Probing neutrino magnetic moments at the Spallation Neutron Source facility

T. S. Kosmas, O. G. Miranda, D. K. Papoulias, M. Tórtola, and J. W. F. Valle
Phys. Rev. D 92, 013011 – Published 20 July 2015

Abstract

Majorana neutrino electromagnetic properties are studied through neutral current coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering. We focus on the potential of the recently planned COHERENT experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source to probe muon-neutrino magnetic moments. The resulting sensitivities are determined on the basis of a χ2 analysis employing realistic nuclear structure calculations in the context of the quasiparticle random phase approximation. We find that they can improve existing limits by half an order of magnitude. In addition, we show that these facilities allow for standard model precision tests in the low energy regime, with a competitive determination of the weak mixing angle. Finally, they also offer the capability to probe other electromagnetic neutrino properties, such as the neutrino charge radius. We illustrate our results for various choices of experimental setup and target material.

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  • Received 19 May 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.013011

© 2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

T. S. Kosmas1,*, O. G. Miranda2,†, D. K. Papoulias1,3,‡, M. Tórtola3,§, and J. W. F. Valle3,∥

  • 1Theoretical Physics Section, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
  • 2Departamento de Física, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apartado Postal 14-740 07000, Distrito Federal, Mexico
  • 3AHEP Group, Instituto de Física Corpuscular–C.S.I.C./Universitat de València Edificio de Institutos de Paterna, C/Catedratico José Beltrán, 2 E-46980 Paterna (València), Spain

  • *hkosmas@uoi.gr
  • omr@fis.cinvestav.mx
  • dimpap@cc.uoi.gr
  • §mariam@ific.uv.es
  • valle@ific.uv.es

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Vol. 92, Iss. 1 — 1 July 2015

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