Borexino, a real-time device for low energy neutrino spectroscopy is nearing completion of construction in the underground laboratories at Gran Sasso, Italy (LNGS). The experiments goal is the direct measurement of the flux of 7Be solar neutrinos of all flavors via neutrino-electron scattering in an ultra-pure scintillation liquid. Seeded by a series of innovations which were brought to fruition by large scale operation of a 4-ton test detector at LNGS, a new technology has been developed for Borexino. It enables sub-MeV solar neutrino spectroscopy for the first time. This paper describes the design of Borexino, the various facilities essential to its operation, its spectroscopic and background suppression capabilities and a prognosis of the impact of its results towards resolving the solar neutrino problem. Borexino will also address several other frontier questions in particle physics, astrophysics and geophysics.geophysics.
Science and technology in borexino : a real time detector for low energy solar neutrinos / G. Alimonti, C. Arpesella, H. Bacb, M. Balata, T. Beau, G. Bellinik, J. Benziger, S. Bonetti, A. Brigatti, B. Caccianiga, L. Cadonati, F. Calaprice, G. Cecchet, M. Chen, A. De Bari, E. De Haas, H. de Kerret, O. Donghi, M. Deutsch, F. Elisei, A. Etenko, F. von Feilitzsch, R. Fernholz, R. Ford, B. Freudiger, A. Garagiola, C. Galbiati, F. Gatti, S. Gazzana, M. Giammarchi, D. Giugni, A. Golubchikov, A. Goretti, C. Grieb, C. Hagner, T. Hagner, W. Hampel, E. Harding, F. Hartmann, R. von Hentig, H. Hess, G. Heusser, A. Ianni, P. Inzani, S. Kidner, J. Kiko, T. Kirsten, G. Korga, G. Korschinek, D. Kryn, V. Lagomarsino, P. La Marche, M. Laubenstein, F. Loeser, P. Lombardi, S. Magni, S. Malvezzi, J. Maneira, I. Manno, G. Manuzio, F. Masetti, U. Mazzucato, E. Meroni, P. Musico, H. Neder, M. Neff, S. Nisi, L. Oberauer, M. Obolensky, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, L. Perasso, A. Pocar, R. Raghavan, G. Ranucci, W. Rau, A. Razeto, E. Resconi, T. Riedel, A. Sabelnikov, P. Saggese, C. Salvo, R. Scardaoni, S. Schoenert, K. Schuhbeck, H. Seidel, T. Shutt, H. Simgen, A. Sonnenschein, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, M. Skorokhvatov, S. Sukhotin, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, R. Vogelaar, S. Vitale, M. Wojcik, O. Zaimidoroga, Y. Zakharov. - In: ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 0927-6505. - 16:3(2002 Jan), pp. 205-234.
Science and technology in borexino : a real time detector for low energy solar neutrinos
G. Bellinik;S. Bonetti;B. Caccianiga;E. Meroni;
2002
Abstract
Borexino, a real-time device for low energy neutrino spectroscopy is nearing completion of construction in the underground laboratories at Gran Sasso, Italy (LNGS). The experiments goal is the direct measurement of the flux of 7Be solar neutrinos of all flavors via neutrino-electron scattering in an ultra-pure scintillation liquid. Seeded by a series of innovations which were brought to fruition by large scale operation of a 4-ton test detector at LNGS, a new technology has been developed for Borexino. It enables sub-MeV solar neutrino spectroscopy for the first time. This paper describes the design of Borexino, the various facilities essential to its operation, its spectroscopic and background suppression capabilities and a prognosis of the impact of its results towards resolving the solar neutrino problem. Borexino will also address several other frontier questions in particle physics, astrophysics and geophysics.geophysics.
Pubblicazioni consigliate
I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
