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Coherent and incoherent antineutrino scattering on stable even-even isotopes of molybdenum detectors

T. S. Kosmas1,*, R. Sahu2,†, and V. K. B. Kota3,‡

  • *Contact author: hkosmas@uoi.gr
  • †Contact author: rankasahu@gmail.com
  • ‡Contact author: vkbkota@prl.res.in
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Phys. Rev. D 112, 113008 – Published 29 December, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/vp2z-v69c

Abstract

The recent observations of the coherent neutrino- and antineutrino-nucleus scattering have opened up a plethora of opportunities to probe physics within standard and non-standard theories of the electroweak interactions. In the present article, our goal is to explore the possibility of using the molybdenum material as detection medium for coherent and incoherent antineutrino- and neutrino-Mo scattering in the ongoing and future coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEνNS) experiments by using relevant (anti-)neutrino beams as, e.g., stopped pion-decay neutrino beams, reactor antineutrino beams, astrophysical (solar or supernova) (anti)neutrino beams, etc. Our present coherent and incoherent scattering cross sections of Mo isotopes with neutrinos and antineutrinos are based on the deformed shell model (DSM) that has been previously employed for studying similar processes. On the other hand, in the past, CEνNS events obtained with this model provided us with better fits to experimental data of COHERENT experimental data compared to phenomenological form factors.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, 113008– Published 29 December, 2025
  • Received 19 October 2025
  • Accepted 8 December 2025
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