Production and suppression of 11C in the solar neutrino experiment Borexino

Quirin Meindl, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, S. Bonetti, M. Buizza Avanzini, B. Caccianiga, L. Cadonati, F. Calaprice, C. Carraro, A. Chavarria, A. Chepurnov, F. Dalnoki-Veress, D. D'Angelo, S. Davini, H. De Kerret, A. Derbin, A. Etenko, F. Von Feilitzsch, K. Fomenko, D. FrancoC. Galbiati, S. Gazzana, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, M. Goeger-Neff, A. Goretti, E. Guardincerri, S. Hardy, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, M. Joyce, V. Kobychev, G. Korga, D. Kryn, M. Laubenstein, M. Leung, T. Lewke, E. Litvinovich, B. Loer, P. Lombardi, L. Ludhova, I. Machulin, S. Manecki, W. Maneschg, G. Manuzio, Q. Meindl, E. Meroni, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, D. Montanari, V. Muratova, L. Oberauer, M. Obolensky, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, L. Perasso, S. Perasso, A. Pocar, R. S. Raghavan, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, P. Risso, A. Romani, D. Rountree, A. Sabelnikov, 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, J. Winter, M. Wojcik, A. Wright, M. Wurm, J. Xu, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Zavatarelli, G. Zuzel

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Abstract

Cosmogenic 11C is produced in-situ by atmospheric muons and forms the main background for the measurement of solar pep- and CNO-neutrinos. However, FLUKA simulations show that the majority of 11C is accompanied by a free neutron in the final state, thus allowing for an efficient tagging method, the so-called Three-Fold Coincidence technique. The technique and its first applications on Borexino data are presented.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationTopical Workshop on Low Radioactivity Techniques, LRT 2010
Pages203-207
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
EventTopical Workshop on Low Radioactivity Techniques, LRT 2010 - Sudbury, ON, Canada
Duration: Aug 28 2010Aug 29 2010

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1338
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

OtherTopical Workshop on Low Radioactivity Techniques, LRT 2010
Country/TerritoryCanada
CitySudbury, ON
Period8/28/108/29/10

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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