Samuel Hedges 

Title: Low Energy Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions at the Spallation Neutron Source 

Abstract: 
Using the low energy neutrinos produced by the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), the COHERENT collaboration is studying the physics of low energy neutrino-nucleus interactions, including coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS). CEvNS is a neutral-current process in which an entire nucleus recoils as a result of a neutrino interaction, leading to a cross-section potentially orders of magnitude greater than those of other low energy neutrino interactions. However, the experimental signature of the CEvNS process, a low-energy nuclear recoil, can be difficult to detect. COHERENT reported the first successful observation of CEvNS in 2017 and has been deploying a suite of detectors to the SNS to study the physics of CEvNS with different targets. The collaboration has also deployed several detectors to measure inelastic neutrino-nucleus scattering on a variety of nuclei. An overview of the COHERENT experiment and latest results will be presented.