First Measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering on Argon.

Journal

Physical review letters

ISSN: 1079-7114

Titre abrégé: Phys Rev Lett

Pays: United States

ID NLM: 0401141

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 Jan 2021

Historique:

received: 03 04 2020

revised: 28 09 2020

accepted: 04 12 2020

entrez: 22 1 2021

pubmed: 23 1 2021

medline: 23 1 2021

Statut: ppublish

Résumé

We report the first measurement of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) on argon using a liquid argon detector at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source. Two independent analyses prefer CEvNS over the background-only null hypothesis with greater than 3σ significance. The measured cross section, averaged over the incident neutrino flux, is (2.2±0.7)×10^{-39} cm^{2}-consistent with the standard model prediction. The neutron-number dependence of this result, together with that from our previous measurement on CsI, confirms the existence of the CEvNS process and provides improved constraints on nonstandard neutrino interactions.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.012002 PMID: 33480779

pubmed: 33480779

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.012002

doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

012002

Auteurs

D Akimov (D)

Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation.

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

J B Albert (JB)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

P An (P)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

C Awe (C)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

P S Barbeau (PS)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

B Becker (B)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.

V Belov (V)

Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation.

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

I Bernardi (I)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.

M A Blackston (MA)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

L Blokland (L)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.

A Bolozdynya (A)

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

B Cabrera-Palmer (B)

Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550, USA.

N Chen (N)

Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.

D Chernyak (D)

Physics Department, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA.

E Conley (E)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

R L Cooper (RL)

Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA.

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

J Daughhetee (J)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.

M Del Valle Coello (M)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

J A Detwiler (JA)

Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.

M R Durand (MR)

Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.

Y Efremenko (Y)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

S R Elliott (SR)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

L Fabris (L)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

M Febbraro (M)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

W Fox (W)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

A Galindo-Uribarri (A)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

A Gallo Rosso (A)

Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada.

M P Green (MP)

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA.

K S Hansen (KS)

Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.

M R Heath (MR)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

S Hedges (S)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

M Hughes (M)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

T Johnson (T)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

M Kaemingk (M)

Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA.

L J Kaufman (LJ)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

A Khromov (A)

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

A Konovalov (A)

Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation.

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

E Kozlova (E)

Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation.

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

A Kumpan (A)

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

L Li (L)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

J T Librande (JT)

Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.

J M Link (JM)

Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA.

J Liu (J)

Physics Department, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA.

K Mann (K)

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

D M Markoff (DM)

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA.

O McGoldrick (O)

Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.

H Moreno (H)

Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA.

P E Mueller (PE)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

J Newby (J)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

D S Parno (DS)

Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.

S Penttila (S)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

D Pershey (D)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

D Radford (D)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

R Rapp (R)

Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.

H Ray (H)

Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.

J Raybern (J)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

O Razuvaeva (O)

Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation.

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

D Reyna (D)

Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550, USA.

G C Rich (GC)

Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.

D Rudik (D)

Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation.

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

J Runge (J)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

D J Salvat (DJ)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

K Scholberg (K)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

A Shakirov (A)

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

G Simakov (G)

Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A. I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation.

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation.

G Sinev (G)

Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

W M Snow (WM)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

V Sosnovtsev (V)

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation.

B Suh (B)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

R Tayloe (R)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

K Tellez-Giron-Flores (K)

Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA.

R T Thornton (RT)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

I Tolstukhin (I)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

J Vanderwerp (J)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

R L Varner (RL)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

C J Virtue (CJ)

Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada.

G Visser (G)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

C Wiseman (C)

Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.

T Wongjirad (T)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.

J Yang (J)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.

Y-R Yen (YR)

Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.

J Yoo (J)

Department of Physics at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34051, Republic of Korea.

Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, 34051, Republic of Korea.

C-H Yu (CH)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

J Zettlemoyer (J)

Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

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