Speaker
Description
There are only a handful of targets for which low energy charged-current neutrino-nucleus interactions have been observed. The measurement of these cross sections and their energy dependence can potentially test nuclear models and calculations, including studying $g_A$ quenching through a weak process at a momentum transfer relevant for neutrinoless double beta decay. In 2016, COHERENT deployed a 185 kg NaI[Tl] prototype detector to study backgrounds for a ton-scale detector and to make an initial measurement of the inclusive charged-current cross section on $^{127}$I. Current detector and analysis status will be presented, along with plans for a ton-scale detector, potentially capable of simultaneously measuring the charged-current interaction on $^{127}$I and coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering on $^{23}$Na.
Mini-abstract
Updates from COHERENT's NaI$\nu$E prototype studying low-energy neutrino-nucleus interactions on NaI
| Experiment/Collaboration | COHERENT |
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