Borexino

E135688

liquid scintillator detector neutrino detector particle physics experiment solar neutrino experiment

Borexino is a large liquid scintillator neutrino detector located at Italy’s Gran Sasso National Laboratory, designed to study low-energy solar and other neutrinos with extremely low background levels.

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Label	Occurrences
Borexino canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	liquid scintillator detector ⓘ neutrino detector ⓘ particle physics experiment ⓘ solar neutrino experiment ⓘ
aimsTo	measure solar neutrino fluxes with high precision ⓘ test neutrino oscillation parameters ⓘ test solar models ⓘ
backgroundSuppression	multiple shielding layers ⓘ pulse-shape discrimination ⓘ ultra-low radioactivity materials ⓘ
collaborationIncludes	German institutions ⓘ Italian institutions ⓘ Russian institutions ⓘ US institutions ⓘ other international partners ⓘ
collaborationSize	international collaboration ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
detectionMedium	liquid scintillator ⓘ
detectionMethod	neutrino–electron elastic scattering ⓘ
detects	7Be solar neutrinos ⓘ 8B solar neutrinos ⓘ CNO solar neutrinos ⓘ electron neutrinos ⓘ geo-neutrinos from Earth’s interior ⓘ pep solar neutrinos ⓘ reactor antineutrinos ⓘ solar neutrinos from the proton–proton chain ⓘ
feature	extremely low radioactive background ⓘ high radiopurity ⓘ low energy threshold ⓘ real-time neutrino detection ⓘ
hostLaboratory	Gran Sasso National Laboratory ⓘ surface form: INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory
locatedIn	Gran Sasso National Laboratory ⓘ Italy ⓘ Gran Sasso National Laboratory ⓘ surface form: LNGS underground laboratory
locatedUndergroundDepth	about 3800 meters water equivalent ⓘ approximately 1400 meters of rock ⓘ
notableResult	evidence for CNO solar neutrinos ⓘ first real-time measurement of 7Be solar neutrinos ⓘ measurement of geo-neutrino flux ⓘ precision measurement of pp solar neutrinos ⓘ
operatedBy	Gran Sasso National Laboratory ⓘ
primaryObjective	study low-energy solar neutrinos ⓘ
researchFocus	geo-neutrinos ⓘ neutrino magnetic moment ⓘ neutrino oscillations ⓘ rare processes ⓘ reactor neutrinos ⓘ solar neutrinos ⓘ supernova neutrinos ⓘ
shielding	ultra-pure water tank ⓘ underground rock overburden ⓘ
surroundedBy	photomultiplier tubes ⓘ

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CNGS (historical neutrino facility) → usedForExperiment → Borexino ⓘ

subject surface form: CNGS

Gran Sasso National Laboratory → hostsExperiment → Borexino ⓘ