Title First Observation of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering Author(s) Scholz, Bjorn Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. Description XIV, 144 p. 87 illus., 85 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This thesis describes the experimental work that finally led to a successful measurement of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering???a process proposed forty-three years ago. The experiment was performed at the Spallation Neutron Source facility, sited at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Tennessee. Of all known particles, neutrinos distinguish themselves for being the hardest to detect, typically requiring large multi-ton devices for the job. The process measured here involves the difficult detection of very weak signals arising from nuclear recoils (tiny neutrino-induced ???kicks??? to atomic nuclei), but leads to a much larger probability of neutrino interaction when compared to all other known mechanisms. As a result of this, ???neutrino technologies??? using miniaturized detectors (the author's was handheld and weighed only 14 kg) become a possibility. A large community of researchers plans to continue studying this process, facilitating an exploration of fundamental neutrino properties that is presently beyond the sensitivity of other methods ISBN,Price 9783319997476 Keyword(s) 1. ASTROPHYSICS 2. Astrophysics and Astroparticles 3. Atomic structure???? 4. Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra 5. EBOOK 6. EBOOK - SPRINGER 7. Elementary particles (Physics) 8. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory 9. Heavy ions 10. Molecular structure?? 11. NUCLEAR PHYSICS 12. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons 13. Particle acceleration 14. Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics 15. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I09455     On Shelf