Abstract
Important neutrino results came recently from Borexino, a massive, calorimetric liquid scintillator detector installed at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory. With its unprecedented radiopurity levels achieved in the core of the detection medium, it is the only experiment in operation able to study in real time solar neutrino interactions in the challenging sub-MeV energy region. The recently achieved breakthrough observation of the fundamental pp flux, the precise measurement of the 7Be solar neutrino flux, and the results concerning the pep, 8B and CNO fluxes, together with their physics implications, are described in this work. Moreover, the detector has also provided a clean detection of terrestrial neutrinos, from which they emerge as a new probe of the interior of the Earth.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | XXVI International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Neutrino 2014 |
Editors | Ed Kearns, Gary Feldman |
Publisher | American Institute of Physics Inc. |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780735413139 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Jul 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 26th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Neutrino 2014 - Boston, United States Duration: 2 Jun 2014 → 7 Jun 2014 |
Publication series
Name | AIP Conference Proceedings |
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Volume | 1666 |
ISSN (Print) | 0094-243X |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1551-7616 |
Conference
Conference | 26th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Neutrino 2014 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Boston |
Period | 2/06/14 → 7/06/14 |