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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Recent Probes of Standard and Non-standard Neutrino Physics With Nuclei

Yoshitaka KunoD.k. PapouliasT. S. Kosmas

subject

Sterile neutrinoParticle physicsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Physics beyond the Standard Modelelectromagnetic neutrino propertiesBiophysicscoherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENNS)FOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Physics and Astronomy01 natural sciencesHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)sterile neutrinos0103 physical sciencesPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry010306 general physicsMathematical PhysicsPhysicsScatteringHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyScalar (physics)non-standard interactionslcsh:QC1-999High Energy Physics - Phenomenologynovel mediatorsHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrinoEvent (particle physics)lcsh:PhysicsLepton

description

We review standard and non-standard neutrino physics probes that are based on nuclear measurements. We pay special attention on the discussion of prospects to extract new physics at prominent rare event measurements looking for neutrino-nucleus scattering, such as the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) that may involve lepton flavor violation (LFV) in neutral-currents (NC). For the latter processes several appreciably sensitive experiments are currently pursued or have been planed to operate in the near future, like the COHERENT, CONUS, CONNIE, MINER, TEXONO, RED100, vGEN, Ricochet, NUCLEUS etc. We provide a thorough discussion on phenomenological and theoretical studies, in particular those referring to the nuclear physics aspects in order to provide accurate predictions for the relevant experiments. Motivated by the recent discovery of CE$\nu$NS at the COHERENT experiment and the active experimental efforts for a new measurement at reactor-based experiments, we summarize the current status of the constraints as well as the future sensitivities on nuclear and electroweak physics parameters, non-standard interactions, electromagnetic neutrino properties, sterile neutrinos and simplified scenarios with novel vector $Z^\prime$ or scalar $\phi$ mediators. Indirect and direct connections of \cevns with astrophysics, direct Dark Matter detection and charge lepton flavor violating processes are also discussed.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2019.00191