Solar Neutrinos as Background in Direct Dark Matter Searches
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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 10−10pb, i.e a few events per ton per year.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008