Low energy solar neutrino signals in borexino
- 1. Department of Physics University of Genoa and INFN of Genoa (Italy)
- 2. Dipartimento di Fisivca Universita' degli studi e INFN, Milan (Italy)
- 3. Chemical engineering Dep. Priceton University, Princeton (United States)
Description
The scientific relevance of the measurement of the sub MeV and MeV solar neutrinos in Borexino is discussed and the results already obtained about the 7Be and 8B neutrinos are reviewed. Borexino is confirming the LMA-MSW solution of the neutrino oscillation scenario and it is providing novel data about the neutrino survival probability as a function of the neutrino energy. Further configuration of the LMA scenario is provided by the absence of a day-night symmetry in the 7Be signal: a preliminary result is here discussed. A first calibration compain aiming to reduce the measurement errors related to the fiducial volume determination and to the detector response has been completed. Future perspectives of Borexino include a 7Be rate measurement with few percent precision, the measurement of additional components of the solar neutrinos spectrum (CNO, PEP), the detection of geo-neutrinos and supernova signals.
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Edizioni Papergraf
- Imprint Place
- Padova (Italy)
- Imprint Title
- Neutrino Telescope
- Imprint Pagination
- 590 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 111-123
Conference
- Title
- 13. International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes
- Dates
- 10-13 Mar 2009
- Place
- Venezia (Italy)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- Italy
- INIS RN
- 44054581
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; MEV RANGE; NEUTRINO BEAMS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; SOLAR NEUTRINOS; SUPERNOVAE
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAMS; BINARY STARS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; FERMIONS; LEPTON BEAMS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NEUTRINOS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATIONS; SOLAR PARTICLES; SOLAR RADIATION; STARS; STELLAR RADIATION; VARIABLE STARS