TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for modulations of the solar Be7 flux in the next-generation neutrino observatory LENA
AU - Wurm, Michael
AU - Caccianiga, Barbara
AU - D'Angelo, Davide
AU - Davini, Stefano
AU - Von Feilitzsch, Franz
AU - Göger-Neff, Marianne
AU - Lachenmaier, Tobias
AU - Lewke, Timo
AU - Lombardi, Paolo
AU - Ludhova, Livia
AU - Meindl, Quirin
AU - Meroni, Emanuela
AU - Miramonti, Lino
AU - Möllenberg, Randolph
AU - Oberauer, Lothar
AU - Potzel, Walter
AU - Ranucci, Gioacchino
AU - Tippmann, Marc
AU - Winter, Jürgen
PY - 2011/2/24
Y1 - 2011/2/24
N2 - A next-generation liquid-scintillator detector will be able to perform high-statistics measurements of the solar neutrino flux. In LENA, solar Be7 neutrinos are expected to cause 1.7×104 electron recoil events per day in a fiducial volume of 35 kilotons. Based on this signal, a search for periodic modulations on a subpercent level can be conducted, surpassing the sensitivity of current detectors by at least a factor of 20. The range of accessible periods reaches from several minutes, corresponding to modulations induced by helioseismic g-modes, to tens of years, allowing to study long-term changes in solar fusion rates.
AB - A next-generation liquid-scintillator detector will be able to perform high-statistics measurements of the solar neutrino flux. In LENA, solar Be7 neutrinos are expected to cause 1.7×104 electron recoil events per day in a fiducial volume of 35 kilotons. Based on this signal, a search for periodic modulations on a subpercent level can be conducted, surpassing the sensitivity of current detectors by at least a factor of 20. The range of accessible periods reaches from several minutes, corresponding to modulations induced by helioseismic g-modes, to tens of years, allowing to study long-term changes in solar fusion rates.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.032010
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.032010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79952205494
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 83
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 3
M1 - 032010
ER -