Prospects for measuring coherent neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering at a stopped-pion neutrino source

TL;DR

This paper evaluates the potential to measure coherent neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering using a high-intensity stopped-pion neutrino source, focusing on detector materials and sensitivity to new physics.

Contribution

It provides calculations of scattering rates across various detector materials and explores the experiment's sensitivity to physics beyond the Standard Model.

Findings

Calculated scattering rates for different detector materials.

Assessed the experiment's sensitivity to new physics.

Identified optimal detector materials for measurement.

Abstract

Rates of coherent neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering at a high-intensity stopped-pion neutrino source in various detector materials (relevant for novel low-threshold detectors) are calculated. Sensitivity of a coherent neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering experiment to new physics is also explored.