Neutrino Scattering Measurements on Hydrogen and Deuterium: A Snowmass White Paper

Neutrino interaction uncertainties are a limiting factor in current and next-generation experiments probing the fundamental physics of neutrinos, a unique window on physics beyond the Standard Model. Neutrino-nucleon scattering amplitudes are an important part of the neutrino interaction program. Ho...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2022-06
Main Authors: Alvarez-Ruso, Luis, Barrow, Joshua L, Bellantoni, Leo, Betancourt, Minerba, Bross, Alan, Cremonesi, Linda, Duffy, Kirsty, Dytman, Steven, Fields, Laura, Fukuda, Tsutomu, González-Díaz, Diego, Gorchtein, Mikhail, Hill, Richard J, Junk, Thomas, Keller, Dustin, Huey-Wen, Lin, Lu, Xianguo, Mahn, Kendall, Meyer, Aaron S, Mohayai, Tanaz, Morfín, Jorge G, Owens, Joseph, Paley, Jonathan, Pandey, Vishvas, Paz, Gil, Petti, Roberto, Ryan Plestid, Ramson, Bryan, Russell, Brooke, Federico Sanchez Nieto, Tomalak, Oleksandr, Wilkinson, Callum, Wret, Clarence
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amplitudes
Deuterium
Heavy nuclei
Neutrinos
Nucleons
Scattering
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Summary:Neutrino interaction uncertainties are a limiting factor in current and next-generation experiments probing the fundamental physics of neutrinos, a unique window on physics beyond the Standard Model. Neutrino-nucleon scattering amplitudes are an important part of the neutrino interaction program. However, since all modern neutrino detectors are composed primarily of heavy nuclei, knowledge of elementary neutrino-nucleon amplitudes relies heavily on experiments performed in the 1970s and 1980s, whose statistical and systematic precision are insufficient for current needs. In this white paper, we outline the motivation for attempting measurements on hydrogen and deuterium that would improve this knowledge, and we discuss options for making these measurements either with the DUNE near detector or with a dedicated facility.
ISSN:2331-8422