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1. First results on new helium based eco-gas mixtures for the Extreme Energy Events Project

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Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cavazza, F., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gnesi, I., Gramegna, F., Grazzi, S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project, a joint project of the Centro Fermi (Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche "E.Fermi") and INFN, has a dual purpose: a scientific research program on cosmic rays at ground level and an intense outreach and educational program. The project consists in a network of about 60 tracking detectors, called telescopes, mostly hosted in Italian High Schools. Each telescope is made by three Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers, operated so far with a gas mixture composed by 98% C$_2$H$_2$F$_4$ and 2% SF$_6$. Due to its high Global Warming Potential, a few years ago the EEE collaboration has started an extensive R&D on alternative mixtures environmentally sustainable and compatible with the current experimental setup and operational environment. Among other gas mixtures, the one with helium and hydrofluoroolefin R1234ze gave the best result during the preliminary tests performed with two of the network telescopes. The detector has proved to reach performance levels comparable to those obtained with previous mixtures, without any modification of the hardware. We will discuss the first results obtained with the new mixture, tested with different percentages of the two components., Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, submitted to JINST

Published
2024

2. Ecological transition for the gas mixtures of the MRPC cosmic ray telescopes of the EEE Project

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Ripoli, C., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cavazza, D., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gnesi, I., Gramstad, E., Grazzi, S., Håland, E. S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Lombardo, L., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Ould-Saada, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Parvis, M., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichil, A., and Zuyeuskiv, R.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Collaboration is fully involved in an ecological transition. The use of the standard gas mixture, \ce{C_{2}H_{2}F_{4}}+ \ce{SF_{6}}, has stopped in favor of an alternative green mixture based on \ce{C_{3}H_{2}F_{4}} with the addition of He or \ce{CO_{2}}. The choise of these new mixtures is motivated by the significant lower Global Warming Potential (GWP) to reduce the emission of gases potentially contributing to the greenhouse effect. The EEE experiment consists of 61 muon telescopes based on Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs), each telescope composed of 3 chambers filled with gas. Several EEE detectors are today completely fluxed with the new ecological mixture. This contribution will report recent results about the telescope performance obtained from studies with the eco-friendly alternative mixture carried out in the last years.

Published
2023

3. Strategies to reduce the environmental impact in the MRPC array of the EEE experiment

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Panetta, M. P., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F., Falchieri, D., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Lombardo, L., Mandaglio, G., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Paoletti, R., Parvis, M., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serri, G., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project employs Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) for studying the secondary cosmic ray muons in Extensive Air Showers. The array consists of about 60 tracking detectors, sparse on Italian territory and at CERN. The MRPCs are flowed with a gas mixture based on $C_2H_2F_4$ and $SF_6$, both of which are fluorinated greenhouse gases with a high environmental impact on the atmosphere. Due to the restrictions imposed by the European Union, these gases are being phased out of production and their cost is largely increasing. The EEE Collaboration started a campaign to reduce the gas emission from its array with the aim of containing costs and decreasing the experiment global warming impact. One method is to reduce the gas rate in each EEE detector. Another is to develop a gas recirculation system, whose a first prototype has been installed at one of the EEE stations located at CERN. Jointly a parallel strategy is focused on searching for environmental friendly gas mixtures which are able to substitute the standard mixture without affecting the MRPC performance. An overview and first results are presented here., Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures

Published
2020

4. Characteristics and performance of the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers of the EEE experiment

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Coccetti, F., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F., Falchieri, D., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Lombardo, L., Mandaglio, G., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Parvis, M., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serri, G., Squarcia, S, Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment, dedicated to the study of secondary cosmic rays, is arguably the largest detector system in the world implemented by Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers. The EEE network consists of 60 telescopes distributed over all the Italian territory; each telescope is made of three MRPCs and allows to reconstruct the trajectory of cosmic muons with high efficiency and optimal angular resolution. A distinctive feature of the EEE network is that almost all telescopes are housed in High Schools and managed by groups of students and teachers, who previously took care of their construction at CERN. This peculiarity is a big plus for the experiment, which combines the scientific relevance of its objectives with effective outreach activities. The unconventional location of the detectors, mainly in standard classrooms of school buildings, with heterogeneous maintenance conditions and without controlled temperature and dedicated power lines, is a unique test field to verify the robustness, the low aging characteristics and the long-lasting performance of MRPC technology for particle monitoring and timing. Finally, it is reported how the spatial resolution, efficiency, tracking capability and stability of these chambers behave in time., Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures

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2020
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5. A simulation tool for MRPC telescopes of the EEE project

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Mandaglio, G., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossin, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F., Fulci, A., Falchieri, D., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Lombardo, L., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Parvis, M., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serri, G., Squarcia, S, Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Triolo, A. S., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project is mainly devoted to the study of the secondary cosmic ray radiation by using muon tracker telescopes made of three Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC) each. The experiment consists of a telescope network mainly distributed across Italy, hosted in different building structures pertaining to high schools, universities and research centers. Therefore, the possibility to take into account the effects of these structures on collected data is important for the large physics programme of the project. A simulation tool, based on GEANT4 and using GEMC framework, has been implemented to take into account the muon interaction with EEE telescopes and to estimate the effects on data of the structures surrounding the experimental apparata.A dedicated event generator producing realistic muon distributions, detailed geometry and microscopic behavior of MRPCs have been included to produce experimental-like data. The comparison between simulated and experimental data, and the estimation of detector resolutions is here presented and discussed.

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2020
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6. MRPC Telescope Simulation for the Extreme Energy Events Experiment

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Mandaglio, G., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F., Fulci, A., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinto, C., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serri, G., Squarcia, S, Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Triolo, A. S., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

A simulation tool based on GEMC framework to describe the MRPC telescope of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project is presented. The EEE experiment is mainly devoted to the study of the secondary cosmic muons by using MRPC telescope distributed in high schools and research centres in Italy and at CERN. This takes into account the muon interactions with EEE telescopes and the structures surrounding the experimental apparata; it consists of a dedicated event generator producing realistic muon distribution and a detailed geometry description of the detector. Microscopic behaviour of MRPCs has been included to produce experimental-like data. A method to estimate the chamber effciency directly from data has been implemented and tested by comparing the experimental and simulated polar angle distribution of muons., Comment: 7 pages, 7 figure, International Workshop - Detection Systems and Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics - Messina (Italy), September 11-13, 2019. To be published in JP:CS

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2020
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7. The ecological transition of the extreme energy events experiment

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Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cavazza, F., Cicaló, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M.N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifiró, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

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2023
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8. Studies on new Eco-gas mixtures for Extreme Energy Events Project

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Bossini, E., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Carnesecchi, F., Cavazza, F., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Hatzifotiadou, D., Rocca, P. La, Liu, Z., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M.N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

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2023
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9. A cosmic muon test facility with the MRPC telescopes of the EEE Project

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Grazzi, S., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Bisio, P., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cavazza, D., Celentano, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., Gruttola, D. De, Pasquale, S. De, Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Hatzifotiadou, D., Rocca, P. La, Liu, Z., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Marsicano, L., Mazziotta, M.N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

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2023
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10. Measurement of the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in the latitude range 35∘÷∘∘÷∘ 82∘÷∘ N with the PolarquEEEst experiment

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Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cavazza, D., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Gramstad, E., Grazzi, S., Håland, E. S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Lombardo, L., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Ould-Saada, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Parvis, M., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

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2023
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11. First results from the upgrade of the Extreme Energy Events experiment

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Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Votano, M. C. Vistoli. L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment is the largest system in the world completely implemented with Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs). Presently, it consists of a network of 59 muon telescopes, each made of 3 MRPCs, devoted to the study of secondary cosmic rays. Its stations, sometimes hundreds of kilometers apart, are synchronized at a few nanoseconds level via a clock signal delivered by the Global Positioning System. The data collected during centrally coordinated runs are sent to INFN CNAF, the largest center for scientific computing in Italy, where they are reconstructed and made available for analysis. Thanks to the on-line monitoring and data transmission, EEE operates as a single coordinated system spread over an area of about $3 \times 10^5$ km$^2$. In 2017, the EEE collaboration started an important upgrade program, aiming to extend the network with 20 additional stations, with the option to have more in the future. This implies the construction, testing and commissioning of 60 chambers, for a total detector surface of around 80 m$^2$. In this paper, aspects related to this challenging endeavor are covered, starting from the technological solutions chosen to build these state-of-the-art detectors, to the quality controls and the performance tests carried on., Comment: Prepared for the proceedings of the XIVth Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and related detectors, Feb. 19-23/2018, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, MEXICO

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2018
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12. New Eco-gas mixtures for the Extreme Energy Events MRPCs: results and plans

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Pisano, S., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Ferroli, L. Baldini, Baldini, L., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F. L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
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The Extreme Energy Events observatory is an extended muon telescope array, covering more than 10 degrees both in latitude and longitude. Its 59 muon telescopes are equipped with tracking detectors based on Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber technology with time resolution of the order of a few hundred picoseconds. The recent restrictions on greenhouse gases demand studies for new gas mixtures in compliance with the relative requirements. Tetrafluoropropene is one of the candidates for tetrafluoroethane substitution, since it is characterized by a Global Warming Power around 300 times lower than the gas mixtures used up to now. Several mixtures have been tested, measuring efficiency curves, charge distributions, streamer fractions and time resolutions. Results are presented for the whole set of mixtures and operating conditions, %. A set of tests on a real EEE telescope, with cosmic muons, are being performed at the CERN-01 EEE telescope. The tests are focusing on identifying a mixture with good performance at the low rates typical of an EEE telescope., Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, proceedings for the "XIV Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and Related Detectors" (19-23 February 2018), Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, Mexico

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2018
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13. Performance of the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers of the Extreme Energy Events Project

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De Gruttola, D., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F. L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votan, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

The muon telescopes of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project are made of three Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC). The EEE array is composed, so far, of 59 telescopes and is organized in clusters and single telescope stations distributed all over the Italian territory. They are installed in High Schools with the aim to join research and teaching activities, by involving researchers, teachers and students in the construction, maintenance, data taking and data analysis. The unconventional working sites, mainly school buildings with non-controlled environmental parameters and heterogeneous maintenance conditions, are a unique test field for checking the robustness, the low-ageing features and the long-lasting performance of the MRPC technology for particle tracking and timing purposes. The measurements performed with the EEE array require excellent performance in terms of time and spatial resolution, efficiency, tracking capability and stability. The data from two recent coordinated data taking periods, named Run 2 and Run 3, have been used to measure these quantities and the results are described, together with a comparison with expectations and with the results from a beam test performed in 2006 at CERN., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, conference RPC 2018

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2018
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14. The Extreme Energy Events experiment: an overview of the telescopes performance

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Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Ferroli, L. Baldini, Baldini, L., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F. L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votan, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC). The EEE network is composed, so far, of 53 telescopes, each made of three MRPC detectors; it is organized in clusters and single telescope stations distributed all over the Italian territory and installed in High Schools, covering an area larger than $3\times10^{5}$ km$^{2}$. The study of Extensive Air Showers (EAS), that is one of the goal of the project, requires excellent performance in terms of time and spatial resolution, efficiency, tracking capability and long term stability. The data from two recent coordinated data taking periods, named Run 2 and Run 3, have been used to measure these quantities and the results are here reported, together with a comparison with expectations and with the results from a beam test performed in 2006 at CERN., Comment: 21 pages, 17 figures

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2018
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15. Observation of Rayleigh-Lamb waves generated by the 2022 Hunga-Tonga volcanic eruption with the POLA detectors at Ny-Ålesund

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Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Casula, M., Cavazza, D., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., Gruttola, D. De, Pasquale, S. De, Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Gramstad, E., Grazzi, S., Haland, E. S., Hatzifotiadou, D., Rocca, P. La, Liu, Z., Lombardo, L., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Mazzola, M., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Ould-Saada, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Parvis, M., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Viola, A. P., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

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2022
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16. The Extreme Energy Events HECR array: status and perspectives

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Gnesi, I., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F. L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadu, D., Liciulli, F., La Rocca, P., Maggiora, A., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Martelli, B., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Stori, L., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Visnyei, O. B., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The Extreme Energy Events Project is a synchronous sparse array of 52 tracking detectors for studying High Energy Cosmic Rays (HECR) and Cosmic Rays-related phenomena. The observatory is also meant to address Long Distance Correlation (LDC) phenomena: the network is deployed over a broad area covering 10 degrees in latitude and 11 in longitude. An overview of a set of preliminary results is given, extending from the study of local muon flux dependance on solar activity to the investigation of the upward-going component of muon flux traversing the EEE stations; from the search for anisotropies at the sub-TeV scale to the hints for observations of km-scale Extensive Air Shower (EAS)., Comment: XXV ECRS 2016 Proceedings - eConf C16-09-04.3

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2017

17. Ecological transition for the gas mixtures of the MRPC cosmic ray telescopes of the EEE Project

Author

Ripoli, C., primary, Abbrescia, M., additional, Avanzini, C., additional, Baldini, L., additional, Baldini Ferroli, R., additional, Batignani, G., additional, Battaglieri, M., additional, Boi, S., additional, Bossini, E., additional, Carnesecchi, F., additional, Cavazza, D., additional, Cicalò, C., additional, Cifarelli, L., additional, Coccetti, F., additional, Coccia, E., additional, Corvaglia, A., additional, De Gruttola, D., additional, De Pasquale, S., additional, Galante, L., additional, Garbini, M., additional, Gnesi, I., additional, Grazzi, S., additional, Hatzifotiadou, D., additional, La Rocca, P., additional, Liu, Z., additional, Lombardo, L., additional, Mandaglio, G., additional, Margotti, A., additional, Maron, G., additional, Mazziotta, M.N., additional, Mulliri, A., additional, Nania, R., additional, Noferini, F., additional, Nozzoli, F., additional, Palmonari, F., additional, Panareo, M., additional, Panetta, M.P., additional, Paoletti, R., additional, Parvis, M., additional, Pellegrino, C., additional, Perasso, L., additional, Pinazza, O., additional, Pinto, C., additional, Pisano, S., additional, Riggi, F., additional, Righini, G., additional, Rizzi, M., additional, Sartorelli, G., additional, Scapparone, E., additional, Schioppa, M., additional, Scioli, G., additional, Scribano, A., additional, Selvi, M., additional, Taiuti, M., additional, Terreni, G., additional, Trifirò, A., additional, Trimarchi, M., additional, Vistoli, C., additional, Votano, L., additional, Williams, M.C.S., additional, Zichichi, A., additional, and Zuyeuski, R., additional

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2024
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18. The Main Results of the Borexino Experiment

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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

19. 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

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2015
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20. Low-energy (anti)neutrino physics with Borexino: Neutrinos from the primary proton-proton fusion process in the Sun

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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

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2015
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21. Measurement of neutrino flux from the primary proton--proton fusion process in the Sun with Borexino detector

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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

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2015
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22. Spectroscopy of geo-neutrinos from 2056 days of Borexino data

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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., Choi, K., DAngelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fiorentini, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goger-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., Mantovani, F., Marcocci, S., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montuschi, M., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Otis, K., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Ricci, B., Romani, A., Roncin, R., Rossi, N., Schoenert, S., Semenov, D., Simgen, H., Skorokhavatov, M., Smirnov, O., 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., Woicik, 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 report an improved geo-neutrino measurement with Borexino from 2056 days of data taking. The present exposure is $(5.5\pm0.3)\times10^{31}$ proton$\times$yr. Assuming a chondritic Th/U mass ratio of 3.9, we obtain $23.7 ^{+6.5}_{-5.7} (stat) ^{+0.9}_{-0.6} (sys)$ geo-neutrino events. The null observation of geo-neutrinos with Borexino alone has a probability of $3.6 \times 10^{-9}$ (5.9$\sigma$). A geo-neutrino signal from the mantle is obtained at 98\% C.L. The radiogenic heat production for U and Th from the present best-fit result is restricted to the range 23-36 TW, taking into account the uncertainty on the distribution of heat producing elements inside the Earth., Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures

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2015
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24. Solar neutrino with Borexino: results and perspectives

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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

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2014
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25. Recent Borexino results and prospects for the near future

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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

26. New limits on heavy sterile neutrino mixing in ${^{8}\rm{B}}$-decay obtained with the Borexino detector

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Borexino collaboration, 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., DAngelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Drachnev, I., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goger-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., Perasso, L., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., 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., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Wurm, M., Xu, J., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

If heavy neutrinos with mass $m_{\nu_{H}}\geq$2$ m_e $ are produced in the Sun via the decay ${^8\rm{B}} \rightarrow {^8\rm{Be}} + e^+ + \nu_H$ in a side branch of pp-chain, they would undergo the observable decay into an electron, a positron and a light neutrino $\nu_{H}\rightarrow\nu_{L}+e^++e^-$. In the present work Borexino data are used to set a bound on the existence of such decays. We constrain the mixing of a heavy neutrino with mass 1.5 MeV $\leq m_{\nu_{H}} \le$ 14 MeV to be $|U_{eH}|^2\leq (10^{-3}-4\times10^{-6})$ respectively. These are tighter limits on the mixing parameters than obtained in previous experiments at nuclear reactors and accelerators., Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures

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2013
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27. Final results of Borexino Phase-I on low energy solar neutrino spectroscopy

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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.

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2013
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28. Cosmogenic Backgrounds in Borexino at 3800 m water-equivalent depth

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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

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29. Measurement of geo-neutrinos from 1353 days of Borexino

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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

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30. Lifetime measurements of 214Po and 212Po with the CTF liquid scintillator detector at LNGS

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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

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2012

31. 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.

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2012
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32. Solar neutrino physics with Borexino I

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Ludhova, L., 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., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goeger-Nef, M., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Guardincerri, E., Hardy, S., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Kayunov, A., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Koshio, Y., Kryn, D., Laubenstein, M., Lewke, T., Litvinovich, E., Loer, B., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Machulin, I., Manecki, S., Maneschg, W., Manuzio, G., Meindl, Q., Meroni, E., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montanari, D., Mosteiro, P., Muratova, V., Oberauer, L., Obolenksy, 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, P. A., 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, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract

Borexino is a large-volume liquid scintillator detector installed in the underground halls of the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. After several years of construction, data taking started in May 2007. The Borexino phase I ended after about three years of data taking. Borexino provided the first real time measurement of the $^{7}$Be solar neutrino interaction rate with accuracy better than 5% and confirmed the absence of its day-night asymmetry with 1.4% precision. This latter Borexino results alone rejects the LOW region of solar neutrino oscillation parameters at more than 8.5 $\sigma$ C.L. Combined with the other solar neutrino data, Borexino measurements isolate the MSW-LMA solution of neutrino oscillations without assuming CPT invariance in the neutrino sector. Borexino has also directly observed solar neutrinos in the 1.0-1.5 MeV energy range, leading to the first direct evidence of the $pep$ solar neutrino signal and the strongest constraint of the CNO solar neutrino flux up to date. Borexino provided the measurement of the solar $^{8}$B neutrino rate with 3 MeV energy threshold., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, proceedings to Moriond 2012 EW session

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2012

33. Light Yield in DarkSide-10: a Prototype Two-phase Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Searches

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Alexander, T., Alton, D., Arisaka, K., Back, H. O., Beltrame, P., Benziger, J., Bonfini, G., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Candela, A., Cao, H., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., Cline, D., Cocco, A. G., Condon, C., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., De Haas, E., Derbin, A., Di Pietro, G., Dratchnev, I., Durben, D., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Ghag, C., Ghiano, C., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guo, C., Guray, G., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, Al., Ianni, An., Kayunov, A., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C., Kidner, S., Kobychev, V., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Shields, E., Li, P., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Love, C., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, L., Lund, A., Lung, K., Ma, Y., Machulin, I., Maricic, J., Martoff, C. J., Meng, Y., Meroni, E., Meyers, P. D., Mohayai, T., Montanari, D., Montuschi, M., Mosteiro, P., Mount, B., Muratova, V., Nelson, A., Nemtzow, A., Nurakhov, N., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Pantic, E., Parmeggiano, S., Parsells, R., Pelliccia, N., Perasso, L., Perfetto, F., Pinsky, L., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Saggese, P., Saldanha, R., Salvo, C., Sands, W., Seigar, M., Semenov, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Tatarowicz, J., Testera, G., Teymourian, A., Thompson, J., Unzhakov, E., Vogelaar, R. B., Wang, H., Westerdale, S., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Xu, J., Yang, C., Zavatarelli, S., Zehfus, M., Zhong, W., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

As part of the DarkSide program of direct dark matter searches using liquid argon TPCs, a prototype detector with an active volume containing 10 kg of liquid argon, DarkSide-10, was built and operated underground in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy. A critically important parameter for such devices is the scintillation light yield, as photon statistics limits the rejection of electron-recoil backgrounds by pulse shape discrimination. We have measured the light yield of DarkSide-10 using the readily-identifiable full-absorption peaks from gamma ray sources combined with single-photoelectron calibrations using low-occupancy laser pulses. For gamma lines of energies in the range 122-1275 keV, we get consistent light yields averaging 8.887+-0.003(stat)+-0.444(sys) p.e./keVee. With additional purification, the light yield measured at 511 keV increased to 9.142+-0.006(stat) p.e./keVee., Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics

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2012
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34. Cosmic-muon flux and annual modulation in Borexino at 3800 m water-equivalent depth

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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

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2012
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35. Muon and Cosmogenic Neutron Detection in Borexino

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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

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2011
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36. Operation and performance of the EEE network array for the detection of cosmic rays

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Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F.L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Licciulli, F., Maggiora, A., Maragoto Rodriguez, O., Maron, G., Martelli, B., Mazziotta, M.N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G.C., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Stori, L., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Visnyei, O.B., Vistoli, M.C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

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2017
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37. Erratum to: New high precision measurements of the cosmic charged particle rate beyond the Arctic Circle with the PolarquEEEst experiment

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Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Arlandoo, M., Balbi, G., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Cavazza, D., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F., Falchieri, D., Flammini, A., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Gramstad, E., Grazzi, S., Håland, E. S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Lombardo, L., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Meneghini, S., Millerjord, S. A., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Ould-Saada, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Parvis, M., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serri, G., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Torromeo, G., Travaglini, R., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Veri, C., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

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2020
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38. New high precision measurements of the cosmic charged particle rate beyond the Arctic Circle with the PolarquEEEst experiment

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Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Arlandoo, M., Balbi, G., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Cavazza, D., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F., Falchieri, D., Flammini, A., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Gramstad, E., Grazzi, S., Håland, E. S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Lombardo, L., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Meneghini, S., Millerjord, S. A., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Ould-Saada, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Parvis, M., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serri, G., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Torromeo, G., Travaglini, R., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Veri, C., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

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2020
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39. Measurement of the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in the latitude range 35 ∘ ÷ 82 ∘ N with the PolarquEEEst experiment

Author

Abbrescia M., Avanzini C., Baldini L., Ferroli R. B., Batignani G., Battaglieri M., Boi S., Bossini E., Carnesecchi F., Cavazza D., Cicalo C., Cifarelli L., Coccetti F., Coccia E., Corvaglia A., De Gruttola D., De Pasquale S., Galante L., Garbini M., Gemme G., Gnesi I., Gramstad E., Grazzi S., Haland E. S., Hatzifotiadou D., La Rocca P., Liu Z., Lombardo L., Mandaglio G., Margotti A., Maron G., Mazziotta M. N., Mulliri A., Nania R., Noferini F., Nozzoli F., Ould-Saada F., Palmonari F., Panareo M., Panetta M. P., Paoletti R., Parvis M., Pellegrino C., Perasso L., Pinazza O., Pinto C., Pisano S., Riggi F., Righini G., Ripoli C., Rizzi M., Sartorelli G., Scapparone E., Schioppa M., Scioli G., Scribano A., Selvi M., Taiuti M., Terreni G., Trifiro A., Trimarchi M., Vistoli C., Votano L., Williams M. C. S., Zichichi A., Zuyeuski R., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. B., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cavazza, D., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Gramstad, E., Grazzi, S., Haland, E. S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Lombardo, L., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Ould-Saada, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Parvis, M., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifiro, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Subjects
cosmic charged particle rate
Abstract

After its successful campaign of measurements beyond the Polar Arctic Circle, the PolarquEEEst experiment measured the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in a latitude interval between 35◦ N and 82◦ N. In this paper, these measurements are described and the corresponding results are discussed.

Published
2023

40. Measurement of the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in the latitude range 35$$^{\circ }$$ $$\div $$ 82$$^{\circ }$$ N with the PolarquEEEst experiment

Author

Abbrescia, M., primary, Avanzini, C., additional, Baldini, L., additional, Ferroli, R. Baldini, additional, Batignani, G., additional, Battaglieri, M., additional, Boi, S., additional, Bossini, E., additional, Carnesecchi, F., additional, Cavazza, D., additional, Cicalò, C., additional, Cifarelli, L., additional, Coccetti, F., additional, Coccia, E., additional, Corvaglia, A., additional, De Gruttola, D., additional, De Pasquale, S., additional, Galante, L., additional, Garbini, M., additional, Gemme, G., additional, Gnesi, I., additional, Gramstad, E., additional, Grazzi, S., additional, Håland, E. S., additional, Hatzifotiadou, D., additional, La Rocca, P., additional, Liu, Z., additional, Lombardo, L., additional, Mandaglio, G., additional, Margotti, A., additional, Maron, G., additional, Mazziotta, M. N., additional, Mulliri, A., additional, Nania, R., additional, Noferini, F., additional, Nozzoli, F., additional, Ould-Saada, F., additional, Palmonari, F., additional, Panareo, M., additional, Panetta, M. P., additional, Paoletti, R., additional, Parvis, M., additional, Pellegrino, C., additional, Perasso, L., additional, Pinazza, O., additional, Pinto, C., additional, Pisano, S., additional, Riggi, F., additional, Righini, G., additional, Ripoli, C., additional, Rizzi, M., additional, Sartorelli, G., additional, Scapparone, E., additional, Schioppa, M., additional, Scioli, G., additional, Scribano, A., additional, Selvi, M., additional, Taiuti, M., additional, Terreni, G., additional, Trifirò, A., additional, Trimarchi, M., additional, Vistoli, C., additional, Votano, L., additional, Williams, M. C. S., additional, Zichichi, A., additional, and Zuyeuski, R., additional

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2023
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41. A Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers array for the Extreme Energy Events Project

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De Gruttola, D., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Bressan, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F.L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Forster, R., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Maggiora, A., Maron, G., Martelli, B., Mazziotta, M.N., Miozzi, S., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G.C., Rodriguez, A.R., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Vistoli, M.C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Zani, G., Zichichi, A., and Zouyevski, R.

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2016
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42. A study of upward going particles with the Extreme Energy Events telescopes

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Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D׳Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F.L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Forster, R., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadu, D., La Rocca, P., Maggiora, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M.N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G.C., Rodriguez, A.R., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Stori, L., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Vistoli, M.C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

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2016
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43. SOX: Short Distance Neutrino Oscillations with Borexino

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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.

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2016
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44. Recent results from Borexino and the first real time measure of solar pp neutrinos

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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.

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2016
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45. Measurement of the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in the latitude range 35 $$^{\circ }$$ <math> <msup> <mrow></mrow> <mo>∘</mo> </msup> </math> $$\div $$ <math> <mo>÷</mo> </math> 82 $$^{\circ }$$ <math> <msup> <mrow></mrow> <mo>∘</mo> </msup> </math> N with the PolarquEEEst experiment

Author

Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cavazza, D., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., Gruttola, D., Pasquale, S., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Gramstad, E., Grazzi, S., Håland, E., Hatzifotiadou, D., Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Lombardo, L., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Ould-Saada, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M., Paoletti, R., Parvis, M., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Abstract

After its successful campaign of measurements beyond the Polar Arctic Circle, the PolarquEEEst experiment measured the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in a latitude interval between 35 $$^{\circ }$$ ∘ N and 82 $$^{\circ }$$ ∘ N. In this paper, these measurements are described and the corresponding results are discussed.

Published
2023

46. 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.

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2015
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47. Geo-neutrinos from 1353 Days with the Borexino Detector

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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.

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2015
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48. Outreach activities of the Extreme Energy Events Project

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Garbini, Marco, primary, Garbini, M., additional, Abbrescia, M., additional, Avanzini, C., additional, Baldini, L., additional, Baldini Ferroli, R., additional, Batignani, G., additional, Battaglieri, M., additional, Boi, S., additional, Carnesecchi, F., additional, Cicalò, C., additional, Cifarelli, L., additional, Coccetti, F., additional, Coccia, E., additional, Corvaglia, A., additional, De Gruttola, D., additional, De Pasquale, S., additional, Galante, L., additional, Gemme, G., additional, Gnesi, I., additional, Grazzi, S., additional, Hatzifotiadou, D., additional, La Rocca, P., additional, Liu, Z., additional, Mandaglio, G., additional, Margotti, A., additional, Maron, G., additional, Mazziotta, M. N., additional, Mulliri, A., additional, Nania, R., additional, Noferini, F., additional, Nozzoli, F., additional, Palmonari, F., additional, Panareo, M., additional, Panetta, M. P., additional, Paoletti, R., additional, Pellegrino, C., additional, Perasso, L., additional, Pinazza, O., additional, Pinto, C., additional, Pisano, S., additional, Riggi, F., additional, Righini, G., additional, Ripoli, C., additional, Rizzi, M., additional, Sartorelli, G., additional, Scapparone, E., additional, Schioppa, M., additional, Scioli, G., additional, Scribano, A., additional, Selvi, M., additional, Taiuti, M., additional, Terreni, G., additional, Trifirò, A., additional, Trimarchi, M., additional, Vistoli, C., additional, Votano, L., additional, Williams, M. C. S., additional, Zichichi, A., additional, and Zuyeuski, R., additional

Published
2022
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49. Measurement of the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in the latitude range 35° ÷ 82° N with the PolarquEEEst experiment

Author

Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. B., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cavazza, D., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Gramstad, E., Grazzi, S., Haland, E. S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Lombardo, L., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Ould-Saada, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Parvis, M., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifiro, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

Subjects
cosmic rays, cosmic charged particles, measurements
Abstract

After its successful campaign of measurements beyond the Polar Arctic Circle, the PolarquEEEst experiment measured the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in a latitude interval between 35◦ Nand 82◦ N. In this paper, these measurements are described and the corresponding results are discussed.

Published
2023

50. The search for sterile neutrinos with SOX-Borexino

Author

Altenmüller, K., Agostini, M., Appel, S., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Berton, N., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Cribier, M., D’Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Durero, M., Empl, A., Etenko, A., Farinon, S., Fischer, V., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Gaffiot, J., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Göger-Neff, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Hagner, C., Houdy, Th., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jonqures, N., Kaiser, M., Kobychev, V., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kryn, D., Lachenmaier, T., Lasserre, T., Laubenstein, M., Lehnert, B., Link, J., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, F., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Machulin, I., Maneschg, W., Marcocci, S., Maricic, J., Mention, G., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Montuschi, M., Muratova, V., Musenich, R., Neumair, B., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Perasso, L., Pocar, A., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Roncin, R., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Schönert, S., Scola, L., Semenov, D., Simgen, H., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sukhotin, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Toropova, M., Unzhakov, E., Veyssière, C., Vivier, M., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wang, H., Winter, J., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Yokley, Z., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Published
2016
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