arXiv:0809.0785·v3·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
Solar Neutrinos as Background in Direct Dark Matter Searches
J. D. Vergados (Physics Department, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece and Theory Division, CERN)🇬🇷 · H. Ejiri (RCNP, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan and National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan)🇯🇵 · I. Giomataris (IRFU, Centre d'etudes de Saclay, Gif sur Yvette CEDEX, France)🇫🇷
Abstract
The coherent contribution of all neutrons in neutrino nucleus scattering due to the neutral current is examined considering the boron solar neutrinos. These neutrinos could potentially become a source of background in the future dark matter searches aiming at nucleon cross sections in the region well below the few events per ton per year.
Comments: 6 pages, 5 figures, Submitted for the DSU proceedings to be published by the American institute of Physics (AIP). References added