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First real time detection of 7Be solar neutrinos by Borexino
- Source :
- Physics Letters B, Physics Letters B, 2008, 658, pp.101-108. ⟨10.1016/j.physletb.2007.09.054⟩, Physics Letters B, Elsevier, 2008, 658, pp.101-108. ⟨10.1016/j.physletb.2007.09.054⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- This paper reports a direct measurement of the Be7 solar neutrino signal rate performed with the Borexino low background liquid scintillator detector. This is the first real-time spectral measurement of sub-MeV solar neutrinos. The result for 0.862 MeV Be7 is 47 +- 7 (stat} +- 12 (sys} counts/(day x 100 ton), consistent with predictions of Standard Solar Models and neutrino oscillations with LMA-MSW parameters.<br />Paper submitted to PRLB. 9 pages, 6 figures (EPS) PDF files included into tar.gz file, together with LaTeX source, eps figs and style files
- Subjects :
- Low background detector
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Particle physics
Liquid scintillator
Neutrino oscillation
[SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Solar neutrino
FOS: Physical sciences
[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
7. Clean energy
Neutrino Oscillations
[PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]
Nuclear physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
0103 physical sciences
[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]
Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
Nuclear Experiment
010306 general physics
Borexino
Physics
ICARUS
[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Astrophysics (astro-ph)
High Energy Physics::Phenomenology
Solar neutrino problem
Low Background Detectors
Liquid Scintillators
3. Good health
Solar Neutrinos
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Neutrino detector
[PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph]
Measurements of neutrino speed
High Energy Physics::Experiment
Neutrino
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03702693
- Volume :
- 658
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physics Letters B
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....36cce03e0b6b48a201f9ca3fdda7b04b