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most citedThe Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

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nucl-ex2026

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…

hep-ex2026

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…

physics.ins-det2024★ 4 cited

Benchmarking the design of the cryogenics system for the underground argon in DarkSide-20k

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +315

DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) is a dark matter detection experiment under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy. It utilises ~100 t of low radioactivity a…

hep-ex2024★ 21 cited

DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +310

The dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber is presently one of the leading technologies to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV/c. This was demons…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for neutron detection in rare event searches

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +311

Experiments aimed at direct searches for WIMP dark matter require highly effective reduction of backgrounds and control of any residual radioactive contamination. In particular, ne…

hep-ex2023★ 4 cited

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…

hep-ex2023★ 49 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 7 cited

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…

hep-ex2022★ 57 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2022★ 11 cited

Performance of the SABRE detector module in a purely passive shielding

F. Calaprice, J. B. Benziger, S. Copello +19

We present here a characterization of the low background NaI(Tl) crystal NaI-33 based on a period of almost one year of data taking (891 kgxdays exposure) in a detector configurati…

hep-ex2022★ 9 cited

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…

hep-ex2021★ 33 cited

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…

hep-ex2021

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…

hep-ex2021★ 23 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2021★ 2 cited

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…

hep-ex2020★ 225 cited

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…

hep-ex2017★ 154 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2017★ 41 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2008★ 380 cited

The Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

Borexino Collaboration, G. Alimonti

Borexino, a large volume detector for low energy neutrino spectroscopy, is currently running underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. The main goal of the exp…