Methodology of experimental search for neutrinos from solar flares in Borexino detector

International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics

物理学;天文学

Atroshchenko, V.S.^1 ; Borodikhina, L.A.^1 ; Toropova, M.A.^1

National Research Center, Kurchatov Institute, Akademika Kurchatova square 1, Moscow

123182, Russia^1

关键词: Borexino detectors;    Liquid scintillator detectors;    Muon neutrino;    Neutrino detectors;    Solar flare;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/798/1/012107/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/798/1/012107

学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Solar flares are sudden variations in brightness observed near the Sun's surface. Some theoretical models predict production of electron and muon neutrinos with energies up to few tens of MeV during solar flares. In 1980s the Homestake experiment reported excess of detected neutrino events possibly correlated with large solar flares. Since then the interest to similar studies by other neutrino detectors has increased. In this report we summarize the status of experimental searches and describe the methodology for the study of neutrinos from solar flares in Borexino liquid scintillator detector.