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
CERN Courier: How the Sun and the Stars shine
Thanks to its extraordinary radiopurity, Borexino observed the two main fusion reactions in stars and will soon weigh in on a controversy relating to the birth of the Sun that challenges the SSM (G.Bellini & A.Ianni on CERN Courier)
Geoneutrinos and geoscience: an intriguing joint-venture
Geoneutrinos: production, propagation, and detection. Experimental and technological features of Borexino and KamLAND.
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
Borexino Collaboration General Meeting at LNGS, Dec 1st, 2021 – Special Open Session: experiment history and achievements (incl. video and slides of the talks).
End of Borexino DAQ
End of Borexino DAQ occurred at 11:26 am of Oct. 7, 2021. Then detector decommissioning began. But we’re not done yet: stay tuned!
Borexino Results on Neutrinos from the Sun and Earth
Borexino Results on Neutrinos from the Sun and Earth S. Kumaran, L. Ludhova, Ö. Penek, G. Settanta Universe 2021, 7(7), 231 – Published: 6 July 2021 (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Italian Research Facilities for Fundamental Physics) doi: 10.3390/universe7070231 Abstract
Science and Technology in very low energy neutrinos physics with Borexino
The study of very low energy neutrinos requires a suppression of the natural radioactivity. This is what Borexino succeeded to achieve.
Thesis
Doctoral (PhD), master’s and graduation thesis on Borexino
Borexino listed in 2020 Top Ten of Physics World
Borexino experiment is listed in the 2020 Top Ten of Physics World. It was “chosen for observing neutrinos from the carbon–nitrogen–oxygen (CNO) cycle in the Sun”.
Perché le stelle brillano? L’ultima scoperta di Borexino [video]
Un approfondimento sugli ultimi risultati dell’esperimento Borexino, installato presso i Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell’INFN.
Why and how the Sun and the stars shine
Borexino revealed for the first time the mechanisms powering the Sun and the other stars. In this article Prof. em. Gianpaolo Bellini describes the experiment and recollects its history and achievements (Il Nuovo Saggiatore Vol. 36, Anno 2020, No. 5-6, Pag. 82).
AsiTV: Borexino svela i segreti dei neutrini solari [video]
L’esperimento – situato al LNGS dell’INFN – ha individuato per la prima volta i neutrini prodotti nel Sole dal ciclo CNO.
Deciphering the solar neutrino flux and properties with Borexino [video]
After recalling the main features of the detector, the impressive solar data gathered so far by the experiment will be summarized.
Nature news: Neutrinos reveal final secret of Sun’s nuclear fusion
Detection of particles produced by the Sun’s core supports long-held theory about how our star is powered. By catching neutrinos emanating from the Sun’s core, physicists have filled in the last missing detail of how nuclear fusion powers the stars.
La natura del Sole e dei neutrini – L’ esperimento Borexino [video]
La natura del Sole, i neutrini e Borexino spiegati in modo semplice. Video prodotto dai dip. di Fisica delle Università di Genova e Milano, LNGS ed INFN.
The nature of Sun and neutrinos – The Borexino experiment [video]
Nature of Sun, neutrinos and the Borexino experiment explained in a simple way. Video by the Universities of Genoa and Milan, LNGS and INFN.
AsiTV: Neutrini senza segreti per Borexino [video]
Borexino ha svelato per la prima volta lo spettro completo dei neutrini emessi dal Sole.
Enrico Fermi Prize 2017 to G.Bellini, V.Berezinsky and T.Kirsten
Enrico Fermi Prize 2017 Winners Gianpaolo BELLINI, Veniamin BEREZINSKY, Till Arnulf KIRSTEN Citation for their outstanding contributions to neutrino physics and astrophysics In particular: – to Gianpaolo Bellini, for the measurement of the solar neutrino spectrum, providing the evidence for
The impact of Borexino on the solar and neutrino physics
Summary of Borexino results: solar neutrino rates from pp, 7Be, pep, 8B, CNO, day/night asymmetry, seasonal variation, neutrino oscillation.
Topical issue on underground nuclear astrophysics and solar neutrinos: Impact on astrophysics, solar and neutrino physics
Topical issue on underground nuclear astrophysics and solar neutrinos: Impact on astrophysics, solar and neutrino physics Gianpaolo Bellini, Carlo Broggini and Alessandra Guglielmetti Eur. Phys. J. A (2016) 52: 88 Published online: 19 April 2016 [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16088-y]
Prof. G.Bellini awarded the International Prize “Bruno Pontecorvo”
Friday September 13, 2016 at the presence of the Council of the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Prof. V.A. Mateev, Director of JINR has given to Gianpaolo Bellini the Bruno Pontecorvo Prize 2016. Prof. Bellini has been
A test of electric charge conservation with Borexino
A test of electric charge conservation with Borexino Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 231802 – Published 3 December 2015 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.231802 – Inspire:1391649] (preprint on arXiv) This paper have been been highlighted with a synopsis: “Still Waiting For Electron Decay” Abstract Borexino is a
Borexino finds evidence of neutrinos produced in the Earth’s mantle
Borexino finds evidence of neutrinos produced in the Earth’s mantle (CERN Courier) In July, the Borexino collaboration reported a geoneutrino signal from the Earth’s mantle with 98% C.L. Geoneutrinos are electron antineutrinos produced by β decays of 238U and 232Th chains, and 40K. These
Borexino listed in 2014 Top Ten of Physics World
Borexino is listed in 2014 Top Ten of Physics World “for being the first to detect neutrinos from the main nuclear reaction that powers the Sun”.