Presupernova neutrinos in large dark matter direct detection experiments

Raj, Nirmal; Takhistov, Volodymyr; Witte, Samuel J.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.101.043008

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“…It is also worthwhile to mention that the large dark-matter detectors could also record pre-SN neutrinos via the coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering [64]. Given a rather simple picture of flavor conversions for the pre-SN neutrinos, the luminosities, average energies and flavor content of the original pre-SN neutrinos could be unveiled with a good opportunity after combining different reaction channels in the neutrino detectors and even the pre-SN neutrino events in the dark-matter detectors.…”

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Towards a complete reconstruction of supernova neutrino spectra in future large liquid-scintillator detectors

Li¹,

Li²,

Wang³

et al. 2018

Phys. Rev. D

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In this paper, we show how to carry out a relatively more realistic and complete reconstruction of supernova neutrino spectra in the future large liquid-scintillator detectors, by implementing the method of singular value decomposition with a proper regularization. For a core-collapse supernova at a distance of 10 kpc in the Milky Way, itsν e spectrum can be precisely determined from the inverse beta-decay processν e þ p → e þ þ n, for which a 20 kiloton liquid-scintillator detector with the resolution similar to the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory may register more than 5000 events. We have to rely predominantly on the elastic neutrino-electron scattering ν þ e − → ν þ e − and the elastic neutrino-proton scattering ν þ p → ν þ p for the spectra of ν e and ν x , where ν denotes collectively neutrinos and antineutrinos of all three flavors and ν x for ν μ and ν τ as well as their antiparticles. To demonstrate the validity of our approach, we also attempt to reconstruct the neutrino spectra by using the time-integrated neutrino data from the latest numerical simulations of delayed neutrino-driven supernova explosions.

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Towards a complete reconstruction of supernova neutrino spectra in future large liquid-scintillator detectors

Li¹,

Li²,

Wang³

et al. 2018

Phys. Rev. D

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“…Large dark matter experiments may potentially detect pre-SN neutrinos because of the combination of very low detection thresholds (around or below the keV level) and CEνNS (19). One advantage in these experiments is a sensitivity to all six flavors of neutrinos, from which complementary observations of pre-SN neutrinos are expected.…”

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“…Second, the observation of pre-SN neutrinos serves as an alarm (SN alarm) regarding the subsequent explosion and makes it possible to observe the next galactic SN. The neutrinos may be detected a few days before the explosion if the progenitor is located in our vicinity (<1 kpc) (16,19). It is supposed that galactic SNe occur once every few hundred years.…”

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Theoretical Prediction of Presupernova Neutrinos and Their Detection

Kato

Ishidoshiro

Yoshida

2020

Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci.

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Almost 30 years have passed since the successful detection of supernova (SN) neutrinos from SN 1987A. In the last few decades, remarkable progress has been made in neutrino detection techniques, through which it may be possible to detect neutrinos from a new source, presupernova (pre-SN) neutrinos. They are emitted from a massive star prior to core bounce. Because neutrinos escape from the core freely, they carry information about the stellar physics directly. Pre-SN neutrinos may play an important role in verifying our understanding of stellar evolution for massive stars. Observation of pre-SN neutrinos, moreover, may serve as an alarm regarding an SN explosion a few days in advance if the progenitor is located in our vicinity, enabling us to observe the next galactic SN. In this review, we summarize the current status of pre-SN neutrino studies from both the theoretical and observational points of view. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, Volume 70 is October 19, 2020. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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“…In particular, for stars within ∼ 1 kpc of Earth like Betelgeuse, presupernova neutrinos will be detected at multi-kiloton neutrino detectors like the current KamLAND (see Araki et al (2005) for a dedicated study), Borexino (Borexino Collaboration et al 2018), SNO+ (Andringa et al 2016), Daya Bay (Guo et al 2007) and Su-perKamiokande (Simpson et al 2019), and the upcoming HyperKamiokande (Abe et al 2016), DUNE (Acciarri et al 2016) and JUNO (An et al 2016;Li 2014;Brugière 2017). Next generation dark matter detectors like XENON (Newstead et al 2019), DARWIN (Aalbers et al 2016), and ARGO (Aalseth et al 2018) will also observe a significant signal (Raj et al 2020). Therefore, presupernova neutrinos are a prime target for the SuperNova Early Warning System network (SNEWS, Antonioli et al 2004) -which does or will include the neutrino experiments mentioned above -and its multimessenger era successor SNEWS 2.0, whose mission is to provide early alerts to the astronomy and gravitational wave communities, and to the scientific community at large as well.…”

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Presupernova neutrinos: directional sensitivity and prospects for progenitor identification

Mukhopadhyay,

Lunardini,

Timmes

et al. 2020

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We explore the potential of current and future liquid scintillator neutrino detectors of O(10) kt mass to localize a pre-supernova neutrino signal in the sky. In the hours preceding the core collapse of a nearby star (at distance D 1 kpc), tens to hundreds of inverse beta decay events will be recorded, and their reconstructed topology in the detector can be used to estimate the direction to the star. Although the directionality of inverse beta decay is weak (∼ 8% forward-backward asymmetry for currently available liquid scintillators), we find that for a fiducial signal of 200 events (which is realistic for Betelgeuse), a positional error of ∼ 60 • can be achieved, resulting in the possibility to narrow the list of potential stellar candidates to less than ten, typically. For a configuration with improved forward-backward asymmetry (∼ 40%, as expected for a lithium-loaded liquid scintillator), the angular sensitivity improves to ∼ 15 • , and -when a distance upper limit is obtained from the overall event rate -it is in principle possible to uniquely identify the progenitor star. Any localization information accompanying an early supernova alert will be useful to multi-messenger observations and to particle physics tests using collapsing stars.

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Presupernova neutrinos in large dark matter direct detection experiments

Cited by 42 publications

References 78 publications

Towards a complete reconstruction of supernova neutrino spectra in future large liquid-scintillator detectors

Towards a complete reconstruction of supernova neutrino spectra in future large liquid-scintillator detectors

Theoretical Prediction of Presupernova Neutrinos and Their Detection

Presupernova neutrinos: directional sensitivity and prospects for progenitor identification

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