Neutrinos from the primary proton-proton fusion process in the Sun Nature 512, 383-386 (28 August 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13702 Data availability: The datasets generated during the current study are freely available (see below). Additional information is available from the Borexino Collaboration spokesperson (spokesperson-borex@lngs.infn.it)
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Measurement of geo-neutrinos from 1353 days of Borexino
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Measurement of CNGS muon neutrino speed with Borexino
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Cosmic-muon flux and annual modulation in Borexino at 3800 m water-equivalent depth
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Search for solar axions produced in the p(d,3He)A reaction with Borexino detector
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First evidence of pep solar neutrinos by direct detection in Borexino
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Absence of a day-night asymmetry in the 7Be solar neutrino rate in Borexino
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Precision measurement of the 7Be solar neutrino interaction rate in Borexino
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Muon and cosmogenic neutron detection in Borexino
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Study of solar and other unknown anti-neutrino fluxes with Borexino at LNGS
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New experimental limits on the Pauli-forbidden transitions in 12C nuclei obtained with 485 days Borexino data
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The liquid handling systems for the Borexino solar neutrino detector
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The Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
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Direct Measurement of the 7Be Solar Neutrino Flux with 192 Days of Borexino Data
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Search for solar axions emitted in the M1-transition of 7Li* with Borexino CTF
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