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Prospects for observation of neutrino-nuclear neutral current coherent scattering with two-phase Xenon emission detector
D Yu Akimov1,2, I S Alexandrov1,2, V I Aleshin3, V A Belov1,2, A I Bolozdynya1, A A Burenkov1,2, A S Chepurnov1,5, M V Danilov1,2, A V Derbin4, V V Dmitrenko1, A G Dolgolenko2, Yu V Efremenko1,6, A V Etenko1,3, M B Gromov1,5, M A Gulin1, S V Ivakhin1, V A Kantserov1, V A Kaplin1, A K Karelin1,2, A V Khromov1, M A Kirsanov1, S G Klimanov1, A S Kobyakin1,2, A M Konovalov1,2, A G Kovalenko1,2, V I Kopeikin3, T D Krakhmalova1, A V Kuchenkov1,2, A V Kumpan1, E A Litvinovich3, G A Lukyanchenko1,3, I N Machulin3, V P Martemyanov3, N N Nurakhov1, D G Rudik1,2, I S Saldikov1, M D Skorokhatov1,3, V V Sosnovtsev1, V N Stekhanov1,2, S V Sukhotin3, V G Tarasenkov3, G V Tikhomirov1 and O Ya Zeldovich2
We propose to detect and to study neutrino neutral current coherent scattering off atomic nuclei with a two-phase emission detector using liquid xenon as a working medium. Expected signals and backgrounds are calculated for two possible experimental sites: the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant in the Russian Federation and the Spallation Neutron Source at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the U.S.A. Both sites have advantages as well as limitations. The experiment looks feasible at either location.
