TY - JOUR
T1 - Results from the borexino solar neutrino experiment
AU - Calaprice, Frank
AU - Galbiati, Cristiano
AU - Wright, Alex
AU - Ianni, Aldo
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Borexino is a low-background liquid scintillation detector currently acquiring solar and terrestrial neutrino data at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory in Italy. Since the start of operations in 2007, Borexino has produced measurements of {sup}7{/sup}Be, {sup}8{/sup}B, and pep solar neutrinos, as well as measurements of terrestrial and long-baseline reactor antineutrinos. The measurements were made possible by the development of low-background scintillator spectroscopy that enabled direct detection of sub-MeV solar neutrinos. The general design features of the detector are described together with current results and prospects for future measurements.
AB - Borexino is a low-background liquid scintillation detector currently acquiring solar and terrestrial neutrino data at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory in Italy. Since the start of operations in 2007, Borexino has produced measurements of {sup}7{/sup}Be, {sup}8{/sup}B, and pep solar neutrinos, as well as measurements of terrestrial and long-baseline reactor antineutrinos. The measurements were made possible by the development of low-background scintillator spectroscopy that enabled direct detection of sub-MeV solar neutrinos. The general design features of the detector are described together with current results and prospects for future measurements.
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev-nucl-102711-094946
DO - 10.1146/annurev-nucl-102711-094946
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84870223725
SN - 0163-8998
VL - 62
SP - 315
EP - 336
JO - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
JF - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
ER -