Speaker
Michael Wurm
(TUM)
Description
In the last years, liquid-scintillator detectors have opened a new window to the observation of low-energetic astrophysical neutrino sources. In 2007, the solar neutrino experiment BOREXINO began its data-taking in the Gran Sasso underground laboratory. High energy resolution and excellent radioactive background conditions in the detector allow the first-time spectroscopic measurement of solar neutrinos in the sub-MeV energy regime.
BOREXINO will be able to measure neutrinos emitted from a galactic Supernova: This neutrino signal constitutes the only way to observe the birth of a neutron star or of a black hole from the collapse of the iron core hidden inside a massive star. Due to a variety of accessible channels for neutrino detection, the observation in BOREXINO will be complementary to the data provided by other large-volume neutrino experiments.
BOREXINO will be able to measure neutrinos emitted from a galactic Supernova: This neutrino signal constitutes the only way to observe the birth of a neutron star or of a black hole from the collapse of the iron core hidden inside a massive star. Due to a variety of accessible channels for neutrino detection, the observation in BOREXINO will be complementary to the data provided by other large-volume neutrino experiments.