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Prospect of the NUCLEUS experiment at Chooz for coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and new physics searches

H. Abele1, G. Angloher2, B. Arnold3, M. Atzori Corona4,*, A. Bento2,†, E. Bossio5,‡, F. Buchsteiner3, J. Burkhart3, F. Cappella6 et al. (NUCLEUS Collaboration)

F. Cappella6, M. Cappelli7,6, N. Casali6, R. Cerulli4, A. Cruciani6, G. Del Castello6, M. del Gallo Roccagiovine7,6, S. Dorer1, A. Erhart8, M. Friedl3, S. Fichtinger3, V. M. Ghete3, M. Giammei9,4, C. Goupy5,§, J. Hakenmüller3, D. Hauff2,8, F. Jeanneau5, E. Jericha1, M. Kaznacheeva8, H. Kluck3, A. Langenkämper2, T. Lasserre5,8,§, D. Lhuillier5, M. Mancuso2, R. Martin5,1, B. Mauri2, A. Mazzolari10,11, L. McCallin5, H. Neyrial5, C. Nones5, L. Oberauer8, L. Peters8,5,§, F. Petricca2, W. Potzel8, F. Pröbst2, F. Pucci2,∥, F. Reindl3,1, M. Romagnoni10,11, J. Rothe8,¶, N. Schermer8, J. Schieck3,1, S. Schönert8, C. Schwertner3,1, L. Scola5, G. Soum-Sidikov5, L. Stodolsky2, A. Schröder8, R. Strauss8, R. Thalmeier3, C. Tomei6, L. Valla3, M. Vignati7,6, M. Vivier5, A. Wallach8, P. Wasser8, A. Wex8, and L. Wienke8 (NUCLEUS Collaboration)

  • 1Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, Stadionallee 2, Wien, A-1020, Austria
  • 2Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Boltzmannstraße 8, Garching, D-85748, Germany
  • 3Marietta-Blau-Institut für Teilchenphysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Dominikanerbastei 16, Wien, A-1010, Austria
  • 4Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare—Sezione di Roma “Tor Vergata,” Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, Roma, I-00133, Italy
  • 5IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Bâtiment 141, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France
  • 6Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare—Sezione di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, Roma, I-00185, Italy
  • 7Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma, I-00185, Italy
  • 8Physik-Department, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, Garching, D-85748, Germany
  • 9Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, Roma, I-00133, Italy
  • 10Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare—Sezione di Ferrara, Via Giuseppe Saragat 1c, Ferrara, I-44122, Italy
  • 11Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara, Via Giuseppe Saragat 1, Ferrara, I-44122, Italy

  • *Contact author: mcorona@2.infn.it
  • †Also at LIBPhys-UC, Departamento de Fisica, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua Larga 3004-516, Coimbra P3004-516, Portugal.
  • ‡Contact author: elisabetta.bossio@cea.fr
  • §Present address: Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany.
  • ∥Present address: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare—Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Via Giovanni Acitelli 22, Assergi (L’Aquila) I-67100, Italy.
  • Present address: kiutra GmbH, Flößergasse 2, D-81369 Munich, Germany.
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Phys. Rev. D 114, 012016 – Published 28 July, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/dnyj-xzr1

Abstract

The NUCLEUS experiment aims to measure coherent elastic neutrino–nucleus scattering (CEνNS) at unprecedentedly low nuclear recoil energies using gram-scale cryogenic calorimeters operated at the Chooz nuclear power plant in France. Access to recoil energies at the O(10  eV) scale enables CEνNS studies at extremely low momentum transfer and provides enhanced sensitivity to new physics. In this work, we present sensitivity projections for the upcoming NUCLEUS technical and physics runs, incorporating a data-driven treatment of the low-energy excess (LEE) observed during commissioning. We develop a likelihood framework that exploits reactor-power variation to disentangle signal and background in a low signal-to-background regime and to assess the impact of the dominant systematic uncertainties. For the Technical Run with a 7 g CaWO4 target, we find competitive sensitivity to several scenarios beyond the Standard Model, which do not require a CEνNS observation. For the Physics Run, assuming complete suppression of the LEE, we project a 4.7σ observation of CEνNS with a statistical precision of about 20% in 1 year, enabling a determination of the weak mixing angle at the lowest momentum transfer probed to date with CEνNS and leading CEνNS-based constraints on the neutrino charge radius and new mediator models.

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Phys. Rev. D 114, 012016– Published 28 July, 2026
  • Received 26 March 2026
  • Accepted 23 June 2026
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