Scattering of Low-Energy Neutrinos on Atomic Shells
- NázevTitle
- Scattering of Low-Energy Neutrinos on Atomic ShellsScattering of Low-Energy Neutrinos on Atomic Shells
- Druh výsledkuResult type
- Příspěvek ve sborníkuProceedings paper
- AutořiAuthors
- A. Babič, F. Šimkovic
- Klíčová slovaKeywords
- electron neutrinos, inelastic scattering, excited state
- KonferenceConference
- Matrix Elements for the Double-beta-decay EXperiments (Prague, Czechia, 2015-06-09)
- DOIDOI
- 10.1063/1.4934891
- Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
- In: AIP Conference Proceedings 1685, AIP Publishing LLC, 2015, pp. 020002 · ISSN 0094-243X
- RokYear
- 2015
- JazykLanguage
- eng
- ZáznamyRecords
- ProjektProject
- Příspěvek k rozšíření velké výzkumné infrastruktury evropského významuContribution of the Czech Republic to the extension of the large research infrastructure of European importance
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AbstraktAbstract
We present a derivation of the total cross section for inelastic scattering of low-energy solar neutrinos and reactor antineutrinos on bound electrons, resulting in a transition of the electron to an excited state. The atomic-shell structure of various chemical elements is treated in terms of a nonrelativistic approximation. We estimate the interaction rates for modern neutrino detectors, in particular the Borexino and GEMMA experiments. We establish that in these experiments the effect can be safely neglected, but it could be accessible to future large-volume neutrino detectors with low energy threshold.
We present a derivation of the total cross section for inelastic scattering of low-energy solar neutrinos and reactor antineutrinos on bound electrons, resulting in a transition of the electron to an excited state. The atomic-shell structure of various chemical elements is treated in terms of a nonrelativistic approximation. We estimate the interaction rates for modern neutrino detectors, in particular the Borexino and GEMMA experiments. We establish that in these experiments the effect can be safely neglected, but it could be accessible to future large-volume neutrino detectors with low energy threshold.