Search for electron antineutrino interactions with the Borexino counting test facility at Gran Sasso

M. Balata; G. Bellini; Jay Burton Benziger; S. Bonetti; B. Caccianiga; Frank Calaprice; D. D'Angelo; A. De Bellefern; H. De Kerret; A. Derbin; A. Etenko; R. Ford; D. Franco; Cristiano Galbiati; S. Gazzana; M. Giammarchi; A. Goretti; E. Harding; G. Heusser; A. Ianni; A. M. Ianni; V. V. Kobychev; G. Korga; Y. Kozlov; D. Kryn; M. Laubenstein; G. Lendvai; M. Leung; E. Litvinovich; P. Lombardi; I. Machulin; D. Mamizio; G. Manuzio; F. Masetti; U. Mazzucato; K. McCarty; E. Meroni; L. Miramonti; M. E. Monzani; V. Muratova; L. Niedermeier; L. Oberauer; M. Obolensky; F. Ortica; M. Pallavicini; L. Papp; L. Perasso; A. Pocar; R. S. Raghavan; G. Ranucci; A. Razeto; A. Sabelnikov; C. Salvo; S. Schoenert; H. Simgen; M. Skorokhvatov; O. Smirnov; A. Sotnikov; S. Sukhotin; Y. Suvorov; V. Tarasenkov; R. Tartaglia; G. Testera; D. Vignaud; R. B. Vogelaar; F. Von Feilitzsch; V. Vyrodov; M. Wójcik; O. Zaimidoroga; G. Zuzel

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Search for electron antineutrino interactions with the Borexino counting test facility at Gran Sasso

M. Balata, G. Bellini, Jay Burton Benziger, S. Bonetti, B. Caccianiga, Frank Calaprice, D. D'Angelo, A. De Bellefern, H. De Kerret, A. Derbin, A. Etenko, R. Ford, D. Franco, Cristiano Galbiati, S. Gazzana, M. Giammarchi, A. Goretti, E. Harding, G. Heusser, A. IanniA. M. Ianni, V. V. Kobychev, G. Korga, Y. Kozlov, D. Kryn, M. Laubenstein, G. Lendvai, M. Leung, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, I. Machulin, D. Mamizio, G. Manuzio, F. Masetti, U. Mazzucato, K. McCarty, E. Meroni, L. Miramonti, M. E. Monzani, V. Muratova, L. Niedermeier, L. Oberauer, M. Obolensky, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, L. Perasso, A. Pocar, R. S. Raghavan, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Sabelnikov, C. Salvo, S. Schoenert, H. Simgen, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, S. Sukhotin, Y. Suvorov, V. Tarasenkov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, D. Vignaud, R. B. Vogelaar, F. Von Feilitzsch, V. Vyrodov, M. Wójcik, O. Zaimidoroga, G. Zuzel

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Electron antineutrino interactions above the inverse beta decay energy of protons (E _v̄e ≤ 1.8 MeV) were looked for with the Borexino counting test facility (CTF). One candidate event survived after rejection of background, which included muon-induced neutrons and random coincidences. An upper limit on the solar v̄ _e flux, assumed having the ⁸B solar neutrino energy spectrum, of 1.1 × 10 ⁵ cm ^-2s ^-1 (90% C.L.) was set with a 7.8 ton × year exposure. This upper limit corresponds to a solar neutrino transition probability, v _e → v̄ _e, of 0.02 (90% C.L.). Predictions for antineutrino detection with Borexino, including geoneutrinos, are discussed on the basis of background measurements performed with the CTF.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	21-30
Number of pages	10
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	47
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2006-02560-4
State	Published - Jul 2006

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Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J. B., Bonetti, S., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., D'Angelo, D., De Bellefern, A., De Kerret, H., Derbin, A., Etenko, A., Ford, R., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gazzana, S., Giammarchi, M., Goretti, A., Harding, E., Heusser, G., ... Zuzel, G. (2006). Search for electron antineutrino interactions with the Borexino counting test facility at Gran Sasso. European Physical Journal C, 47(1), 21-30. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2006-02560-4

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