Geo-neutrino results with Borexino

R. Roncin; M. Agostini; S. Appel; G. Bellini; J. Benziger; D. Bick; G. Bonfini; D. Bravo; B. Caccianiga; F. Calaprice; A. Caminata; P. Cavalcante; A. Chepurnov; D. D'Angelo; S. Davini; A. Derbin; L. Di Noto; I. Drachnev; A. Etenko; K. Fomenko; D. Franco; F. Gabriele; C. Galbiati; C. Ghiano; M. Giammarchi; M. Goeger-Neff; A. Goretti; M. Gromov; C. Hagner; E. Hungerford; Aldo Ianni; Andrea Ianni; K. Jedrzejczak; M. Kaiser; V. Kobychev; D. Korablev; G. Korga; D. Kryn; M. Laubenstein; B. Lehnert; E. Litvinovich; F. Lombardi; P. Lombardi; L. Ludhova; G. Lukyanchenko; I. Machulin; S. Manecki; W. Maneschg; S. Marcocci; E. Meroni; M. Meyer; L. Miramonti; M. Misiaszek; M. Montuschi; P. Mosteiro; V. Muratova; B. Neumair; L. Oberauer; M. Obolensky; F. Ortica; M. Pallavicini; L. Papp; L. Perasso; A. Pocar; G. Ranucci; A. Razeto; A. Re; A. Romani; N. Rossi; S. Schönert; D. Semenov; H. Simgen; M. Skorokhvatov; O. Smirnov; A. Sotnikov; S. Sukhotin; Y. Suvorov; R. Tartaglia; G. Testera; J. Thurn; M. Toropova; E. Unzhakov; A. Vishneva; R. B. Vogelaar; F. Von Feilitzsch; H. Wang; S. Weinz; J. Winter; M. Wojcik; M. Wurm; Z. Yokley; O. Zaimidoroga; S. Zavatarelli; K. Zuber; G. Zuzel

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Geo-neutrino results with Borexino

R. Roncin, M. Agostini, S. Appel, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, D. Bick, G. Bonfini, D. Bravo, B. Caccianiga, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, P. Cavalcante, A. Chepurnov, D. D'Angelo, S. Davini, A. Derbin, L. Di Noto, I. Drachnev, A. Etenko, K. FomenkoD. Franco, F. Gabriele, C. Galbiati, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, M. Goeger-Neff, A. Goretti, M. Gromov, C. Hagner, E. Hungerford, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, K. Jedrzejczak, M. Kaiser, V. Kobychev, D. Korablev, G. Korga, D. Kryn, M. Laubenstein, B. Lehnert, E. Litvinovich, F. Lombardi, P. Lombardi, L. Ludhova, G. Lukyanchenko, I. Machulin, S. Manecki, W. Maneschg, S. Marcocci, E. Meroni, M. Meyer, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, M. Montuschi, P. Mosteiro, V. Muratova, B. Neumair, L. Oberauer, M. Obolensky, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, L. Perasso, A. Pocar, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, A. Romani, N. Rossi, S. Schönert, D. Semenov, H. Simgen, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, S. Sukhotin, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, J. Thurn, M. Toropova, E. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R. B. Vogelaar, F. Von Feilitzsch, H. Wang, S. Weinz, J. Winter, M. Wojcik, M. Wurm, Z. Yokley, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Zavatarelli, K. Zuber, G. Zuzel

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Borexino is a liquid scintillator detector primary designed to observe solar neutrinos. Due to its low background level as well as its position in a nuclear free country, Italy, Borexino is also sensitive to geo-neutrinos. Borexino is leading this interdisciplinary field of neutrino geoscience by studying electron antineutrinos which are emitted from the decay of radioactive isotopes present in the crust and the mantle of the Earth. With 2056 days of data taken between December 2007 and March 2015, Borexino observed 77 antineutrino candidates. If we assume a chondritic Th/U mass ratio of 3.9, the number of geo-neutrino events is found to be 23.7^+6.5 _-5.7(stat) ^+0.9_-0.6 (syst). With this measurement, Borexino alone is able to reject the null geo-neutrino signal at 5.9σ, to claim a geo-neutrino signal from the mantle at 98% C.L. and to restrict the radiogenic heat production for U and Th between 23 and 36 TW.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	012029
Pages (from-to)	40
Number of pages	1
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	675
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/675/1/012029
State	Published - 2016
Event	International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ICPPA 2015 - Moscow, Russian Federation Duration: Oct 5 2015 → Oct 10 2015

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Roncin, R., Agostini, M., Appel, S., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Noto, L. D., Drachnev, I., Etenko, A., ... Zuzel, G. (2016). Geo-neutrino results with Borexino. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 675(1), 40. Article 012029. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/675/1/012029

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AU - Bick, D.

AU - Bonfini, G.

AU - Bravo, D.

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AU - Galbiati, C.

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AU - Jedrzejczak, K.

AU - Kaiser, M.

AU - Kobychev, V.

AU - Korablev, D.

AU - Korga, G.

AU - Kryn, D.

AU - Laubenstein, M.

AU - Lehnert, B.

AU - Litvinovich, E.

AU - Lombardi, F.

AU - Lombardi, P.

AU - Ludhova, L.

AU - Lukyanchenko, G.

AU - Machulin, I.

AU - Manecki, S.

AU - Maneschg, W.

AU - Marcocci, S.

AU - Meroni, E.

AU - Meyer, M.

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AU - Misiaszek, M.

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Geo-neutrino results with Borexino

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