在中子捕获引起的100 eV量表处观察核后坐力峰

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在中子捕获引起的100 eV量表处观察核后坐力峰

Observation of a nuclear recoil peak at the 100 eV scale induced by neutron capture

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CRAB Collaboration, NUCLEUS Collaboration, Abele, H., Angloher, G., Bento, A., Canonica, L., Cappella, F., Cardani, L., Casali, N., Cerulli, R., Chalil, A., Chebboubi, A., Colantoni, I., Crocombette, J. -P., Cruciani, A., Del Castello, G., Roccagiovine, M. del Gallo, Desforge, D., Doblhammer, A., Dumonteil, E., Dorer, S., Erhart, A., Fuss, A., Friedl, M., Garai, A., Ghete, V. M., Giuliani, A., Goupy, C., Gunsing, F., Hauff, D., Jeanneau, F., Jericha, E., Kaznacheeva, M., Kinast, A., Kluck, H., Langenkämper, A., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Litaize, O., Mancuso, M., de Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Materna, T., Mauri, B., Mazzolari, A., Mazzucato, E., Neyrial, H., Nones, C., Oberauer, L., Ortmann, T., Ouzriat, A., Pattavina, L., Peters, L., Petricca, F., Poda, D. V., Potzel, W., Pröbst, F., Reindl, F., Rogly, R., Romagnoni, M., Rothe, J., Schermer, N., Schieck, J., Schönert, S., Schwertner, C., Scola, L., Serot, O., Soum-Sidikov, G., Stodolsky, L., Strauss, R., Tamisari, M., Thulliez, L., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., Vivier, M., Wagner, V., Wex, A.

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相干弹性中微子核散射和低质量暗物质探测器至关重要地依赖于对它们对核路后座的反应的理解。我们报告了由中子捕获引起的112 eV的第一个观察结果。测量是用cawo $ _4 $低温检测器从核实验中进行的，暴露于紧凑型主持人中的$^{252} $ CF源。与模拟一致，发现的频谱是$^{183} $ w的单$γ$ de-de-extitation的预期峰结构的一致。该结果证明了一种新方法，用于对低阈值实验的精确，原位和非侵入性校准。

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and low-mass Dark Matter detectors rely crucially on the understanding of their response to nuclear recoils. We report the first observation of a nuclear recoil peak at around 112 eV induced by neutron capture. The measurement was performed with a CaWO$_4$ cryogenic detector from the NUCLEUS experiment exposed to a $^{252}$Cf source placed in a compact moderator. The measured spectrum is found in agreement with simulations and the expected peak structure from the single-$γ$ de-excitation of $^{183}$W is identified with 3 $σ$ significance. This result demonstrates a new method for precise, in-situ, and non-intrusive calibration of low-threshold experiments.

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