Probing low energy neutrino backgrounds with neutrino capture on beta decaying nuclei

被引:110
作者
Cocco, Alfredo G. [1 ]
Mangano, Gianpiero
Messina, Marcello
机构
[1] Complesso Univ Monte S Angelo, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, I-80126 Naples, Italy
[2] Univ Bern, Lab Hochenergiephys, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
关键词
neutrino experiments; neutrino and gamma astronomy; cosmological neutrinos;
D O I
10.1088/1475-7516/2007/06/015
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We study the interaction of low energy neutrinos on nuclei that spontaneously undergo beta decay showing that the product of the cross section and the neutrino velocity takes values as high as 10(-42) cm(2) c for some specific nuclei that decay via allowed transitions. The absence of an energy threshold and the value of the cross section single out these processes as providing a promising though very demanding approach for future experiments aimed at a direct detection of low energy neutrino backgrounds such as the cosmological relic neutrinos.
引用
收藏
页数:17
相关论文
共 36 条
[31]   New analysis of 14O β decay:: Branching ratios and conserved vector current consistency -: art. no. 055501 [J].
Towner, IS ;
Hardy, JC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 2005, 72 (05)
[32]  
Trofimov VN, 1998, PHYS ATOM NUCL+, V61, P1271
[33]   UNIVERSAL NEUTRINO DEGENERACY [J].
WEINBERG, S .
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1962, 128 (03) :1457-&
[34]   EVALUATION OF BETA-DECAY .2. FINITE MASS AND SIZE EFFECTS [J].
WILKINSON, DH .
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1990, 290 (2-3) :509-515
[35]  
*WOLFR RES INC, 2004, MATH 5 0
[36]   Review of particle physics [J].
Yao, W-M ;
Amsler, C. ;
Asner, D. ;
Barnett, R. M. ;
Beringer, J. ;
Burchat, P. R. ;
Carone, C. D. ;
Caso, C. ;
Dahl, O. ;
D'Ambrosio, G. ;
De Gouvea, A. ;
Doser, M. ;
Eidelman, S. ;
Feng, J. L. ;
Gherghetta, T. ;
Goodman, M. ;
Grab, C. ;
Groom, D. E. ;
Gurtu, A. ;
Hagiwara, K. ;
Hayes, K. G. ;
Hernandez-Rey, J. J. ;
Hikasa, K. ;
Jawahery, H. ;
Kolda, C. ;
Kwon, Y. ;
Mangano, M. L. ;
Manohar, A. V. ;
Masoni, A. ;
Miquel, R. ;
Moenig, K. ;
Murayama, H. ;
Nakamura, K. ;
Navas, S. ;
Olive, K. A. ;
Pape, L. ;
Patrignani, C. ;
Piepke, A. ;
Punzi, G. ;
Raffelt, G. ;
Smith, J. G. ;
Tanabashi, M. ;
Terning, J. ;
Toernqvist, N. A. ;
Trippe, T. G. ;
Vogel, P. ;
Watari, T. ;
Wohl, C. G. ;
Workman, R. L. ;
Zyla, P. A. .
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS, 2006, 33 (01) :1-+