Constraints on New Physics with Light Mediators and Generalized Neutrino Interactions via Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering

TL;DR

This paper explores how new physics, including light mediators and generalized neutrino interactions, could affect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering, using TEXONO data to set constraints on various models.

Contribution

It provides the first comprehensive analysis of light mediators and generalized neutrino interactions in CEvNS, deriving constraints from TEXONO data and comparing with other experiments.

Findings

Constraints on mediator masses and couplings at 90% CL

Allowed regions for new physics parameters

Complementarity with other neutrino experiments

Abstract

We investigate new physics effects on coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering within the framework of nonstandard interactions and generalized neutrino interactions. Additionally, we examine the possibility of light mediators from a simplified model that includes all possible Lorentz-invariant interactions of vector, axialvector, scalar, pseudoscalar, and tensor types. Constraints and allowed regions at the $90\%$ CL for masses and couplings in each new physics scenario have been obtained through the analysis of TEXONO data, which includes two datasets from a high-purity $n$-type point contact germanium detector in 2016 and an advanced $p$-type point contact Ge detector in 2025. The results are presented in comparison with other reactor and accelerator-based neutrino experiments for complementarity.