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Neutrino discovery limit of Dark Matter direct detection experiments in the presence of non-standard interactions

Publicated to:Journal Of High Energy Physics. 2018 (7): 019- - 2018-07-03 2018(7), DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2018)019

Authors: Gonzalez-Garcia, M C; Maltoni, Michele; Perez-Gonzalez, Yuber F; Funchal, Renata Zukanovich

Affiliations

ICREA, Pg Lluis Co 23, Barcelona 08010, Spain - Author
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats - Author
Stony Brook University - Author
SUNY Stony Brook, CN Yang Inst Theoret Phys, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA - Author
UAM, CSIC, Inst Fis Teor, Calle Nicolas Cabrera 13-15, E-28049 Madrid, Spain - Author
UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista - Author
Univ Barcelona, Dept Fis Quant & Astrofis, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Inst Ciencies Cosmos, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Estadual Paulista, ICTP South Amer Inst Fundamental Res, Rua Dr Bento T Ferraz 271, BR-01140070 Sao Paulo, Brazil - Author
Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Fis Teor, Rua Dr Bento T Ferraz 271, BR-01140070 Sao Paulo, Brazil - Author
Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, Dept Fis Matemat, R Matao 1371, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, Brazil - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP - Author
Universitat de Barcelona - Author
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Abstract

© 2018, The Author(s). The detection of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering by the COHERENT collaboration has set on quantitative grounds the existence of an irreducible neutrino background in direct detection searches of Weakly Interacting Massive Dark Matter candidates. This background leads to an ultimate discovery limit for these experiments: a minimum Dark Matter interaction cross section below which events produced by the coherent neutrino scattering will mimic the Dark Matter signal, the so-called neutrino floor. In this work we study the modification of such neutrino floor induced by non-standard neutrino interactions within their presently allowed values by the global analysis of oscillation and COHERENT data. By using the full likelihood information of such global analysis we consistently account for the correlated effects of non-standard neutrino interactions both in the neutrino propagation in matter and in its interaction in the detector. We quantify their impact on the neutrino floor for five future experiments: DARWIN (Xe), ARGO (Ar), Super-CDMS HV (Ge and Si) and CRESST phase III (CaWO4). Quantitatively, we find that non-standard neutrino interactions allowed at the 3σ level can result in an increase of the neutrino floor of up to a factor ∼ 5 with respect to the Standard Model expectations and impact the expected sensitivities of the ARGO, CRESST phase III and DARWIN experiments.

Keywords

Beyond standard modelCp-violationElectron-neutrinoFluxModelNeutrino physicsNuclear-power-plantOscillation experimentPhysicsReactorScatteringSolar and atmospheric neutrinos

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of High Energy Physics due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position 5/29, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Physics, Particles & Fields.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 2.69. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 3.44 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 21.78 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-17, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 50
  • Scopus: 53
  • OpenCitations: 49

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-17:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 10.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 10 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 8 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Brazil; United States of America.