Paleodetectors for Galactic Supernovae and (Atmospheric) Neutrinos

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• Patrick Stengel (SISSA)
• Wednesday 03 February 2021, 13:30-14:30
• Zoom.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Prof Ian Kenyon.

Paleo-Detectors for Galactic Supernova (and Atmospheric) Neutrinos

Abstract: Paleo-detectors are a proposed experimental technique in which one would search for traces of recoiling nuclei in ancient minerals. I will first discuss the potential of paleo-detectors to measure nuclear recoils induced by neutrinos from galactic core collapse supernovae. We find that they would not only allow for a direct measurement of the average core collapse supernova rate in the Milky Way, but would also contain information about the time-dependence of the local supernova rate over the past 1Gyr. I will also discuss more recent work on the potential sensitivity of paleo-detectors to atmospheric neutrinos, a signal which avoids many of the backgrounds more relevant to searches for lower energy recoils but is also subject to significant systematic uncertainties.

This talk is part of the Particle Physics Seminars series.

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