Neutral-Current Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering off Xe Isotopes

Large liquid xenon detectors aiming for dark matter direct detection will soon become viable tools also for investigating neutrino physics. Information on the effects of nuclear structure in neutrino-nucleus scattering can be important in distinguishing neutrino backgrounds in such detectors. We per...

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Published inAdvances in high energy physics Vol. 2018; no. 2018; pp. 1 - 11
Main Authors Pirinen, P., Ydrefors, E., Suhonen, Jouni
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2018
Hindawi
Hindawi Limited
Wiley
Subjects
Collaboration
Cross-sections
Dark matter
Detectors
Elastic scattering
Experiments
Inelastic scattering
Isotopes
Mathematical models
Molybdenum
Neutrinos
Nuclear physics
Nuclear structure
Particle physics
Sensors
Solar neutrinos
Supernovae
Xenon
Xenon isotopes
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Summary:Large liquid xenon detectors aiming for dark matter direct detection will soon become viable tools also for investigating neutrino physics. Information on the effects of nuclear structure in neutrino-nucleus scattering can be important in distinguishing neutrino backgrounds in such detectors. We perform calculations for differential and total cross sections of neutral-current neutrino scattering off the most abundant xenon isotopes. The nuclear-structure calculations are made in the nuclear shell model for elastic scattering and also in the quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) and microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model (MQPM) for both elastic and inelastic scattering. Using suitable neutrino energy distributions, we compute estimates of total averaged cross sections for ​ 8 B solar neutrinos and supernova neutrinos.
ISSN:1687-7357
1687-7365
DOI:10.1155/2018/9163586