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Description
Coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) means that a neutrino interacts with a nucleus as a whole, which enhances the cross section compared to other neutrino interactions. CE$\nu$NS is e.g. relevant in the modeling of Super Nova explosions and results in an inevitable background for dark matter experiments. It also opens up unique possibilities to search for BSM physics. However, the detection of the resulting recoil of the nucleus poses a huge experimental challenge.
Up to now, CE$\nu$NS has been observed by the COHERENT collaboration at a pion decay-at-rest source in CsI and Ar. At reactor-site, at lower neutrino energies many efforts are undertaken to find the respective signal. In the talk, I will give an overview on the physics potential of CE$\nu$NS, the status of the currently running experiments as well as prospects for the future.
