First real time detection of 7Be solar neutrinos by Borexino

C. Arpesella, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, S. Bonetti, B. Caccianiga, F. Calaprice, F. Dalnoki-Veress, D. D'Angelo, H. de Kerret, A. Derbin, M. Deutsch, A. Etenko, K. Fomenko, R. Ford, D. Franco, B. Freudiger, C. Galbiati, S. Gazzana, M. Giammarchi, M. Goeger-NeffA. Goretti, C. Grieb, S. Hardy, G. Heusser, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, M. Joyce, G. Korga, D. Kryn, M. Laubenstein, M. Leung, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, L. Ludhova, I. Machulin, G. Manuzio, A. Martemianov, F. Masetti, K. McCarty, E. Meroni, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, D. Montanari, 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. Schönert, H. Simgen, O. Smirnov, M. Skorokhvatov, A. Sonnenschein, A. Sotnikov, S. Sukhotin, Y. Suvorov, V. Tarasenkov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, D. Vignaud, S. Vitale, R. B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, M. Wojcik, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Zavatarelli, G. Zuzel

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Abstract

This Letter reports a direct measurement of the 7Be solar neutrino signal rate performed with the Borexino low background liquid scintillator detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. This is the first real-time spectral measurement of sub-MeV solar neutrinos. The result for 0.862 MeV 7Be neutrinos is 47 ± 7stat ± 12sys counts/(day ṡ 100 ton), consistent with predictions of Standard Solar Models and neutrino oscillations with LMA-MSW parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-108
Number of pages8
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume658
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Jan 2008

Keywords

  • Liquid scintillators
  • Low background detectors
  • Neutrino oscillations
  • Solar neutrinos

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