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Recent Borexino results and prospects for the near future

Authors :
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.
Zuzel, G.
Publication Year :
2014

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.<br />Comment: 8 pages, 11 figures. To be published as proceedings of Rencontres de Moriond EW 2014

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1405.7919
Document Type :
Working Paper