CNO and pep neutrino spectroscopy in Borexino: Measurement of the 
deep-underground production of cosmogenic C-11 in an organic liquid scintillator

Back, H. O.; Balata, M.; de Bari, A.; de Bellefon, A.; Bellini, G.; Benziger, J.; Bonetti, S.; Buck, C.; Caccianiga, B.; Cadonati, L.; Calaprice, F.; Cecchet, G.; Chen, M.; Di Credico, A.; Dadoun, O.; D'Angelo, D.; Derbin, A.; Deutsch, M.; Etenko, A.; von Feilitzsch, F.; Fernholz, R.; Ford, R.; Franco, D.; Freudiger, B.; Galbiati, C.; Gazzana, S.; Giammarchi, M. G.; Goeger-Neff, M.; Goretti, A.; Grieb, C.; Hampel, W.; Harding, E.; Hartmann, F. X.; Heusser, G.; Ianni, A.; Ianni, A. M.; de Kerret, H.; Kiko, J.; Kirsten, T.; Kobychev, V. V.; Korga, G.; Korschinek, G.; Kozlov, Y.; Kryn, D.; Laubenstein, M.; Lendvai, C.; Leung, M.; Litvinovich, E.; Lombardi, P.; Machulin, I.; Malvezzi, S.; Maneira, J.; Manno, I.; Manuzio, D.; Manuzio, G.; Masetti, F.; Martemianov, A.; Mazzucato, U.; McCarty, K.; Meroni, E.; Mention, G.; Miramonti, L.; Monzani, M. E.; Muratova, V.; Musico, P.; Niedermeier, L.; Oberauer, L.; Obolensky, M.; Ortica, F.; Pallavicini, M.; Papp, L.; Perasso, L.; Peiffer, P.; Pocar, A.; Raghavan, R. S.; Ranucci, G.; Razeto, A.; Sabelnikov, A.; Salvo, C.; Scardaoni, R.; Schimizzi, D.; Schönert, S.; Simgen, H.; Shutt, T.; Skorokhvatov, M.; Smirnov, O.; Sonnenschein, A.; Sotnikov, A.; Sukhotin, S.; Suvorov, Y.; Tarasenkov, V.; Tartaglia, R.; Testera, G.; Vignaud, D.; Vogelaar, R. B.; Vyrodov, V.; Wojcik, M.; Zaimidoroga, O.; Zuzel, G.

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CNO and pep neutrino spectroscopy in Borexino: Measurement of the deep-underground production of cosmogenic C-11 in an organic liquid scintillator

Back, H. O., Balata, M., de Bari, A., de Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., et al. (2006). CNO and pep neutrino spectroscopy in Borexino: Measurement of the deep-underground production of cosmogenic C-11 in an organic liquid scintillator. Physical Review C, 74(4): 045805. Retrieved from http://www.arxiv.org/multi?archive=hep-ex&file=new+abstracts&year=%2706&month=07&args=0601035&%2Fabs=Show+Abstract&search_year=past+year&field_1=au&query_1=&subj_cond-mat=-%3E+cond-mat+subject+classes&subj_physics=-%3E+physics+subject+classes.

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Back, H. O.¹, Author
Balata, M.¹, Author
de Bari, A.¹, Author
de Bellefon, A.¹, Author
Bellini, G.², Author
Benziger, J.¹, Author
Bonetti, S.¹, Author
Buck, C.², Author
Caccianiga, B.¹, Author
Cadonati, L.¹, Author
Calaprice, F.¹, Author
Cecchet, G.¹, Author
Chen, M.¹, Author
Di Credico, A.¹, Author
Dadoun, O.¹, Author
D'Angelo, D.¹, Author
Derbin, A.¹, Author
Deutsch, M.¹, Author
Etenko, A.¹, Author
von Feilitzsch, F.¹, Author
Fernholz, R.¹, AuthorFord, R.¹, AuthorFranco, D.², Author         Freudiger, B.², Author         Galbiati, C.¹, AuthorGazzana, S.¹, AuthorGiammarchi, M. G.¹, AuthorGoeger-Neff, M.¹, AuthorGoretti, A.¹, AuthorGrieb, C.¹, AuthorHampel, W.², Author         Harding, E.¹, AuthorHartmann, F. X.², Author         Heusser, G.², Author         Ianni, A.¹, AuthorIanni, A. M.¹, Authorde Kerret, H.¹, AuthorKiko, J.², Author         Kirsten, T.², Author         Kobychev, V. V.¹, AuthorKorga, G.¹, AuthorKorschinek, G.¹, AuthorKozlov, Y.¹, AuthorKryn, D.¹, AuthorLaubenstein, M.², Author         Lendvai, C.¹, AuthorLeung, M.¹, AuthorLitvinovich, E.¹, AuthorLombardi, P.¹, AuthorMachulin, I.¹, AuthorMalvezzi, S.¹, AuthorManeira, J.¹, AuthorManno, I.¹, AuthorManuzio, D.¹, AuthorManuzio, G.¹, AuthorMasetti, F.¹, AuthorMartemianov, A.¹, AuthorMazzucato, U.¹, AuthorMcCarty, K.¹, AuthorMeroni, E.¹, AuthorMention, G.¹, AuthorMiramonti, L.¹, AuthorMonzani, M. E.¹, AuthorMuratova, V.¹, AuthorMusico, P.¹, AuthorNiedermeier, L.¹, AuthorOberauer, L.¹, AuthorObolensky, M.¹, AuthorOrtica, F.¹, AuthorPallavicini, M.¹, AuthorPapp, L.¹, AuthorPerasso, L.¹, AuthorPeiffer, P.², Author         Pocar, A.¹, AuthorRaghavan, R. S.¹, AuthorRanucci, G.¹, AuthorRazeto, A.¹, AuthorSabelnikov, A.¹, AuthorSalvo, C.¹, AuthorScardaoni, R.¹, AuthorSchimizzi, D.¹, AuthorSchönert, S.², Author         Simgen, H.², Author         Shutt, T.¹, AuthorSkorokhvatov, M.¹, AuthorSmirnov, O.¹, AuthorSonnenschein, A.¹, AuthorSotnikov, A.¹, AuthorSukhotin, S.¹, AuthorSuvorov, Y.¹, AuthorTarasenkov, V.¹, AuthorTartaglia, R.¹, AuthorTestera, G.¹, AuthorVignaud, D.¹, AuthorVogelaar, R. B.¹, AuthorVyrodov, V.¹, AuthorWojcik, M.², Author         Zaimidoroga, O.¹, AuthorZuzel, G.², Author          more..

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1Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Robeson Hall, VA 24061-0435 Blacksburg, USA I.N.F.N Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, SS 17 bis Km 18+910, 67010 Assergi(AQ), Italy Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica Universita and I.N.F.N., Via A. Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie, 11 place Marcelin, Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France Dipartimento di Fisica Universitá and I.N.F.N., Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy Dept. of Physics, Princeton University, Jadwin Hall, Washington Rd, NJ 08544-0708 Princeton, USA Dept. of Physics, Queens University Stirling Hall, K7L 3N6 Kingston, Ontario, Canada Technische Universitaet Muenchen, James Franck Strasse E15, 85747 Garching, Germany Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia Dept. of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA 02139 Cambridge, USA Dipartimento di Chimica, Universitá, Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy RRC Kurchatov Institute, Kurchatov Sq. 1, 123182 Moscow, Russia Dipartimento di Fisica Universitá and I.N.F.N., Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy KFKI-RMKI, Konkoly Thege ut 29-33, 1121 Budapest, Hungary Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, NJ 07974-2070 Murray Hill, USA M .Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University, 30059 Krakow, Poland, ou_persistent22
2Division Prof. Dr. Manfred Lindner, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_904549

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Abstract: Borexino is an experiment for low energy neutrino spectroscopy at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. It is designed to measure the mono-energetic $^7$Be solar neutrino flux in real time, via neutrino-electron elastic scattering in ultra-pure organic liquid scintillator. Borexino has the potential to also detect neutrinos from the \emph{pep} fusion process and the CNO cycle. For this measurement to be possible, radioactive contamination in the detector must be kept extremely low. Once sufficiently clean conditions are met, the main background source is $^{11}$C, produced in reactions induced by the residual cosmic muon flux on $^{12}$C. In the process, a free neutron is almost always produced. $^{11}$C can be tagged on an event by event basis by looking at the three-fold coincidence with the parent muon track and the subsequent neutron capture on protons. This coincidence method has been implemented on the Borexino Counting Test Facility data. We report on the first event by event identification of \emph{in situ} muon induced $^{11}$C in a large underground scintillator detector. We measure a $^{11}$C production rate of 0.130 $\pm$ 0.026 (stat) $\pm$ 0.014 (syst) day$^{-1}$ ton$^{-1}$, in agreement with predictions from both experimental studies performed with a muon beam on a scintillator target and \emph{ab initio} estimations based on the $^{11}$C producing nuclear reactions.

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