Theory of neutrino-atom collisions: the history, present status and BSM physics

Abstract

An overview of the current theoretical studies on neutrino-atom scattering processes is presented. The ionization channel of these processes, which is studied in experiments searching for neutrino magnetic moments, is brought into focus. Recent developments in the theory of atomic ionization by impact of reactor antineutrinos are discussed. It is shown that the stepping approximation is well applicable for the data analysis practically down to the ionization threshold.

arXiv comment38 pages, 6 figures, a review article to appear in the special issue "Through Neutrino Eyes: The Search for New Physics" of Advances in High Energy Physics. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1311.5294 by other authors

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