Science and technology of BOREXINO: A Real time detector for low-energy solar neutrinos

By Borexino Collaboration, G. Alimonti, et al. 2000

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Abstract Borexino, a real-time device for low energy neutrino spectroscopy is nearing completion of construction in the underground laboratories at Gran Sasso, Italy (LNGS). The experiment's goal is the direct measurement of the flux of 7 Be solar neutrinos of all flavors via neutrino–electron scattering in an ultra-pure scintillation liquid. Seeded by a series of innovations which were brought to fruition by large-scale operation of a 4-ton test detector at LNGS, a new technology has been developed for Borexino. It enables sub-MeV solar neutrino spectroscopy for the first time. This paper describes the design of Borexino, the various facilities essential to its operation, its spectroscopic and background suppression capabilities and a prognosis of the impact of its results towards resolving the solar neutrino problem. Borexino will also address several other frontier questions in particle physics, astrophysics and geophysics.

Subfields: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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• 10,000 Standard Solar Models: A Monte Carlo Simulation (2005, methodology): “It is possible that both the pep neutrino flux and the 7Be neutrino flux will be measured in the next few years in the existing Borexino solar neutrino experiment (Alimonti et al. 2002).”
• Sterile Neutrino Fits to Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Measurements (2012, background): “Another unstable-isotope-based idea involves the deployment of a radioactive source inside an existing kilotonscale detector [89] such as Borexino [100], KamLAND [3], or SNO+ [101].”
• Solar neutrinos: Global analysis and implications for SNO (2001, unknown): “results from SNO [9], BOREXINO [ 10 ], KamLAND [11] and ICARUS [12].”