Neutrino Backgrounds to Dark Matter Searches

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dc.creatorMonroe, Jocelyn
dc.creatorFisher, Peter
dc.date2007-06-20
dc.date2007-07-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:17:04Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:17:04Z
dc.descriptionNeutrino coherent scattering cross sections can be as large as 10^{-39} cm^2, while current dark matter experiments have sensitivities to WIMP coherent scattering cross sections five orders of magnitude smaller; future experiments plan to have sensitivities to cross sections as small as 10^{-48} cm^2. With large target masses and few keV recoil energy detection thresholds, neutral current coherent scattering of solar neutrinos becomes an irreducible background in dark matter searches. In the current zero-background analysis paradigm, neutrino coherent scattering will limit the achievable sensitivity to dark matter scattering cross sections, at the level of 10^{-46} cm^2.
dc.description6 pages, 8 figures; publication version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3019
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3019
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D76:033007,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.033007
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/192884
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.subjectNuclear Experiment
dc.titleNeutrino Backgrounds to Dark Matter Searches
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