Scintillator purification, detector performance and first results from Borexino

Borexino collaboration

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/120/5/052017

Scintillator purification, detector performance and first results from Borexino

Borexino collaboration

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Abstract

The Borexino experiment has begun data taking in May 2007 after a long R&D work and preparation. The liquid scintillator purity exceeds even optimistic expectations, and the first detection of ⁷Be solar neutrinos has been possible after less than two months of data taking. This note shows briefly which are the main issues that were addressed in order to obtain such an extreme radiopurity, the detector performance and a few details concerning this first result.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	052017
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	120
Issue number	Part 5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/120/5/052017
State	Published - Jan 1 2008
Event	10th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2007 - Sendai , Japan Duration: Sep 11 2007 → Sep 15 2007

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General Physics and Astronomy

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Scintillator purification, detector performance and first results from Borexino

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