期刊
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
卷 -, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2021)087
关键词
Electroweak interaction; Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments)
资金
- United States Department of Energy [DE-AC02-07CH11359]
- European Union [860881-HIDDeN]
The proposed LEvEL experiment aims to establish a neutron detector near the Large Hadron Collider to explore low-energy neutrinos and measure their cross sections. Detailed simulations have been conducted to determine neutrino production at the LHC beam dump and estimate signal and backgrounds for an experiment exploiting the forward direction of the beam dump. The experiment could achieve measurements of neutrino-argon charged current and neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering cross sections with high precision.
We propose the operation of LEvEL, the Low-Energy Neutrino Experiment at the LHC, a neutrino detector near the Large Hadron Collider Beam Dump. Such a detector is capable of exploring an intense, low-energy neutrino flux and can measure neutrino cross sections that have previously never been observed. These cross sections can inform other future neutrino experiments, such as those aiming to observe neutrinos from supernovae, allowing such measurements to accomplish their fundamental physics goals. We perform detailed simulations to determine neutrino production at the LHC beam dump, as well as neutron and muon backgrounds. Measurements at a few to ten percent precision of neutrino-argon charged current and neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering cross sections are attainable with 100 ton-year and 1 ton-year exposures at LEvEL, respectively, concurrent with the operation of the High Luminosity LHC. We also estimate signal and backgrounds for an experiment exploiting the forward direction of the LHC beam dump, which could measure neutrinos above 100 GeV.
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