TAUP 2013

CosI, a new approach to coherent neutrino detection at the SNS

9 Sept 2013, 15:20

20m

Asilomar, California

Oral Low-Energy Neutrinos (solar, reactor, supernova, and geo neutrinos and also nuclear astrophysics associated with these sources) Low Energy Neutrinos I

Speaker

Juan Collar (University of Chicago)

Description

A new approach at detecting coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering with CsI[Na] scintillators will be described. The characterization of quenching factor, backgrounds and expected response for a 15 kg detector, to be installed at the SNS@ORNL will be discussed.