# Neutrino 2018 - XXVIII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics

4-9 June 2018
Heidelberg
Europe/Berlin timezone
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Poster (participating in poster prize competition)

# A 185 kg NaI[Tl] Detector for Observing the Charged-Current Neutrino Interaction on $^{127}$I

## Speakers

• Samuel HEDGES

## Authorship annotation

for the COHERENT collaboration

## Session and Location

Wednesday Session, Poster Wall #101 (Auditorium Gallery Left)

## Abstract content

A 185 kg NaI[Tl] detector has been deployed to the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to measure the charged-current neutrino interaction cross section on $^{127}$I. Results from an initial run will be shown, as well as improvements from a recent upgrade in which muon vetos were deployed to reduce backgrounds. In addition to measuring the charged-current interaction, the 185 kg detector is also measuring low energy backgrounds in the region of interest for observing coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering of $^{23}$Na nuclei. A tonne-scale version of the detector is currently being developed with the capability to simultaneously observe these two interactions.

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