Phys. Rev. D 89, 072004 (2014) - A method for measuring coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering at a far off-axis high-energy neutrino beam target

A method for measuring coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering at a far off-axis high-energy neutrino beam target

S. J. Brice, R. L. Cooper, F. DeJongh, A. Empl, L. M. Garrison, A. Hime, E. Hungerford, T. Kobilarcik, B. Loer, C. Mariani, M. Mocko, G. Muhrer, R. Pattie, Z. Pavlovic, E. Ramberg, K. Scholberg, R. Tayloe, R. T. Thornton, J. Yoo, and A. Young

Phys. Rev. D 89, 072004 – Published 3 April 2014

Abstract

We present an experimental method for measuring the process of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENNS). This method uses a detector situated transverse to a high-energy neutrino beam production target. This detector would be sensitive to the low-energy neutrinos arising from decay-at-rest pions in the target. We discuss the physics motivation for making this measurement and outline the predicted backgrounds and sensitivities using this approach. We report a measurement of neutron backgrounds as found in an off-axis surface location of the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) target. The results indicate that the Fermilab BNB target is a favorable location for a CENNS experiment.

Received 25 November 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.072004

© 2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

S. J. Brice¹, R. L. Cooper^2,*, F. DeJongh¹, A. Empl³, L. M. Garrison², A. Hime⁴, E. Hungerford³, T. Kobilarcik¹, B. Loer¹, C. Mariani⁵, M. Mocko⁴, G. Muhrer⁴, R. Pattie⁶, Z. Pavlovic⁴, E. Ramberg¹, K. Scholberg⁷, R. Tayloe², R. T. Thornton², J. Yoo¹, and A. Young⁶

¹Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
²Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
³University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
⁴Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
⁵Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
⁶North Carolina State University, North Carolina 27695, USA
⁷Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA

^*Corresponding author. roblcoop@indiana.edu

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Vol. 89, Iss. 7 — 1 April 2014

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