Open AccessCoherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering
Author(s) -
K. Scholberg
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012126
Subject(s) - physics , nucleus , neutrino , elastic scattering , momentum transfer , scattering , nuclear physics , neutrino oscillation , particle physics , quantum mechanics , psychology , neuroscience
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS), the gentlest kind of interaction of a neutrino with an entire nucleus, was first predicted in 1974, but not observed until 2017 by the COHERENT collaboration. COHERENT and many other experiments are pursuing further measurements of this low momentum transfer process. We review the physics motivations for these measurements and prospects and status of current and future CEvNS experiments.