Kosmas Simulated Neutrino Signals of Low and Intermediate Energy Neutrinos on Cd Detectors Frontiers in Physics nuclear detector responses neutrino nucleus cross sections supernova neutrino detection neutral-current neutrino-nucleus processes quasi-particle random phase approximation |
| title | Simulated Neutrino Signals of Low and Intermediate Energy Neutrinos on Cd Detectors |
| title_full | Simulated Neutrino Signals of Low and Intermediate Energy Neutrinos on Cd Detectors |
| title_fullStr | Simulated Neutrino Signals of Low and Intermediate Energy Neutrinos on Cd Detectors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simulated Neutrino Signals of Low and Intermediate Energy Neutrinos on Cd Detectors |
| title_short | Simulated Neutrino Signals of Low and Intermediate Energy Neutrinos on Cd Detectors |
| title_sort | simulated neutrino signals of low and intermediate energy neutrinos on cd detectors |
| topic | nuclear detector responses neutrino nucleus cross sections supernova neutrino detection neutral-current neutrino-nucleus processes quasi-particle random phase approximation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2019.00042/full |
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