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
Identifiers
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)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 51001377
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BOREXINO DETECTOR; GEONEUTRINOS; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; NEUTRINO DETECTION; PARTICLE DISCRIMINATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NEUTRINO DETECTORS; NEUTRINOS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
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