Coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering detection with a CsI[Na]   scintillator at the SNS spallation source
  We study the possibility of using CsI[Na] scintillators as an advantageous target for the detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENNS), using the neutrino emissions from the SNS spallation source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The response of this material to low-energy nuclear recoils like those expected from this process is characterized. Backgrounds are studied using a 2 kg low-background prototype crystal in a dedicated radiation shield. The conclusion is that a planned 14 kg detector should measure approximately 550 CENNS events per year above a demonstrated $\sim7$ keVnr low-energy threshold, with a signal-to-background ratio sufficient for a first measurement of the CENNS cross-section. The cross-section for the $^{208}$Pb($\nu_{e},e^{-}$)$^{208}$Bi reaction, of interest for future supernova neutrino detection, can be simultaneously obtained. 
J.I. Collar, N.E. Fields, E. Fuller, M. Hai, T.W. Hossbach, J.L.   Orrell, G. Perumpilly, B. Scholz
physics.ins-det astro-ph.IM hep-ex hep-ph nucl-ex