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Physics results from the first COHERENT observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering in argon and their combination with cesium-iodide data

M. Cadeddu, F. Dordei, C. Giunti, Yufeng Li, E. Picciau, Y. Y. Zhang

2020Physical review. D/Physical review. D.70 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

We present the results on the radius of the neutron distribution in $^{40}\mathrm{Ar}$, on the low-energy value of the weak mixing angle, and on the electromagnetic properties of neutrinos obtained from the analysis of the coherent neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering data in argon recently published by the COHERENT Collaboration, taking into account proper radiative corrections. We present also the results of the combined analysis of the COHERENT argon and cesium-iodide data for the determination of the low-energy value of the weak mixing angle and the electromagnetic properties of neutrinos. In particular, the COHERENT argon data allow us to improve significantly the only existing laboratory bounds on the electric charge ${q}_{\ensuremath{\mu}\ensuremath{\mu}}$ of the muon neutrino and on the transition electric charge ${q}_{\ensuremath{\mu}\ensuremath{\tau}}$.

Topics & Concepts

PhysicsNeutrinoCharge radiusAtomic physicsArgonMuon neutrinoElastic scatteringNuclear physicsScatteringMuonWeinberg angleElectronNeutrino detectorNeutrino oscillationLeptonProtonQuantum mechanicsNeutrino Physics ResearchParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesNuclear physics research studies