Altas Energías

Neutrino physics at reactor facilities

by Dr. Luis Flores Sandoval (IF-UNAM)

Wednesday, 24 March 2021 from to (Mexico/General)
at IF-UNAM ( Seminario virtual vía Zoom )
Para detalles de conexión contactar a m.catalina@fisica.unam.mx
Description
Nuclear reactors offer an excellent opportunity to study conventional and exotic neutrino interactions given the high antineutrino flux produced in the reactor core.

Since the first measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS) four years ago from a stopped-pion neutrino source, different detector technologies are in an experimental race to first observe CEvNS at reactors. However, this detection is challenging given the need for sub-keV thresholds and great background identification.

In this talk, we will review the different neutrino physics scenarios that can be studied from CEvNS using reactor antineutrinos, in addition to some applications for this type of detectors. We will also discuss the physics potential of a liquid Argon bubble chamber, which is a novel CEvNS detector currently under construction by the SBC collaboration.