Published 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Optimisation of selection cuts for updated geoneutrino analysis with Borexino

  • 1. IKP-2, Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany)

Description

The Borexino detector is a liquid scintillator detector located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso at a depth of 3800 meters water equivalent. Far distance from nuclear reactors and the high level of radiopurity of the liquid scintillator make Borexino ideal for geoneutrino analysis. Geoneutrinos are electron flavoured antineutrinos produced from natural radioactive decays within the Earth, and can provide direct information from the inside of our planet. Detailed study of geoneutrinos will help us to set further constraints to the current Earth models. Borexino has observed geoneutrino signal with more than 5 sigma confidence level in 2015. Thanks to improved selection criteria of inverse beta decay events in the whole data set from 2007, we expect an important increase in the total statistics. Due to a very low interaction rate of geoneutrinos, it is important to maximise the used exposure. This contribution presents the optimisation of the selection cuts crucial for the updated analysis.

Availability note (English)

Available from: https://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Issue
Wuerzburg 2018 issue
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
DPG Spring meeting 2018 of the Section Matter and Cosmos (SMuK) with the Division of Physics Education and the working groups Equal Opportunities, Industry and Economics, Young DPG, Physics, Modern Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence
Original Conference Title
DPG-Fruehjahrstagung 2018 der Sektion Materie und Kosmos (SMuK) mit dem Fachverband Didaktik der Physik und den Arbeitskreisen Chancengleichheit, Industrie und Wirtschaft, Junge DPG, Physik, moderne Informationstechnologie und Kuenstliche Intelligenz
Dates
19-23 Mar 2018
Place
Wuerzburg (Germany)

Optional Information

Notes
Session: T 68.2 Mi 16:45; Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 53(4)
Collaborations
Borexino-Collaboration