Borexino: Geo-neutrino measurement at Gran Sasso, Italy
- Creators
- Agostini M.
- Altenmuller K.
- Appel S.
- Bellini G.
- Benziger J.
- Bick D.
- Bonfini G.
- Bravo D.
- Caccianiga B.
- Calaprice F.
- Caminata A.
- Cavalcante P.
- Chepurnov A.
- D'angelo D.
- Davini S.
- Derbin A.
- Di Noto L.
- Drachnev I.
- Etenko A.
- Fomenko K.
- Formozov A.
- Franco D.
- Gabriele F.
- Galbiati C.
- Ghiano C.
- Giammarchi M.
- Goger-Neff M.
- Goretti A.
- Gromov M.
- Hagner C.
- Hungerford E.
- Ianni A.
- Ianni A.
- Jedrzejczak K.
- Jeschke D.
- Kobychev V.
- Korablev D.
- Korga G.
- Kryn D.
- Laubenstein M.
- Lehnert B.
- Litvinovich E.
- Lombardi F.
- Lombardi P.
- Ludhova L.
- Lukyanchenko G.
- Machulin I.
- Manecki S.
- Maneschg W.
- Marcocci S.
- Meroni E.
- Meyer M.
- Miramonti L.
- Misiaszek M.
- Montuschi M.
- Mosteiro P.
- Muratova V.
- Neumair B.
- Oberauer L.
- Obolensky M.
- Ortica F.
- Pallavicini M.
- Papp L.
- Perasso L.
- Pocar A.
- Ranucci G.
- Razeto A.
- Re A.
- Romani A.
- Roncin R.
- Rossi N.
- Schonert S.
- Semenov D.
- Simgen H.
- Skorokhvatov M.
- Smirnov O.
- Sotnikov A.
- Sukhotin S.
- Suvorov Y.
- Tartaglia R.
- Testera G.
- Thurn J.
- Toropova M.
- Unzhakov E.
- Vishneva A.
- Vogelaar R. B.
- Feilitzsch F. V.
- Wang H.
- Weinz S.
- Winter J.
- Wojcik M.
- Wurm M.
- Yokley Z.
- Zaimidoroga O.
- Zavatarelli S.
- Zuber K.
- Zuzel G.
- Others:
- Agostini, M.
- Altenmuller, K.
- Appel, S.
- Bellini, G.
- Benziger, J.
- Bick, D.
- Bonfini, G.
- Bravo, D.
- Caccianiga, B.
- Calaprice, F.
- Caminata, A.
- Cavalcante, P.
- Chepurnov, A.
- D'Angelo, D.
- Davini, S.
- Derbin, A.
- Di Noto, L.
- Drachnev, I.
- Etenko, A.
- Fomenko, K.
- Formozov, A.
- Franco, D.
- Gabriele, F.
- Galbiati, C.
- Ghiano, C.
- Giammarchi, M.
- Goger-Neff, M.
- Goretti, A.
- Gromov, M.
- Hagner, C.
- Hungerford, E.
- Ianni, A.
- Ianni, A.
- Jedrzejczak, K.
- Jeschke, D.
- Kobychev, V.
- Korablev, D.
- Korga, G.
- Kryn, D.
- Laubenstein, M.
- Lehnert, B.
- Litvinovich, E.
- Lombardi, F.
- Lombardi, P.
- Ludhova, L.
- Lukyanchenko, G.
- Machulin, I.
- Manecki, S.
- Maneschg, W.
- Marcocci, S.
- Meroni, E.
- Meyer, M.
- Miramonti, L.
- Misiaszek, M.
- Montuschi, M.
- Mosteiro, P.
- Muratova, V.
- Neumair, B.
- Oberauer, L.
- Obolensky, M.
- Ortica, F.
- Pallavicini, M.
- Papp, L.
- Perasso, L.
- Pocar, A.
- Ranucci, G.
- Razeto, A.
- Re, A.
- Romani, A.
- Roncin, R.
- Rossi, N.
- Schonert, S.
- Semenov, D.
- Simgen, H.
- Skorokhvatov, M.
- Smirnov, O.
- Sotnikov, A.
- Sukhotin, S.
- Suvorov, Y.
- Tartaglia, R.
- Testera, G.
- Thurn, J.
- Toropova, M.
- Unzhakov, E.
- Vishneva, A.
- Vogelaar, R. B.
- Feilitzsch, F. V.
- Wang, H.
- Weinz, S.
- Winter, J.
- Wojcik, M.
- Wurm, M.
- Yokley, Z.
- Zaimidoroga, O.
- Zavatarelli, S.
- Zuber, K.
- Zuzel, G.
Description
Geo-neutrinos, electron anti-neutrinos produced in b-decays of naturally occurring radioactive isotopes in the Earth, are a unique direct probe of our planet's interior. After a brief introduction of the geo-neutrinos' properties and of the main aims of their study, we discuss the features of a detector which has recently provided breakthrough achievements in the field, Borexino, a massive, calorimetric liquid scintillator detector installed at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory. With its unprecedented ra-diopurity 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. Its superior technical properties allowed Borexino also to provide a clean detection of terrestrial neutrinos. Therefore, the description of the characteristics of the detected geo-neutrino signal and of the corresponding geological implications are the main core of the discussion contained in this work.
Additional details
- URL
- http://hdl.handle.net/11567/964242
- URN
- urn:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/964242
- Origin repository
- UNIGE