The American Physical Society has just announced Frank Calaprice as the recipient of the 2023 Hans A. Bethe prize : “For pioneering work on large-scale ultra-low-background detectors, specifically Borexino, measuring the complete spectroscopy of solar neutrinos, culminating in observation of
Independent determination of the Earth’s orbital parameters with solar neutrinos in Borexino
Independent determination of the Earth’s orbital parameters with solar neutrinos in Borexino Astroparticle Physics Volume 145, March 2023, 102778 ISSN 0927-6505 [doi: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2022.102778] 10 October 2022 Abstract Since the beginning of 2012, the Borexino collaboration has been reporting precision measurements
The Sun may have more carbon and nitrogen than previously thought
Latest Borexino CNO pre-print results featured on Science News: “Neutrinos hint the sun has more carbon and nitrogen than previously thought Figuring out our star’s makeup is crucial for understanding the entire universe” By Ken Croswell JUNE 16, 2022 AT
Search for low-energy signals from Fast Radio Bursts with the Borexino detector
Search for low-energy signals from fast radio bursts with the Borexino detector Eur. Phys. J. C 82, 278 (2022). [doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10197-0] Published 31 March 2022 Abstract The search for neutrino events in correlation with 42 most intense fast radio
New technique makes directional measurements of low-energy solar neutrinos
Physicsworld magazine dedicated an article to our recently published papers about directional measurement of Sub-MeV solar neutrinos with Borexino: Until now, physicists measuring the properties of solar neutrinos have had to make a compromise – either measure the particles’ energy with
Correlated and integrated directionality for sub-MeV solar neutrinos in Borexino
Correlated and integrated directionality for sub-MeV solar neutrinos in Borexino Phys. Rev. D 105, 052002 – Published 3 March 2022 [doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.052002] This paper have been been highlighted with a synopsis: “Solar-Neutrino Detection Gets a Boost” Abstract Liquid scintillator detectors play a
First Directional Measurement of Sub-MeV Solar Neutrinos with Borexino
First Directional Measurement of Sub-MeV Solar Neutrinos with Borexino Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 091803 – Published 3 March 2022 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.091803] This paper have been been highlighted with a synopsis: “Solar-Neutrino Detection Gets a Boost” Abstract We report the measurement of sub-MeV
Identification of the cosmogenic 11C background in large volumes of liquid scintillators with Borexino
Identification of the cosmogenic 11C background in large volumes of liquid scintillators with Borexino Eur. Phys. J. C 81, 1075 (2021). [doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09799-x] Published 07 December 2021 (preprint on arXiv) Abstract Cosmogenic radio-nuclei are an important source of background for low-energy
Borexino General Meeting – Special Open Session
We are pleased to invite you to: Borexino General Meeting Special Open Session Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (INFN), Italy 2021, December 1st — 3:00 PM CET [ Poster, Agenda (PDF) ] On the occasion of the next Borexino collaboration meeting at
Borexino awarded the EPS 2021 Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize
The 2021 Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize for an outstanding contribution to Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology is awarded to the Borexino collaboration for the groundbreaking observation of solar neutrinos from the pp chain and CNO cycle that provided unique and
Video: “BOREXINO, anno 2020: una scoperta rivoluzionaria per l’astrofisica”
BOREXINO, anno 2020: una scoperta rivoluzionaria per l’astrofisica (italian language)
Borexino experiment is listed in 2020 Top Ten of Physics World
This year’s Top 10 Breakthroughs were selected by a crack team of five Physics World editors, who have sifted through hundreds of research updates published on the website this year. In addition to having been reported in Physics World in 2020, our selections must
Video: “Detection of a 2nd Type of Nuclear Fusion Inside the Sun”
Recent Borexino results, pp and CNO cycles explained for general public in this nice video by Anton Petrov:
Sensitivity to neutrinos from the solar CNO cycle in Borexino
Sensitivity to neutrinos from the solar CNO cycle in Borexino Eur. Phys. J. C 80, 1091 (2020) [doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-08534-2] published 26 November 2020 This paper have been been highlighted on EPJ C Highlight, Springer Research News and Europhysics News (“Detecting solar
Experimental evidence of neutrinos produced in the CNO fusion cycle in the Sun (Nature cover)
Experimental evidence of neutrinos produced in the CNO fusion cycle in the Sun Nature volume 587, pages 577-582 (2020) published 25 November 2020 [doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2934-0] (full text here) Data availability The datasets generated during the current study are freely available: see
Search for low-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources with Borexino
Search for low-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources with Borexino Astroparticle Physics Volume 125, February 2021, 102509 (Submitted 1 October 2019, Accepted 29 August 2020, Available online 1 September 2020) [DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2020.102509] Abstract We report on searches for neutrinos and antineutrinos from
Neutrinos confirm rare solar fusion process
CERN Courier : Neutrinos confirm rare solar fusion process
Improved measurement of 8B solar neutrinos with 1.5 kt ⋅ y of Borexino exposure
Improved measurement of 8B solar neutrinos with 1.5 kt⋅y of Borexino exposure M. Agostini et al. (Borexino Collaboration) Phys. Rev. D 101, 062001 – Published 6 March 2020 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.062001]
Constraints on flavor-diagonal non-standard neutrino interactions from Borexino Phase-II
Constraints on flavor-diagonal non-standard neutrino interactions from Borexino Phase-II The Borexino CollaborationJournal of High Energy Physics 2020, 38 – Published 5 February 2020 [doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2020)038] (preprint on arXiv) Data availability The datasets generated during the current study are freely available: see below
Comprehensive geoneutrino analysis with Borexino
Comprehensive geoneutrino analysis with Borexino Phys. Rev. D 101, 012009 – Published 21 January 2020 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.012009] (preprint on arXiv). This paper have been been highlighted with a synopsis: “Earth As a Neutrino Source”. Data availability The datasets generated during the