First real-time detection of solar pp neutrinos by Borexino

M. Pallavicini, G. Bellini, Jay Burton Benziger, D. Bick, G. Bonfini, D. Bravo, B. Caccianiga, Frank Calaprice, A. Caminata, P. Cavalcante, A. Chavarria, A. Chepurnov, D. D'Angelo, S. Davini, A. Derbin, A. Empl, A. Etenko, K. Fomenko, D. Franco, F. GabrieleCristiano Galbiati, S. Gazzana, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, M. Göger-Neff, A. Goretti, M. Gromov, C. Hagner, E. Hungerford, Al Ianni, An Ianni, M. Kayser, V. Kobychev, D. Korablëv, G. Korga, D. Kryn, M. Laubenstein, B. Lehnert, T. Lewke, E. Litvinovich, F. Lombardi, P. Lombardi, L. Ludhova, G. Lukyanchenko, I. MacHulin, S. Manecki, W. Maneschg, S. Marcocci, Q. Meindl, E. Meroni, M. Meyer, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, M. Montuschi, P. Mosteiro, V. Muratova, L. Oberauer, M. Obolensky, F. Ortica, K. Otis, L. Papp, L. Perasso, A. Pocar, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, A. Romani, N. Rossi, R. Saldanha, C. Salvo, S. Schönert, H. Simgen, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, S. Sukhotin, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, D. Vignaud, R. B. Vogelaar, F. Von Feilitzsch, H. Wang, J. Winter, M. Wojcik, M. Wurm, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Zavatarelli, K. Zuber, G. Zuzel

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Abstract

Solar neutrinos have been pivotal to the discovery of neutrino flavour oscillations and are a unique tool to probe the reactions that keep the Sun shine. Although most of solar neutrino components have been directly measured, the neutrinos emitted by the keystone pp reaction, in which two protons fuse to make a deuteron, have so far eluded direct detection. The Borexino experiment, an ultra-pure liquid scintillator detector running at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, has now filled the gap, providing the first direct real time measurement of pp neutrinos and of the solar neutrino luminosity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationRoma International Conference on Astroparticle Physics 2014, RICAP 2014
EditorsRosa Coniglione, Giulia De Bonis, Paolo Piattelli, Antonio Capone, Mario De Vincenzi, Carla Distefano, Aldo Morselli, Piera Sapienza
PublisherEDP Sciences
ISBN (Electronic)9782759890033
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 6 2016
Event5th Roma International Conference on Astroparticle Physics, RICAP 2014 - Noto, Italy
Duration: Sep 30 2014Oct 3 2014

Publication series

NameEPJ Web of Conferences
Volume121
ISSN (Print)2101-6275
ISSN (Electronic)2100-014X

Other

Other5th Roma International Conference on Astroparticle Physics, RICAP 2014
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityNoto
Period9/30/1410/3/14

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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