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most citedPrecision measurement of the 7Be solar neutrino interaction rate in Borexino

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astro-ph.IM2026

Atmospheric effects on cosmic-ray muon rate at high latitude (78.9°N)

M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini, L. Baldini +71

Since 2019, three scintillator detectors of the EEE collaboration have been continuously measuring cosmic muon rates at 78.9°N at the Ny-Ålesund Research Station (Svalbard). The re…

hep-ex2024★ 1 cited

First results on new helium based eco-gas mixtures for the Extreme Energy Events Project

M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini, L. Baldini +58

The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project, a joint project of the Centro Fermi (Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche "E.Fermi") and INFN, has a dual purpose: a scient…

hep-ex2023

Ecological transition for the gas mixtures of the MRPC cosmic ray telescopes of the EEE Project

C. Ripoli, M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini +62

The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Collaboration is fully involved in an ecological transition. The use of the standard gas mixture, \ce{C_{2}H_{2}F_{4}}+ \ce{SF_{6}}, has stopped in…

physics.ins-det2020★ 1 cited

Characteristics and performance of the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers of the EEE experiment

F. Coccetti, M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini +61

The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment, dedicated to the study of secondary cosmic rays, is arguably the largest detector system in the world implemented by Multigap Resistive…

physics.ins-det2020

Strategies to reduce the environmental impact in the MRPC array of the EEE experiment

M. P. Panetta, M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini +61

The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project employs Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) for studying the secondary cosmic ray muons in Extensive Air Showers. The array consists of…

physics.ins-det2020★ 1 cited

MRPC Telescope Simulation for the Extreme Energy Events Experiment

G. Mandaglio, M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini +61

A simulation tool based on GEMC framework to describe the MRPC telescope of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project is presented. The EEE experiment is mainly devoted to the study…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 1 cited

The Extreme Energy Events HECR array: status and perspectives

I. Gnesi, M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini +65

The Extreme Energy Events Project is a synchronous sparse array of 52 tracking detectors for studying High Energy Cosmic Rays (HECR) and Cosmic Rays-related phenomena. The observat…

hep-ex2016★ 1 cited

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.

nucl-ex2016

Low-energy neutrinos

Livia Ludhova

There exist several kinds of sources emitting neutrinos in the MeV energy range. These low-energy neutrinos from different sources can be often detected by the same multipurpose de…

hep-ex2015★ 56 cited

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…

hep-ex2015★ 14 cited

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…

hep-ex2015★ 121 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2014★ 6 cited

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…

hep-ex2014★ 3 cited

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…

hep-ex2013★ 46 cited

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 would…

hep-ex2013★ 290 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2013★ 2 cited

SOX: Short distance neutrino Oscillations with BoreXino

Borexino Collaboration

The very low radioactive background of the Borexino detector, its large size, and the well proved capability to detect both low energy neutrino and anti-neutrino make an ideal case…

hep-ex2013★ 123 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2013★ 104 cited

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…

nucl-ex2012

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…

hep-ex2012★ 46 cited

Measurement of CNGS muon neutrino speed with Borexino

Borexino Collaboration

We have measured the speed of muon neutrinos with the Borexino detector using short-bunch CNGS beams. The final result for the difference in time-of-flight between a <E>=17 GeV muo…

physics.ins-det2012★ 86 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 65 cited

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…

hep-ex2012★ 80 cited

Search for Solar Axions Produced in Reaction with Borexino Detector

The Borexino Collaboration

A search for 5.5-MeV solar axions produced in the reaction was performed using the Borexino detector. The Compton conversion of axions to…