Magnificent CEvNS 2021

Poster NUCLEUS Experiment

7 Oct 2021, 12:15

2m

Poster Poster session

Speaker

Giorgio Del Castello (Infn)

Description

Exploring coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering with NUCLEUS

Coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) offers a unique way to study neutrino properties and to search for new physics beyond the Standard Model. The NUCLEUS experiment aims to measure CE$\nu$NS with reactor anti-neutrinos down to unprecedented low nuclear recoil energies. NUCLEUS will make use of CaWO${}_4$ and Al${}_2$O${}_3$ based cryogenic detectors to perform precision measurements of CE$\nu$NS in order to reach a 20eV detection threshold and a rise time of a few 100$\mu$s which allows the operation above ground. After commissioning at TUM in late 2021, the experiment will be assembled at the Very Near Site, a new shallow experimental room in CHOOZ B nuclear power plant in France, in between two 4.25GW reactor cores with an average neutrino flux of $1.7\cdot {10}^{12}\frac{{\bar{\nu }}_e}{\text{s}{\text{ cm}}^2}$ at the detector's location. NUCLEUS plans to start its first phase in early 2023 and to obtain a measurement of the process with 10g target in few months of data taking, thanks to the high CE$\nu$NS cross-section.

Presentation materials

PosterMagnificent2021_NUCLEUS.pdf