Non-standard interactions of solar neutrinos in dark matter experiments
We show that non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) can be probed in future direct dark matter detection experiments through both elastic neutrino-electron scattering and coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering. We show NSI can increase the event rate due to solar neutrinos, with a sharp increase for...
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| author | Bhaskar Dutta Shu Liao Louis E. Strigari Joel W. Walker |
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| description | We show that non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) can be probed in future direct dark matter detection experiments through both elastic neutrino-electron scattering and coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering. We show NSI can increase the event rate due to solar neutrinos, with a sharp increase for lower nuclear recoil energy thresholds. We also identify an interference range of NSI parameters for which the rate is reduced by approximately 40%. Finally, we show that the “dark side” solution for the solar neutrino mixing angle may be discovered at forthcoming experiments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-496d7f1b258945a09b8798eeabadfa862022-12-22T02:33:10ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26932017-10-01773242246Non-standard interactions of solar neutrinos in dark matter experimentsBhaskar Dutta0Shu Liao1Louis E. Strigari2Joel W. Walker3Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USAMitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA; Corresponding author.Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USADepartment of Physics, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341, USAWe show that non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) can be probed in future direct dark matter detection experiments through both elastic neutrino-electron scattering and coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering. We show NSI can increase the event rate due to solar neutrinos, with a sharp increase for lower nuclear recoil energy thresholds. We also identify an interference range of NSI parameters for which the rate is reduced by approximately 40%. Finally, we show that the “dark side” solution for the solar neutrino mixing angle may be discovered at forthcoming experiments.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269317306536 |
| spellingShingle | Bhaskar Dutta Shu Liao Louis E. Strigari Joel W. Walker Non-standard interactions of solar neutrinos in dark matter experiments Physics Letters B |
| title | Non-standard interactions of solar neutrinos in dark matter experiments |
| title_full | Non-standard interactions of solar neutrinos in dark matter experiments |
| title_fullStr | Non-standard interactions of solar neutrinos in dark matter experiments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-standard interactions of solar neutrinos in dark matter experiments |
| title_short | Non-standard interactions of solar neutrinos in dark matter experiments |
| title_sort | non standard interactions of solar neutrinos in dark matter experiments |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269317306536 |
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