2016/09/07 by G. Agnolet, MINER Collaboration, Glenn Agnolet +113 · 7 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Cross section (physics) #Detector #Engineering #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutron #Nuclear data #Nuclear engineering #Nuclear physics #Optics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Research reactor #Scattering #Semiconductor detector #TRIGA #hep-ex #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1609.02066
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · 12 pages, 14 figures
arxiv created 2016/09/07 · openalex publication_date 2016/09/07 · arxiv updated 2016/09/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The proposed Mitchell Institute Neutrino Experiment at Reactor (MINER) experiment at the Nuclear Science Center at Texas A&M University will search for coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering within close proximity (about 2 meters) of a 1 MW TRIGA nuclear reactor core using low threshold, cryogenic germanium and silicon detectors. Given the Standard Model cross section of the scattering process and the proposed experimental proximity to the reactor, as many as 5 to 20 events/kg/day are expected. We discuss the status of preliminary measurements to characterize the main backgrounds for the proposed experiment. Both in situ measurements at the experimental site and simulations using the MCNP and GEANT4 codes are described. A strategy for monitoring backgrounds during data taking is briefly discussed.