Recent probes of standard and non-standard neutrino physics with nuclei

Abstract

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 $\varphi$ mediators. Indirect and direct connections of \cevns with astrophysics, direct Dark Matter detection and charge lepton flavor violating processes are also discussed.

35 pages, 17 figures, 3 tables, Invited Review for the 'Frontiers in Physics' Research Topic 'Exploring Muon, Neutrino and Astroparticle Physics at the Intensity Frontiers'; v2: Minor changes, references added, matches the published version in 'Frontiers in Physics'

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• Observation of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering
• Sterile neutrino search at NEOS Experiment
• COHERENT constraints on nonstandard neutrino interactions
• Neutrino Backgrounds to Dark Matter Searches
• Limiting neutrino magnetic moments with Borexino Phase-II solar neutrino data
• A COHERENT enlightenment of the neutrino Dark Side
• Atmospheric neutrinos as probes of neutrino-matter interactions
• Neutrinophilic Non-Standard Interactions
• Impact of form factor uncertainties on interpretations of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering data
• The Mu2e Experiment
• Probing neutrino transition magnetic moments with coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering
• Non-Standard Neutrino Interactions from a Triplet Seesaw Model
• Stellar Collapse Dynamics With Neutrino Flavor Changing Neutral Currents

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• Future CEvNS experiments as probes of lepton unitarity and light-sterile neutrinos
• Flavor-dependent radiative corrections in coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering
• Search for coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering at a nuclear reactor with CONNIE 2019 data
• First results from a search for coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) at a reactor site
• A Statistical Analysis of the COHERENT Data and Applications to New Physics
• Neutrino non-standard interactions meet precision measurements of $N_{\mathrm{eff}}$
• Interplay between nonstandard and nuclear constraints in coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering experiments
• Impact of COHERENT measurements, cross section uncertainties and new interactions on the neutrino floor
• Performance of a Large Area Photon Detector For Rare Event Search Applications
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• CP-Violating and Charged Current Neutrino Non-standard Interactions in CE$\nu$NS
• Probing light vector mediators with coherent scattering at future facilities
• Reactor neutrino liquid xenon coherent elastic scattering experiment
• Recent Progress in Low Energy Neutrino Scattering Physics and Its Implications for the Standard and Beyond the Standard Model Physics
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• COHERENT production of a dark fermion
• Up-scattering production of a sterile fermion at DUNE: complementarity with spallation source and direct detection experiments
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• Low-energy reactor neutrino physics with the CONNIE experiment
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