Low energy solar neutrinos are a unique tool to investigate the nuclear reactionsthat fuel the Sun. The Borexino experiment, based on a 270 ton ultra-pure liquid scintillator detector at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, was conceivedto measure solar neutrino fluxes in the MeV and sub-MeV energy range. Thedata taking started on 2007 and thanks to the unprecedented level of radiopurity achieved in the inner part of the detector, a real time spectroscopy ofthe main components of the pp chain was possible. After a purification process, in the phase II data, the simultaneous fit of all the pp-chain componentswas performed and the interaction rates of pp, 7Be and pep were extractedwith the highest precision to date. In this paper, after a description of themain properties of Borexino detector, the most important analysis techniques,necessary for the data selection and for the final fit of the phase II data will beexplained.

Low energy solar neutrinos with borexino

Di Noto L.
2018-01-01

Abstract

Low energy solar neutrinos are a unique tool to investigate the nuclear reactionsthat fuel the Sun. The Borexino experiment, based on a 270 ton ultra-pure liquid scintillator detector at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, was conceivedto measure solar neutrino fluxes in the MeV and sub-MeV energy range. Thedata taking started on 2007 and thanks to the unprecedented level of radiopurity achieved in the inner part of the detector, a real time spectroscopy ofthe main components of the pp chain was possible. After a purification process, in the phase II data, the simultaneous fit of all the pp-chain componentswas performed and the interaction rates of pp, 7Be and pep were extractedwith the highest precision to date. In this paper, after a description of themain properties of Borexino detector, the most important analysis techniques,necessary for the data selection and for the final fit of the phase II data will beexplained.
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