Borexino experiment

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf neutrino
scientific research
gptkbp:armament gptkb:water
nylon vessel
buffer liquid
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:Canada
gptkb:China
gptkb:Colombia
gptkb:Czech_Republic
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Hungary
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Ukraine
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:treaty
gptkb:JINR
gptkbp:country gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:detectorMass ~300 tons
gptkbp:detectorMaterial PPO (fluor)
pseudocumene
gptkbp:detects scintillation light
gptkbp:endDate 2021
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:European_Parliament
gptkb:German_Research_Foundation
gptkb:NSF
gptkb:Russian_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:French_CNRS
gptkb:Spanish_Ministry_of_Science_and_Innovation
gptkb:Polish_Ministry_of_Science_and_Higher_Education
gptkb:INFN
gptkb:JINR
gptkbp:goal search for sterile neutrinos
study of neutrino oscillations
detection of low-energy solar neutrinos
measurement of solar neutrino fluxes
search for geoneutrinos
search for supernova neutrinos
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Borexino experiment
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Gran_Sasso_National_Laboratory
gptkbp:mainDetectorType liquid scintillator detector
gptkbp:maximumDepth ~1400 meters underground
gptkbp:namedAfter Borexino (diminutive of BOREX, BOREX being an acronym for Boron solar neutrino experiment)
gptkbp:notableAchievement measurement of CNO-cycle solar neutrinos
measurement of pp-chain solar neutrinos
first real-time detection of low-energy solar neutrinos
limits on neutrino magnetic moment
limits on sterile neutrinos
measurement of geoneutrinos
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Gran_Sasso_National_Laboratory
gptkb:INFN
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Nature
gptkb:Physical_Review_Letters
gptkb:Physical_Review_D
gptkb:Astroparticle_Physics
gptkbp:readBy photomultiplier tubes
gptkbp:researchArea astroparticle physics
particle physics
gptkbp:startDate 2007
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:website https://www.lngs.infn.it/en/borexino
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:neutrinos
gptkb:INFN
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5