Exploring the Advantages of an Undoped, Cryogenic CsI Detector for CEvNS Experiments at the SNS with COHERENT

21 Jun 2024, 17:30
2h
Near Aula Magna (U6 building) (University of Milano-Bicocca)

Near Aula Magna (U6 building)

University of Milano-Bicocca

Poster New technologies for neutrino physics Poster session and reception 2

Speaker

Charlie Prior (Duke University)

Description

Inorganic crystal scintillators, especially doped alkali-halide scintillators such as NaI[Tl], CsI[Tl] and CsI[Na], play an important role in neutrino experiments. The pioneering achievement of the COHERENT experiment, utilizing CsI[Na] for the initial detection of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS), demonstrated a nuclear recoil detection threshold of approximately 8 keV(nr). However, to advance the capabilities of next-generation neutrino detectors, it is crucial to significantly reduce this detection threshold. Recent studies have illustrated that undoped alkali-halide scintillators, when operated at cryogenic temperatures near 77 K, exhibit a substantial increase in light yield – nearly doubling that of their room-temperature counterparts, alongside diminished afterglow effects. This poster outlines the advantages of adopting undoped, cryogenic CsI as a novel detector material for CEvNS experiments, focusing on its implementation in the COHERENT experiment at the SNS, offering a promising pathway to unlocking new physics through enhanced neutrino detection sensitivity.

Poster prize Yes
Given name Charlie
Surname Prior
First affiliation Duke University
Second affiliation Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory
Institutional email charlie.prior@duke.edu
Gender Male
Collaboration (if any) COHERENT

Primary author

Charlie Prior (Duke University)

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