First Indication of Solar $^8$B Neutrino Flux through Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering in PandaX-4T
| Title: | First Indication of Solar $^8$B Neutrino Flux through Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering in PandaX-4T |
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| Authors: | PandaX Collaboration, Bo, Zihao, Chen, Wei, Chen, Xun, Chen, Yunhua, Cheng, Zhaokan, Cui, Xiangyi, Fan, Yingjie, Fang, Deqing, Gao, Zhixing, Geng, Lisheng, Giboni, Karl, Guo, Xunan, Guo, Xuyuan, Guo, Zichao, Han, Chencheng, Han, Ke, He, Changda, He, Jinrong, Huang, Di, Huang, Houqi, Huang, Junting, Hou, Ruquan, Hou, Yu, Ji, Xiangdong, Ji, Xiangpan, Ju, Yonglin, Li, Chenxiang, Li, Jiafu, Li, Mingchuan, Li, Shuaijie, Li, Tao, Li, Zhiyuan, Lin, Qing, Liu, Jianglai, Lu, Congcong, Lu, Xiaoying, Luo, Lingyin, Luo, Yunyang, Ma, Wenbo, Ma, Yugang, Mao, Yajun, Meng, Yue, Ning, Xuyang, Pang, Binyu, Qi, Ningchun, Qian, Zhicheng, Ren, Xiangxiang, Shan, Dong, Shang, Xiaofeng, Shao, Xiyuan, Shen, Guofang, Shen, Manbin, Sun, Wenliang, Tao, Yi, Wang, Anqing, Wang, Guanbo, Wang, Hao, Wang, Jiamin, Wang, Lei, Wang, Meng, Wang, Qiuhong, Wang, Shaobo, Wang, Siguang, Wang, Wei, Wang, Xiuli, Wang, Xu, Wang, Zhou, Wei, Yuehuan, Wu, Weihao, Wu, Yuan, Xiao, Mengjiao, Xiao, Xiang, Xiong, Kaizhi, Xu, Yifan, Yao, Shunyu, Yan, Binbin, Yan, Xiyu, Yang, Yong, Ye, Peihua, Yu, Chunxu, Yuan, Ying, Yuan, Zhe, Yun, Youhui, Zeng, Xinning, Zhang, Minzhen, Zhang, Peng, Zhang, Shibo, Zhang, Shu, Zhang, Tao, Zhang, Wei, Zhang, Yang, Zhang, Yingxin, Zhang, Yuanyuan, Zhao, Li, Zhou, Jifang, Zhou, Jiaxu, Zhou, Jiayi, Zhou, Ning, Zhou, Xiaopeng, Zhou, Yubo, Zhou, Zhizhen |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment |
| Subject Terms: | High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment |
| More Details: | The PandaX-4T liquid xenon detector at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory is used to measure the solar $^8$B neutrino flux by detecting neutrinos through coherent scattering with xenon nuclei. Data samples requiring the coincidence of scintillation and ionization signals (paired), as well as unpaired ionization-only signals (US2), are selected with energy threshold of approximately 1.1 keV (0.33 keV) nuclear recoil energy. Combining the commissioning run and the first science run of PandaX-4T, a total exposure of 1.20 and 1.04 tonne$\cdot$year are collected for the paired and US2, respectively. After unblinding, 3 and 332 events are observed with an expectation of 2.8$\pm$0.5 and 251$\pm$32 background events, for the paired and US2 data, respectively. A combined analysis yields a best-fit $^8$B neutrino signal of 3.5 (75) events from the paired (US2) data sample, with $\sim$37\% uncertainty, and the background-only hypothesis is disfavored at 2.64$\sigma$ significance. This gives a solar $^8$B neutrino flux of ($8.4\pm3.1$)$\times$10$^6$ cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$, consistent with the standard solar model prediction. It is also the first indication of solar $^8$B neutrino ``fog'' in a dark matter direct detection experiment. Comment: Accepted by Physical Review Letters |
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
| Access URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.10892 |
| Accession Number: | edsarx.2407.10892 |
| Database: | arXiv |
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