We present initial results on nuclear recoil detection based on the fluorescence of color centers created by nuclear recoils in lithium fluoride. We use gamma rays, fast and thermal neutrons, and study the difference in responses they induce, showing that this type of detector is rather insensitive to gamma rays. We use light-sheet fluorescence microscopy to image nuclear recoil tracks from...
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The COherent Neutrino–Nucleus Interaction Experiment (CONNIE), located 30 m from the core of the Angra 2 reactor at the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Nuclear Power Plant in Brazil, is the first reactor neutrino experiment to employ silicon Skipper-CCDs with the aim of detecting coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS), searching for physics beyond the Standard Model, and monitoring...
