Beyond the Standard Model: Coherent Neutrino Scattering at the European Spallation Source

Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS), a recently discovered process of neutrino interaction, provides numerous opportunities to search for physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). The CEvNS cross-section, much larger than for any other coupling, results in a dramatic miniaturization of neutrino detectors. However, the faint signals generated (few-keV nuclear recoils, NRs) require advanced detector technologies. The unprecedented neutrino flux from the upcoming European Spallation Source (ESS) provides an opportunity for definitive exploration of all phenomenological applications of CEvNS. 

The centerpiece of this proposal is the development of new CEvNS detector technologies that will allow to measure this process beyond any statistical fluctuation.
The Programm, lead by DIPC aims to install a combination of detector technologies at the ESS that will allow for these measurements and a comparison of results of with similar nuclei but with totally different systematics and technology. Their simultaneous use at the ESS will provide a unique, robust confirmation of any signatures of new physics encountered. 

In this talk I will introduce the physics of CEvNS and will present the different technologies being developed by this program. I will also update on the recent results and status of the prototypes.