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Abele H, Angloher G, Bento A, Canonica L, Cappella F, Cardani L, Casali N, Cerulli R, Chalil A, Chebboubi A, Colantoni I, Crocombette JP, Cruciani A, Del Castello G, Del Gallo Roccagiovine M, Desforge D, Doblhammer A, Dumonteil E, Dorer S, Erhart A, Fuss A, Friedl M, Garai A, Ghete VM, Giuliani A, Goupy C, Gunsing F, Hauff D, Jeanneau F, Jericha E, Kaznacheeva M, Kinast A, Kluck H, Langenkämper A, Lasserre T, Letourneau A, Lhuillier D, Litaize O, Mancuso M, de Marcillac P, Marnieros S, Materna T, Mauri B, Mazzolari A, Mazzucato E, Neyrial H, Nones C, Oberauer L, Ortmann T, Ouzriat A, Pattavina L, Peters L, Petricca F, Poda DV, Potzel W, Pröbst F, Reindl F, Rogly R, Romagnoni M, Rothe J, Schermer N, Schieck J, Schönert S, Schwertner C, Scola L, Serot O, Soum-Sidikov G, Stodolsky L, Strauss R, Tamisari M, Thulliez L, Tomei C, Vignati M, Vivier M, Wagner V, Wex A. Observation of a Nuclear Recoil Peak at the 100 eV Scale Induced by Neutron Capture. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:211802. [PMID: 37295094 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.211802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and low-mass dark matter detectors rely crucially on the understanding of their response to nuclear recoils. We report the first observation of a nuclear recoil peak at around 112 eV induced by neutron capture. The measurement was performed with a CaWO_{4} cryogenic detector from the NUCLEUS experiment exposed to a ^{252}Cf source placed in a compact moderator. We identify the expected peak structure from the single-γ de-excitation of ^{183}W with 3σ and its origin by neutron capture with 6σ significance. This result demonstrates a new method for precise, in situ, and nonintrusive calibration of low-threshold experiments.
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Affiliation(s)
- H Abele
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, A-1020 Wien, Austria
| | - G Angloher
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
| | - A Bento
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
- LIBPhys-UC, Departamento de Fisica, Universidade de Coimbra, P3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - L Canonica
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
| | - F Cappella
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - L Cardani
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - N Casali
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - R Cerulli
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma I-00133, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma I-00133, Italy
| | - A Chalil
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - A Chebboubi
- CEA, DES, IRESNE, DER, Cadarache F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
| | - I Colantoni
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - J-P Crocombette
- CEA, DES, SRMP, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - A Cruciani
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - G Del Castello
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - M Del Gallo Roccagiovine
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - D Desforge
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - A Doblhammer
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, A-1020 Wien, Austria
| | - E Dumonteil
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - S Dorer
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, A-1020 Wien, Austria
| | - A Erhart
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - A Fuss
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, A-1020 Wien, Austria
- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, A-1050 Wien, Austria
| | - M Friedl
- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, A-1050 Wien, Austria
| | - A Garai
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
| | - V M Ghete
- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, A-1050 Wien, Austria
| | - A Giuliani
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
| | - C Goupy
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - F Gunsing
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - D Hauff
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
| | - F Jeanneau
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - E Jericha
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, A-1020 Wien, Austria
| | - M Kaznacheeva
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - A Kinast
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - H Kluck
- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, A-1050 Wien, Austria
| | - A Langenkämper
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
| | - T Lasserre
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - A Letourneau
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - D Lhuillier
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - O Litaize
- CEA, DES, IRESNE, DER, Cadarache F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
| | - M Mancuso
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
| | - P de Marcillac
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
| | - S Marnieros
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
| | - T Materna
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - B Mauri
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - A Mazzolari
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - E Mazzucato
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - H Neyrial
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - C Nones
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - L Oberauer
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - T Ortmann
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - A Ouzriat
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - L Pattavina
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi, Italy
| | - L Peters
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - F Petricca
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
| | - D V Poda
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
| | - W Potzel
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - F Pröbst
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
| | - F Reindl
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, A-1020 Wien, Austria
- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, A-1050 Wien, Austria
| | - R Rogly
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - M Romagnoni
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - J Rothe
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - N Schermer
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - J Schieck
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, A-1020 Wien, Austria
- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, A-1050 Wien, Austria
| | - S Schönert
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - C Schwertner
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, A-1020 Wien, Austria
- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, A-1050 Wien, Austria
| | - L Scola
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - O Serot
- CEA, DES, IRESNE, DER, Cadarache F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
| | - G Soum-Sidikov
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - L Stodolsky
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany
| | - R Strauss
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - M Tamisari
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - L Thulliez
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - C Tomei
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - M Vignati
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - M Vivier
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - V Wagner
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
| | - A Wex
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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