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Determination of the B8 Neutrino Spectrum

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: We have measured the total energy of the alpha particles following the beta decay of 8B by implanting 8B into a planar silicon surface barrier detector. Calibration was performed using alpha particles following the beta decay of 20Na, similarly implanted. The alpha spectrum is used to infer the 8B neutrino spectrum which is an important input in the interpretation of experiments that detect energetic neutrinos from the Sun. The alpha spectrum reported here is in disagreement with the previous best measurement which used two detectors in coincidence.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.252501

Authors: W. T. Winter, S. J. Freedman, K. E. Rehm, I. Ahmad, J. P. Greene, A. Heinz, D. Henderson, R. V. F. Janssens, C. L. Jiang, E. F. Moore, G. Mukherjee, R. C. Pardo, T. Pennington, G. Savard, J. P. Schiffer, D. Seweryniak, G. Zinkann, M. Paul

Institutions: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Argonne National Laboratory, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Language: Latvian

Topic: Neutrino Physics Research

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1496619348

FWCI: 1.238

Cites: 26

Cited by: 28

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