Constraints on Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering in the Fully Coherent Regime from the CONUS Experiment

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作者：
Bonet, H. [1 ]
Bonhomme, A. [1 ]
Buck, C. [1 ]
Fuelber, K. [2 ]
Hakenmueller, J. [1 ]
Heusser, G. [1 ]
Hugle, T. [1 ]
Lindner, M. [1 ]
Maneschg, W. [1 ]
Rink, T. [1 ]
Strecker, H. [1 ]
Wink, R. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Max Planck Inst Kernphys, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[2] Preussen Elektra GmbH, Kernkraftwerk Brokdorf GmbH & Co oHG, D-25576 Osterende, Brokdorf, Germany
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2021年 / 126卷 / 04期
关键词：
Germanium - Particle detectors - Coherent scattering - Neutrons - Nuclear fuels;
D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.041804
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
We report the best limit on coherent elastic scattering of electron antineutrinos emitted from a nuclear reactor off germanium nuclei. The measurement was performed with the CONUS detectors positioned at 17.1 m from the 3.9 GW(th) reactor core of the nuclear power plant in Brokdorf, Germany. The antineutrino energies of less than 10 MeV assure interactions in the fully coherent regime. The analyzed dataset includes 248.7 kg d with the reactor turned on and background data of 58.8 kg d with the reactor off. With a quenching parameter of k = 0.18 for germanium, we determined an upper limit on the number of neutrino events of 85 in the region of interest at 90% confidence level. This new CONUS dataset disfavors quenching parameters above k = 0.27, under the assumption of standard-model-like coherent scattering of the reactor antineutrinos.
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