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1. The Double Chooz antineutrino detectors

Author: Double Chooz Collaboration, de Kerret, H., Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Abrahão, T., Ahijado, J. M., Akiri, T., Alarcón, J. M., Alba, J., Almazan, H., Anjos, J. C. dos, Appel, S., Ardellier, F., Barabanov, I., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Baxter, A., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bertoli, W., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blanco, C., Bleurvacq, N., Blucher, E., Bonet, H., Bongrand, M., Bowden, N. S, Brugière, T., Buck, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Calvo, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cazaux, S., Cela, J. M., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Charon, P., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M, Cormon, S., Corpace, O., Courty, B., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Cribier, M., Crum, K., Cuadrado, S., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dierckxsens, M., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dorigo, F., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Efremekov, Y., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Falk, E., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fernández-Bedoya, C., Francia, D., Franco, D., Fischer, V., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Garcia, F., Garcia, J., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Givaudan, A., Göger-Neff, M., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J., Gramlich, B., Greiner, D., Guertin, A., Guillon, B., Habib, S. M., Haddad, Y., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Hartnell, J., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hellwig, D., Hervé, S., Hofacker, R., Horton-Smith, G., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jänner, K., Jiménez, S., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kale, K., Kalousis, L., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Karakac, M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., Kibe, Y., Kirchner, T., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Lastoria, C., Latron, L., Leonardo, C., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Marie, F., Martinez, J. J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., McKee, D., Meigner, F., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, J. P., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Millot, J. F., Minotti, A., Mirones, V., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Navas-Nicolás, D., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Oralbaev, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Peeters, S. J. M., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Puras, J. C., Quéval, R., Ramirez, J. L., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Reissfelder, M., Remoto, A., Reyna, D., Rodriguez, I., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Rudolf, N., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schwan, U., Scola, L., Settimo, M., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. A., Sharankova, R., Sibille, V., Sida, J. L., Sinev, V., Shrestha, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Soldin, P., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Starzynski, P., Stock, M. R., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Svoboda, R., Tabata, H., Tamura, N., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toral, F., Toups, M., Thi, H. Trinh, Valdivia, F., Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Verdugo, A., Veyssiere, C., Viaud, B., Vignaud, D., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Wiebusch, C., White, B., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Wurtz, J., Yang, G., Yáñez, J., Yermia, F., and Zbiri, K.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: This article describes the setup and performance of the near and far detectors in the Double Chooz experiment. The electron antineutrinos of the Chooz nuclear power plant were measured in two identically designed detectors with different average baselines of about 400 m and 1050 m from the two reactor cores. Over many years of data taking the neutrino signals were extracted from interactions in the detectors with the goal of measuring a fundamental parameter in the context of neutrino oscillation, the mixing angle {\theta}13. The central part of the Double Chooz detectors was a main detector comprising four cylindrical volumes filled with organic liquids. From the inside towards the outside there were volumes containing gadolinium-loaded scintillator, gadolinium-free scintillator, a buffer oil and, optically separated, another liquid scintillator acting as veto system. Above this main detector an additional outer veto system using plastic scintillator strips was installed. The technologies developed in Double Chooz were inspiration for several other antineutrino detectors in the field. The detector design allowed implementation of efficient background rejection techniques including use of pulse shape information provided by the data acquisition system. The Double Chooz detectors featured remarkable stability, in particular for the detected photons, as well as high radiopurity of the detector components., Comment: 49 pages, 29 figures
Published: 2022
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2. The Monte Carlo simulation of the Borexino detector

Author: Agostini, M., Altenmuller, K., Appel, S., Atroshchenko, V., Bagdasarian, Z., Basilico, D., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Borodikhina, L., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Caprioli, S., Carlini, M., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Ding, X. F., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Fomenko, K., Formozov, A., Franco, D., Froborg, F., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., 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., Machulin, I., Manuzio, G., Marcocci, S., Martyn, J., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Oberauer, L., Opitz, B., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Re, A., Romani, A., Roncin, R., Rossi, N., Schonert, S., Semenov, D., Shakina, P., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stokes, L. F. F., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Toropova, M., Unzhakov, E., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Weinz, S., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Yokley, Z., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We describe the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation package of the Borexino detector and discuss the agreement of its output with data. The Borexino MC 'ab initio' simulates the energy loss of particles in all detector components and generates the resulting scintillation photons and their propagation within the liquid scintillator volume. The simulation accounts for absorption, reemission, and scattering of the optical photons and tracks them until they either are absorbed or reach the photocathode of one of the photomultiplier tubes. Photon detection is followed by a comprehensive simulation of the readout electronics response. The algorithm proceeds with a detailed simulation of the electronics chain. The MC is tuned using data collected with radioactive calibration sources deployed inside and around the scintillator volume. The simulation reproduces the energy response of the detector, its uniformity within the fiducial scintillator volume relevant to neutrino physics, and the time distribution of detected photons to better than 1% between 100 keV and several MeV. The techniques developed to simulate the Borexino detector and their level of refinement are of possible interest to the neutrino community, especially for current and future large-volume liquid scintillator experiments such as Kamland-Zen, SNO+, and Juno.
Published: 2017
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3. Seasonal Modulation of the $^7$Be Solar Neutrino Rate in Borexino

Author: Agostini, M., Altenmuller, K., Appel, S., Atroshchenko, V., Basilico, D., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Borodikhina, L., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Caprioli, S., Carlini, M., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Ding, X. F., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Froborg, F., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Hagner, C., Houdy, T., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jany, A., Jeschke, D., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Manuzio, G., Marcocci, S., Martyn, J., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montuschi, M., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Oberauer, L., Opitz, B., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Roncin, R., Rossi, N., Schonert, S., Semenov, D., Shakina, P., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stokes, L. F. F., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Toropova, M., Unzhakov, E., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Weinz, S., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Yokley, Z., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We detected the seasonal modulation of the $^7$Be neutrino interaction rate with the Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. The period, amplitude, and phase of the observed time evolution of the signal are consistent with its solar origin, and the absence of an annual modulation is rejected at 99.99\% C.L. The data are analyzed using three methods: the sinusoidal fit, the Lomb-Scargle and the Empirical Mode Decomposition techniques, which all yield results in excellent agreement., Comment: 11 palese, 13 figures
Published: 2017
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4. A search for low-energy neutrino and antineutrino signals correlated with gamma-ray bursts with Borexino

Author: Agostini, M., Altenmeuller, K., Appel, S., Atroshchenko, V., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Carlini, M., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., de Kerret, H., Derbin, A., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jany, A., Jedrzejczak, K., Jeschke, D., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Marcocci, S., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montuschi, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Roncin, R., Rossi, N., Scheonert, S., Semenov, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Toropova, M., Unzhakov, E., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Weinz, S., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Yokley, Z., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: A search for neutrino and antineutrino events correlated with 2,350 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is performed with Borexino data collected between December 2007 and November 2015. No statistically significant excess over background is observed. We look for electron antineutrinos ($\bar{\nu}_e$) that inverse beta decay on protons with energies from 1.8\,MeV to 15\,MeV and set the best limit on the neutrino fluence from GRBs below 8\,MeV. The signals from neutrinos and antineutrinos from GRBs that scatter on electrons are also searched for, a detection channel made possible by the particularly radio-pure scintillator of Borexino. We obtain currently the best limits on the neutrino fluence of all flavors and species below 7\,MeV. Finally, time correlations between GRBs and bursts of events are investigated. Our analysis combines two semi-independent data acquisition systems for the first time: the primary Borexino readout optimized for solar neutrino physics up to a few MeV, and a fast waveform digitizer system tuned for events above 1\,MeV., Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures
Published: 2016
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5. The Main Results of the Borexino Experiment

Author: Derbin, A., Muratova, V., Agostini, M., Altenmuller, K., Appel, S., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Carlini, M., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Formozov, A., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jedrzejczak, K., Jeschke, D., Kaiser, M., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Marcocci, S., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montuschi, M., Mosteiro, P., Neumair, B, Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Roncin, R., Rossi, N., Schonert, S., Semenov, D., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Toropova, M., Unzhakov, E., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Weinz, S., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Yokley, Z., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The main physical results on the registration of solar neutrinos and the search for rare processes obtained by the Borexino collaboration to date are presented., Comment: 8 pages, 8 figgures, To be published as Proceedings of the Third Annual Large Hadron Collider Physics Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015
Published: 2016

6. Characterization of the Spontaneous Light Emission of the PMTs used in the Double Chooz Experiment

Author: Double Chooz collaboration, Abe, Y., Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Alt, C., Appel, S., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Calvo, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., de Kerret, H., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Anjos, J. C. dos, Dracos, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hellwig, D., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jiménez, S., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Navas-Nicolás, D., Novella, P., Nunokawa, H., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Soiron, M., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: During the commissioning of the first of the two detectors of the Double Chooz experiment, an unexpected and dominant background caused by the emission of light inside the optical volume has been observed. A specific study of the ensemble of phenomena called "Light Noise" has been carried out in-situ, and in an external laboratory, in order to characterize the signals and to identify the possible processes underlying the effect. Some mechanisms of instrumental noise originating from the PMTs were identified and it has been found that the leading one arises from the light emission localized on the photomultiplier base and produced by the combined effect of heat and high voltage across the transparent epoxy resin covering the electric components. The correlation of the rate and the amplitude of the signal with the temperature has been observed. For the first detector in operation the induced background has been mitigated using online and offline analysis selections based on timing and light pattern of the signals, while a modification of the photomultiplier assembly has been implemented for the second detector in order to blacken the PMT bases., Comment: 24 pages, 24 figures. Minor revision to be published in the Journal of Instrumentation (JINST), Corresponding author: R. Santorelli
Published: 2016
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7. Muon capture on light isotopes in Double Chooz

Author: Double Chooz collaboration, Abe, Y., Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Alt, C., Appel, S., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., de Kerret, H., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Anjos, J. C. dos, Dracos, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hellwig, D., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Navas-Nicolás, D., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Soiron, M., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Using the Double Chooz detector, designed to measure the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$, the products of $\mu^-$ capture on $^{12}$C, $^{13}$C, $^{14}$N and $^{16}$O have been measured. Over a period of 489.5 days, $2.3\times10^6$ stopping cosmic $\mu^-$ have been collected, of which $1.8\times10^5$ captured on carbon, nitrogen, or oxygen nuclei in the inner detector scintillator or acrylic vessels. The resulting isotopes were tagged using prompt neutron emission (when applicable), the subsequent beta decays, and, in some cases, $\beta$-delayed neutrons. The most precise measurement of the rate of $^{12}\mathrm C(\mu^-,\nu)^{12}\mathrm B$ to date is reported: $6.57^{+0.11}_{-0.21}\times10^{3}\,\mathrm s^{-1}$, or $(17.35^{+0.35}_{-0.59})\%$ of nuclear captures. By tagging excited states emitting gammas, the ground state transition rate to $^{12}$B has been determined to be $5.68^{+0.14}_{-0.23}\times10^3\,\mathrm s^{-1}$. The heretofore unobserved reactions $^{12}\mathrm C(\mu^-,\nu\alpha)^{8}\mathrm{Li}$, $^{13}\mathrm C(\mu^-,\nu\mathrm n\alpha)^{8}\mathrm{Li}$, and $^{13}\mathrm C(\mu^-,\nu\mathrm n)^{12}\mathrm B$ are measured. Further, a population of $\beta$n decays following stopping muons is identified with $5.5\sigma$ significance. Statistics limit our ability to identify these decays definitively. Assuming negligible production of $^{8}$He, the reaction $^{13}\mathrm C(\mu^-,\nu\alpha)^{9}\mathrm{Li}$ is found to be present at the $2.7\sigma$ level. Limits are set on a variety of other processes., Comment: 21 pages, 14 figures. Minor revisions. Corresponding author: M. Strait
Published: 2015
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8. Measurement of $\theta_{13}$ in Double Chooz using neutron captures on hydrogen with novel background rejection techniques

Author: Abe, Y., Appel, S., Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Alt, C., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hellwig, D., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Navas-Nicolás, D., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Soiron, M., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The Double Chooz collaboration presents a measurement of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ using reactor $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ observed via the inverse beta decay reaction in which the neutron is captured on hydrogen. This measurement is based on 462.72 live days data, approximately twice as much data as in the previous such analysis, collected with a detector positioned at an average distance of 1050m from two reactor cores. Several novel techniques have been developed to achieve significant reductions of the backgrounds and systematic uncertainties. Accidental coincidences, the dominant background in this analysis, are suppressed by more than an order of magnitude with respect to our previous publication by a multi-variate analysis. These improvements demonstrate the capability of precise measurement of reactor $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ without gadolinium loading. Spectral distortions from the $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ reactor flux predictions previously reported with the neutron capture on gadolinium events are confirmed in the independent data sample presented here. A value of $\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} = 0.095^{+0.038}_{-0.039}$(stat+syst) is obtained from a fit to the observed event rate as a function of the reactor power, a method insensitive to the energy spectrum shape. A simultaneous fit of the hydrogen capture events and of the gadolinium capture events yields a measurement of $\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} = 0.088\pm0.033$(stat+syst).
Published: 2015
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9. A test of electric charge conservation with Borexino

Author: Borexino Collaboration, Agostini, M., Appel, S., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jedrzejczak, K., Kaiser, M., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Marcocci, S., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montuschi, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Roncin, R., Rossi, N., Schoenert, S., Semenov, D., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Toropova, M., Unzhakov, E., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Weinz, S., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Yokley, Z., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Borexino is a liquid scintillation detector located deep underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS, Italy). Thanks to the unmatched radio-purity of the scintillator, and to the well understood detector response at low energy, a new limit on the stability of the electron for decay into a neutrino and a single mono-energetic photon was obtained. This new bound, tau > 6.6 10**28 yr at 90 % C.L., is two orders of magnitude better than the previous limit., Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure
Published: 2015
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10. JUNO Conceptual Design Report

Author: Adam, T., An, F., An, G., An, Q., Anfimov, N., Antonelli, V., Baccolo, G., Baldoncini, M., Baussan, E., Bellato, M., Bezrukov, L., Bick, D., Blyth, S., Boarin, S., Brigatti, A., Brugière, T., Brugnera, R., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Busto, J., Cabrera, A., Cai, H., Cai, X., Cammi, A., Cao, D., Cao, G., Cao, J., Chang, J., Chang, Y., Chen, M., Chen, P., Chen, Q., Chen, S., Chen, X., Chen, Y., Cheng, Y., Chiesa, D., Chukanov, A., Clemenza, M., Clerbaux, B., D'Angelo, D., de Kerret, H., Deng, Z., Ding, X., Ding, Y., Djurcic, Z., Dmitrievsky, S., Dolgareva, M., Dornic, D., Doroshkevich, E., Dracos, M., Drapier, O., Dusini, S., Díaz, M. A., Enqvist, T., Fan, D., Fang, C., Fang, J., Fang, X., Favart, L., Fedoseev, D., Fiorentini, G., Ford, R., Formozov, A., Gaigher, R., Gan, H., Garfagnini, A., Gaudiot, G., Genster, C., Giammarchi, M., Giuliani, F., Gonchar, M., Gong, G., Gong, H., Gonin, M., Gornushkin, Y., Grassi, M., Grewing, C., Gromov, V., Gu, M., Guan, M., Guarino, V., Guo, W., Guo, X., Guo, Y., Göger-Neff, M., Hackspacher, P., Hagner, C., Han, R., Han, Z., Hao, J., He, M., Hellgartner, D., Heng, Y., Hong, D., Hou, S., Hsiung, Y., Hu, B., Hu, J., Hu, S., Hu, T., Hu, W., Huang, H., Huang, X., Huo, L., Huo, W., Ioannisian, A., Ioannisyan, D., Jeitler, M., Jen, K., Jetter, S., Ji, X., Jian, S., Jiang, D., Jiang, X., Jollet, C., Kaiser, M., Kan, B., Kang, L., Karagounis, M., Kazarian, N., Kettell, S., Korablev, D., Krasnoperov, A., Krokhaleva, S., Krumshteyn, Z., Kruth, A., Kuusiniemi, P., Lachenmaier, T., Lei, L., Lei, R., Lei, X., Leitner, R., Lenz, F., Li, C., Li, F., Li, J., Li, N., Li, S., Li, T., Li, W., Li, X., Li, Y., Li, Z., Liang, H., Liang, J., Licciardi, M., Lin, G., Lin, S., Lin, T., Lin, Y., Lippi, I., Liu, G., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, Q., Liu, S., Liu, Y., Lombardi, P., Long, Y., Lorenz, S., Lu, C., Lu, F., Lu, H., Lu, J., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lubsandorzhiev, S., Ludhova, L., Luo, F., Luo, S., Lv, Z., Lyashuk, V., Ma, Q., Ma, S., Ma, X., Malyshkin, Y., Mantovani, F., Mao, Y., Mari, S., Mayilyan, D., McDonough, W., Meng, G., Meregaglia, A., Meroni, E., Mezzetto, M., Min, J., Miramonti, L., Montuschi, M., Morozov, N., Mueller, T., Muralidharan, P., Nastasi, M., Naumov, D., Naumova, E., Nemchenok, I., Ning, Z., Nunokawa, H., Oberauer, L., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevskiy, A., Ortica, F., Pan, H., Paoloni, A., Parkalian, N., Parmeggiano, S., Pec, V., Pelliccia, N., Peng, H., Poussot, P., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Prummer, S., Qi, F., Qi, M., Qian, S., Qian, X., Qiao, H., Qin, Z., Ranucci, G., Re, A., Ren, B., Ren, J., Rezinko, T., Ricci, B., Robens, M., Romani, A., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X., Rybnikov, A., Sadovsky, A., Saggese, P., Salamanna, G., Sawatzki, J., Schuler, J., Selyunin, A., Shi, G., Shi, J., Shi, Y., Sinev, V., Sirignano, C., Sisti, M., Smirnov, O., Soiron, M., Stahl, A., Stanco, L., Steinmann, J., Strati, V., Sun, G., Sun, X., Sun, Y., Taichenachev, D., Tang, J., Tietzsch, A., Tkachev, I., Trzaska, W. H., Tung, Y., van Waasen, S., Volpe, C., Vorobel, V., Votano, L., Wang, C., Wang, G., Wang, H., Wang, M., Wang, R., Wang, S., Wang, W., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Wei, W., Wei, Y., Weifels, M., Wen, L., Wen, Y., Wiebusch, C., Wipperfurth, S., Wong, S. C., Wonsak, B., Wu, C., Wu, Q., Wu, Z., Wurm, M., Wurtz, J., Xi, Y., Xia, D., Xia, J., Xiao, M., Xie, Y., Xu, J., Xu, L., Xu, Y., Yan, B., Yan, X., Yang, C., Yang, H., Yang, L., Yang, M., Yang, Y., Yanovich, E., Yao, Y., Ye, M., Ye, X., Yegin, U., Yermia, F., You, Z., Yu, B., Yu, C., Yu, G., Yu, Z., Yuan, Y., Yuan, Z., Zanetti, M., Zeng, P., Zeng, S., Zeng, T., Zhan, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, F., Zhang, G., Zhang, H., Zhang, J., Zhang, K., Zhang, P., Zhang, Q., Zhang, T., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z., Zhao, J., Zhao, M., Zhao, T., Zhao, Y., Zheng, H., Zheng, M., Zheng, X., Zheng, Y., Zhong, W., Zhou, G., Zhou, J., Zhou, L., Zhou, N., Zhou, R., Zhou, S., Zhou, W., Zhou, X., Zhou, Y., Zhu, H., Zhu, K., Zhuang, H., Zong, L., and Zou, J.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is proposed to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy using an underground liquid scintillator detector. It is located 53 km away from both Yangjiang and Taishan Nuclear Power Plants in Guangdong, China. The experimental hall, spanning more than 50 meters, is under a granite mountain of over 700 m overburden. Within six years of running, the detection of reactor antineutrinos can resolve the neutrino mass hierarchy at a confidence level of 3-4$\sigma$, and determine neutrino oscillation parameters $\sin^2\theta_{12}$, $\Delta m^2_{21}$, and $|\Delta m^2_{ee}|$ to an accuracy of better than 1%. The JUNO detector can be also used to study terrestrial and extra-terrestrial neutrinos and new physics beyond the Standard Model. The central detector contains 20,000 tons liquid scintillator with an acrylic sphere of 35 m in diameter. $\sim$17,000 508-mm diameter PMTs with high quantum efficiency provide $\sim$75% optical coverage. The current choice of the liquid scintillator is: linear alkyl benzene (LAB) as the solvent, plus PPO as the scintillation fluor and a wavelength-shifter (Bis-MSB). The number of detected photoelectrons per MeV is larger than 1,100 and the energy resolution is expected to be 3% at 1 MeV. The calibration system is designed to deploy multiple sources to cover the entire energy range of reactor antineutrinos, and to achieve a full-volume position coverage inside the detector. The veto system is used for muon detection, muon induced background study and reduction. It consists of a Water Cherenkov detector and a Top Tracker system. The readout system, the detector control system and the offline system insure efficient and stable data acquisition and processing., Comment: 328 pages, 211 figures
Published: 2015

11. Low-energy (anti)neutrino physics with Borexino: Neutrinos from the primary proton-proton fusion process in the Sun

Author: Mosteiro, P., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Al., Ianni, An., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Marcocci, S., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montuschi, M., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schoenert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The Sun is fueled by a series of nuclear reactions that produce the energy that makes it shine. The primary reaction is the fusion of two protons into a deuteron, a positron and a neutrino. These neutrinos constitute the vast majority of neutrinos reaching Earth, providing us with key information about what goes on at the core of our star. Several experiments have now confirmed the observation of neutrino oscillations by detecting neutrinos from secondary nuclear processes in the Sun; this is the first direct spectral measurement of the neutrinos from the keystone proton-proton fusion. This observation is a crucial step towards the completion of the spectroscopy of pp-chain neutrinos, as well as further validation of the LMA-MSW model of neutrino oscillations., Comment: Proceedings from NOW (Neutrino Oscillation Workshop) 2014
Published: 2015
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12. Measurement of neutrino flux from the primary proton--proton fusion process in the Sun with Borexino detector

Author: Smirnov, O. Y., Agostini, M., Appel, S., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jedrzejczak, K., Kaiser, M., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Marcocci, S., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Roncin, R., Rossi, N., Schönert, S., Semenov, D., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Toropova, M., Unzhakov, E., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Weinz, S., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Yokley, Z., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Neutrino produced in a chain of nuclear reactions in the Sun starting from the fusion of two protons, for the first time has been detected in a real-time detector in spectrometric mode. The unique properties of the Borexino detector provided an oppurtunity to disentangle pp-neutrino spectrum from the background components. A comparison of the total neutrino flux from the Sun with Solar luminosity in photons provides a test of the stability of the Sun on the 10$^{5}$ years time scale, and sets a strong limit on the power production in the unknown energy sources in the Sun of no more than 4\% of the total energy production at 90\% C.L., Comment: 15 pages, 2 tables, 3 figures
Published: 2015
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13. Solar neutrino with Borexino: results and perspectives

Author: Smirnov, O., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Fiorentini, G., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Mantovani, F., Marcocci, S., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Ricci, B., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schoenert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Borexino is a unique detector able to perform measurement of solar neutrinos fluxes in the energy region around 1 MeV or below due to its low level of radioactive background. It was constructed at the LNGS underground laboratory with a goal of solar $^{7}$Be neutrino flux measurement with 5\% precision. The goal has been successfully achieved marking the end of the first stage of the experiment. A number of other important measurements of solar neutrino fluxes have been performed during the first stage. Recently the collaboration conducted successful liquid scintillator repurification campaign aiming to reduce main contaminants in the sub-MeV energy range. With the new levels of radiopurity Borexino can improve existing and challenge a number of new measurements including: improvement of the results on the Solar and terrestrial neutrino fluxes measurements; measurement of pp and CNO solar neutrino fluxes; search for non-standard interactions of neutrino; study of the neutrino oscillations on the short baseline with an artificial neutrino source (search for sterile neutrino) in context of SOX project., Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2014
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14. Improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ with the Double Chooz detector

Author: Abe, Y., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Grant, C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment presents improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ using the data collected in 467.90 live days from a detector positioned at an average distance of 1050 m from two reactor cores at the Chooz nuclear power plant. Several novel techniques have been developed to achieve significant reductions of the backgrounds and systematic uncertainties with respect to previous publications, whereas the efficiency of the $\bar\nu_{e}$ signal has increased. The value of $\theta_{13}$ is measured to be $\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} = 0.090 ^{+0.032}_{-0.029}$ from a fit to the observed energy spectrum. Deviations from the reactor $\bar\nu_{e}$ prediction observed above a prompt signal energy of 4 MeV and possible explanations are also reported. A consistent value of $\theta_{13}$ is obtained from a fit to the observed rate as a function of the reactor power independently of the spectrum shape and background estimation, demonstrating the robustness of the $\theta_{13}$ measurement despite the observed distortion., Comment: 44 pages, 25 figures. Figures 21 and 22 have been replaced (statistical error bars for bins above 8 MeV have become smaller). No other changes in the results of the paper; an Erratum submitted to JHEP
Published: 2014
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15. Recent Borexino results and prospects for the near future

Author: D'Angelo, D., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Empl, A., Etenko, A., von Feilitzsch, F., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schoenert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R. B., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Xu, J., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The Borexino experiment, located in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, is an organic liquid scintillator detector conceived for the real time spectroscopy of low energy solar neutrinos. The data taking campaign phase I (2007 - 2010) has allowed the first independent measurements of 7Be, 8B and pep fluxes as well as the first measurement of anti-neutrinos from the earth. After a purification of the scintillator, Borexino is now in phase II since 2011. We review here the recent results achieved during 2013, concerning the seasonal modulation in the 7Be signal, the study of cosmogenic backgrounds and the updated measurement of geo-neutrinos. We also review the upcoming measurements from phase II data (pp, pep, CNO) and the project SOX devoted to the study of sterile neutrinos via the use of a 51Cr neutrino source and a 144Ce-144Pr antineutrino source placed in close proximity of the active material., Comment: 8 pages, 11 figures. To be published as proceedings of Rencontres de Moriond EW 2014
Published: 2014

16. Precision Muon Reconstruction in Double Chooz

Author: Double Chooz collaboration, Abe, Y., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Grant, C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., no, J. M. López-Casta, LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We describe a muon track reconstruction algorithm for the reactor anti-neutrino experiment Double Chooz. The Double Chooz detector consists of two optically isolated volumes of liquid scintillator viewed by PMTs, and an Outer Veto above these made of crossed scintillator strips. Muons are reconstructed by their Outer Veto hit positions along with timing information from the other two detector volumes. All muons are fit under the hypothesis that they are through-going and ultrarelativistic. If the energy depositions suggest that the muon may have stopped, the reconstruction fits also for this hypothesis and chooses between the two via the relative goodness-of-fit. In the ideal case of a through-going muon intersecting the center of the detector, the resolution is ~40 mm in each transverse dimension. High quality muon reconstruction is an important tool for reducing the impact of the cosmogenic isotope background in Double Chooz., Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods A. Author list corrected
Published: 2014
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17. Background-independent measurement of $\theta_{13}$ in Double Chooz

Author: Abe, Y., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Grant, C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The oscillation results published by the Double Chooz collaboration in 2011 and 2012 rely on background models substantiated by reactor-on data. In this analysis, we present a background-model-independent measurement of the mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ by including 7.53 days of reactor-off data. A global fit of the observed neutrino rates for different reactor power conditions is performed, yielding a measurement of both $\theta_{13}$ and the total background rate. The results on the mixing angle are improved significantly by including the reactor-off data in the fit, as it provides a direct measurement of the total background rate. This reactor rate modulation analysis considers antineutrino candidates with neutron captures on both Gd and H, whose combination yields $\sin^2(2\theta_{13})=$ 0.102 $\pm$ 0.028(stat.) $\pm$ 0.033(syst.). The results presented in this study are fully consistent with the ones already published by Double Chooz, achieving a competitive precision. They provide, for the first time, a determination of $\theta_{13}$ that does not depend on a background model.
Published: 2014
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18. Final results of Borexino Phase-I on low energy solar neutrino spectroscopy

Author: Borexino Collaboration, Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Avanzini, M. B., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Pena-Garay, C., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schoenert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Xu, J., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Borexino has been running since May 2007 at the LNGS with the primary goal of detecting solar neutrinos. The detector, a large, unsegmented liquid scintillator calorimeter characterized by unprecedented low levels of intrinsic radioactivity, is optimized for the study of the lower energy part of the spectrum. During the Phase-I (2007-2010) Borexino first detected and then precisely measured the flux of the 7Be solar neutrinos, ruled out any significant day-night asymmetry of their interaction rate, made the first direct observation of the pep neutrinos, and set the tightest upper limit on the flux of CNO neutrinos. In this paper we discuss the signal signature and provide a comprehensive description of the backgrounds, quantify their event rates, describe the methods for their identification, selection or subtraction, and describe data analysis. Key features are an extensive in situ calibration program using radioactive sources, the detailed modeling of the detector response, the ability to define an innermost fiducial volume with extremely low background via software cuts, and the excellent pulse-shape discrimination capability of the scintillator that allows particle identification. We report a measurement of the annual modulation of the 7 Be neutrino interaction rate. The period, the amplitude, and the phase of the observed modulation are consistent with the solar origin of these events, and the absence of their annual modulation is rejected with higher than 99% C.L. The physics implications of phase-I results in the context of the neutrino oscillation physics and solar models are presented.
Published: 2013
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19. Cosmogenic Backgrounds in Borexino at 3800 m water-equivalent depth

Author: Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Göger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Lombardi, F., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Möllenberg, R., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schönert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Xu, J., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The solar neutrino experiment Borexino, which is located in the Gran Sasso underground laboratories, is in a unique position to study muon-induced backgrounds in an organic liquid scintillator. In this study, a large sample of cosmic muons is identified and tracked by a muon veto detector external to the liquid scintillator, and by the specific light patterns observed when muons cross the scintillator volume. The yield of muon-induced neutrons is found to be Yn =(3.10+-0.11)10-4 n/({\mu} (g/cm2)). The distance profile between the parent muon track and the neutron capture point has the average value {\lambda} = (81.5 +- 2.7)cm. Additionally the yields of a number of cosmogenic radioisotopes are measured for 12N, 12B, 8He, 9C, 9Li, 8B, 6He, 8Li, 11Be, 10C and 11C. All results are compared with Monte Carlo simulation predictions using the Fluka and Geant4 packages. General agreement between data and simulation is observed for the cosmogenic production yields with a few exceptions, the most prominent case being 11C yield for which both codes return about 50% lower values. The predicted {\mu}-n distance profile and the neutron multiplicity distribution are found to be overall consistent with data., Comment: 26 pages, 13 figures (in 14 files), 4 tables. 3 extra data files. accepted by JCAP
Published: 2013
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20. Measurement of geo-neutrinos from 1353 days of Borexino

Author: Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fiorentini, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kobychev, V. V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Koshio, Y., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Lombardi, F., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Mantovani, F., Manuzio, G., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Ricci, B., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Sabelnikov, A., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schoenert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Xu, J., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We present a measurement of the geo--neutrino signal obtained from 1353 days of data with the Borexino detector at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. With a fiducial exposure of (3.69 $\pm$ 0.16) $\times$ $10^{31}$ proton $\times$ year after all selection cuts and background subtraction, we detected (14.3 $\pm$ 4.4) geo-neutrino events assuming a fixed chondritic mass Th/U ratio of 3.9. This corresponds to a geo-neutrino signal $S_{geo}$ = (38.8 $\pm$ 12.0) TNU with just a 6 $\times$ $10^{-6}$ probability for a null geo-neutrino measurement. With U and Th left as free parameters in the fit, the relative signals are $S_{\mathrm{Th}}$ = (10.6 $\pm$ 12.7) TNU and $S_\mathrm{U}$ = (26.5 $\pm$ 19.5) TNU. Borexino data alone are compatible with a mantle geo--neutrino signal of (15.4 $\pm$ 12.3) TNU, while a combined analysis with the KamLAND data allows to extract a mantle signal of (14.1 $\pm$ 8.1) TNU. Our measurement of a reactor anti--neutrino signal $S_{react}$ = 84.5$^{+19.3}_{-18.9}$ TNU is in agreement with expectations in the presence of neutrino oscillations., Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures
Published: 2013
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21. First Measurement of \theta_13 from Delayed Neutron Capture on Hydrogen in the Double Chooz Experiment

Author: Double Chooz Collaboration, Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. TM., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J-L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment has determined the value of the neutrino oscillation parameter $\theta_{13}$ from an analysis of inverse beta decay interactions with neutron capture on hydrogen. This analysis uses a three times larger fiducial volume than the standard Double Chooz assessment, which is restricted to a region doped with gadolinium (Gd), yielding an exposure of 113.1 GW-ton-years. The data sample used in this analysis is distinct from that of the Gd analysis, and the systematic uncertainties are also largely independent, with some exceptions, such as the reactor neutrino flux prediction. A combined rate- and energy-dependent fit finds $\sin^2 2\theta_{13}=0.097\pm 0.034(stat.) \pm 0.034 (syst.)$, excluding the no-oscillation hypothesis at 2.0 \sigma. This result is consistent with previous measurements of $\sin^2 2\theta_{13}$., Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures; published version
Published: 2013
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22. Lifetime measurements of 214Po and 212Po with the CTF liquid scintillator detector at LNGS

Author: Borexino Collaboration, Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Carraro, C., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., Chubakov, V., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Göger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Guardincerri, E., Hardy, S., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Koshio, Y., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lewke, T., Lissia, Marcello, Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Mosteiro, P., Mantovani, F., Muratova, V., Nisi, S., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Sabelnikov, A., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schönert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Xhixha, G., Xu, J., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Theory, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We have studied the alpha decays of 214Po into 210Pb and of 212Po into 208Pb tagged by the coincidence with the preceding beta decays from 214Bi and 212Bi, respectively. The employed 222Rn, 232Th, and 220Rn sources were sealed inside quartz vials and inserted in the Counting Test Facility at the underground Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy. We find that the mean lifetime of 214Po is (236.00 +- 0.42(stat) +- 0.15(syst)) \mu s and that of 212Po is (425.1 +- 0.9(stat) +- 1.2(syst)) ns. Our results, obtained from data with signal-to-background ratio larger than 1000, reduce the overall uncertainties and are compatible with previous measurements., Comment: RevTex, 11 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables. This second version matches the one accepted for publication in EPJA: minor stylistic changes plus a discussion of calibration of TDC time scale
Published: 2012

23. Direct Measurement of Backgrounds using Reactor-Off Data in Double Chooz

Author: Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. TM., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J-L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Double Chooz is unique among modern reactor-based neutrino experiments studying $\bar \nu_e$ disappearance in that data can be collected with all reactors off. In this paper, we present data from 7.53 days of reactor-off running. Applying the same selection criteria as used in the Double Chooz reactor-on oscillation analysis, a measured background rate of 1.0$\pm$0.4 events/day is obtained. The background model for accidentals, cosmogenic $\beta$-$n$-emitting isotopes, fast neutrons from cosmic muons, and stopped-$\mu$ decays used in the oscillation analysis is demonstrated to be correct within the uncertainties. Kinematic distributions of the events, which are dominantly cosmic-ray-produced correlated-background events, are provided. The background rates are scaled to the shielding depths of two other reactor-based oscillation experiments, Daya Bay and RENO., Comment: V2 has corrections to affiliations
Published: 2012
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24. First Test of Lorentz Violation with a Reactor-based Antineutrino Experiment

Author: Double Chooz Collaboration, Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Anjos, J. C. dos, Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. TM., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Katori, T., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shrestha, D., Sida, J. -L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yanovitch, E., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We present a search for Lorentz violation with 8249 candidate electron antineutrino events taken by the Double Chooz experiment in 227.9 live days of running. This analysis, featuring a search for a sidereal time dependence of the events, is the first test of Lorentz invariance using a reactor-based antineutrino source. No sidereal variation is present in the data and the disappearance results are consistent with sidereal time independent oscillations. Under the Standard-Model Extension (SME), we set the first limits on fourteen Lorentz violating coefficients associated with transitions between electron and tau flavor, and set two competitive limits associated with transitions between electron and muon flavor., Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures; (new version after referee's comments)
Published: 2012
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25. Borexino calibrations: Hardware, Methods, and Results

Author: Borexino collaboration, Back, H., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Carraro, C., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Etenko, A., von Feilitzsch, F., Fernandes, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Guardincerri, E., Hardy, S., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kayunov, A., Kidner, S., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Koshio, Y., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Raghavan, R. S., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Rountree, D., Sabelnikov, A., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schonert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R. B., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Xu, J., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Borexino was the first experiment to detect solar neutrinos in real-time in the sub-MeV region. In order to achieve high precision in the determination of neutrino rates, the detector design includes an internal and an external calibration system. This paper describes both calibration systems and the calibration campaigns that were carried out in the period between 2008 and 2011. We discuss some of the results and show that the calibration procedures preserved the radiopurity of the scintillator. The calibrations provided a detailed understanding of the detector response and led to a significant reduction of the systematic uncertainties in the Borexino measurements.
Published: 2012
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26. Cosmic-muon flux and annual modulation in Borexino at 3800 m water-equivalent depth

Author: Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Carraro, C., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Etenko, A., von Feilitzsch, F., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Guardincerri, E., Hagner, C., Hardy, S., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Korablev, D., Korga, G., Koshio, Y., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Raghavan, R. S., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Sabelnikov, A., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schönert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R. B., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Xu, J., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Abstract: We have measured the muon flux at the underground Gran Sasso National Laboratory (3800 m w.e.) to be (3.41 \pm 0.01) \times 10-4m-2s-1 using four years of Borexino data. A modulation of this signal is observed with a period of (366\pm3) days and a relative amplitude of (1.29 \pm 0.07)%. The measured phase is (179 \pm 6) days, corresponding to a maximum on the 28th of June. Using the most complete atmospheric data models available, muon rate fluctuations are shown to be positively correlated with atmospheric temperature, with an effective coefficient {\alpha}T = 0.93 \pm 0.04. This result represents the most precise study of the muon flux modulation for this site and is in good agreement with expectations., Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures, published on JCAP as JCAP05(2012)015 on May 15th 2012
Published: 2012
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27. Indication for the disappearance of reactor electron antineutrinos in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Akiri, T., Anjos, J. C. dos, Ardellier, F., Barbosa, A. F., Baxter, A., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bongrand, M., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Cormon, S., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Cribier, M., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dierckxsens, M., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Endo, Y., Etenko, A., Falk, E., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. TM., Greiner, D., Guillon, B., Haag, N., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Hartnell, J., Haruna, T., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., Liu, Y., López-Castanõ, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Milzstajn, A., Miyata, H., Motta, D., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Peeters, S. J. M., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Queval, R., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Reyna, D., Röhling, M., Roth, S., Rubin, H. A., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwan, U., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shrestha, D., Sida, J-L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Svoboda, R., Tabata, H., Tamura, N., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yanovitch, E., Yermia, F., Zbiri, K., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The Double Chooz Experiment presents an indication of reactor electron antineutrino disappearance consistent with neutrino oscillations. A ratio of 0.944 $\pm$ 0.016 (stat) $\pm$ 0.040 (syst) observed to predicted events was obtained in 101 days of running at the Chooz Nuclear Power Plant in France, with two 4.25 GW$_{th}$ reactors. The results were obtained from a single 10 m$^3$ fiducial volume detector located 1050 m from the two reactor cores. The reactor antineutrino flux prediction used the Bugey4 measurement as an anchor point. The deficit can be interpreted as an indication of a non-zero value of the still unmeasured neutrino mixing parameter \sang. Analyzing both the rate of the prompt positrons and their energy spectrum we find \sang = 0.086 $\pm$ 0.041 (stat) $\pm$ 0.030 (syst), or, at 90% CL, 0.015 $<$ \sang $\ <$ 0.16., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, (new version after PRL referee's comments)
Published: 2011
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28. Muon and Cosmogenic Neutron Detection in Borexino

Author: Borexino Collaboration, Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonetti, S., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Carraro, C., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Etenko, A., von Feilitzsch, F., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Guardincerri, E., Hardy, S., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Joyce, M., Kobychev, V., Koshio, Y., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lendvai, C., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Raghavan, R. S., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rountree, D., Sabelnikov, A., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schönert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R. B., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Xu, J., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: Borexino, a liquid scintillator detector at LNGS, is designed for the detection of neutrinos and antineutrinos from the Sun, supernovae, nuclear reactors, and the Earth. The feeble nature of these signals requires a strong suppression of backgrounds below a few MeV. Very low intrinsic radiogenic contamination of all detector components needs to be accompanied by the efficient identification of muons and of muon-induced backgrounds. Muons produce unstable nuclei by spallation processes along their trajectory through the detector whose decays can mimic the expected signals; for isotopes with half-lives longer than a few seconds, the dead time induced by a muon-related veto becomes unacceptably long, unless its application can be restricted to a sub-volume along the muon track. Consequently, not only the identification of muons with very high efficiency but also a precise reconstruction of their tracks is of primary importance for the physics program of the experiment. The Borexino inner detector is surrounded by an outer water-Cherenkov detector that plays a fundamental role in accomplishing this task. The detector design principles and their implementation are described. The strategies adopted to identify muons are reviewed and their efficiency is evaluated. The overall muon veto efficiency is found to be 99.992% or better. Ad-hoc track reconstruction algorithms developed are presented. Their performance is tested against muon events of known direction such as those from the CNGS neutrino beam, test tracks available from a dedicated External Muon Tracker and cosmic muons whose angular distribution reflects the local overburden profile. The achieved angular resolution is 3-5 deg and the lateral resolution is 35-50 cm, depending on the impact parameter of the crossing muon. The methods implemented to efficiently tag cosmogenic neutrons are also presented., Comment: 42 pages. 32 figures on 37 files. Uses JINST.cls. 1 auxiliary file (defines.tex) with TEX macros. submitted to Journal of Instrumentation
Published: 2011
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29. Detection potential for the diffuse supernova neutrino background in the large liquid-scintillator detector LENA

Author: Wurm, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Goeger-Neff, M., Hochmuth, K. A., Undagoitia, T. Marrodan, Oberauer, L., and Potzel, W.
Subjects: Astrophysics
Abstract: The large-volume liquid-scintillator detector LENA (Low Energy Neutrino Astronomy) will provide high-grade background discrimination and enable the detection of diffuse supernova neutrinos (DSN) in an almost background-free energy window from ~10 to 25 MeV. Within ten years of exposure, it will be possible to derive significant constraints on both core-collapse supernova models and the supernova rate in the near universe up to redshifts z<2., Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures. accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D. accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Published: 2007
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30. Low energy neutrino astronomy with the large liquid scintillation detector LENA

Author: Undagoitia, T. Marrodan, von Feilitzsch, F., Goeger-Neff, M., Hochmuth, K. A., Oberauer, L., Potzel, W., and Wurm, M.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: The detection of low energy neutrinos in a large scintillation detector may provide further important information on astrophysical processes as supernova physics, solar physics and elementary particle physics as well as geophysics. In this contribution, a new project for Low Energy Neutrino Astronomy (LENA) consisting of a 50kt scintillation detector is presented., Comment: Proccedings of the International School of Nuclear Physics, Neutrinos in Cosmology, in Astro, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Erice (SICILY) 16 - 24 Sept. 2005
Published: 2006
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31. Search for the proton decay p->K+antineutrino in the large liquid scintillator low energy neutrino astronomy detector LENA

Author: Undagoitia, T. Marrodan, von Feilitzsch, F., Goeger-Neff, M., Grieb, C., Hochmuth, K. A., Oberauer, L., Potzel, W., and Wurm, M.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: The LENA (Low Energy Neutrino Astronomy) detector is proposed to be a large-volume liquid-scintillator device which will be highly suitable for the investigation of a variety of topics in astrophysics, geophysics and particle physics. In this paper, the potential of such a detector concerning the search for proton decay in the SUSY favored decay channel p->K+antineutrino is investigated. Based on Geant4, Monte Carlo simulations of the proton decay in the LENA detector as well as of the background radiation in the detection energy windows have been developed. From these simulations an efficiency of 65% for the detection of a possible proton decay has been determined. Within ten years of measuring time a lower limit for the proton lifetime, concerning the decay channel investigated, of tau>4.10^{34} y could be reached., Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures
Published: 2005
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32. The Monte Carlo simulation of the Borexino detector

Author: Agostini, M., Altenmüller, K., Appel, S., Atroshchenko, V., Bagdasarian, Z., Basilico, D., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Borodikhina, L., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Canepa, M., Caprioli, S., Carlini, M., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., D’Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Ding, X.F., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Fomenko, K., Formozov, A., Franco, D., Froborg, F., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., 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., Machulin, I., Magnozzi, M., Manuzio, G., Marcocci, S., Martyn, J., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Oberauer, L., Opitz, B., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Roncin, R., Rossi, N., Schönert, S., Semenov, D., Shakina, P., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stokes, L.F.F., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Toropova, M., Unzhakov, E., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R.B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Weinz, S., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Yokley, Z., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2018
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33. Borexino’s search for low-energy neutrino and antineutrino signals correlated with gamma-ray bursts

Author: Agostini, M., Altenmüller, K., Appel, S., Atroshchenko, V., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Carlini, M., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., D’Angelo, D., Davini, S., de Kerret, H., Derbin, A., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jany, A., Jedrzejczak, K., Jeschke, D., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Marcocci, S., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montuschi, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Roncin, R., Rossi, N., Schönert, S., Semenov, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Toropova, M., Unzhakov, E., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R.B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Weinz, S., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Yokley, Z., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2017
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34. SOX: Short Distance Neutrino Oscillations with Borexino

Author: Agostini, M., Althenmüller, K., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Berton, N., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., Cribier, M., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., di Noto, L., Durero, M., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Farinon, S., Fischer, V., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Gaffiot, J., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Göger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Gromov, M., Hagner, C., Houdy, Th., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jonquères, N., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Lasserre, T., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Lewke, T., Link, J., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Marcocci, S., Maricic, J., Meindl, Q., Mention, G., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montuschi, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Musenich, R., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schönert, S., Scola, L., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Veyssière, C., Vivier, M., Vogelaar, R.B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., Zuzel, G., and Bravo-Berguño, D.
Published: 2016
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35. Recent results from Borexino and the first real time measure of solar pp neutrinos

Author: Zavatarelli, S., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Göger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Marcocci, S., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montuschi, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schönert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R.B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2016
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36. Short Distance Neutrino Oscillations with BoreXino: SOX

Author: Smirnov, O., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., D’Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Göger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, P., Lombardi, F., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Marcocci, S., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schönert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R.B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2015
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37. Geo-neutrinos from 1353 Days with the Borexino Detector

Author: Miramonti, L., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., D’Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fiorentini, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kobychev, V.V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Koshio, Y., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Lombardi, F., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Mantovani, F., Manuzio, G., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Misiaszek, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Ricci, B., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Sabelnikov, A., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schönert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R.B., von Feilitzsch, F., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Xu, J., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2015
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38. EVALUATION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE THERMOMETRY REPRODUCIBILITY DURING MR HYPERTHERMIA TREATMENT OF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA

Author: Karkavitsas, S., primary, Goeger-Neff, M., additional, Wadepohl, M., additional, Zilles, B., additional, Dietrich, O., additional, Lindner, L., additional, and Paulides, M., additional
Published: 2022
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39. Lifetimes of 214Po and 212Po measured with Counting Test Facility at Gran Sasso National Laboratory

Author: Miramonti, L., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Buizza Avanzini, M., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Carraro, C., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chubakov, V., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Göger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Guardincerri, E., Hardy, S., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Koshio, Y., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lewke, T., Lissia, M., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Mantovani, F., Manuzio, G., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Nisi, S., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Sabelnikov, A., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schönert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R.B., von Feilitzsch, F., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Xhixha, G., Xu, J., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2014
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40. Precision muon reconstruction in Double Chooz

Author: Abe, Y., dos Anjos, J.C., Barriere, J.C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T.J.C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P.-J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A.P., Conover, E., Conrad, J.M., Crespo-Anadón, J.I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., Damon, E., Dawson, J.V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S.M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L.F.G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M.C., Grant, C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G.A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L.N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D.M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C.E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H.P., Jr., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J.M., LoSecco, J.M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I.M., Perasso, S., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A.C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M.H., Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L.F.F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Trinh Thi, H.H., Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Published: 2014
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41. Measurement of neutrino flux from the primary proton–proton fusion process in the Sun with Borexino detector

Author: Smirnov, O. Yu., Agostini, M., Appel, S., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., D’Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jedrzejczak, K., Kaiser, M., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Marcocci, S., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Roncin, R., Rossi, N., Schönert, S., Semenov, D., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Toropova, M., Unzhakov, E., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Weinz, S., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Yokley, Z., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2016
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42. Solar neutrino results from Borexino and main future perspectives

Author: Pallavicini, Marco, Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Buizza Avanzini, M., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Carraro, C., Chavarria, A., Dalnoki-Veress, F., D’Angelo, D., de Kerret, H., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grieb, C., Guardincerri, E., Hardy, S., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Joyce, M., Kobychev, V., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Leung, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Masetti, F., McCarty, K., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Raghavan, R.S., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Risso, P., Romani, A., Rountree, D., Sabelnikov, A., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schonert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R.B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2011
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43. 200 days of Borexino data

Author: Ludhova, L., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Buizza Avanzini, M., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Carraro, C., Chavarria, A., Dalnoki-Veress, F., D'Angelo, D., de Kerret, H., Derbin, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grieb, C., Hardy, S., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Joyce, M., Kobychev, V., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Leung, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Masetti, F., McCarty, K., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Raghavan, R.S., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Risso, P., Romani, A., Rountree, D., Sabelnikov, A., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schonert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R.B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2009
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44. Measurement of the solar 8B neutrino flux down to 2.8 MeV with Borexino

Author: Franco, D., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Buizza Avanzini, M., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Carraro, C., Chavarria, A., Dalnoki-Veress, F., D'Angelo, D., de Kerret, H., Derbin, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grieb, C., Hardy, S., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Joyce, M., Kobychev, V., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Leung, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Masetti, F., McCarty, K., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Raghavan, R.S., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Risso, P., Romani, A., Rountree, D., Sabelnikov, A., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Schönert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R.B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2009
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45. The liquid handling systems for the Borexino solar neutrino detector

Author: Alimonti, G., Arpesella, C., Avanzini, M.B., Back, H., Balata, M., Bartolomei, D., de Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bevilacqua, A., Bondi, D., Bonetti, S., Brigatti, A., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Carraro, C., Cecchet, G., Cereseto, R., Chavarria, A., Chen, M., Chepurnov, A., Cubaiu, A., Czech, W., D’Angelo, D., Dalnoki-Veress, F., Davini, S., De Bari, A., De Haas, E., Derbin, A., Deutsch, M., Di Credico, A., Di Ludovico, A., Di Pietro, G., Eisenstein, R., Elisei, F., Etenko, A., von Feilitzsch, F., Fernholz, R., Fomenko, K., Ford, R., Franco, D., Freudiger, B., Gaertner, N., Galbiati, C., Gatti, F., Gazzana, S., Gehman, V., Giammarchi, M., Giugni, D., Goeger-Neff, M., Goldbrunner, T., Golubchikov, A., Goretti, A., Grieb, C., Guardincerri, E., Hagner, C., Hagner, T., Hampel, W., Harding, E., Hardy, S., Hartmann, F.X., von Hentig, R., Hertrich, T., Heusser, G., Hult, M., Ianni, A., Ianni, An., Ioannucci, L., Jaenner, K., Joyce, M., de Kerret, H., Kidner, S., Kiko, J., Kirsten, T., Kobychev, V., Korga, G., Korschinek, G., Kozlov, Y., Kryn, D., La Marche, P., Lagomarsino, V., Laubenstein, M., Lendvai, C., Leung, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Loeser, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Machulin, I., Malvezzi, S., Manco, A., Maneira, J., Maneschg, W., Manno, I., Manuzio, D., Manuzio, G., Marchelli, M., Marternianov, A., Masetti, F., Mazzucato, U., McCarty, K., McKinsey, D., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Monzani, M.E., Muratova, V., Musico, P., Neder, H., Nelson, A., Niedermeier, L., Nisi, S., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Parsells, R., Parmeggiano, S., Parodi, M., Pelliccia, N., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Raghavan, R., Ranucci, G., Rau, W., Razeto, A., Resconi, E., Risso, P., Romani, A., Rountree, D., Sabelnikov, A., Saggese, P., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Scardaoni, R., Schimizzi, D., Schonert, S., Schubeck, K.H., Shutt, T., Siccardi, F., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sonnenschein, A., Soricelli, F., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Sule, C., Suvorov, Y., Tarasenkov, V., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vitale, S., Vogelaar, R.B., Vyrodov, V., Williams, B., Wojcik, M., Wordel, R., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2009
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46. The Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

Author: Alimonti, G., Arpesella, C., Back, H., Balata, M., Bartolomei, D., de Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bevilacqua, A., Bondi, D., Bonetti, S., Brigatti, A., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Carraro, C., Cecchet, G., Cereseto, R., Chavarria, A., Chen, M., Chepurnov, A., Cubaiu, A., Czech, W., D’Angelo, D., Dalnoki-Veress, F., De Bari, A., De Haas, E., Derbin, A., Deutsch, M., Di Credico, A., Di Ludovico, A., Di Pietro, G., Eisenstein, R., Elisei, F., Etenko, A., von Feilitzsch, F., Fernholz, R., Fomenko, K., Ford, R., Franco, D., Freudiger, B., Gaertner, N., Galbiati, C., Gatti, F., Gazzana, S., Gehman, V., Giammarchi, M., Giugni, D., Goeger-Neff, M., Goldbrunner, T., Golubchikov, A., Goretti, A., Grieb, C., Hagner, C., Hagner, T., Hampel, W., Harding, E., Hardy, S., Hartmann, F.X., von Hentig, R., Hertrich, T., Heusser, G., Hult, M., Ianni, A., Ianni, An., Ioannucci, L., Jaenner, K., Joyce, M., de Kerret, H., Kidner, S., Kiko, J., Kirsten, T., Kobychev, V., Korga, G., Korschinek, G., Kozlov, Yu., Kryn, D., La Marche, P., Lagomarsino, V., Laubenstein, M., Lendvai, C., Leung, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Loeser, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Machulin, I., Malvezzi, S., Manco, A., Maneira, J., Maneschg, W., Manno, I., Manuzio, D., Manuzio, G., Marchelli, M., Martemianov, A., Masetti, F., Mazzucato, U., McCarty, K., McKinsey, D., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Monzani, M.E., Muratova, V., Musico, P., Neder, H., Nelson, A., Niedermeier, L., Nisi, S., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Parcells, R., Parmeggiano, S., Parodi, M., Pelliccia, N., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Raghavan, R., Ranucci, G., Rau, W., Razeto, A., Resconi, E., Risso, P., Romani, A., Rountree, D., Sabelnikov, A., Saggese, P., Saldhana, R., Salvo, C., Scardaoni, R., Schimizzi, D., Schönert, S., Schubeck, K.H., Shutt, T., Siccardi, F., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sonnenschein, A., Soricelli, F., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Sule, C., Suvorov, Y., Tarasenkov, V., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vitale, S., Vogelaar, R.B., Vyrodov, V., Williams, B., Wojcik, M., Wordel, R., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2009
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47. Study of phenylxylylethane (PXE) as scintillator for low energy neutrino experiments

Author: Back, H.O., Balata, M., de Bari, A., Beau, T., de Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Brigatti, A., Buck, C., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Cecchet, G., Chen, M., Di Credico, A., Dadoun, O., D’Angelo, D., Derbin, A., Deutsch, M., Elisei, F., Etenko, A., von Feilitzsch, F., Fernholz, R., Ford, R., Franco, D., Freudiger, B., Galbiati, C., Gatti, F., Gazzana, S., Giammarchi, M.G., Giugni, D., Göger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grieb, C., de Haas, E., Hagner, C., Hampel, W., Harding, E., Hartmann, F.X., Hertrich, T., Hess, H., Heusser, G., Ianni, A., Ianni, A.M., de Kerret, H., Kiko, J., Kirsten, T., Korga, G., Korschinek, G., Kozlov, Y., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lendvai, C., Loeser, F., Lombardi, P., Malvezzi, S., Maneira, J., Manno, I., Manuzio, D., Manuzio, G., Masetti, F., Martemianov, A., Mazzucato, U., McCarty, K., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Monzani, M.E., Musico, P., Niedermeier, L., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Parmeggiano, S., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Raghavan, R.S., Ranucci, G., Rau, W., Razeto, A., Resconi, E., Sabelnikov, A., Salvo, C., Scardaoni, R., Schimizzi, D., Schönert, S., Schuhbeck, K.H., Seitz, E., Simgen, H., Shutt, T., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sonnenschein, A., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Tarasenkov, V., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R.B., Vyrodov, V., Wojcik, M., Zaimidoroga, O., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2008
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48. Search for solar axions emitted in the M1-transition of 7Li* with Borexino CTF

Author: Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Dalnoki-Veress, F., D’Angelo, D., de Kerret, H., Derbin, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Giammarchi, M.G., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grieb, C., Hardy, S., Ianni, A., Ianni, A.M., Joyce, M., Kobychev, V.V., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Leung, M., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Machulin, I., Manuzio, G., Masetti, F., McCarty, K., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Monzani, M.E., Muratova, V., Niedermeier, L., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Raghavan, R.S., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Sabelnikov, A., Salvo, C., Schönert, S., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tarasenkov, V., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., von Feilitzsch, F., Vogelaar, R.B., Wojcik, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuzel, G., and The Borexino Collaboration
Published: 2008
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49. Recent Borexino results and prospects for the near future

Author: D’Angelo D., Agostini M., Altenmüller K., Appel S., Bellini G., Benziger J., Bick D., Bonfini G., Bravo D., Caccianiga B., Calaprice F., Caminata A., Cavalcante P., Chepurnov A., Davini S., Derbin A., Di Noto L., Drachnev I., Etenko A., Fomenko K., Franco D., Gabriele F., Galbiati C., Ghiano C., Giammarchi M., Goeger-Neff M., Goretti A., Gromov M., Hagner C., Hungerford E., Ianni Aldo, Ianni Andrea, Jedrzejczak K., Kaiser M., Kobychev V., Korablev D., Korga G., Kryn D., Laubenstein M., Lehnert B., Litvinovich E., Lombardi F., Lombardi P., Ludhova L., Lukyanchenko G., Machulin I., Manecki S., Maneschg W., Marcocci S., Meroni E., Meyer M., Miramonti L., Misiaszek M., Montuschi M., Mosteiro P., Muratova V., Neumair B., Oberauer L., Obolensky M., Ortica F., Pallavicini M., Papp L., Perasso L., Pocar A., Ranucci G., Razeto A., Re A., Romani A., Roncin R., Rossi N., Schönert S., Semenov D., Simgen H., Skorokhvatov M., Smirnov O., Sotnikov A., Sukhotin S., Suvorov Y., Tartaglia R., Testera G., Thurn J., Toropova M., Unzhakov E., Vishneva A., Vogelaar R.B., von Feilitzsch F., Wang H., Weinz S., Winter J., Wojcik M., Wurm M., Yokley Z., Zaimidoroga O., Zavatarelli S., Zuber K., and Zuzel G.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The Borexino experiment located in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, is an organic liquid scintillator detector conceived for the real time spectroscopy of low energy solar neutrinos. The phase-I of the data taking campaign (2007 – 2010) has allowed the first independent measurements of 7Be and pep solar neutrino fluxes as well as the first measurement of anti-neutrinos from the Earth. After a purification of the scintillator, Borexino is now in phase-II since 2011. Thanks to the unprecedented background levels, we have performed the first flux measurement of neutrinos from the fundamental pp reaction which powers the Sun. We review this breakthrough result and other recent results, including the latest review of our terrestrial neutrino analysis. We also discuss the upcoming measurements on middle energy solar neutrino spectral components (pep, CNO) and the new project SOX devoted to the study of sterile neutrinos via the use of a neutrino source placed in close proximity of the detector’s active material.
Published: 2016
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50. New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino Counting Test Facility

Author: Back, H. O., Balata, M., de Bari, A., de Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Buck, C., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Cecchet, G., Chen, M., Di Credico, A., Dadoun, O., D’Angelo, D., Derbin, A., Deutsch, M., Etenko, A., von Feilitzsch, F., Fernholz, R., Ford, R., Franco, D., Freudiger, B., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Giammarchi, M. G., Goeger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Grieb, C., Hampel, W., Harding, E., Hartmann, F. X., Heusser, G., Ianni, A., Ianni, A. M., de Kerret, H., Kiko, J., Kirsten, T., Kobychev, V. V., Korga, G., Korschinek, G., Kozlov, Y., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lendvai, C., Leung, M., itvinovich, E. L., Lombardi, P., Machulin, I., Malvezzi, S., Maneira, J., Manno, I., Manuzio, D., Manuzio, G., Masetti, F., Martemianov, A., Mazzucato, U., McCarty, K., Meroni, E., Mention, G., Miramonti, L., Monzani, M. E., Muratova, V., Musico, P., Niedermeier, L., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Peiffer, P., Pocar, A., Raghavan, R. S., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Sabelnikov, A., Salvo, C., Scardaoni, R., Schimizzi, D., Schoenert, S., Simgen, H., Shutt, T., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sonnenschein, A., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tarasenkov, V., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Vignaud, D., Vogelaar, R. B., Vyrodov, V., Wojcik, M., Zaimidoroga, O., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2004
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