Publications (61)
First Directional Measurement of sub-MeV Solar Neutrinos with Borexino
M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel +94
We report the measurement of sub-MeV solar neutrinos through the use of their associated Cherenkov radiation, performed with the Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del G…
Relative Measurement and Extrapolation of the Scintillation Quenching Factor of -Particles in Liquid Argon using DEAP-3600 Data
DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, M. AlpÃzar-Venegas +101
The knowledge of scintillation quenching of -particles plays a paramount role in understanding -induced backgrounds and improving the sensitivity of liquid argon-based dire…
Identification of the cosmogenic C background in large volumes of liquid scintillators with Borexino
M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel +93
Cosmogenic radio-nuclei are an important source of background for low-energy neutrino experiments. In Borexino, cosmogenic C decays outnumber solar and CNO neutrino ev…
Solar neutrino physics with Borexino I
L. Ludhova, G. Bellini, J. Benziger +87
Borexino is a large-volume liquid scintillator detector installed in the underground halls of the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. After several years of construction,…
The Electronics and Data Acquisition System of the DarkSide Dark Matter Search
The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, T. Alexander +143
It is generally inferred from astronomical measurements that Dark Matter (DM) comprises approximately 27\% of the energy-density of the universe. If DM is a subatomic particle, a p…
New limits on heavy sterile neutrino mixing in -decay obtained with the Borexino detector
Borexino collaboration, G. Bellini, J. Benziger +87
If heavy neutrinos with mass 2 are produced in the Sun via the decay in a side branch of pp-chain, they wou…
Cosmic-muon flux and annual modulation in Borexino at 3800 m water-equivalent depth
G. Bellini, J. Benziger, D. Bick +87
We have measured the muon flux at the underground Gran Sasso National Laboratory (3800 m w.e.) to be (3.41 \pm 0.01) \times 10-4m-2s-1 using four years of Borexino data. A modulati…
Muon and Cosmogenic Neutron Detection in Borexino
Borexino Collaboration, G. Bellini, J. Benziger +86
Borexino, a liquid scintillator detector at LNGS, is designed for the detection of neutrinos and antineutrinos from the Sun, supernovae, nuclear reactors, and the Earth. The feeble…
Correlated and Integrated Directionality for sub-MeV solar neutrinos in Borexino
M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel +94
Liquid scintillator detectors play a central role in the detection of neutrinos from various sources. In particular, it is the only technique used so far for the precision spectros…
Pulseshape discrimination against low-energy Ar-39 beta decays in liquid argon with 4.5 tonne-years of DEAP-3600 data
The DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj +126
The DEAP-3600 detector searches for the scintillation signal from dark matter particles scattering on a 3.3 tonne liquid argon target. The largest background comes from Ar b…
Search for two-neutrino double electron capture in Ar with the DarkSide-50 detector
50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +83
The DarkSide-50 experiment used low‑radioactivity liquid argon to search for the rare two‑neutrino double electron capture decay of ^36Ar, finding no signal and setting a half‑life…
First evidence of neutrino absorption on argon using B solar neutrinos in DEAP-3600
P. Adhikari, P. -A. Amaudruz, D. J. Auty +113
We report experimental evidence for electron neutrino charged-current interactions (neutrino absorption, CC ) from B solar neutrinos on Ar using an exposure of (…
Borexino's search for low-energy neutrinos associated with gravitational wave events from GWTC-3 database
BOREXINO Collaboration, D. Basilico, G. Bellini +72
The search for neutrino events in correlation with gravitational wave (GW) events for three observing runs (O1, O2 and O3) from 09/2015 to 03/2020 has been performed using the Bore…
Speeding up complex multivariate data analysis in Borexino with parallel computing based on Graphics Processing Unit
X. F. Ding, M. Agostini, K. Altenmuller +104
A spectral fitter based on the graphics processor unit (GPU) has been developed for Borexino solar neutrino analysis. It is able to shorten the fitting time to a superior level com…
Determination of neutrino incoming direction in the CHOOZ experiment and Supernova explosion location by scintillator detectors
M. Apollonio, A. Baldini, C. Bemporad +37
The CHOOZ experiment measured the antineutrino flux at a distance of about 1 Km from two nuclear reactors in order to detect possible neutrino oscillations with squared mass differ…
Improved measurement of B solar neutrinos with 1.5 kt y of Borexino exposure
The Borexino Collaboration, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller +95
We report on an improved measurement of the B solar neutrino interaction rate with the Borexino experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. Neutrinos are detected vi…
Cosmogenic Backgrounds in Borexino at 3800 m water-equivalent depth
G. Bellini, J. Benziger, D. Bick +86
The solar neutrino experiment Borexino, which is located in the Gran Sasso underground laboratories, is in a unique position to study muon-induced backgrounds in an organic liquid…
New limits on the Pauli forbidden transitions in 12C nuclei obtained with the complete Borexino dataset
Borexino collaboration, D. Basilico, G. Bellini +70
The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) was tested for nucleons in nuclei using the Borexino dataset from 2007 to 2021. %the complete Borexino detector data. The approach…
Position Reconstruction in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search Experiment
The DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj +162
In the DEAP-3600 dark matter search experiment, precise reconstruction of the positions of scattering events in liquid argon is key for background rejection and defining a fiducial…
Recent Borexino results and prospects for the near future
D. D'Angelo, G. Bellini, J. Benziger +85
The Borexino experiment, located in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, is an organic liquid scintillator detector conceived for the real time spectroscopy of low energy solar neut…
Novel techniques for alpha/beta pulse shape discrimination in Borexino
D. Basilico, G. Bellini, J. Benziger +71
Borexino could efficiently distinguish between alpha and beta radiation in its liquid scintillator by the characteristic time profile of their scintillation pulse. This alpha/beta…
First Results from the DarkSide-50 Dark Matter Experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
P. Agnes, T. Alexander, A. Alton +143
We report the first results of DarkSide-50, a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nucle…
Measurement of neutrino flux from the primary proton--proton fusion process in the Sun with Borexino detector
O. Y. Smirnov, M. Agostini, S. Appel +94
Neutrino produced in a chain of nuclear reactions in the Sun starting from the fusion of two protons, for the first time has been detected in a real-time detector in spectrometric…
First detection of CNO neutrinos with Borexino
G. Settanta, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller +93
Neutrinos are elementary particles which are known since many years as fundamental messengers from the interior of the Sun. The Standard Solar Model, which gives a theoretical desc…
Constraints on non-standard neutrino interactions from Borexino extended data-set
V. Antonelli, D. Basilico, G. Bellini +74
Neutrino non-standard interactions (NSI) constitute an active research field, as they are closely related to potential new physics associated with dark matter searches and exotic i…
Seasonal Modulation of the Be Solar Neutrino Rate in Borexino
M. Agostini, K. Altenmuller, S. Appel +99
We detected the seasonal modulation of the Be neutrino interaction rate with the Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. The period, amplitude, a…
Spectroscopy of geo-neutrinos from 2056 days of Borexino data
Borexino collaboration, M. Agostini, S. Appel +99
We report an improved geo-neutrino measurement with Borexino from 2056 days of data taking. The present exposure is protonyr. Assuming a chondrit…
The Main Results of the Borexino Experiment
A. Derbin, V. Muratova, M. Agostini +96
The main physical results on the registration of solar neutrinos and the search for rare processes obtained by the Borexino collaboration to date are presented.
Independent determination of the Earth's orbital parameters with solar neutrinos in Borexino
S. Appel, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Basilico +76
Since the beginning of 2012, the Borexino collaboration has been reporting precision measurements of the solar neutrino fluxes, emitted in the proton-proton chain and in the Carbon…
Improved measurement of solar neutrinos from the Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen cycle by Borexino and its implications for the Standard Solar Model
S. Appel, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Basilico +79
We present an improved measurement of the CNO solar neutrino interaction rate at Earth obtained with the complete Borexino Phase-III dataset. The measured rate R = $6.7…
Dark Matter Search with the DEAP-3600 Detector using the Profile Likelihood Ratio Method
DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj +122
We present here a search for WIMP dark matter using 790.8 live-days of data collected with 3269 kg of liquid argon (1266 kg fiducial) by the DEAP-3600 detector at SNOLAB, using the…
Direct Measurement of the Ar Half-life from 3.4 Years of Data with the DEAP-3600 Detector
DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj +114
The half-life of Ar is measured using the DEAP-3600 detector located 2 km underground at SNOLAB. Between 2016 and 2020, DEAP-3600 used a target mass of (3269 24) kg of…
Search for Low-Energy Signals from Fast Radio Bursts with the Borexino Detector
S. Appel, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Basilico +77
The search for neutrino events in correlation with several of the most intense fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been performed using the Borexino data. We have searched for signals wit…
Low-energy (anti)neutrino physics with Borexino: Neutrinos from the primary proton-proton fusion process in the Sun
P. Mosteiro, G. Bellini, J. Benziger +88
The Sun is fueled by a series of nuclear reactions that produce the energy that makes it shine. The primary reaction is the fusion of two protons into a deuteron, a positron and a…
Limits on Neutrino Oscillations from the CHOOZ Experiment
M. Apollonio, A. Baldini, C. Bemporad +37
We present new results based on the entire CHOOZ data sample. We find (at 90% confidence level) no evidence for neutrino oscillations in the anti_nue disappearance mode, for the pa…
Search for neutrino oscillations on a long base-line at the CHOOZ nuclear power station
M. Apollonio, A. Baldini, C. Bemporad +37
This final article about the CHOOZ experiment presents a complete description of the electron antineutrino source and detector, the calibration methods and stability checks, the ev…
Final results of Borexino on CNO solar neutrinos
D. Basilico, G. Bellini, J. Benziger +72
We report the first measurement of CNO solar neutrinos by Borexino that uses the Correlated Integrated Directionality (CID) method, exploiting the sub-dominant Cherenkov light in t…
First direct detection constraints on Planck-scale mass dark matter with multiple-scatter signatures using the DEAP-3600 detector
P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj, M. AlpÃzar-Venegas +94
Dark matter particles with Planck-scale mass () arise in well-motivated theories and could be produced by several cosmological mechanisms. Using a blin…
Modulations of the Cosmic Muon Signal in Ten Years of Borexino Data
The Borexino Collaboration, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller +113
We have measured the flux of cosmic muons in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso at 3800\,m\,w.e. to be based on ten y…
Measurement of geo-neutrinos from 1353 days of Borexino
G. Bellini, J. Benziger, D. Bick +90
We present a measurement of the geo--neutrino signal obtained from 1353 days of data with the Borexino detector at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. With a fiducial exp…
The Low Polonium Field of Borexino and its significance for the CNO neutrino detection
S. Kumaran, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller +93
Borexino is a liquid scintillator detector located at the Laboratori Nazionale del Gran Sasso, Italy with the main goal to measure solar neutrinos. The experiment recently provided…
Limiting neutrino magnetic moments with Borexino Phase-II solar neutrino data
M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel +104
A search for the solar neutrino effective magnetic moment has been performed using data from 1291.5 days exposure during the second phase of the Borexino experiment. No significant…
Simultaneous Precision Spectroscopy of , Be, and Solar Neutrinos with Borexino Phase-II
M. Agostini, K. Altenmuller, S. Appel +104
We present the first simultaneous measurement of the interaction rates of , Be, and solar neutrinos performed with a global fit to the Borexino data in an extended en…
Sensitivity to neutrinos from the solar CNO cycle in Borexino
M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel +91
Neutrinos emitted in the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen (CNO) fusion cycle in the Sun are a sub-dominant, yet crucial component of solar neutrinos whose flux has not been measured yet. T…
A test of electric charge conservation with Borexino
Borexino Collaboration, M. Agostini, S. Appel +95
Borexino is a liquid scintillation detector located deep underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS, Italy). Thanks to the unmatched radio-purity of the scintilla…
Borexino calibrations: Hardware, Methods, and Results
Borexino collaboration, H. Back, G. Bellini +93
Borexino was the first experiment to detect solar neutrinos in real-time in the sub-MeV region. In order to achieve high precision in the determination of neutrino rates, the detec…
Lifetime measurements of 214Po and 212Po with the CTF liquid scintillator detector at LNGS
Borexino Collaboration, G. Bellini, J. Benziger +92
We have studied the alpha decays of 214Po into 210Pb and of 212Po into 208Pb tagged by the coincidence with the preceding beta decays from 214Bi and 212Bi, respectively. The employ…
iDREAM: industrial Detector of REactor Antineutrinos for Monitoring at Kalinin nuclear power plant
A. Abramov, A. Chepurnov, A. Etenko +14
The paper is devoted to the description of the iDREAM detector and its systems. iDREAM is a prototype detector designed to demonstrate the feasibility of antineutrino detectors for…
Experimental evidence of neutrinos produced in the CNO fusion cycle in the Sun
M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel +93
For most of their existence stars are fueled by the fusion of hydrogen into helium proceeding via two theoretically well understood processes, namely the chain and the CNO cyc…
A search for low-energy neutrinos correlated with gravitational wave events GW150914, GW151226 and GW170104 with the Borexino detector
M. Agostini, K. Altenmuller, S. Appel +99
We present the results of a low-energy neutrino search using the Borexino detector in coincidence with the gravitational wave (GW) events GW150914, GW151226 and GW170104. We search…
Final results of Borexino Phase-I on low energy solar neutrino spectroscopy
Borexino Collaboration, G. Bellini, J. Benziger +87
Borexino has been running since May 2007 at the LNGS with the primary goal of detecting solar neutrinos. The detector, a large, unsegmented liquid scintillator calorimeter characte…
A search for low-energy neutrino and antineutrino signals correlated with gamma-ray bursts with Borexino
M. Agostini, K. Altenmeuller, S. Appel +97
A search for neutrino and antineutrino events correlated with 2,350 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is performed with Borexino data collected between December 2007 and November 2015. No st…
Constraints on dark matter-nucleon effective couplings in the presence of kinematically distinct halo substructures using the DEAP-3600 detector
P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj, C. E. Bina +81
DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon detector aiming to directly detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), located at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada). After analyzing data…
Search for low-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources with Borexino
M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel +101
We report on searches for neutrinos and antineutrinos from astrophysical sources performed with the Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. Electron…
Light Yield in DarkSide-10: a Prototype Two-phase Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Searches
T. Alexander, D. Alton, K. Arisaka +119
As part of the DarkSide program of direct dark matter searches using liquid argon TPCs, a prototype detector with an active volume containing 10 kg of liquid argon, DarkSide-10, wa…
Precision Measurement of the Specific Activity of Ar in Atmospheric Argon with the DEAP-3600 Detector
P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj, M. AlpÃzar-Venegas +147
The specific activity of the beta decay of Ar in atmospheric argon is measured using the DEAP-3600 detector. DEAP-3600, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, uses a total of (…
The liquid-argon scintillation pulseshape in DEAP-3600
The DEAP collaboration, P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj +98
DEAP-3600 is a liquid-argon scintillation detector looking for dark matter. Scintillation events in the liquid argon (LAr) are registered by 255 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), and p…
The Monte Carlo simulation of the Borexino detector
M. Agostini, K. Altenmuller, S. Appel +97
We describe the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation package of the Borexino detector and discuss the agreement of its output with data. The Borexino MC 'ab initio' simulates the energy los…
Comprehensive geoneutrino analysis with Borexino
M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel +109
This paper presents a geoneutrino measurement using 3262.74 days of data taken with the Borexino detector at LNGS in Italy. By observing $52.6 ^{+9.4}_{-8.6} ({\rm stat}) ^{+2.7}_{…
Constraints on Flavor-Diagonal Non-Standard Neutrino Interactions from Borexino Phase-II
S. K. Agarwalla, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller +103
The Borexino detector measures solar neutrino fluxes via neutrino-electron elastic scattering. Observed spectra are determined by the solar- survival probability $P_{ee}(E)…
Solar neutrino with Borexino: results and perspectives
O. Smirnov, G. Bellini, J. Benziger +87
Borexino is a unique detector able to perform measurement of solar neutrinos fluxes in the energy region around 1 MeV or below due to its low level of radioactive background. It wa…