6–13 Jul 2022
Bologna, Italy
Europe/Rome timezone

Elastic neutrino-atom scattering as a probe of neutrino millicharge and magnetic moment

8 Jul 2022, 19:05
1h 25m
Bologna, Italy

Bologna, Italy

Palazzo della Cultura e dei Congressi
Poster Neutrino Physics Poster Session

Speaker

Konstantin Kouzakov (Moscow State University)

Description

Neutrino scattering on atomic systems at low-energy transfer is a powerful tool for searching the neutrino electromagnetic interactions [1,2]. The regime of coherent elastic neutrino-atom scattering (CEνAS), i.e., when the atom recoils as a pointlike particle, can be effectively fulfilled in the case of tritium neutrinos [3]. We present theoretical calculations for CEνAS processes on such targets as the H, $^2$H, $^3$He, $^4$He, and $^6$C atoms. We show how the atomic effects and neutrino electromagnetic properties, namely the neutrino millicharge and magnetic moment, may manifest themselves in the atomic-recoil spectra. Our results can be used in planning the CEνAS experiments (in particular, with superfluid $^4$He [3,4]).

References
[1] C. Giunti and A. Studenikin, Rev. Mod. Phys. 87, 531 (2015) [arXiv:1403.6344 [hep-ph]].
[2] K. Kouzakov and A. Studenikin, Phys. Rev. D 96, 099904 (2017) [arXiv:1703.00401 [hep-ph]].
[3] M. Cadeddu, F. Dordei, C. Giunti, K. Kouzakov, E. Picciau, and A. Studenikin, Phys. Rev. D 100, 073014 (2019) [arXiv:1907.03302 [hep-ph]].
[4] G. Donchenko, K. Kouzakov, and A. Studenikin, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2156, 012231 (2021) [arXiv: 2111.03331 [hep-ph]].

In-person participation No

Primary authors

Georgy DONCHENKO (Faculty of Physics MSU) Konstantin Kouzakov (Moscow State University) Alexander Studenikin (Moscow State University)

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