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30 May 2022 to 4 June 2022
Virtual Seoul
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Development of the NUXE Experiment for Reactor Neutrino Detection via CEvNS with Liquid Xenon

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5m
Virtual Seoul

Virtual Seoul

Poster New neutrino technologies Poster

Description

Liquid xenon detectors have been widely used in dark matter direct detection experiments, in which nuclear recoil thresholds down to sub-keV have been demonstrated with ionization-only signal. A liquid xenon detector, using ionization-only approach, is also sensitive to sub-keV nuclear recoils from neutrino–nucleus coherent elastic scattering (CEvNS) off xenon nucleus. With a large cross section of CEvNS, a $\mathcal{O}(10)$ kg active target liquid xenon detector placed near a nuclear reactor is possible for detection of reactor anti-neutrinos via CEvNS. A mitigation of single-and-few electron backgrounds from impurities in liquid xenon and electrons trapped at the liquid-gas interface is necessary for a detection. This poster will present status of the NUXE experiment that is being designed to achieve sub-keV nuclear recoil threshold and low single-and-few electron background rate.

Primary author

Zepeng Li (University of California San Diego)

Presentation materials