2021 CAP Virtual Congress / Congrès virtuel de l'ACP 2021

(I) Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering and the NEWS-G collaboration

8 Jun 2021, 17:05

20m

Underline Conference System

Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e) Symposia Day (PPD) - Neutrino Physics and Beyond TS4-6 Neutrinos and more (PPD Neutrino Physics and Beyond Symposium) / Neutrinos et davantage (Symposium PPD sur la physique des neutrinos et au delà)

Speaker

Marie Vidal

Description

NEWS-G (New Experiments With Spheres-Gas) is a rare event search experiment using Spherical Proportional Counters (SPCs). Primarily designed for the direct detection of dark matter, this technology also has appealing features for Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CE$\nu$NS) studies. CE$\nu$NS is a process predicted by the standard model and can be used as a tool to probe new physics and other applications, such as monitoring neutrino flux from nuclear reactors or sterile neutrino search.
The NEWS-G collaboration is studying the feasibility of detecting CE$\nu$NS at a nuclear reactor using an SPC. I will discuss the efforts made by the NEWS-G collaboration to assess the feasibility of such an experiment.

Presentation materials

CAP_talk2021.pdf