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Sep, 2011

Precision Measurement of the Be-7 Solar Neutrino Interaction Rate in Borexino

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • G. Bellini
  • J. Benziger
  • D. Bick
  • S. Bonetti
  • G. Bonfini
  • M. Buizza Avanzini
  • B. Caccianiga
  • L. Cadonati
  • F. Calaprice
  • C. Carraro
  • P. Cavalcante
  • A. Chavarria
  • D. D'Angelo
  • S. Davini
  • A. Derbin
  • A. Etenko
  • K. Fomenko
  • D. Franco
  • C. Galbiati
  • S. Gazzana
  • C. Ghiano
  • M. Giammarchi
  • M. Goeger-Neff
  • A. Goretti
  • L. Grandi
  • E. Guardincerri
  • S. Hardy
  • Aldo Ianni
  • Andrea Ianni
  • V. Kobychev
  • D. Korablev
  • G. Korga
  • Y. Koshio
  • D. Kryn
  • M. Laubenstein
  • T. Lewke
  • E. Litvinovich
  • B. Loer
  • F. Lombardi
  • P. Lombardi
  • L. Ludhova
  • I. Machulin
  • S. Manecki
  • W. Maneschg
  • G. Manuzio
  • Q. Meindl
  • E. Meroni
  • L. Miramonti
  • M. Misiaszek
  • D. Montanari
  • P. Mosteiro
  • V. Muratova
  • L. Oberauer
  • M. Obolensky
  • F. Ortica
  • M. Pallavicini
  • L. Papp
  • C. Pena-Garay
  • L. Perasso
  • S. Perasso
  • A. Pocar
  • R. S. Raghavan
  • G. Ranucci
  • A. Razeto
  • A. Re
  • A. Romani
  • A. Sabelnikov
  • R. Saldanha
  • C. Salvo
  • S. Schoenert
  • H. Simgen
  • M. Skorokhvatov
  • O. Smirnov
  • A. Sotnikov
  • S. Sukhotin
  • Y. Suvorov
  • R. Tartaglia
  • G. Testera
  • D. Vignaud
  • R. B. Vogelaar
  • F. von Feilitzsch
  • J. Winter
  • M. Wojcik
  • A. Wright
  • M. Wurm
  • J. Xu
  • O. Zaimidoroga
  • S. Zavatarelli
  • G. Zuzel
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Volume
107
Number
14
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.141302
Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC

The rate of neutrino-electron elastic scattering interactions from 862 keV Be-7 solar neutrinos in Borexino is determined to be 46.0 +/- 1.5(stat)(-1.6)(+1.5)(syst)counts/(day . 100 ton). This corresponds to a nu(e)-equivalent Be-7 solar neutrino flux of (3.10 +/- 0.15) x 10(9) cm(-2) s(-1) and, under the assumption of nu(e) transition to other active neutrino flavours, yields an electron neutrino survival probability of 0.51 +/- 0.07 at 862 keV. The no flavor change hypothesis is ruled out at 5.0 sigma. A global solar neutrino analysis with free fluxes determines Phi(pp) = 6.06(-0.66)(+0.02) x 10(10) cm(-2) s(-1) and Phi(CNO) < 1.3 x 10(9) cm(-2) s(-1) (95% C.L.). These results significantly improve the precision with which the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein large mixing angle neutrino oscillation model is experimentally tested at low energy.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.141302
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000296285800007&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.141302
  • ISSN : 0031-9007
  • eISSN : 1079-7114
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000296285800007

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