Borexino

Authors
Ranucci, G Alimonti, G Arpesella, C Beck, HO Balata, M Beau, T Bellini, G Benziger, J Bonetti, S Brigatti, A Caccianiga, B Cadonati, L Calaprice, FP Cecchet, G Chen, M De Bari, A De Haas, E Donghi, O Deutsch, M Elisei, F Etenko, A Von Feilitesch, F Fernholz, R Ford, R Freudiger, B Garagiola, A Gatti, F Gazzana, S Giammarchi, MG Giugni, D Golubchikov, A Goretti, A Grieb, C Hagner, C Hagner, T Hampel, W Harding, E Hartmann, FX von Hentig, R Hess, H Heusser, G Ianni, A Inzani, P De Kerret, H Kidner, S Kiko, J Kirsten, T Korga, G Korschinek, G Kryn, D Lagomarsino, V Laubenstein, M Loeser, F Lombardi, P Magni, S Malvezzi, S Maneira, J Manno, I Manuzio, G Masetti, F Mazzucato, U Meroni, E Musico, P Neder, H Neff, M Nisi, S Oberauer, L Obolensky, M Pallavicini, M Papp, L Perasso, L Pocar, A Raghavan, RS Ranucci, G Rau, W Razeto, A Resconi, E Riedel, T Sabelnikov, A Saggese, P Salvo, C Scardaoni, R Schnert, S Schuubeck, KH Seidel, H Shutt, T Sonnenschein, A Smirnov, O Sotnikov, A Skorokhvatov, M Sukhotin, S Tartaglia, R Testera, G Vogelaar, RB Vitale, S Woijcik, M Zaimidoroga, O Zakharov, Y
Citation
G. Ranucci et al., Borexino, NUCL PH B-P, 91, 2001, pp. 58-65
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS
ISSN journal
09205632 → ACNP
Volume
91
Year of publication
2001
Pages
58 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5632(200101)91:<58:B>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
In the exciting arena of the solar neutrino research a new actor is expecte d to come soon in the game: Borexino. This massive, calorimetric, liquid sc intillation detector, in advanced phase of installation in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory, will be focused towards one of the fundamental issue s of this field, i.e, the direct determination of the flux of the neutrinos produced in the Be-7 electron capture reaction in the Sun. As a. pilot pro gram for the full detector, the Counting Test Facility operated for two yea rs at Gran Sasso, provided the convincing evidence that the fundamental tec hnological challenge of the experiment, the achievement in the scintillator of unprecedented radiopurity levels, can be accomplished successfully, thu s opening the way to the realization of the experiment.