Science and technology of Borexino: a real-time detector for low energy solar neutrinos

被引:279
作者
Alimonti, G
Arpesella, C
Back, H
Balata, M
Beau, T
Bellini, G
Benziger, J
Bonetti, S
Brigatti, A
Caccianiga, B
Cadonati, L
Calaprice, F
Cecchet, G
Chen, M
DeBari, A
DeHaas, E
de Kerret, H
Donghi, O
Deutsch, M
Elisei, F
Etenko, A
von Feilitzsch, F
Fernholz, R
Ford, R
Freudiger, B
Garagiola, A
Galbiati, C
Gatti, F
Gazzana, S
Giammarchi, M
Giugni, D
Golubchikov, A
Goretti, A
Grieb, C
Hagner, C
Hagner, T
Hampel, W
Harding, E
Hartmann, F
von Hentig, R
Hess, H
Heusser, G
Ianni, A
Inzani, P
Kidner, S
Kiko, J
Kirsten, T
Korga, G
Korschinek, G
Kryn, D
机构
[1] INFN, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[2] Univ Milan, Dept Phys, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[3] LNGS, Gran Sasso Natl Labs, I-67010 Assergi, Italy
[4] Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
[5] Coll France, F-75231 Paris, France
[6] Princeton Univ, Dept Chem Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[7] Princeton Univ, Dept Phys, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[8] Univ Pavia, Dept Phys, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[9] INFN, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[10] Queens Univ, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
[11] MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[12] Univ Perugia, Dept Chem, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[13] INFN, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[14] Kurchatov Inst, Moscow 123182, Russia
[15] Tech Univ Munich, D-85747 Garching, Germany
[16] Univ Genoa, Dept Phys, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[17] INFN, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[18] Res Inst Particle & Nucl Phys, H-1121 Budapest, Hungary
[19] Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
[20] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna 141980, Russia
[21] Jagiellonian Univ, PL-30059 Krakow, Poland
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/S0927-6505(01)00110-4
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
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 experiment's goal is the direct measurement of the flux of Be-7 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. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:205 / 234
页数:30
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