29 June 2018 to 4 July 2018
IBS HQ, Daejeon, Korea
Asia/Seoul timezone
There will be Welcome Reception at 18:00 on June 28, 2018

First observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and continued efforts of the COHERENT Collaboration

3 Jul 2018, 15:30
30m
Room A (IBS HQ, Daejeon, Korea)

Room A

IBS HQ, Daejeon, Korea

Speaker

Dr Grayson Rich (University of Chicago)

Description

More than 40 years after its theoretical description, the process of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) has been observed for the first time by the COHERENT Collaboration, using a 14.6-kg CsI[Na] detector at the Spallation Neutron Source of Oak Ridge National Lab. COHERENT and other groups continue to work towards additional CE$\nu$NS measurements because of the breadth of physics sensitivity shown by the process, including connections to nuclear structure, astrophysics, dark sector physics, and other physics beyond the Standard Model. Details of the initial observation of CE$\nu$NS will be presented along with an overview of the physics program within the COHERENT Collaboration, comprised of measurements of both CE$\nu$NS on other target nuclei as well as additional neutrino processes, including charged-current interactions on iodine and neutrino-induced neutron production on lead. The complementarity of additional CE$\nu$NS measurements will be explored, emphasizing the importance of additional, diverse experimental efforts.

Primary author

Dr Grayson Rich (University of Chicago)

Presentation materials