Speaker
Description
Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS) provides significant enhancement of low-energy neutrino cross section through coherent interaction with an entire nucleus. The CICENNS (CsI Detector for Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering) experiment aims to perform a high-precision measurement of CEvNS using neutrinos from the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS). A neutrno target consists of total 300-kg CsI(Na) crystal arrays, each of 20 kg in mass, surrounded by a plastic scintillator veto system. The primary physics goal is to make a precise measurement of the CEvNS cross-section. It can also probe nuclear neutron distributions and make sensitive searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model. The detector construction is near deployment at CSNS and data-taking expects to begin in the middle of this year. This presentation will provide a comprehensive overview of detector construction, physics sensitivities, current status, and operational plan.