Low-energy Neutrino Astronomy in LENA
Abstract
LENA (Low Energy Neutrino Astronomy) is a proposed next-generation neutrino detector based on 50 kilotons of liquid scintillator.
The low detection threshold, good energy resolution and excellent background rejection inherent to the liquid-scintillator detectors
make LENA a versatile observatory for low-energy neutrinos from astrophysical and terrestrial sources. In the framework of the
European LAGUNA-LBNO design study, LENA is also considered as far detector for a very-long baseline neutrino beam from
CERN to Pyhasalmi ¨ (Finland).
The present contribution gives an overview LENA’s broad research program, highlighting the unique capabilities of liquid
scintillator for the detection of low-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources. In particular, it will focus on the precision
measurement of the solar neutrino spectrum: The search for time modulations in the 7Be neutrino flux, the determination of
the electron neutrino survival probability in the low-energy region of the 8B spectrum and the favorable detection conditions for
neutrinos from the CNO fusion cycle.
Main Authors
Format
Conferences
Conference paper
Published
2015
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Publisher
Elsevier BV
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Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1875-3892
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.078
Conference
International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics
Language
English
Published in
Physics Procedia
Is part of publication
13th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2013
Citation
- Wurm, M., Bick, D., Enqvist, T., Hellgartner, D., Kaiser, M., Loo, K., Lorenz, S., Meloni, M., Meyer, M., Möllenberg, R., Oberauer, L., Soiron, M., Smirnov, M., Trzaska, W., & Wonsak, B. (2015). Low-energy Neutrino Astronomy in LENA. In 13th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2013 (pp. 376-383). Elsevier BV. Physics Procedia, 61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.078
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