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1. Borexino’s search for low-energy neutrinos associated with gravitational wave events from GWTC-3 database

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D. Basilico, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, R. Biondi, B. Caccianiga, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, A. Chepurnov, D. D’Angelo, A. Derbin, A. Di Giacinto, V. Di Marcello, X. F. Ding, A. Di Ludovico, L. Di Noto, I. Drachnev, D. Franco, C. Galbiati, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, A. Goretti, M. Gromov, D. Guffanti, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, A. Jany, V. Kobychev, G. Korga, S. Kumaran, M. Laubenstein, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, I. Lomskaya, L. Ludhova, I. Machulin, J. Martyn, E. Meroni, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, V. Muratova, R. Nugmanov, L. Oberauer, V. Orekhov, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Pelicci, Ö. Penek, L. Pietrofaccia, N. Pilipenko, A. Pocar, G. Raikov, M. T. Ranalli, G. Ranucci, A. Re, N. Rossi, S. Schönert, D. Semenov, G. Settanta, M. Skorokhvatov, A. Singhal, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, E. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R. B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, M. Wojcik, M. Wurm, S. Zavatarelli, K. Zuber, and G. Zuzel

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The search for neutrino events in correlation with gravitational wave (GW) events for three observing runs (O1, O2 and O3) from 09/2015 to 03/2020 has been performed using the Borexino data-set of the same period. We have searched for signals of neutrino-electron scattering and inverse beta-decay (IBD) within a time window of $$\pm \, 1000$$ ± 1000 s centered at the detection moment of a particular GW event. The search was done with three visible energy thresholds of 0.25, 0.8 and 3.0 MeV. Two types of incoming neutrino spectra were considered: the mono-energetic line and the supernova-like spectrum. GW candidates originated by merging binaries of black holes (BHBH), neutron stars (NSNS) and neutron star and black hole (NSBH) were analyzed separately. Additionally, the subset of most intensive BHBH mergers at closer distances and with larger radiative mass than the rest was considered. In total, follow-ups of 74 out of 93 gravitational waves reported in the GWTC-3 catalog were analyzed and no statistically significant excess over the background was observed. As a result, the strongest upper limits on GW-associated neutrino and antineutrino fluences for all flavors ( $$\nu _e, \nu _\mu , \nu _\tau $$ ν e , ν μ , ν τ ) at the level $$10^9{-}10^{15}~\textrm{cm}^{-2}\,\textrm{GW}^{-1}$$ 10 9 - 10 15 cm - 2 GW - 1 have been obtained in the 0.5–5 MeV neutrino energy range.

Published
2023
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2. Search for low-energy signals from fast radio bursts with the Borexino detector

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S. Appel, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Basilico, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, R. Biondi, B. Caccianiga, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, A. Chepurnov, D. D’Angelo, A. Derbin, A. Di Giacinto, V. Di Marcello, X. F. Ding, A. Di Ludovico, L. Di Noto, I. Drachnev, D. Franco, C. Galbiati, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, A. Goretti, A. S. Göttel, M. Gromov, D. Guffanti, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, A. Jany, V. Kobychev, G. Korga, S. Kumaran, M. Laubenstein, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, I. Lomskaya, L. Ludhova, G. Lukyanchenko, I. Machulin, J. Martyn, E. Meroni, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, V. Muratova, R. Nugmanov, L. Oberauer, V. Orekhov, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Pelicci, Ö. Penek, L. Pietrofaccia, N. Pilipenko, A. Pocar, G. Raikov, M. T. Ranalli, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, M. Redchuk, N. Rossi, S. Schönert, D. Semenov, G. Settanta, M. Skorokhvatov, A. Singhal, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, E. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R. B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, M. Wojcik, M. Wurm, S. Zavatarelli, I. Zhutikov, K. Zuber, G. Zuzel, and Borexino Collaboration

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The search for neutrino events in correlation with 42 most intense fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been performed using the Borexino dataset from 05/2007 to 06/2021. We have searched for signals with visible energies above 250 keV within a time window of $$\pm \, 1000$$ ± 1000 s corresponding to detection time of a particular FRB. We also applied an alternative approach based on searching for specific shapes of neutrino-electron scattering spectra in the full exposure data of the Borexino detector. In particular, two incoming neutrino spectra were considered: the monoenergetic line and the spectrum expected from supernovae. The same spectra were considered for electron antineutrinos detected through inverse beta-decay reaction. No statistically significant excess over the background was observed. As a result, the strongest upper limits on FRB-associated neutrino fluences of all flavors have been obtained in the 0.5–50 MeV neutrino energy range.

Published
2022
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3. Identification of the cosmogenic $$^{11}$$ 11 C background in large volumes of liquid scintillators with Borexino

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M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel, V. Atroshchenko, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Basilico, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, R. Biondi, D. Bravo, B. Caccianiga, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, P. Cavalcante, A. Chepurnov, D. D’Angelo, S. Davini, A. Derbin, A. Di ZGiacintio, V. Di Marcello, X. F. Ding, A. Di Ludovico, L. Di Noto, I. Drachnev, A. Formozov, D. Franco, C. Galbiati, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, A. Goretti, A. S. Göttel, M. Gromov, D. Guffanti, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, A. Jany, D. Jeschke, V. Kobychev, G. Korga, S. Kumaran, M. Laubenstein, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, I. Lomskaya, L. Ludhova, G. Lukyanchenko, L. Lukyanchenko, I. Machulin, J. Martyn, E. Meroni, M. Meyer, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, V. Muratova, B. Neumair, M. Nieslony, R. Nugmanov, L. Oberauer, V. Orekhov, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, L. Pelicci, Ö. Penek, L. Pietrofaccia, N. Pilipenko, A. Pocar, A. Porcelli, G. Raikov, M. T. Ranalli, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, M. Redchuk, A. Romani, N. Rossi, S. Schönert, D. Semenov, G. Settanta, M. Skorokhvatov, A. Singhal, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, J. Thurn, E. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R. B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, M. Wojcik, M. Wurm, S. Zavatarelli, K. Zuber, and G. Zuzel

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract Cosmogenic radio-nuclei are an important source of background for low-energy neutrino experiments. In Borexino, cosmogenic $$^{11}$$ 11 C decays outnumber solar pep and CNO neutrino events by about ten to one. In order to extract the flux of these two neutrino species, a highly efficient identification of this background is mandatory. We present here the details of the most consolidated strategy, used throughout Borexino solar neutrino measurements. It hinges upon finding the space-time correlations between $$^{11}$$ 11 C decays, the preceding parent muons and the accompanying neutrons. This article describes the working principles and evaluates the performance of this Three-Fold Coincidence (TFC) technique in its two current implementations: a hard-cut and a likelihood-based approach. Both show stable performances throughout Borexino Phases II (2012–2016) and III (2016–2020) data sets, with a $$^{11}$$ 11 C tagging efficiency of $$\sim 90$$ ∼ 90 % and $$\sim $$ ∼ 63–66 % of the exposure surviving the tagging. We present also a novel technique that targets specifically $$^{11}$$ 11 C produced in high-multiplicity during major spallation events. Such $$^{11}$$ 11 C appear as a burst of events, whose space-time correlation can be exploited. Burst identification can be combined with the TFC to obtain about the same tagging efficiency of $$\sim 90\%$$ ∼ 90 % but with a higher fraction of the exposure surviving, in the range of $$\sim $$ ∼ 66–68 %.

Published
2021
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4. Constraints on flavor-diagonal non-standard neutrino interactions from Borexino Phase-II

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The Borexino collaboration, S. K. Agarwalla, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel, V. Atroshchenko, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Basilico, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, D. Bick, G. Bonfini, D. Bravo, B. Caccianiga, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, L. Cappelli, P. Cavalcante, F. Cavanna, A. Chepurnov, K. Choi, D. D’Angelo, S. Davini, A. Derbin, A. Di Giacinto, V. Di Marcello, X. F. Ding, A. Di Ludovico, L. Di Noto, I. Drachnev, K. Fomenko, A. Formozov, D. Franco, F. Gabriele, C. Galbiati, M. Gschwender, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, A. Goretti, M. Gromov, D. Guffanti, C. Hagner, E. Hungerford, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, A. Jany, D. Jeschke, S. Kumaran, V. Kobychev, G. Korga, T. Lachenmaier, M. Laubenstein, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, L. Ludhova, G. Lukyanchenko, L. Lukyanchenko, I. Machulin, G. Manuzio, S. Marcocci, J. Maricic, J. Martyn, E. Meroni, M. Meyer, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, V. Muratova, B. Neumair, M. Nieslony, L. Oberauer, V. Orekhov, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, Ö. Penek, L. Pietrofaccia, N. Pilipenko, A. Pocar, G. Raikov, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, M. Redchuk, A. Romani, N. Rossi, S. Rottenanger, S. Schönert, D. Semenov, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, C. Sun, Y. Suvorov, T. Takeuchi, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, J. Thurn, E. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R. B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, M. Wojcik, M. Wurm, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Zavatarelli, K. Zuber, and G. Zuzel

Subjects
Neutrino Physics, Beyond Standard Model, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The Borexino detector measures solar neutrino fluxes via neutrino-electron elastic scattering. Observed spectra are determined by the solar-ν e survival probability P ee (E), and the chiral couplings of the neutrino and electron. Some theories of physics beyond the Standard Model postulate the existence of Non-Standard Interactions (NSI’s) which modify the chiral couplings and P ee (E). In this paper, we search for such NSI’s, in particular, flavor-diagonal neutral current interactions that modify the ν e e and ν τ e couplings using Borexino Phase II data. Standard Solar Model predictions of the solar neutrino fluxes for both high- and low-metallicity assumptions are considered. No indication of new physics is found at the level of sensitivity of the detector and constraints on the parameters of the NSI’s are placed. In addition, with the same dataset the value of sin2 θ W is obtained with a precision comparable to that achieved in reactor antineutrino experiments .

Published
2020
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5. Study of antineutrinos from the Earth and the Cosmos with the Borexino detector

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Sandra Zavatarelli, M. Agostini, K. Altenmuller, S. Appel, V. Atroshchenko, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Basilico, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, R. Biondi, D. Bravo, B. Caccianiga, A. Caminata, F. Calaprice, P. Cavalcante, A. Chepurnov, D. D’Angelo, S. Davini, A. Derbin, A. Di Giacinto, V. Di Marcello, X.F. Ding, A. Di Ludovico, L. Di Noto, I. Drachnev, A. Formozov, D. Franco, C. Galbiati, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, A. Goretti, A.S. Gottel, M. Gromov, D. Guffanti, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, A. Jany, D. Jeschke, V. Kobychev, G. Korga, S. Kumaran, M. Laubenstein, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, I. Lomskaya, L. Ludhova, G. Lukyanchenko, L. Lukyanchenko, I. Machulin, J. Martyn, E. Meroni, M. Meyer, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, V. Muratova, B. Neumair, M. Nieslony, R. Nugmanov, L. Oberauer, V. Orekhov, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, L. Pelicci, O Penek, L. Pietrofaccia, N. Pilipenko, A. Pocar, G. Raikov, M.T. Ranalli, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, M. Redchuk, A. Romani, N. Rossi, S. Schonert, D. Semenov, G. Settanta, M. Skorokhvatov, A. Singhal, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, J. Thurn, E. Unzhakov, F. Villante, A. Vishneva, R.B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, M. Wojcik, M. Wurm, S. Zavatarelli, K. Zuber, and G. Zuzel

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2023
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6. Solar neutrino physics with Borexino

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Andrea Pocar, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel, V. Atroshchenko, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Basilico, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, G. Bonfini, D. Bravo, B. Caccianiga, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, L. Cappelli, S. Caprioli, M. Carlini, P. Cavalcante, F. Cavanna, A. Chepurnov, K. Choi, L. Collica, D. D’Angelo, S. Davini, A. Derbin, X. F. Ding, A. Di Ludovico, L. Di Noto, I. Drachnev, K. Fomenko, A. Formozov, D. Franco, F. Gabriele, C. Galbiati, M. Gschwender, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, A. Goretti, M. Gromov, D. Guffanti, T. Houdy, E. Hungerford, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, A. Jany, D. Jeschke, S. Kumaran, V. Kobychev, G. Korga, T. Lachenmaier, M. Laubenstein, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, L. Ludhova, G. Lukyanchenko, L. Lukyanchenko, I. Machulin, G. Manuzio, S. Marcocci, J. Maricic, J. Martyn, E. Meroni, M. Meyer, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, V. Muratova, B. Neumair, M. Nieslony, L. Oberauer, V. Orekhov, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, Ö. Penek, L. Pietrofaccia, N. Pilipenko, A. Porcelli, G. Raikov, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, M. Redchuk, A. Romani, N. Rossi, S. Rottenanger, S. Schönert, D. Semenov, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, L. F. F. Stokes, Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, J. Thurn, E. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R. B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, S. Weinz, M. Wojcik, M. Wurm, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Zavatarelli, K. Zuber, G. Zuzel

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

We present the most recent solar neutrino results from the Borexino experiment at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory. In particular, refined measurements of all neutrinos produced in the {\it pp} fusion chain have been made. It is the first time that the same detector measures the entire range of solar neutrinos at once. These new data weakly favor a high-metallicity Sun. Prospects for measuring CNO solar neutrinos are also discussed.

Published
2019
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7. Solar and geoneutrinos

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L Ludhova, M Agostini, K Altenmüller, S Appel, V Atroshchenko, Z Bagdasarian, D Basilico, G Bellini, J Benziger, R Biondi, D Bravo, B Caccianiga, F Calaprice, A Caminata, P Cavalcante, A Chepurnov, D D’Angelo, S Davini, A Derbin, A Di Giacinto, V Di Marcello, X.F Ding, A Di Ludovico, L Di Noto, I Drachnev, A Formozov, D Franco, C Galbiati, C Ghiano, M Giammarchi, A Goretti, A.S Göttel, M Gromov, D Guffanti, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, A Jany, D Jeschke, V Kobychev, G Korga, S Kumaran, M Laubenstein, E Litvinovich, P Lombardi, I Lomskaya, G Lukyanchenko, L Lukyanchenko, I Machulin, J Martyn, E Meroni, M Meyer, L Miramonti, M Misiaszek, V Muratova, B Neumair, M Nieslony, R Nugmanov, L Oberauer, V Orekhov, F Ortica, M Pallavicini, L Papp, L Pelicci, Ö Penek, L Pietrofaccia, N Pilipenko, A Pocar, G Raikov, M.T Ranalli, G Ranucci, A Razeto, A Re, M Redchuk, A Romani, N Rossi, S Schönert, D Semenov, G Settanta, M Skorokhvatov, A Singhal, O Smirnov, A Sotnikov, Y Suvorov, R Tartaglia, G Testera, J Thurn, E Unzhakov, F Villante, A Vishneva, R.B Vogelaar, F von Feilitzsch, M Wojcik, M Wurm, S Zavatarelli, K Zuber, G Zuzel, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), and Borexino

Subjects
History, neutrino: solar, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, ddc:530, High Energy Physics::Experiment, neutrino: geophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], ddc, Physics::Geophysics, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

Thanks to the progress of neutrino physics, today we are able of exploiting neutrinos as a tool to study astrophysical objects. The latter in turn serve as unique sources of elusive neutrinos, which fundamental properties are still to be understood. This contribution attempts to summarize the latest results obtained by measuring neutrinos emitted from the Sun and geoneutrinos produced in radioactive decays inside the Earth, with a particular focus on a recent discovery of the CNO-cycle solar neutrinos by Borexino. Comprehensive measurement of the pp-chain solar neutrinos and the first directional detection of sub-MeV solar neutrinos by Borexino, the updated 8B solar neutrino results of Super-Kamiokande, as well as the latest Borexino and KamLAND geoneutrino measurements are also discussed.

Published
2021
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8. First Cherenkov directional detection of sub-MeV solar neutrinos in Borexino

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Johann Martyn, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel, V. Atroshchenko, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Basilico, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, R. Biondi, D. Bravo, B. Caccianiga, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, P. Cavalcante, A. Chepurnov, D. D’Angelo, S. Davini, A. Derbin, A. Di Giacinto, V. Di Marcello, X.F. Ding, A. Di Ludovico, L. Di Noto, I. Drachnev, A. Formozov, D. Franco, C. Galbiati, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, A. Goretti, A.S. Göttel, M. Gromov, D. Guffanti, null Aldo Ianni, null Andrea Ianni, A. Jany, D. Jeschke, V. Kobychev, G. Korga, S. Kumaran, M. Laubenstein, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, I. Lomskaya, L. Ludhova, G. Lukyanchenko, L. Lukyanchenko, I. Machulin, J. Martyn, E. Meroni, M. Meyer, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, V. Muratova, B. Neumair, M. Nieslony, R. Nugmanov, L. Oberauer, V. Orekhov, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, L. Pelicci, Ö. Penek, L. Pietrofaccia, N. Pilipenko, A. Pocar, G. Raikov, M.T. Ranalli, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, M. Redchuk, A. Romani, N. Rossi, S. Schönert, D. Semenov, G. Settanta, M. Skorokhvatov, A. Singhal, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, J. Thurn, E. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R.B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, M. Wojcik, B. Wonsak, M. Wurm, S. Zavatarelli, K. Zuber, and G. Zuzel

Subjects
Computer Science::Machine Learning, History, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Computer Science::Mathematical Software, Computer Science::Digital Libraries, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

Borexino is a 280t liquid scintillator detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy. Its main goal is the precision spectroscopy of solar neutrinos down to energies of 0.19 MeV and for this task it features an unprecedented radio-purity and a high scintillation light yield. The solar neutrinos are measured by the elastic scattering off electrons which induce isotropically emitted scintillation photons as well as a sub-dominant number of Cherenkov photons that are detected by photomulitplier tubes. Here we present the first detection of sub-MeV solar neutrinos using their associated Cherenkov photons in a high light yield liquid scintillator detector. In Borexino electrons with E>0.16MeV produce Cherenkov photons, where the ratio of Cherenkov photons from the neutrino scattered electrons is estimated to be < 1% for all PMT hits, so a typical event by event direction reconstruction is not possible. Instead this analysis looks at the integrated signal of the PMT hits of all detected events by correlating the position of each hit PMT relative to the reconstructed position of the event and the well known position of the Sun. In this way it is possible to measure an angular distribution that shows the statistical contribution of Cherenkov photons from the solar neutrino recoil electrons. Using the Geant4-based Borexino Monte Carlo to produce the expected angular distribution for solar neutrinos and background we have measured 8643 − 2058 +2252 neutrino events out of 19904 total events for an energy region around the 7Be edge between 0.53 MeV and 0.74 MeV.

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2021
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9. Observation of CNO cycle solar neutrinos in Borexino

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Ö Penek, M Agostini, K Altenmüller, S Appel, V Atroshchenko, Z Bagdasarian, D Basilico, G Bellini, J Benziger, R Biondi, D Bravo, B Caccianiga, F Calaprice, A Caminata, P Cavalcante, A Chepurnov, D D’Angelo, S Davini, A Derbin, A Di Giacinto, V Di Marcello, X.F Ding, A Di Ludovico, L Di Noto, I Drachnev, A Formozov, D Franco, C Galbiati, C Ghiano, M Giammarchi, A Goretti, A.S Göttel, M Gromov, D Guffanti, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, A Jany, D Jeschke, V Kobychev, G Korga, S Kumaran, M Laubenstein, E Litvinovich, P Lombardi, I Lomskaya, L Ludhova, G Lukyanchenko, L Lukyanchenko, I Machulin, J Martyn, E Meroni, M Meyer, L Miramonti, M Misiaszek, V Muratova, B Neumair, M Nieslony, R Nugmanov, L Oberauer, V Orekhov, F Ortica, M Pallavicini, L Papp, L Pelicci, L Pietrofaccia, N Pilipenko, A Pocar, G Raikov, M.T Ranalli, G Ranucci, A Razeto, A Re, M Redchuk, A Romani, N Rossi, S Schønert, D Semenov, G Settanta, M Skorokhvatov, A Singhal, O Smirnov, A Sotnikov, Y Suvorov, R Tartaglia, G Testera, J Thurn, E Unzhakov, F Villante, A Vishneva, R.B Vogelaar, F von Feilitzsch, M Wojcik, M Wurm, S Zavatarelli, K Zuber, and G Zuzel

Subjects
History, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, ddc:530, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

The Borexino detector, located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, is a radiopure 280 ton liquid scintillator detector with a primary goal to measure low-energy solar neutrinos created in the core of the Sun. These neutrinos are a consequence of nuclear fusion reactions in the solar core where Hydrogen is burned into Helium and provide a direct probe of the energy production processes, namely the proton-proton (pp) chain and the Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen (CNO) cycle. The fusion of Hydrogen in the case of the CNO cycle, which is expected to contribute in the order of less than 1% to the total solar energy, is catalyzed by Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen directly depending on the abundances of these elements in the solar core. The measurement of CNO neutrinos is challenging due to the high spectral correlation with the decay electrons of the background isotope 210Bi and the pep solar neutrino signal. The experimental achievement of thermal stabilization of the Borexino detector after mid 2016, has opened the possibility to develop a method to constrain the 210Bi rate through its decay daughter and α emitter 210Po which can be identified in Borexino with an efficiency close to 100 percent on an event-by-event basis. Moreover, the flux of pep neutrinos can be constrained precisely through a global analysis of solar neutrino data which is independent of the dataset used for the CNO analysis. This conference contribution is dedicated to the first experimental evidence of neutrinos produced in the CNO fusion cycle in the Sun which is at the same time the dominant energy production mechanism in heavier stars compared to the Sun.

Published
2021
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10. Ten years of cosmic muons observation with Borexino

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Davide D’Angelo, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel, V. Atroshchenko, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Basilico, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, D. Bick, G. Bonfini, D. Bravo, B. Caccianiga, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, L. Cappelli, P. Cavalcante, F. Cavanna, A. Chepurnov, K. Choi, D. D’Angelo, S. Davini, A. Derbin, A. Di Giacinto, V. Di Marcello, X.F. Ding, A. Di Ludovico, L. Di Noto, I. Drachnev, K. Fomenko, A. Formozov, D. Franco, F. Gabriele, C. Galbiati, M. Gschwender, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, A. Goretti, M. Gromov, D. Guffanti, C. Hagner, E. Hungerford, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, A. Jany, D. Jeschke, S. Kumaran, V. Kobychev, G. Korga, T. Lachenmaier, M. Laubenstein, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, I. Lomskaya, L. Ludhova, G. Lukyanchenko, L. Lukyanchenko, I. Machulin, G. Manuzio, S. Marcocci, J. Maricic, J. Martyn, E. Meroni, M. Meyer, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, V. Muratova, B. Neumair, M. Nieslony, L. Oberauer, V. Orekhov, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, O. Penek, L. Pietrofaccia, N. Pilipenko, A. Pocar, G. Raikov, M.T. Ranalli, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, M. Redchuk, A. Romani, N. Rossi, S. Rottenanger, S. Schönert, D. Semenov, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, J. Thurn, E. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R.B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, M. Wojcik, M. Wurm, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Zavatarelli, K. Zuber, and G. Zuzel

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Physics, History, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, precision measurement, flux [muon], pi, Astronomy, model [atmosphere], solar, Computer Science Applications, Education, Gran Sasso, modulation, correlation, high [energy], High Energy Physics::Experiment, Borexino, Cosmic muons, temperature [atmosphere], Nuclear Experiment
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The Borexino detector at Gran Sasso has now accumulated over ten years of continuous data which represent a magnificent opportunity to study the cosmic muon flux at a deep underground location. We present here a precision measurement of the flux and of the expected seasonal modulation. We present the correlation with the atmospheric temperature variations from global atmospheric models. We measure the correlation parameters and infer the kaon-to-pion ratio in the production of cosmic muons from high energy primaries. We also find evidence of a long term modulation that is not present in the atmospheric data and we investigate a possible positive correlation with the solar activity. Finally we observe a seasonal modulation of the production rate of cosmogenic neutrons that is in phase with the muon modulation but shows a surprisingly larger amplitude.

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2020
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11. The study of solar neutrinos and of non-standard neutrino interactions with Borexino

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S. Rottenanger, Luigi Cappelli, S. Schönert, Andrea Ianni, D. Bick, Sandra Zavatarelli, M. Gschwender, Matthias Laubenstein, V. Di Marcello, O. Zaimidoroga, J. Martyn, E. Litvinovich, N. Rossi, L. Lukyanchenko, G. Raikov, Z. Bagdasarian, K. Choi, M. Gromov, A. Jany, N. Pilipenko, B. Neumair, A. Vishneva, V. V. Kobychev, Xuefeng Ding, G. Korga, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Kai Zuber, Ö. Penek, A. M. Goretti, L. Papp, E. Meroni, E. V. Hungerford, D. Basilico, Michael Wurm, G. Bellini, S. Zavatarelli, J. Thurn, M. T. Ranalli, S. Marcocci, S. Kumaran, Fausto Ortica, A. Sotnikov, Tobias Lachenmaier, A. V. Derbin, L. Pietrofaccia, A. Razeto, D. Guffanti, V. Atroshchenko, Marco Giammarchi, D. Franco, G. Bonfini, G. Testera, D. Jeschke, Frank Calaprice, I. Lomskaya, Andrey Formozov, K. Altenmüller, I. S. Drachnev, D. Bravo, F. von Feilitzsch, M. Redchuk, Lothar Oberauer, S. Davini, R. Tartaglia, M. S. Meyer, V. N. Muratova, V. Orekhov, M. M. Wojcik, Matteo Agostini, Aldo Romani, L. Di Noto, M. Nieslony, A. Pocar, Jay Burton Benziger, Lino Miramonti, D. A. Semenov, F. Cavanna, Paolo Lombardi, O. Smirnov, A. Caminata, G. Zuzel, Marco Pallavicini, F. Gabriele, Y. Suvorov, E. V. Unzhakov, A. Di Ludovico, G. Lukyanchenko, Gioacchino Ranucci, G. Manuzio, J. Maricic, Alessandra Re, S. Appel, R. B. Vogelaar, Aldo Ianni, C. Galbiati, Livia Ludhova, A. S. Chepurnov, B. Caccianiga, C. Ghiano, Caren Hagner, I. N. Machulin, A. Di Giacinto, P. Cavalcante, M. Misiaszek, and D. D'Angelo

Subjects
Physics, History, Particle physics, Range (particle radiation), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Oscillation, business.industry, Solar neutrino, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Scintillator, Solar energy, Computer Science Applications, Education, Observatory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, ddc:530, Neutrino, business, Borexino
Abstract

The Borexino liquid scintillator neutrino observatory has a unique capability to perform high-precision solar neutrino observations thanks to its exceptional radiopurity and good energy resolution (5% at 1 MeV). A comprehensive study of the pp-chain neutrinos was presented that includes the direct measurements of 7Be, pp and pep neutrino fluxes with the highest precision ever achieved (down to 2.8% in the 7Be component), the 8B with the lowest energy threshold, the best limit on CNO neutrinos and the first Borexino limit on hep neutrinos. These results are important to validate the MSW-LMA oscillation paradigm across the full solar energy range and to exclude possible Non-Standard neutrino Interactions (NSIs). In particular the effects of neutrino-flavor-diagonal Neutral-Current (NC) interactions that modify the vee and vτe couplings while preserving their chiral and flavor structures, have been investigated. At detection, the shape of the electron-recoil spectrum is affected by changes in the vee and vτe couplings, quantified by the parameters ε e L / R and ε τ L / R . New bounds to all four parameters were obtained, quite stringent compared to the global ones. In particular, the best constraint to-date on ε e L was achieved. A comprehensive summary of all the recent results on solar neutrinos from Borexino is reported in the present paper.

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2020
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12. Updated geoneutrino measurement with Borexino

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S. Rottenanger, D. Franco, A. Caminata, B. Caccianiga, E. Unzhakov, I. Lomskaya, Andrea Ianni, L. Oberauer, M. Gschwender, I. Drachnev, K. Zuber, O. Zaimidoroga, V. Atroshchenko, D. Guffanti, O. Smirnov, C. Ghiano, R.B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, A. Re, G. Bonfini, M. Wojcik, J. Martyn, G. Zuzel, B. Neumair, X.F. Ding, A. Razeto, K. Altenmüller, G. Manuzio, V. Di Marcello, V. Strati, F. Gabriele, M. Redchuk, D. Semenov, F. Mantovani, V. Orekhov, L. Miramonti, M. Vivier, M. Gromov, M. Nieslony, D. Jeschke, N. Rossi, A. Di Ludovico, D. Bick, A. Onillon, R. Tartaglia, Ö. Penek, C. Hagner, J. Thurn, M. Meyer, L. Cappelli, B. Ricci, S. Zavatarelli, L. Pietrofaccia, M. Montuschi, A. Pocar, E. Hungerford, G. Bellini, T. Lachenmaier, A. Romani, T. Lasserre, L. Papp, A. Goretti, D. Basilico, V. Muratova, A. Sotnikov, J. Maricic, S. Kumaran, C. Galbiati, M. Giammarchi, I. Machulin, Z. Bagdasarian, G. Korga, J. Benziger, M. Agostini, S. Marcocci, A. Derbin, S. Schöinert, M. Pallavicini, Y. Suvorov, F. Ortica, Livia Ludhova, M. Skorokhvatov, M. Misiaszek, G. Ranucci, S. Davini, S. Appel, V. Kobychev, M.T. Ranalli, A. Formozov, P. Lombardi, L. Lukyanchenko, M. Laubenstein, E. Meroni, A. Chepurnov, G. Fiorentini, G. Lukyanchenko, L. Di Noto, N. Pilipenko, E. Litvinovich, A. Di Giacinto, D. D'Angelo, D. Bravo, M. Wurm, Aldo Ianni, A. Vishneva, G. Raikov, F. Calaprice, G. Testera, F. Cavanna, L. Ludhova, P. Cavalcante, A. Jany, and K. Choi

Subjects
data analysis method, History, Particle physics, liquid [scintillation counter], Geoneutrino, Computer Science Applications, Education, geophysics [neutrino], statistics, Environmental science, Borexino, low [background], activity report, experimental results
Abstract

Borexino is a 280-ton liquid scintillator detector located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy and is one of the two detectors that has measured geoneutrinos so far. The unprecedented radio-purity of the scintillator, the shielding with highly purified water, and the placement of the detector at a 3800 m w.e. depth have resulted in very low background levels and has made Borexino an excellent apparatus for geoneutrino measurements. The new update of the Borexino geoneutrino measurement, using the data obtained from December 2007 to April 2019, has been presented. Enhanced analysis techniques, adopted in this measurement, have been also presented (poster presentation #39 by S. Kumaran). The updated statistics and the new elaborate analysis have led to more than a factor two increase in exposure ((1.12 ± 0.05) × 1032 protons × yr) when compared to the latest Borexino result from 2015. The resulting geoneutrino signal of 47.0 − 7.7 + 8.4 ( stat ) − 1.9 + 2.4 ( sys ) TNU has − 17.2 + 18.3 % total precision. The geological interpretations of this measurement have been discussed. In particular, the 99% C.L. observation of the mantle signal by exploiting the relatively well-known lithospheric contribution, the estimation of the radiogenic heat, as well as the comparison of these results to the predictions based on different geological models. The upper limits on the power of a hypothetical georeactor that might be present at different locations inside the Earth have been set.

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2020
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13. Analysis strategies for the updated geoneutrino measurement with Borexino

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S. Davini, Y. Suvorov, Matteo Agostini, S. Schöinert, Aldo Ianni, V. Di Marcello, O. Zaimidoroga, G. Raikov, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Bravo, Giovanni Fiorentini, C. Galbiati, S. Rottenanger, O. Smirnov, Livia Ludhova, V. V. Kobychev, I. S. Drachnev, N. Pilipenko, A. S. Chepurnov, V. N. Muratova, E. V. Unzhakov, M. Vivier, Lino Miramonti, Luigi Cappelli, D. Franco, D. Basilico, A. Jany, A. M. Goretti, Virginia Strati, Ö. Penek, F. Cavanna, A. Razeto, A. Onillon, S. Kumaran, M. T. Ranalli, J. Thurn, G. Lukyanchenko, I. N. Machulin, Michele Montuschi, K. Choi, E. V. Hungerford, M. Gromov, Andrea Ianni, D. Bick, Sandra Zavatarelli, Tobias Lachenmaier, Marco Giammarchi, M. S. Meyer, D. A. Semenov, G. Testera, A. Sotnikov, D. D'Angelo, G. Bonfini, M. M. Wojcik, J. Martyn, Aldo Romani, L. Di Noto, Alessandra Re, Frank Calaprice, Paolo Lombardi, E. Litvinovich, A. V. Derbin, Jay Burton Benziger, M. Redchuk, N. Rossi, J. Maricic, S. Appel, Kai Zuber, D. Jeschke, A. Pocar, R. B. Vogelaar, Xuefeng Ding, Gioacchino Ranucci, L. Pietrofaccia, G. Zuzel, I. Lomskaya, B. Caccianiga, Andrey Formozov, F. von Feilitzsch, Fabio Mantovani, V. Orekhov, B. Neumair, G. Korga, L. Papp, Fausto Ortica, D. Guffanti, A. Di Ludovico, G. Manuzio, K. Altenmüller, L. Lukyanchenko, A. Vishneva, G. Bellini, M. Nieslony, A. Caminata, Marco Pallavicini, F. Gabriele, Barbara Ricci, M. Gschwender, S. Marcocci, R. Tartaglia, V. Atroshchenko, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, Lothar Oberauer, Matthias Laubenstein, T. Lasserre, E. Meroni, C. Ghiano, Caren Hagner, A. Di Giacinto, P. Cavalcante, and M. Misiaszek

Subjects
History, Particle physics, data analysis method, Analysis strategies, Analysis techniques, Cosmogenic, Geo-neutrinos, Liquid scintillator detectors, Low background, Purified water, Time windows, Geoneutrino, water, Education, NO, low [background], Borexino, liquid [scintillation counter], shielding, Computer Science Applications, Gran Sasso, geophysics [neutrino], statistics, Environmental science, Toyama 2019/09/09 [talk], experimental results
Abstract

Borexino is a 280-ton liquid scintillator detector located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy and is one of the two detectors that has measured geoneutrinos so far. The unprecedented radio-purity of the scintillator, the shielding with highly purified water, and the placement of the detector at a 3800 m w.e. depth have resulted in very low background levels and have made Borexino an excellent apparatus for geoneutrino measurements. The analysis techniques of the latest geoneutrino results with Borexino were presented using the data obtained from December 2007 to April 2019, corresponding to an exposure of (1.12 ± 0.05) × 1032 protons × yr. Enhanced analysis techniques, such as an increased fiducial volume, improved veto for cosmogenic backgrounds, extended energy and coincidence time windows, as well as a more efficient α/β particle discrimination have been adopted in this measurement. The updated statistics and these elaborate resulted in a geoneutrino signal of 47.0 − 7.7 + 8.4 ( stat ) − 1.9 + 2.4 ( sys ) TNU with − 17.2 + 18.3 % total precision.

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2020
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14. Search for low-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources with Borexino

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V. Atroshchenko, Alessandra Re, R. Tartaglia, D. Jeschke, E. V. Hungerford, Lothar Oberauer, Ö. Penek, J. Thurn, G. Bonfini, Frank Calaprice, Matteo Agostini, M. T. Ranalli, A. Sotnikov, Matthias Laubenstein, S. Appel, G. Lukyanchenko, G. Testera, S. Marcocci, Andrey Formozov, S. Kumaran, L. Lukyanchenko, K. Choi, Y. Suvorov, Livia Ludhova, A. M. Goretti, A. S. Chepurnov, An. Ianni, F. Cavanna, B. Caccianiga, G. Zuzel, F. von Feilitzsch, M. Gromov, R. B. Vogelaar, E. Meroni, I. N. Machulin, Cristiano Galbiati, D. A. Semenov, A. V. Derbin, V. Orekhov, G. Bellini, D. D'Angelo, L. Papp, M. Redchuk, A. Jany, I. Lomskaya, V. Di Marcello, O. Zaimidoroga, N. Rossi, I. S. Drachnev, Tobias Lachenmaier, J. Martyn, Marco Giammarchi, E. Litvinovich, V. N. Muratova, V. V. Kobychev, M. Gschwender, Fausto Ortica, A. Vishneva, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, D. Guffanti, J. Maricic, Xuefeng Ding, Lino Miramonti, D. Basilico, A. Di Ludovico, C. Ghiano, Kai Zuber, Caren Hagner, G. Korga, G. Manuzio, B. Neumair, M. Meyer, L. Pietrofaccia, D. Bick, Sandra Zavatarelli, A. Di Giacinto, N. Pilipenko, A. Razeto, P. Cavalcante, D. Bravo, D. Franco, M. Misiaszek, Paolo Lombardi, Gioacchino Ranucci, A. Pocar, S. Rottenanger, S. Davini, O. Smirnov, S. Schönert, E. V. Unzhakov, Marcin Wójcik, K. Altenmüller, M. Nieslony, A. Caminata, Marco Pallavicini, F. Gabriele, Barbara Ricci, G. Raikov, Z. Bagdasarian, L. Cappelli, Jay Burton Benziger, Aldo Romani, L. Di Noto, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Borexino, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Agostini, M, Altenmuller, K, Appel, S, Atroshchenko, V, Bagdasarian, Z, Basilico, D, Bellini, G, Benziger, J, Bick, D, Bonfini, G, Bravo, D, Caccianiga, B, Calaprice, F, Caminata, A, Cappelli, L, Cavalcante, P, Cavanna, F, Chepurnov, A, Choi, K, D'Angelo, D, Davini, S, Derbin, A, Di Giacinto, A, Di Marcello, V, Ding, X, Di Ludovico, A, Di Noto, L, Drachnev, I, Formozov, A, Franco, D, Gabriele, F, Galbiati, C, Gschwender, M, Ghiano, C, Giammarchi, M, Goretti, A, Gromov, M, Guffanti, D, Hagner, C, Hungerford, E, Ianni, A, Jany, A, Jeschke, D, Kumaran, S, Kobychev, V, Korga, G, Lachenmaier, T, Laubenstein, M, Litvinovich, E, Lombardi, P, Lomskaya, I, Ludhova, L, Lukyanchenko, G, Lukyanchenko, L, Machulin, I, Manuzio, G, Marcocci, S, Maricic, J, Martyn, J, Meroni, E, Meyer, M, Miramonti, L, Misiaszek, M, Muratova, V, Neumair, B, Nieslony, M, Oberauer, L, Orekhov, V, Ortica, F, Pallavicini, M, Papp, L, Penek, O, Pietrofaccia, L, Pilipenko, N, Pocar, A, Raikov, G, Ranalli, M, Ranucci, G, Razeto, A, Re, A, Redchuk, M, Ricci, B, Romani, A, Rossi, N, Rottenanger, S, Schonert, S, Semenov, D, Skorokhvatov, M, Smirnov, O, Sotnikov, A, Suvorov, Y, Tartaglia, R, Testera, G, Thurn, J, Unzhakov, E, Vishneva, A, Vogelaar, R, von Feilitzsch, F, Wojcik, M, Wurm, M, Zaimidoroga, O, Zavatarelli, S, Zuber, K, Zuzel, G, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)

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antineutrinos, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, solar flares, magnetic field: high, neutrino: solar, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, scintillation counter: liquid, elastic scattering, antineutrino/e: particle identification, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, neutrino: flux, law.invention, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), law, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], neutrino: supernova, 26.65.+t, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Borexino, Elastic scattering, Physics, Solar flare, Supernova Relic Neutrinos, neutrino: energy spectrum, S067EB8, neutrinos, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), neutrino: magnetic moment, Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background, 3. Good health, Supernova, Homestake, ddc:540, neutrino: flavor, Antineutrino, Neutrino, 97.60.Bw, Homestake experiment, Flare, antineutrino/e: flux, Antineutrinos, 13.15.+G, 26.65.+T, 29.40.Mc, Diffuse supernova neutrino background, Neutrinos, Solar flares, Supernova relic neutrinos, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Supernova relic neutrino, supernova relic neutrinos, NO, Nuclear physics, 13.15.+g, PE2_2, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], diffuse supernova neutrino background, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, neutrino: particle source, Gran Sasso, Solar Flares, 13. Climate action, spectral, High Energy Physics::Experiment, experimental results
Abstract

We report on searches for neutrinos and antineutrinos from astrophysical sources performed with the Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. Electron antineutrinos ($\bar{\nu}_e$) are detected in an organic liquid scintillator through the inverse $\beta$-decay reaction. In the present work we set model-independent upper limits in the energy range 1.8-16.8 MeV on neutrino fluxes from unknown sources that improve our previous results, on average, by a factor 2.5. Using the same data set, we first obtain experimental constraints on the diffuse supernova $\bar{\nu}_e$ fluxes in the previously unexplored region below 8 MeV. A search for $\bar{\nu}_e$ in the solar neutrino flux is also presented: the presence of $\bar{\nu}_e$ would be a manifestation of a non-zero anomalous magnetic moment of the neutrino, making possible its conversion to antineutrinos in the strong magnetic field of the Sun. We obtain a limit for a solar $\bar{\nu}_e$ flux of 384 cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ (90% C.L.), assuming an undistorted solar $^{8}$B neutrinos energy spectrum, that corresponds to a transition probability $p_{ \nu_e \rightarrow \bar\nu_{e}}$ 1.8 MeV. At lower energies, by investigating the spectral shape of elastic scattering events, we obtain a new limit on solar $^{7}$Be-$\nu_e$ conversion into $\bar{\nu}_e$ of $p_{ \nu_e \rightarrow \bar \nu_{e}}, Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables, 73 references

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2019
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15. Results from Borexino on solar and geo-neutrinos

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F. von Feilitzsch, L. Di Noto, J. Martyn, E. Litvinovich, N. Rossi, Xuefeng Ding, Andrey Formozov, I. N. Machulin, I. S. Drachnev, A. Di Ludovico, Matteo Agostini, A. Caminata, Marco Pallavicini, F. Gabriele, Sandra Zavatarelli, A. Porcelli, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, D. D'Angelo, Andrea Ianni, D. Jeschke, G. Bellini, D. A. Semenov, O. Smirnov, T. Houdy, A. M. Goretti, V. Atroshchenko, V. Orekhov, G. Manuzio, K. Altenmüller, K. Choi, M. Gromov, A. V. Derbin, E. V. Unzhakov, Kai Zuber, Jay Burton Benziger, M. Carlini, S. Davini, D. Franco, Lothar Oberauer, M. S. Meyer, N. Pilipenko, Matthias Laubenstein, M. Nieslony, C. Galbiati, B. Neumair, D. Basilico, J. Maricic, S. Appel, L. Pietrofaccia, Livia Ludhova, R. B. Vogelaar, S. Rottenanger, G. Korga, K. Fomenko, R. Tartaglia, L. Papp, Tobias Lachenmaier, Marco Giammarchi, A. Razeto, Y. Suvorov, Luigi Cappelli, G. Raikov, Z. Bagdasarian, S. Schönert, M. Gschwender, E. Meroni, Fausto Ortica, A. S. Chepurnov, Alessandra Re, Lino Miramonti, F. Cavanna, Gioacchino Ranucci, S. Weinz, D. Guffanti, A. Vishneva, J. Thurn, A. Pocar, G. Bonfini, Paolo Lombardi, Frank Calaprice, B. Caccianiga, S. Marcocci, G. Lukyanchenko, L. Collica, L. Lukyanchenko, Ö. Penek, O. Zaimidoroga, M. M. Wojcik, V. V. Kobychev, Aldo Romani, G. Testera, V. N. Muratova, S. Kumaran, C. Ghiano, D. Bravo, M. Redchuk, P. Cavalcante, M. Misiaszek, S. Caprioli, G. Zuzel, A. Jany, L.F.F. Stokes, E. V. Hungerford, A. Sotnikov, and Aldo Ianni

Subjects
Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar spectra, business.industry, Solar neutrino, Detector, Astronomy, Solar energy, Nuclear fusion, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, business, Borexino, Solar data
Abstract

Borexino is running at the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboraries, Italy since 2007. Its technical distinctive feature is the unprecedented ultralow background of the inner scintillating core, which is the foundation for the outstanding achievements accumulated by this experiment. In this contribution, after recalling the main features of the detector, the impressive solar data gathered so far by Borexino will be summarized. Special emphasis will be given to the illustration of the recent release of the fluxes as stemming from the simultaneous real time spectroscopy of the neutrinos from the entire $pp$ nuclear fusion chain in the Sun, opening with the remarkable 2.7% accuracy of the ⁷Be flux the era of precision measurements also in the realm of the sub-MeV solar neutrinos. Such results put Borexino in the unique situation of being the only detector able to perform solar neutrino spectroscopy over the entire solar spectrum; the counterpart of this peculiar status, in the flavor conversion interpretation of the solar neutrino data, is the capability of Borexino alone to perform the full validation across the solar energy range of the MSW-LMA paradigm. This contribution will be concluded with an account of the Borexino accomplishments in the geo-neutrino field, marked by the detection of the geo-neutrino signal with a significance as high as $5.9\sigma$.

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2019
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16. Limit on the effective magnetic moment of solar neutrinos using Borexino data

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Ö. Penek, K. Altenmüller, D. A. Semenov, Z. Yokley, V. Atroshchenko, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, T. Houdy, Lothar Oberauer, F. von Feilitzsch, L. Di Noto, G. Bellini, S. Marcocci, I. N. Machulin, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, M. Toropova, L. Collica, Matthias Laubenstein, V. N. Muratova, S. Rottenanger, E. Meroni, D. Basilico, C. Galbiati, D. D'Angelo, Livia Ludhova, S. Davini, A. S. Chepurnov, A. Caminata, Marco Pallavicini, S. Schönert, M. Gschwender, F. Gabriele, A. V. Derbin, A. Jany, Denis Korablev, R. B. Vogelaar, N. Pilipenko, M. S. Meyer, L.F.F. Stokes, Y. Suvorov, S. Weinz, G. Manuzio, M. Carlini, F. Lombardi, G. Bonfini, E. V. Hungerford, J. Martyn, D. Bick, Sandra Zavatarelli, M. Redchuk, I. Bolognini, Frank Calaprice, E. Litvinovich, Paolo Lombardi, N. Rossi, B. Neumair, A. M. Goretti, A. Sotnikov, Aldo Ianni, A. Porcelli, B. Opitz, A. Razeto, L. Lukyanchenko, D. Franco, G. Korga, K. Fomenko, Xuefeng Ding, J. Thurn, J. Maricic, S. Appel, A. Di Ludovico, Andrey Formozov, O. Zaimidoroga, V. V. Kobychev, Alessandra Re, Matteo Agostini, G. Zuzel, V. Orekhov, L. Papp, B. Caccianiga, Gioacchino Ranucci, Fausto Ortica, D. Guffanti, D. Bravo, Tobias Lachenmaier, Marco Giammarchi, S. Caprioli, I. S. Drachnev, C. Ghiano, Caren Hagner, P. Cavalcante, M. Misiaszek, K. Choi, M. Gromov, M. M. Wojcik, Aldo Romani, Andrea Ianni, D. Jeschke, A. Pocar, O. Smirnov, E. V. Unzhakov, Lino Miramonti, F. Cavanna, A. Vishneva, Kai Zuber, L. Pietrofaccia, G. Lukyanchenko, G. Raikov, Z. Bagdasarian, and Jay Burton Benziger

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Electromagnetic interaction, Magnetic moment, Solar neutrino, Limit (mathematics), Borexino
Published
2019
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17. Constraints on Flavor-Diagonal Non-Standard Neutrino Interactions from Borexino Phase-II

Author

G. Korga, D. Jeschke, Z. Bagdasarian, S. Appel, E. Litvinovich, K. Fomenko, Michael Wurm, M. Gschwender, Matthias Laubenstein, B. Caccianiga, Ö. Penek, F. Calaprice, Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla, J. Thurn, L. Lukyanchenko, J. Martyn, F. Gabriele, D. Bick, Sandra Zavatarelli, G. Raikov, Livia Ludhova, A. M. Goretti, A. S. Chepurnov, Tatsu Takeuchi, O. Zaimidoroga, E. Meroni, G. Zuzel, Cristiano Galbiati, P. Cavalcante, Gioacchino Ranucci, B. Neumair, D. Guffanti, M. Nieslony, D. Bravo, Fausto Ortica, G. Lukyanchenko, G. Testera, Tobias Lachenmaier, Marco Giammarchi, G. Bellini, A. Sotnikov, R. Tartaglia, N. Rossi, D. Semenov, Kai Zuber, Aldo Ianni, S. Kumaran, E. V. Unzhakov, Xuefeng Ding, A. Vishneva, A. Di Ludovico, Matteo Agostini, D. Franco, J. Maricic, Andrey Formozov, D. Basilico, M. Skorokhvatov, N. Pilipenko, F. von Feilitzsch, Y. Suvorov, S. Rottenanger, L. Oberauer, V. N. Muratova, Caren Hagner, M. Gromov, M. Meyer, Andrea Ianni, A. Di Giacinto, A. Razeto, G. Manuzio, I. N. Machulin, A. V. Derbin, M. Misiaszek, Marco Pallavicini, D. D'Angelo, C. Ghiano, A. Jany, L. Cappelli, L. Pietrofaccia, A. Pocar, Marcin Wójcik, V. Atroshchenko, Chen Sun, M. Redchuk, Paolo Lombardi, Lino Miramonti, V. Di Marcello, V. V. Kobychev, E. Hungerford, I. Drachnev, F. Cavanna, K. Altenmüller, R. B. Vogelaar, Alessandra Re, A. Caminata, V. Orekhov, S. Marcocci, G. Bonfini, J. Benziger, K. Choi, S. Davini, Aldo Romani, L. Papp, L. Di Noto, Oleg Smirnov, Stefan Schönert, Agarwalla, S. K., Agostini, M., Altenmuller, K., Appel, S., Atroshchenko, V., Bagdasarian, Z., Basilico, D., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cappelli, L., Cavalcante, P., Cavanna, F., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Di Giacinto, A., Di Marcello, V., Ding, X. F., Di Ludovico, A., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Fomenko, K., Formozov, A., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Gschwender, M., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Guffanti, D., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, A., Jany, A., Jeschke, D., Kumaran, S., Kobychev, V., Korga, G., Lachenmaier, T., Laubenstein, M., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Lukyanchenko, L., Machulin, I., Manuzio, G., Marcocci, S., Maricic, J., Martyn, J., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Nieslony, M., Oberauer, L., Orekhov, V., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Penek, O., Pietrofaccia, L., Pilipenko, N., Pocar, A., Raikov, G., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Redchuk, M., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Rottenanger, S., Schonert, S., Semenov, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sun, C., Suvorov, Y., Takeuchi, T., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Unzhakov, E., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., Zuzel, G., Agarwalla, S, Agostini, M, Altenmuller, K, Appel, S, Atroshchenko, V, Bagdasarian, Z, Basilico, D, Bellini, G, Benziger, J, Bick, D, Bonfini, G, Bravo, D, Caccianiga, B, Calaprice, F, Caminata, A, Cappelli, L, Cavalcante, P, Cavanna, F, Chepurnov, A, Choi, K, D'Angelo, D, Davini, S, Derbin, A, Di Giacinto, A, Di Marcello, V, Ding, X, Di Ludovico, A, Di Noto, L, Drachnev, I, Fomenko, K, Formozov, A, Franco, D, Gabriele, F, Galbiati, C, Gschwender, M, Ghiano, C, Giammarchi, M, Goretti, A, Gromov, M, Guffanti, D, Hagner, C, Hungerford, E, Ianni, A, Jany, A, Jeschke, D, Kumaran, S, Kobychev, V, Korga, G, Lachenmaier, T, Laubenstein, M, Litvinovich, E, Lombardi, P, Ludhova, L, Lukyanchenko, G, Lukyanchenko, L, Machulin, I, Manuzio, G, Marcocci, S, Maricic, J, Martyn, J, Meroni, E, Meyer, M, Miramonti, L, Misiaszek, M, Muratova, V, Neumair, B, Nieslony, M, Oberauer, L, Orekhov, V, Ortica, F, Pallavicini, M, Papp, L, Penek, O, Pietrofaccia, L, Pilipenko, N, Pocar, A, Raikov, G, Ranucci, G, Razeto, A, Re, A, Redchuk, M, Romani, A, Rossi, N, Rottenanger, S, Schonert, S, Semenov, D, Skorokhvatov, M, Smirnov, O, Sotnikov, A, Sun, C, Suvorov, Y, Takeuchi, T, Tartaglia, R, Testera, G, Thurn, J, Unzhakov, E, Vishneva, A, Vogelaar, R, von Feilitzsch, F, Wojcik, M, Wurm, M, Zaimidoroga, O, Zavatarelli, S, Zuber, K, Zuzel, G, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Borexino, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Physics

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, neutrino: solar, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Electron, metal: solar, 01 natural sciences, neutrino: flux, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), solar [model], elastic scattering [neutrino electron], [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], neutrino/e: coupling, detector [neutrino], Borexino, Physics, Elastic scattering, interaction [neutrino/tau], new physics, Beyond Standard Model, Neutrino Physics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), neutrino electron: elastic scattering, coupling [neutrino/e], nuclear reactor [antineutrino], High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, neutrino: detector, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, coupling [neutrino], solar [neutrino], Neutrino, precision measurement [Weinberg angle], model: solar, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, sensitivity [detector], FOS: Physical sciences, neutrino/tau: interaction, neutral current: coupling, Weinberg angle: precision measurement, neutrino: new interaction, neutrino: spectrum, 0103 physical sciences, antineutrino: nuclear reactor, neutrino: coupling, lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Standard solar model, chiral [coupling], Neutral current, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, solar [metal], High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, coupling [neutral current], spectrum [neutrino], flux [neutrino], coupling: chiral, detector: sensitivity, new interaction [neutrino], [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], lcsh:QC770-798, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino Physic
Abstract

The Borexino detector measures solar neutrino fluxes via neutrino-electron elastic scattering. Observed spectra are determined by the solar-$\nu_{e}$ survival probability $P_{ee}(E)$, and the chiral couplings of the neutrino and electron. Some theories of physics beyond the Standard Model postulate the existence of Non-Standard Interactions (NSI's) which modify the chiral couplings and $P_{ee}(E)$. In this paper, we search for such NSI's, in particular, flavor-diagonal neutral current interactions that modify the $\nu_e e$ and $\nu_\tau e$ couplings using Borexino Phase II data. Standard Solar Model predictions of the solar neutrino fluxes for both high- and low-metallicity assumptions are considered. No indication of new physics is found at the level of sensitivity of the detector and constraints on the parameters of the NSI's are placed. In addition, with the same dataset the value of $\sin^2\theta_W$ is obtained with a precision comparable to that achieved in reactor antineutrino experiments., Comment: 28 pages, 7 figures. Slight modifications in the title, abstract, and conclusion. Few references added. Text expanded for clarity. Accepted in JHEP

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2019
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18. Results on geoneutrinos at Borexino

Author

Al. Ianni, G. Bonfini, Frank Calaprice, Andrey Formozov, Z. Yokley, V. Atroshchenko, J. Martyn, E. Litvinovich, R. Tartaglia, C. Galbiati, Livia Ludhova, L. Di Noto, N. Rossi, J. Thurn, A. Di Ludovico, G. Raikov, Z. Bagdasarian, Matteo Agostini, D. A. Semenov, A. S. Chepurnov, V. Orekhov, I. N. Machulin, Lothar Oberauer, F. von Feilitzsch, G. Bellini, D. Opitz, C. Ghiano, Caren Hagner, Matthias Laubenstein, A. Caminata, T. Houdy, Xuefeng Ding, M. M. Wojcik, Marco Pallavicini, F. Gabriele, A. M. Goretti, Aldo Romani, M. Carlini, Denis Korablev, P. Cavalcante, G. Manuzio, M. Misiaszek, B. Neumair, R. B. Vogelaar, G. Korga, K. Fomenko, N. Pilipenko, S. Rottenanger, L. Papp, G. Zuzel, M. S. Meyer, A. Pocar, D. Basilico, E. Meroni, E. V. Hungerford, Ö. Penek, Fausto Ortica, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, J. Maricic, A. V. Derbin, S. Appel, M. Gschwender, K. Altenmüller, D. Guffanti, O. Smirnov, I. Bolognino, G. Lukyanchenko, A. Sotnikov, E. V. Unzhakov, G. Testera, Paolo Lombardi, Tobias Lachenmaier, Alessandra Re, S. Schönert, Marco Giammarchi, O. Zaimidoroga, F. Lombardi, S. Caprioli, V. V. Kobychev, V. N. Muratova, S. Marcocci, M. Toropova, L. Collica, Jay Burton Benziger, A. Jany, D. Bick, Sandra Zavatarelli, A. Porcelli, S. Weinz, Gioacchino Ranucci, Y. Suvorov, B. Caccianiga, A. Vishneva, S. Davini, L. Lukyanchenko, D. Bravo, Lino Miramonti, F. Cavanna, L.F.F. Stokes, D. Jeschke, An. Ianni, Kai Zuber, L. Pietrofaccia, M. Redchuk, D. Franco, A. Razeto, K. Choi, M. Gromov, and I. S. Drachnev

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Low energy, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Detector, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Scintillator, National laboratory, Borexino, Physics::Geophysics
Abstract

The latest and more complete geo-neutrinos Borexino results, are briefly presented and discussed. Borexino is a liquid scintillator detector located at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy, whose primary purpose is the real-time spectroscopy of low energy solar neutrinos. It is the only experiment so far to have provided an evidence of geo-neutrinos existence beyond a 5σ significance level. The geo-neutrinos measurement and analysis, along with implications from the geological point of view, are shortly discussed.

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2018
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19. Solar Neutrinos Spectroscopy with Borexino Phase-II

Author

A. Di Ludovico, G. Manuzio, L. Lukyanchenko, Matthias Laubenstein, J. Maricic, S. Appel, M. Redchuk, S. Caprioli, E. Meroni, N. Pilipenko, C. Ghiano, Caren Hagner, J. Martyn, E. Litvinovich, Z. Yokley, G. Zuzel, P. Cavalcante, N. Rossi, G. Bonfini, V. Atroshchenko, B. Caccianiga, M. S. Meyer, M. Misiaszek, Frank Calaprice, Tobias Lachenmaier, Marco Giammarchi, Xuefeng Ding, D. A. Semenov, O. Smirnov, A. M. Goretti, Paolo Lombardi, A. Jany, Alessandra Re, T. Houdy, Matteo Agostini, E. V. Hungerford, S. Davini, E. V. Unzhakov, O. Zaimidoroga, V. V. Kobychev, A. Sotnikov, K. Altenmueller, R. B. Vogelaar, D. Franco, S. Weinz, I. N. Machulin, A. Vishneva, Aldo Ianni, F. Cavanna, A. Pocar, Y. Suvorov, G. Lukyanchenko, Jay Burton Benziger, G. Raikov, Z. Bagdasarian, R. Tartaglia, S. Rottenanger, M. Carlini, G. Korga, K. Fomenko, L. Papp, S. Schönert, S. Marcocci, M. Toropova, L. Collica, D. Jeschke, A. Caminata, F. Gabriele, D. Guffanti, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Denis Korablev, Andrey Formozov, Michael Wurm, A. V. Derbin, M. M. Wojcik, Andrea Ianni, D. Bick, Sandra Zavatarelli, F. von Feilitzsch, A. Porcelli, I. Bolognino, Aldo Romani, M. Gschwender, L. Di Noto, C. Galbiati, Lino Miramonti, Livia Ludhova, A. S. Chepurnov, Ö. Penek, G. Testera, J. Thurn, G. Bellini, Gioacchino Ranucci, L.F.F. Stokes, D. Bravo, D. Basilico, F. Lombardi, A. Razeto, K. Choi, M. Gromov, I. S. Drachnev, Kai Zuber, and L. Pietrofaccia

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar neutrino, particle_field_physics, Phase (waves), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino oscillation, Spectroscopy, Borexino
Abstract

Solar neutrinos have played a central role in the discovery of the neutrino oscillation mechanism. They still are proving to be a unique tool to help investigate the fusion reactions that power stars and further probe basic neutrino properties. The Borexino neutrino observatory has been operationally acquiring data at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy since 2007. Its main goal is the real-time study of low energy neutrinos (solar or originated elsewhere, such as geo-neutrinos). The latest analysis of experimental data, taken during the so-called Borexino Phase-II (2011-present), will be showcased in this talk - yielding new high-precision, simultaneous wide band flux measurements of the four main solar neutrino components belonging to the "pp" fusion chain (pp, pep, 7Be, 8B), as well as upper limits on the remaining two solar neutrino fluxes (CNO and hep).

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2018
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20. Solar Neutrinos Spectroscopy with Borexino Phase-II

Author

Matthias Laubenstein, D. Basilico, D. Bravo, Y. Suvorov, A. Vishneva, Fausto Ortica, L.F.F. Stokes, Cristiano Galbiati, D. Guffanti, Oleg Smirnov, S. Schoenert, M. Redchuk, K. Choi, M. Gromov, K. Altenmueller, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, Denis Korablev, E. Meroni, Marcin Wójcik, E. Hungerford, L. Lukyanchenko, A. M. Goretti, Andrey Formozov, Z. Yokley, M. Gschwender, V. Atroshchenko, M. S. Meyer, S. Rottenanger, Lino Miramonti, Jay Burton Benziger, G. Bonfini, Ö. Penek, B. Vogelaar, A. Pocar, Frank Calaprice, V. Orekhov, L. Papp, Lothar Oberauer, Paolo Lombardi, G. Bellini, Irene Bolognino, Franz von Feilitzsch, G. Manuzio, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Marcocci, M. Carlini, G. Lukyanchenko, M. Toropova, L. Collica, V. V. Kobychev, S. Davini, B. Neumair, E. V. Unzhakov, A. Razeto, Andrea Ianni, G. Korga, K. Fomenko, D. Bick, Sandra Zavatarelli, Lea Di noto, F. Gabriele, S. Weinz, D. Jeschke, G. Raikov, Z. Bagdasarian, S. Caprioli, I. S. Drachnev, Livia Ludhova, A. S. Chepurnov, C. Ghiano, Caren Hagner, P. Cavalcante, M. Misiaszek, Tobias Lachenmaier, Marco Giammarchi, Matteo Agostini, D. Franco, J. Martyn, E. Litvinovich, N. Pilipenko, A. V. Derbin, B. Opitz, Xuefeng Ding, D. A. Semenov, T. Houdy, J. Thurn, A. Caminata, Aldo Ianni, G. Testera, A. Sotnikov, J. Maricic, S. Appel, Aldo Romani, G. Zuzel, Antonio Di Ludovico, A. Jany, Roberto Tartaglia, Alessandra Re, B. Caccianiga, I. N. Machulin, N. Rossi, Gioacchino Ranucci, Marco Pallavicini, V. N. Muratova, Alessio Porcelli, Kai Zuber, L. Pietrofaccia, F. Cavanna, F. Lombardi, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)

Subjects
lcsh:QC793-793.5, fusion, neutrino: solar, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, neutrino: flux, Nuclear physics, star, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, talk: Kolymbari 2018/07/04, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Nuclear fusion, ddc:530, neutrino oscillation, Spectroscopy, Neutrino oscillation, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Borexino, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, neutrino: energy: low, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, lcsh:Elementary particle physics, Solar neutrinos, Gran Sasso, observatory, Stars, 13. Climate action, solar neutrinos, Computer Science::Programming Languages, High Energy Physics::Experiment, neutrino: oscillation, Neutrino, neutrino: geophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], experimental results
Abstract

Solar neutrinos have played a central role in the discovery of the neutrino oscillation mechanism. They still are proving to be a unique tool to help investigate the fusion reactions that power stars and further probe basic neutrino properties. The Borexino neutrino observatory has been operationally acquiring data at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy since 2007. Its main goal is the real-time study of low energy neutrinos (solar or originated elsewhere, such as geo-neutrinos). The latest analysis of experimental data, taken during the so-called Borexino Phase-II (2011-present), will be showcased in this talk&mdash, yielding new high-precision, simultaneous wide band flux measurements of the four main solar neutrino components belonging to the &ldquo, pp&rdquo, fusion chain (pp, pep, 7 Be, 8 B), as well as upper limits on the remaining two solar neutrino fluxes (CNO and hep).

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2018
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21. Solar neutrino spectroscopy in Borexino

Author

G. Raikov, G. Lukyanchenko, Aldo Romani, G. Korga, L. Di Noto, R. Tartaglia, Livia Ludhova, Z. Bagdasarian, L. Cappelli, Jay Burton Benziger, Aldo Ianni, E. V. Hungerford, A. M. Goretti, A. S. Chepurnov, M. Carlini, Andrea Ianni, Sandra Zavatarelli, M. Gschwender, J. Thurn, B. Neumair, Cristiano Galbiati, M. Meyer, D. Bravo, K. Fomenko, D. Basilico, Ö. Penek, A. Sotnikov, L. Papp, P. Cavalcante, S. Appel, K. Altenmüller, G. Bonfini, D. Franco, A. Razeto, D. A. Semenov, A. Vishneva, Fausto Ortica, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, Frank Calaprice, S. Caprioli, M. Redchuk, D. Guffanti, S. Weinz, G. Testera, S. Rottenanger, Tobias Lachenmaier, Marco Giammarchi, K. Choi, Alessandra Re, Paolo Lombardi, M. Gromov, M. Nieslony, Lino Miramonti, N. Pilipenko, S. Schönert, G. Bellini, Gioacchino Ranucci, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Davini, T. Houdy, F. von Feilitzsch, V. V. Kobychev, F. Cavanna, Matteo Agostini, B. Caccianiga, A. Jany, V. Orekhov, R. B. Vogelaar, J. Maricic, C. Ghiano, A. Caminata, S. Kumaran, Marco Pallavicini, A. V. Derbin, V. N. Muratova, F. Gabriele, M. M. Wojcik, I. S. Drachnev, M. Misiaszek, D. Jeschke, A. Formozov, L.F.F. Stokes, O. Smirnov, S. Marcocci, I. N. Machulin, L. Collica, G. Zuzel, D. D'Angelo, A. Porcelli, E. V. Unzhakov, Kai Zuber, A. Di Ludovico, G. Manuzio, A. Pocar, L. Pietrofaccia, Y. Suvorov, J. Martyn, E. Litvinovich, N. Rossi, Xuefeng Ding, Matthias Laubenstein, L. Lukyanchenko, E. Meroni, V. Atroshchenko, Lothar Oberauer, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)

Subjects
neutrino: solar, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Metallicity, Nuclear physics, background: low, neutrino: spectrum, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Neutrino oscillation, Spectroscopy, Borexino, Physics, Proton–proton chain reaction, pp-chain, p p: fusion, precision measurement, Detector, Automatic Keywords, 13. Climate action, solar neutrinos, spectral, High Energy Physics::Experiment, neutrino: oscillation, Neutrino, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract

International audience; In more than ten years of operation, Borexino has performed a precision measurement of the solar neutrino spectrum, resolving almost all spectral components originating from the proton-proton fusion chain. The presentation will review the results recently released for the second data taking phase 2012–2016 during which the detector excelled by its unprecedentedly low background levels. New results on the rate of pp, 7Be, pep and 8B neutrinos as well as their implications for solar neutrino oscillations and metallicity are discussed.

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2018
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22. Perspectives for CNO neutrino detection in Borexino

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V. Atroshchenko, D. A. Semenov, Y. Suvorov, Ö. Penek, Lothar Oberauer, N. Pilipenko, Matthias Laubenstein, D. Bravo, C. Ghiano, M. M. Wojcik, D. Basilico, Andrey Formozov, M. Redchuk, V. N. Muratova, G. Testera, J. Thurn, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, O. Zaimidoroga, J. Martyn, E. Litvinovich, D. Franco, F. von Feilitzsch, A. Razeto, N. Rossi, L. Lukyanchenko, Jay Burton Benziger, L. Di Noto, Cristiano Galbiati, M. Misiaszek, V. Orekhov, V. V. Kobychev, Matteo Agostini, I. N. Machulin, G. Bonfini, S. Davini, Frank Calaprice, M. Carlini, D. D'Angelo, S. Kumaran, A. Porcelli, Xuefeng Ding, G. Lukyanchenko, E. Meroni, A. Jany, M. Gromov, S. Appel, G. Bellini, A. Pocar, R. B. Vogelaar, B. Neumair, M. Meyer, T. Houdy, K. Fomenko, L. Papp, M. Gschwender, Fausto Ortica, G. Raikov, R. Tartaglia, Gioacchino Ranucci, D. Guffanti, I. S. Drachnev, O. Smirnov, B. Caccianiga, Livia Ludhova, S. Caprioli, G. Zuzel, K. Choi, E. V. Hungerford, A. M. Goretti, A. S. Chepurnov, Tobias Lachenmaier, Marco Giammarchi, Paolo Lombardi, Lino Miramonti, A. Sotnikov, Aldo Ianni, Aldo Romani, A. Di Ludovico, P. Cavalcante, F. Cavanna, G. Manuzio, A. V. Derbin, S. Weinz, Alessandra Re, E. V. Unzhakov, L.F.F. Stokes, Kai Zuber, D. Jeschke, L. Pietrofaccia, J. Maricic, A. Vishneva, G. Korga, Z. Bagdasarian, Andrea Ianni, Sandra Zavatarelli, S. Rottenanger, Luigi Cappelli, S. Schönert, K. Altenmüller, M. Nieslony, S. Marcocci, L. Collica, A. Caminata, Marco Pallavicini, F. Gabriele, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Meyer, M, Zuber, K, Guffanti, D, Agostini, M, Altenmüller, K, Appel, S, Atroshchenko, V, Bagdasarian, Z, Basilico, D, Bellini, G, Benziger, J, Bonfini, G, Bravo, D, Caccianiga, B, Calaprice, F, Caminata, A, Cappelli, L, Caprioli, S, Carlini, M, Cavalcante, P, Cavanna, F, Chepurnov, A, Choi, K, Collica, L, D’Angelo, D, Davini, S, Derbin, A, Ding, X, Di Ludovico, A, Di Noto, L, Drachnev, I, Fomenko, K, Formozov, A, Franco, D, Gabriele, F, Galbiati, C, Gschwender, M, Ghiano, C, Giammarchi, M, Goretti, A, Gromov, M, Houdy, T, Hungerford, E, Ianni, A, Jany, A, Jeschke, D, Kumaran, S, Kobychev, V, Korga, G, Lachenmaier, T, Laubenstein, M, Litvinovich, E, Lombardi, P, Ludhova, L, Lukyanchenko, G, Lukyanchenko, L, Machulin, I, Manuzio, G, Marcocci, S, Maricic, J, Martyn, J, Meroni, E, Miramonti, L, Misiaszek, M, Muratova, V, Neumair, B, Nieslony, M, Oberauer, L, Orekhov, V, Ortica, F, Pallavicini, M, Papp, L, Penek, Ö, Pietrofaccia, L, Pilipenko, N, Pocar, A, Porcelli, A, Raikov, G, Ranucci, G, Razeto, A, Re, A, Redchuk, M, Romani, A, Rossi, N, Rottenanger, S, Schönert, S, Semenov, D, Skorokhvatov, M, Smirnov, O, Sotnikov, A, Stokes, L, Suvorov, Y, Tartaglia, R, Testera, G, Thurn, J, Unzhakov, E, Vishneva, A, Vogelaar, R, von Feilitzsch, F, Weinz, S, Wojcik, M, Wurm, M, Zaimidoroga, O, Zavatarelli, S, Zuzel, G, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
CNO cycle, experimental methods, neutrino: solar, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, scintillation counter: liquid, Solar neutrinos, bismuth: admixture, Astrophysics, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, CNO-cycle, neutrino: flux, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Stellar evolution, Borexino, liquid scintillator, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Energy distribution, detector, background, bismuth: nuclide, Neutrino detector, 13. Climate action, Experimental methods, Neutrino
Abstract

International audience; Borexino measured with unprecedented accuracy the fluxes of solar neutrinos emitted at all the steps of the pp fusion chain. Still missing is the measurement of the flux of neutrinos produced in the CNO cycle. A positive measurement of the CNO neutrino flux is of fundamental importance for understanding the evolution of stars and addressing the unresolved controversy on the solar abundances. The measurement of the CNO neutrino flux in Borexino is challenging because of the low intensity of this component (CNO cycle accounts for about 1% of the energy emitted by Sun), the lack of prominent spectral features and the presence of background sources. The main background component is 210Bi decaying in the liquid scintillator of Borexino that creates events with an energy distribution very close to the one of CNO neutrino interactions. Since 2015 the collaboration undertook significant efforts to achieve an independent measurement of the background affecting a CNO measurement, whose impact on the sensitivity to a CNO signal will be discussed.

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2018
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23. Comprehensive measurement of pp-chain solar neutrinos

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J. Martyn, E. Litvinovich, N. Rossi, B. Opitz, G. Lukyanchenko, Xuefeng Ding, O. Smirnov, A. Di Ludovico, M. Redchuk, Aldo Ianni, Z. Yokley, D. Jeschke, G. Manuzio, D. Kryn, Marcin Wójcik, V. Atroshchenko, A. Pocar, G. Raikov, M. D. Skorokhvatov, A. V. Derbin, Ö. Penek, Z. Bagdasarian, Matteo Agostini, P. Cavalcante, H. ang, K. Fomenko, F.L. Villante, Lothar Oberauer, Michael Wurm, S. Caprioli, D. A. Semenov, O. Zaimidoroga, Matthias Laubenstein, G. Bonfini, Y. Suvorov, A. Caminata, L. Lukyanchenko, V. V. Kobychev, A. Vishneva, Lino Miramonti, T. Houdy, E. V. Unzhakov, I. N. Machulin, J. Thurn, K. Choi, R. Roncin, M. Gromov, V. N. Muratova, Gioacchino Ranucci, E. Meroni, Marco Giammarchi, S. Schönert, A. Razeto, N. Pilipenko, Marco Pallavicini, S. Weinz, D. D'Angelo, G. Bellini, D. Franco, C. Ghiano, S. Marcocci, Caren Hagner, R. Tartaglia, M. Toropova, L. Collica, M. S. Meyer, G. Testera, Cristiano Galbiati, L.F.F. Stokes, F. Gabriele, K. Altenmüller, D. Bravo, Aldo Romani, S. Appel, L. Di Noto, M. Misiaszek, S. Davini, D. Basilico, Andrea Ianni, D. Bick, Sandra Zavatarelli, Paolo Lombardi, A. Porcelli, G. Korga, B. Caccianiga, F. Lombardi, Kai Zuber, I. S. Drachnev, A. Jany, E. V. Hungerford, A. Sotnikov, Jay Burton Benziger, Alessandra Re, G. Zuzel, R. B. Vogelaar, M. Carlini, B. Neumair, L. Papp, Fausto Ortica, D. Korablev, D. Guffanti, Andrey Formozov, F. von Feilitzsch, V. Orekhov, Frank Calaprice, Livia Ludhova, A. M. Goretti, A. S. Chepurnov, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), BOREXINO, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Agostini, M., Altenmüller, K., Appel, S., Atroshchenko, V., Bagdasarian, Z., Basilico, D., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Caprioli, S., Carlini, M., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., Collica, L., D’Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Ding, X. F., Di ludovico, A., Di noto, L., Drachnev, I., Fomenko, K., Formozov, A., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Guffanti, D., Hagner, C., Houdy, T., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jany, A., Jeschke, D., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Lukyanchenko, L., Machulin, I., Manuzio, G., Marcocci, S., Martyn, J., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Oberauer, L., Opitz, B., Orekhov, V., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Penek, Ã ., Pilipenko, N., Pocar, A., Porcelli, A., Raikov, G., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Redchuk, M., Romani, A., Roncin, R., Rossi, N., Schönert, S., Semenov, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stokes, L. F. F., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Toropova, M., Unzhakov, E., Villante, F. L., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Weinz, S., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Yokley, Z., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., Zuzel, G., Agostini, M, Altenmuller, K, Appel, S, Atroshchenko, V, Bagdasarian, Z, Basilico, D, Bellini, G, Benziger, J, Bick, D, Bonfini, G, Bravo, D, Caccianiga, B, Calaprice, F, Caminata, A, Caprioli, S, Carlini, M, Cavalcante, P, Chepurnov, A, Choi, K, Collica, L, D'Angelo, D, Davini, S, Derbin, A, Ding, X, Diludovico, A, Dinoto, L, Drachnev, I, Fomenko, K, Formozov, A, Franco, D, Gabriele, F, Galbiati, C, Ghiano, C, Giammarchi, M, Goretti, A, Gromov, M, Guffanti, D, Hagner, C, Houdy, T, Hungerford, E, Ianni, A, Jany, A, Jeschke, D, Kobychev, V, Korablev, D, Korga, G, Kryn, D, Laubenstein, M, Litvinovich, E, Lombardi, F, Lombardi, P, Ludhova, L, Lukyanchenko, G, Lukyanchenko, L, Machulin, I, Manuzio, G, Marcocci, S, Martyn, J, Meroni, E, Meyer, M, Miramonti, L, Misiaszek, M, Muratova, V, Neumair, B, Oberauer, L, Opitz, B, Orekhov, V, Ortica, F, Pallavicini, M, Papp, L, Penek, O, Pilipenko, N, Pocar, A, Porcelli, A, Raikov, G, Ranucci, G, Razeto, A, Re, A, Redchuk, M, Romani, A, Roncin, R, Rossi, N, Schonert, S, Semenov, D, Skorokhvatov, M, Smirnov, O, Sotnikov, A, Stokes, L, Suvorov, Y, Tartaglia, R, Testera, G, Thurn, J, Toropova, M, Unzhakov, E, Villante, F, Vishneva, A, Vogelaar, R, von Feilitzsch, F, Wang, H, Weinz, S, Wojcik, M, Wurm, M, Yokley, Z, Zaimidoroga, O, Zavatarelli, S, Zuber, K, Zuzel, G, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, electron, neutrino: solar, Solar neutrino, Electron, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, nuclear reaction, neutrino: flux, energy: threshold, energy: solar, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Nuclear Experiment, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Borexino, Physics, Proton–proton chain reaction, Multidisciplinary, S067SES, S067B7T, semileptonic decay, neutrino electron: elastic scattering, Neutrino, model: solar, chemistry.chemical_element, helium, neutrino: beam, S067SBT, Nuclear physics, S067CNT, 0103 physical sciences, S067HPT, surface, Helium, S067PPT, Liquid Scintillator, pp-chain, p p: fusion, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, temperature, Detector, S067PET, Solar energy, Gran Sasso, chemistry, hydrogen, High Energy Physics::Experiment, business, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], experimental results
Abstract

International audience; About 99 per cent of solar energy is produced through sequences of nuclear reactions that convert hydrogen into helium, starting from the fusion of two protons (the pp chain). The neutrinos emitted by five of these reactions represent a unique probe of the Sun’s internal working and, at the same time, offer an intense natural neutrino beam for fundamental physics. Here we report a complete study of the pp chain. We measure the neutrino–electron elastic-scattering rates for neutrinos produced by four reactions of the chain: the initial proton–proton fusion, the electron-capture decay of beryllium-7, the three-body proton–electron–proton (pep) fusion, here measured with the highest precision so far achieved, and the boron-8 beta decay, measured with the lowest energy threshold. We also set a limit on the neutrino flux produced by the$^{3}$He–proton fusion (hep). These measurements provide a direct determination of the relative intensity of the two primary terminations of the pp chain (pp-I and pp-II) and an indication that the temperature profile in the Sun is more compatible with solar models that assume high surface metallicity. We also determine the survival probability of solar electron neutrinos at different energies, thus probing simultaneously and with high precision the neutrino flavour-conversion paradigm, both in vacuum and in matter-dominated regimes.

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2018
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24. Comprehensive measurement of pp-chain solar neutrinos with Borexino

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S. Davini, Attilio Di Giacinto, D. Bravo, C. Ghiano, Caren Hagner, D. Basilico, Matthias Laubenstein, G. Raikov, Z. Bagdasarian, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, Kai Zuber, P. Cavalcante, S. Kumaran, E. V. Unzhakov, Y. Suvorov, M. Misiaszek, K. Choi, M. Gromov, A. V. Derbin, E. Meroni, Andrey Formozov, D. A. Semenov, Lea Di noto, A. Caminata, L. Pietrofaccia, Livia Ludhova, Andrea Ianni, V. Atroshchenko, D. Jeschke, Valentino Di Marcello, O. Zaimidoroga, G. Bellini, A. Razeto, A. S. Chepurnov, B. Vogelaar, V. N. Muratova, Franz von Feilitzsch, M. Redchuk, Luigi Cappelli, A. M. Goretti, G. Manuzio, G. Lukyanchenko, G. Zuzel, S. Marcocci, I. S. Drachnev, S. Rottenanger, L. Papp, Lothar Oberauer, Michael Nieslony, V. Orekhov, A. Pocar, V. V. Kobychev, A. Sotnikov, Aldo Ianni, K. Altenmueller, Stefan Schönert, F. Cavanna, G. Bonfini, A. Vishneva, F. Gabriele, E. Hungerford, D. Franco, D. Bick, Sandra Zavatarelli, Frank Calaprice, Irina Lomskaya, B. Neumair, Jay Burton Benziger, G. Korga, M. S. Meyer, Maria Teresa Ranalli, Marcin Wójcik, K. Fomenko, J. Martyn, Ö. Penek, E. Litvinovich, M. Gschwender, Cristiano Galbiati, A. Jany, Oleg Smirnov, L. Lukyanchenko, Fausto Ortica, D. Guffanti, Xuefeng Ding, G. Testera, Lino Miramonti, Paolo Lombardi, Gioacchino Ranucci, Matteo Agostini, I. N. Machulin, N. Rossi, Tobias Lachenmaier, Marco Giammarchi, Marco Pallavicini, D. D'Angelo, J. Maricic, S. Appel, N. Pilipenko, Aldo Romani, B. Caccianiga, Roberto Tartaglia, Antonio Di Ludovico, Alessandra Re, and J. Thurn

Subjects
Proton–proton chain reaction, Physics, Particle physics, Survival probability, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Metallicity, Solar neutrino, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Borexino
Abstract

A comprehensive measurement of solar neutrino fluxes has been completed using the Borexino Phase-II data in an extended energy range. The measurement reports pp, 7Be and pep neutrino fluxes with the highest precision ever achieved, 8B with the lowest energy threshold, the first Borexino limit on hep neutrinos, as well as the best limit on CNO neutrinos. These results and their physics interpretations concerning the so-called solar metallicity puzzle and the electron-neutrino survival probability, as well as other highlights of the analysis, have been summarized in this talk.

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25. The viability of micrococcus varians and lactobacillus plantarum in freezing and freeze drying in the presence of various cryoprotectors

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G. Raikov, Ya. Yankov, R. Brankova, and Tsv. Tsvetkov

Subjects
Freeze-drying, biology, Chemistry, Micrococcus varians, General Medicine, Food science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, biology.organism_classification, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Lactobacillus plantarum, Microbiology
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1980
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26. Resonances for a system of Schr'odinger operators above an energy-level crossing

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Setsuro Fujiie, Andre Martinez, Takuya Watanabe, P. Miranda, N. Popoff, G. Raikov, and Setsuro Fujiie, Andre Martinez, Takuya Watanabe

Subjects
Schrödinger operator, Resonances, Born-Oppenheimer approximation
Abstract

This report is concerned with the asymptotic distribution of resonances in the semiclassical limit of a one-dimensional 2 × 2 semiclassical Schrödinger operator. We fix a real energy E0 and suppose that the first potential V1 has a simple well at this level so that P1 has eigenvalues subject to the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization rule, whereas the second potential V2 is “non- trapping” so that P2 has only continuous spectrum near this level. In such a situation, resonances are expected to appear near E0 in the lower half complex plane.

Published
2020

27. Improved Measurement of Solar Neutrinos from the Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen Cycle by Borexino and Its Implications for the Standard Solar Model.

Author

Appel S, Bagdasarian Z, Basilico D, Bellini G, Benziger J, Biondi R, Caccianiga B, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Cavalcante P, Chepurnov A, D'Angelo D, Derbin A, Di Giacinto A, Di Marcello V, Ding XF, Di Ludovico A, Di Noto L, Drachnev I, Franco D, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Goretti A, Göttel AS, Gromov M, Guffanti D, Ianni A, Ianni A, Jany A, Kobychev V, Korga G, Kumaran S, Laubenstein M, Litvinovich E, Lombardi P, Lomskaya I, Ludhova L, Lukyanchenko G, Machulin I, Martyn J, Meroni E, Miramonti L, Misiaszek M, Muratova V, Nugmanov R, Oberauer L, Orekhov V, Ortica F, Pallavicini M, Papp L, Pelicci L, Penek Ö, Pietrofaccia L, Pilipenko N, Pocar A, Raikov G, Ranalli MT, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Redchuk M, Rossi N, Schönert S, Semenov D, Settanta G, Skorokhvatov M, Singhal A, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Unzhakov E, Villante FL, Vishneva A, Vogelaar RB, von Feilitzsch F, Wojcik M, Wurm M, Zavatarelli S, Zuber K, and Zuzel G

Abstract

We present an improved measurement of the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) solar neutrino interaction rate at Earth obtained with the complete Borexino Phase-III dataset. The measured rate, R&#95;{CNO}=6.7&#95;{-0.8}^{+2.0}  counts/(day×100  tonnes), allows us to exclude the absence of the CNO signal with about 7σ C.L. The correspondent CNO neutrino flux is 6.6&#95;{-0.9}^{+2.0}×10^{8}  cm^{-2} s^{-1}, taking into account the neutrino flavor conversion. We use the new CNO measurement to evaluate the C and N abundances in the Sun with respect to the H abundance for the first time with solar neutrinos. Our result of N&#95;{CN}=(5.78&#95;{-1.00}^{+1.86})×10^{-4} displays a ∼2σ tension with the "low-metallicity" spectroscopic photospheric measurements. Furthermore, our result used together with the ^{7}Be and ^{8}B solar neutrino fluxes, also measured by Borexino, permits us to disfavor at 3.1σ C.L. the "low-metallicity" standard solar model B16-AGSS09met as an alternative to the "high-metallicity" standard solar model B16-GS98.

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2022
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28. First Directional Measurement of Sub-MeV Solar Neutrinos with Borexino.

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Agostini M, Altenmüller K, Appel S, Atroshchenko V, Bagdasarian Z, Basilico D, Bellini G, Benziger J, Biondi R, Bravo D, Caccianiga B, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Cavalcante P, Chepurnov A, D'Angelo D, Davini S, Derbin A, Di Giacinto A, Di Marcello V, Ding XF, Di Ludovico A, Di Noto L, Drachnev I, Formozov A, Franco D, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Goretti A, Göttel AS, Gromov M, Guffanti D, Ianni A, Ianni A, Jany A, Jeschke D, Kobychev V, Korga G, Kumaran S, Laubenstein M, Litvinovich E, Lombardi P, Lomskaya I, Ludhova L, Lukyanchenko G, Lukyanchenko L, Machulin I, Martyn J, Meroni E, Meyer M, Miramonti L, Misiaszek M, Muratova V, Neumair B, Nieslony M, Nugmanov R, Oberauer L, Orekhov V, Ortica F, Pallavicini M, Papp L, Pelicci L, Penek Ö, Pietrofaccia L, Pilipenko N, Pocar A, Raikov G, Ranalli MT, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Redchuk M, Romani A, Rossi N, Schönert S, Semenov D, Settanta G, Skorokhvatov M, Singhal A, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Thurn J, Unzhakov E, Vishneva A, Vogelaar RB, von Feilitzsch F, Wessel A, Wojcik M, Wonsak B, Wurm M, Zavatarelli S, Zuber K, and Zuzel G

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We report the measurement of sub-MeV solar neutrinos through the use of their associated Cherenkov radiation, performed with the Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. The measurement is achieved using a novel technique that correlates individual photon hits of events to the known position of the Sun. In an energy window between 0.54 to 0.74 MeV, selected using the dominant scintillation light, we have measured 10 887&#95;{-2103}^{+2386}(stat)±947(syst) (68% confidence interval) solar neutrinos out of 19 904 total events. This corresponds to a ^{7}Be neutrino interaction rate of 51.6&#95;{-12.5}^{+13.9}  counts/(day·100  ton), which is in agreement with the standard solar model predictions and the previous spectroscopic results of Borexino. The no-neutrino hypothesis can be excluded with >5σ confidence level. For the first time, we have demonstrated the possibility of utilizing the directional Cherenkov information for sub-MeV solar neutrinos, in a large-scale, high light yield liquid scintillator detector. This measurement provides an experimental proof of principle for future hybrid event reconstruction using both Cherenkov and scintillation signatures simultaneously.

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2022
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