New experimental limits on heavy neutrino mixing in 8B-decay obtained with the borexino counting test facility

H. O. Back; M. Belata; A. De Bari; T. Beau; A. De Bellefon; G. Bellini; J. Benziger; S. Bonetti; C. Buck; B. Caccianiga; L. Cadonati; F. Calaprice; G. Cecchet; M. Chen; A. Di Credico; O. Dadoun; D. D'Angelo; A. Derbin; M. Deutsch; F. Elisei; A. Etenko; F. Von Feilitzsch; R. Fernholz; R. Ford; D. Franco; B. Freudiger; C. Galbiati; F. Gatti; S. Gazzana; M. G. Giammarchi; D. Giugni; M. Goeger-Neff; A. Goretti; C. Grieb; C. Hagner; E. Harding; F. X. Hartmann; G. Heusser; A. Ianni; A. M. Ianni; H. De Kerret; J. Kiko; T. Kirsten; V. Kobychev; G. Korga; G. Korschinek; Y. Kozlov; D. Kryn; J. Lamblin; M. Laubenstein; C. Lendvai; E. Litvinovich; P. Lombardi; I. MacHulin; S. Malvezzi; J. Maneira; I. Manno; D. Manuzio; G. Manuzio; F. Masetti; A. Martemianov; U. Mazzucato; K. McCarty; E. Meroni; L. Miramonti; M. E. Monzani; V. Muratova; P. Musico; 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; R. Scardaoni; D. Schimizzi; S. Schoenert; H. Simgen; T. Shutt; M. Skorokhvatov; O. Smirnov; A. Sonnenschein; A. Sotnikov; S. Sukhotin; V. Tarasenkov; R. Tartaglia; G. Testera; D. Vignaud; R. B. Vogelaar; V. Vyrodov; M. Wojcik; O. Zaimidoroga

doi:10.1134/1.1625721

New experimental limits on heavy neutrino mixing in ⁸B-decay obtained with the borexino counting test facility

H. O. Back
, M. Belata
, A. De Bari
, T. Beau
, A. De Bellefon
, G. Bellini
, J. Benziger
, S. Bonetti
, C. Buck
, B. Caccianiga
, L. Cadonati
, F. Calaprice
, G. Cecchet
, M. Chen
, A. Di Credico
, O. Dadoun
, D. D'Angelo
, A. Derbin
, M. Deutsch
, F. Elisei

A. Etenko, F. Von Feilitzsch, R. Fernholz, R. Ford, D. Franco, B. Freudiger, C. Galbiati, F. Gatti, S. Gazzana, M. G. Giammarchi, D. Giugni, M. Goeger-Neff, A. Goretti, C. Grieb, C. Hagner, E. Harding, F. X. Hartmann, G. Heusser, A. Ianni, A. M. Ianni, H. De Kerret, J. Kiko, T. Kirsten, V. Kobychev, G. Korga, G. Korschinek, Y. Kozlov, D. Kryn, J. Lamblin, M. Laubenstein, C. Lendvai, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, I. MacHulin, S. Malvezzi, J. Maneira, I. Manno, D. Manuzio, G. Manuzio, F. Masetti, A. Martemianov, U. Mazzucato, K. McCarty, E. Meroni, L. Miramonti, M. E. Monzani, V. Muratova, P. Musico, 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, R. Scardaoni, D. Schimizzi, S. Schoenert, H. Simgen, T. Shutt, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sonnenschein, A. Sotnikov, S. Sukhotin, V. Tarasenkov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, D. Vignaud, R. B. Vogelaar, V. Vyrodov, M. Wojcik, O. Zaimidoroga

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
L.N.G.S. SS 17 Bis Km 18+910
University of Pavia
Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie
University of Milan
Princeton University
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Queen's University
LNGS
Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research
Technical University of Munich
Petersburg Nuclear Phys. Inst.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Università di Perugia
National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute"
Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia
Institute for Nuclear Research
Wigner Research Centre for Physics
Alcatel-Lucent
Jagiellonian University

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Abstract

If heavy neutrinos with mass mνH ≥ 2me are emitted in the decays of ⁸B in the Sun, then νH → νL + e(+) + e(-) decays should be observed. In the present work, the results of background measurements with the Borexino Counting Test Facility have been used to obtain bounds on the number of these decays. As a result, new limits on the coupling |UeH| ² of a massive neutrino in the range of 1.1 MeV to 12 MeV have been derived (|UeH| ² ≤ 10(-3)-10(-5)). The obtained limits on the mixing parameter are stronger than obtained in previous experiments using nuclear reactors and accelerators.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	261-266
Number of pages	6
Journal	JETP Letters
Volume	78
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1625721
State	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Back, H. O., Belata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Buck, C., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Cecchet, G., Chen, M., Di Credico, A., Dadoun, O., D'Angelo, D., Derbin, A., Deutsch, M., ... Zaimidoroga, O. (2003). New experimental limits on heavy neutrino mixing in ⁸B-decay obtained with the borexino counting test facility. JETP Letters, 78(5), 261-266. https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1625721

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AU - Hagner, C.

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AU - Malvezzi, S.

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AU - Masetti, F.

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AU - McCarty, K.

AU - Meroni, E.

AU - Miramonti, L.

AU - Monzani, M. E.

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AU - Ortica, F.

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AU - Papp, L.

AU - Perasso, L.

AU - Pocar, A.

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New experimental limits on heavy neutrino mixing in ⁸B-decay obtained with the borexino counting test facility

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