Supernova electron-neutrino interactions with xenon in the nEXO detector

Electron-neutrino charged-current interactions with xenon nuclei were modeled in the nEXO neutrinoless double-<a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mi>β</a:mi></a:math> decay detector (<c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><c:mo>∼</c:mo><c:mn>5</c:mn></c:math> metric ton, 90% <e:math xmlns:e="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><e:mrow><e:mmultiscripts><e:mrow><e:mi>Xe</e:mi></e:mrow><e:mprescripts/><e:none/><e:mrow><e:mn>136</e:mn></e:mrow></e:mmultiscripts></e:mrow></e:math>, 10% <g:math xmlns:g="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><g:mrow><g:mmultiscripts><g:mrow><g:mi>Xe</g:mi></g:mrow><g:mprescripts/><g:none/><g:mrow><g:mn>134</g:mn></g:mrow></g:mmultiscripts></g:mrow></g:math>) to evaluate its sensitivity to supernova neutrinos. Predictions for event rates and detectable signatures were modeled using the Model of Argon Reaction Low Energy Yields (MARLEY) event generator. We find good agreement between MARLEY’s predictions and existing theoretical calculations of the inclusive cross sections at supernova neutrino energies. The interactions modeled by MARLEY were simulated within the nEXO simulation framework and were run through an example reconstruction algorithm to determine the detector’s efficiency for reconstructing these events. The simulated data, incorporating the detector response, were used to study the ability of nEXO to reconstruct the incident electron-neutrino spectrum and these results were extended to a larger xenon detector of the same isotope enrichment. We estimate that nEXO will be able to observe electron-neutrino interactions with xenon from supernovae as far as 5–8 kpc from Earth, while the ability to reconstruct incident electron-neutrino spectrum parameters from observed interactions in nEXO is limited to closer supernovae. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

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Electron-neutrino charged-current interactions with xenon nuclei were modeled in the nEXO neutrinoless double-<a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mi>β</a:mi></a:math> decay detector (<c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><c:mo>∼</c:mo><c:mn>5</c:mn></c:math> metric ton, 90% <e:math xmlns:e="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><e:mrow><e:mmultiscripts><e:mrow><e:mi>Xe</e:mi></e:mrow><e:mprescripts/><e:none/><e:mrow><e:mn>136</e:mn></e:mrow></e:mmultiscripts></e:mrow></e:math>, 10% <g:math xmlns:g="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><g:mrow><g:mmultiscripts><g:mrow><g:mi>Xe</g:mi></g:mrow><g:mprescripts/><g:none/><g:mrow><g:mn>134</g:mn></g:mrow></g:mmultiscripts></g:mrow></g:math>) to evaluate its sensitivity to supernova neutrinos. Predictions for event rates and detectable signatures were modeled using the Model of Argon Reaction Low Energy Yields (MARLEY) event generator. We find good agreement between MARLEY’s predictions and existing theoretical calculations of the inclusive cross sections at supernova neutrino energies. The interactions modeled by MARLEY were simulated within the nEXO simulation framework and were run through an example reconstruction algorithm to determine the detector’s efficiency for reconstructing these events. The simulated data, incorporating the detector response, were used to study the ability of nEXO to reconstruct the incident electron-neutrino spectrum and these results were extended to a larger xenon detector of the same isotope enrichment. We estimate that nEXO will be able to observe electron-neutrino interactions with xenon from supernovae as far as 5–8 kpc from Earth, while the ability to reconstruct incident electron-neutrino spectrum parameters from observed interactions in nEXO is limited to closer supernovae. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US), TRIUMF (CA), Université de Sherbrooke (CA), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US), University of Kentucky (US), University of North Carolina Wilmington (US), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (US), Colorado School of Mines (US), University of Alabama (US), University of South Dakota (US), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Brookhaven National Laboratory (US), Queen's University (CA), University of Massachusetts Amherst (US), Kurchatov Institute (RU), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US), Yale University (US), University of California San Diego (US), Institute of Microelectronics (CN), Institute of High Energy Physics (CN), Snolab (CA), McGill University (CA), Laurentian University (CA), Carleton University (CA), Drexel University (US), University of Windsor (CA), University of the Western Cape (ZA), Colorado State University (US), Skyline College (US), Stanford University (US), Nantes Université (FR)
National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Canada Foundation for Innovation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute for Basic Science, Canada First Research Excellence Fund, Office of Science, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, National Research Council Canada, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Nuclear Physics, Laboratory Directed Research and Development, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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