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Title: | Large-energy single hits at JUNO from atmospheric neutrinos and dark matter |
Authors: | Chauhan, Bhavesh |
Keywords: | Physics JUNO Solar and atmospheric neutrinos |
Issue Date: | May-2022 |
Publisher: | APS |
Abstract: | Large liquid scintillator detectors, such as JUNO, present a new opportunity to study neutral current events from the low-energy end of the atmospheric neutrinos, and possible new physics signals due to light dark matter. We carefully study the possibility of detecting “large-energy singles” (LES), i.e., events with visible scintillation energy >15 MeV, but no other associated tags. For an effective exposure of 20 kton−yr and considering only Standard Model physics, we expect the LES sample to contain ∼40 events from scattering on free protons and ∼108 events from interaction with carbon, from neutral-current interactions of atmospheric neutrinos. Backgrounds, largely due to 𝛽 decays of cosmogenic isotopes, are shown to be significant only below 15 MeV visible energy. The LES sample at JUNO can competitively probe a variety of new physics scenarios, such as boosted dark matter and annihilation of galactic dark matter to sterile neutrinos. |
URI: | https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.095035 http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/xmlui/handle/123456789/15290 |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Physics |
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