Conveners
Neutrinos
- David Vanegas Forero (Universidad de Medellin)
Neutrinos
- Amalia Betancur Rodriguez (EIA University (CO))
Efficient neutron detection is crucial in areas such as nuclear security, medical physics, and materials research. This work presents the simulation of a thermal neutron detection system using the Geant4 toolkit. The design includes an Americium-Beryllium (AmBe) source as a neutron emitter, a paraffin block for neutron thermalization, a boron-10 enriched graphene film, a scintillating material...
We investigate constraints on a hypothetical light gauge boson, $Z'$, using recent CE$\nu\mathcal{N}$S measurements from the CONUS+ reactor experiment. The presence of such a $Z'$ would induce additional neutrino-quark interactions beyond the Standard Model. To explore this possibility, we perform both a $\chi^2$ minimization and a binned Poisson likelihood analysis. Systematic uncertainties...
We study constraints on non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) using recent CE$\nu\mathcal{N}$S measurements from the CONUS+ reactor experiments. A dedicated statistical analysis is performed by constructing both a $\chi^2$ estimator and a binned Poisson likelihood, with exclusion regions derived at 90\% C.L. for the relevant NSI couplings. By combining $\chi^2$ minimization with likelihood...
