CTF Archives – Borexino

Testing the Scintillation Line Shape (Scaled Poisson)

Testing the Scintillation Line Shape (Scaled Poisson) – Oleg Ju. Smirnov

Lifetime measurements of 214Po and 212Po with the CTF liquid scintillator detector at LNGS

Lifetime measurements of 214Po and 212Po with the CTF liquid scintillator detector at LNGS The European Physical Journal A, 49:92, July 2013 Open Access Published: 18 July 2013 [doi:10.1140/epja/i2013-13092-9] (preprint on arXiv) Abstract We have studied the α-decays of 214Po into 210Pb and

Search for solar axions emitted in the M1-transition of 7Li* with Borexino CTF

Search for solar axions emitted in the M1-transition of 7Li* with Borexino CTF G. Bellini, J. Benziger et All (The Borexino Collaboration) The European Physical Journal C Volume 54, issue 1, March 2008, pages 61–72 (Published 29 January 2008) doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0530-9 (local copy) Abstract Results

Pulse-shape discrimination with the Counting Test Facility

Pulse-shape discrimination with the Counting Test Facility NIM-A Volume 584, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 98-113 doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.09.036 (local copy) Abstract Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) is one of the most distinctive features of liquid scintillators. Since the introduction of

Search for electron antineutrino interactions with the Borexino Counting Test Facility at Gran Sasso

Search for electron antineutrino interactions with the Borexino Counting Test Facility at Gran Sasso The European Physical Journal C – Particles and Fields volume 47, pages21–30 (2006) Published: 19 May 2006 doi:10.1140/epjc/s2006-02560-4 (local copy) Abstract Electron antineutrino interactions above the inverse beta decay energy

New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino Counting Test Facility

New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino Counting Test Facility The European Physical Journal C – Particles and Fields volume 37, pages 421–431 (2004) Published: November 2004 doi:10.1140/epjc/s2004-01991-1 (local copy) Abstract The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has

New experimental limits on heavy neutrino mixing in 8B decay obtained with the Prototype of the Borexino Detector

New experimental limits on heavy neutrino mixing in 8B-decay obtained with the Borexino Counting Test Facility Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters Volume 78, pages 261–266 (2003) Published: September 2003 doi:10.1134/1.1625721 (local copy) Abstract If heavy neutrinos with mass are emitted

New limits on nucleon decays into invisible channels with the BOREXINO Counting Test Facility

New limits on nucleon decays into invisible channels with the BOREXINO counting test facility Physics Letters B Volume 563, Issues 1–2, 19 June 2003, Pages 23-34 doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00636-1 [local copy] Abstract The results of background measurements with the second version of

Study of the neutrino electromagnetic properties with the Prototype of the Borexino Detector

Study of neutrino electromagnetic properties with the prototype of the Borexino detector Physics Letters B Volume 563, Issues 1–2, 19 June 2003, Pages 35-47 [local copy] doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00579-3 Abstract The results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector (CTF)

Search for electron decay mode e –› γ + ν with prototype of Borexino detector

Search for electron decay mode e→γ+ν with prototype of Borexino detector Physics Letters B Volume 525, Issues 1–2, 17 January 2002, Pages 29-40 doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01440-X (local copy) Abstract The prototype of the Borexino detector Counting Test Facility, located in the Gran-Sasso

Video: CTF2 filling

CTF2 filling (May 22 – Jun 18, 2001), time-lapse video from the CTF internal CCTV camera (consider the effects from reflection and refraction as the water level approaches and gets over the position of the camera).

Borexino at Neutrino 2000 (proceedings)

Borexino – proceedings of the XIX International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Sudbury, Canada, June 16 – 21, 2000

Light propagation in a large volume liquid scintillator

Fluorescence light propagation in a large volume liquid scintillators detector. Effects of the fluor and solvent. Rayleigh scattering. Comparison of model vs. data in Borexino prototype (CTF).

A large-scale low-background liquid scintillation detector: the Counting Test Facility at Gran Sasso

A large-scale low-background liquid scintillation detector: the Counting Test Facility at Gran Sasso Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 406, Issue 3, 11 April 1998, Pages 411-426 doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00018-7 [local copy] Abstract

Measurement of the 14C abundance in a low-background liquid scintillator

Measurement of the 14C abundance in a low-background liquid scintillator Physics Letters B Volume 422, Issues 1–4, 12 March 1998, Pages 349-358 doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01565-7 [local copy] Abstract The 14C/12C ratio in 4.8 m3 of high-purity liquid scintillator was measured at (1.94±0.09)×10−18, the lowest 14C

Ultra-low background measurements in a large volume underground detector

CTF achieved records in the domain of ultra-low background, large volume detectors. These encouraging results point towards the feasibility of detectors like Borexino.