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Core-collapse Supernovae (SN) release nearly all their binding energy as a burst of neutrinos of all three flavours. RES-NOVA addresses a major challenge in astroparticle physics by introducing a novel detection technique based on low-temperature calorimeters operated at the milliKelvin scale, exploiting Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CE$\nu$NS) as detection channel.
CE$\nu$NS offers the major advantages of being equally sensitive to all $\nu$ flavours, with a cross-section $\sim10^4$ times higher than conventional neutrino detection channels.
RES-NOVA aims to deploy the first ton-scale array of low-temperature calorimeters made from ultra-pure archaeological lead, which maximizes the CE$\nu$NS cross-section and enables the suppression of radioactive background. As a result, a compact (30 cm)$^3$ detector array features exceptional sensitivity, capable of surveying $\sim$90$\%$ of galactic SN and enabling precise SN neutrino measurements, independently of flavour oscillation uncertainties.
Beyond supernova neutrino detection, RES-NOVA technology offers promising applications in solar neutrino physics, Dark Matter searches, and axion detection. We will present recent experimental progress, including first prototype results and updated sensitivity projections.
