Measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering from reactor antineutrinos

Abstract

The 96.4 day exposure of a 3 kg ultra-low noise germanium detector to the high flux of antineutrinos from a power nuclear reactor is described. A very strong preference ($p<1.2\times 10^{-3}$) for the presence of a coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) component in the data is found, when compared to a background-only model. No such effect is visible in 25 days of operation during reactor outages. The best-fit CE$\nu$NS signal is in good agreement with expectations based on a recent characterization of germanium response to sub-keV nuclear recoils. Deviations of order 60\% from the Standard Model CE$\nu$NS prediction can be excluded using present data. Standing uncertainties in models of germanium quenching factor, neutrino energy spectrum, and background are examined.

6 pages, 5 figures. Data release and additional information in ancillary files

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