Speaker
Glenn Richardson
(Yale University)
Description
Thanks to recent observations of long-lived excited Cesium-136 states, xenon detectors now have the potential to serve as solar neutrino observatories by using charged-current interactions of the form $\nu_e + ^{136}Xe \rightarrow ^{136}Cs^* + e^{-}$. This new detection method will be particularly potent at the kilotonne scale. In this lightning talk, I will discuss the projected capabilities of a theoretical kilotonne LXe detector to measure the CNO, pep, and $^8B$ solar-neutrino fluxes, as well as the energy of the $^7Be$ solar-neutrinos. I will also contextualize these predicted capabilities relative to the current measurements made by the Borexino and Kamland collaborations
Primary author
Glenn Richardson
(Yale University)
