Detection potential for the diffuse supernova neutrino background in the large liquid-scintillator detector LENA

Journal Article · Mon Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2007 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.75.023007· OSTI ID:20935202

Wurm, M; Feilitzsch, F von; Goeger-Neff, M; Undagoitia, T Marrodan; Oberauer, L; Potzel, W ^[1]; Hochmuth, K A ^[2]

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1. Physik-Department E15, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, James-Franck-Strasse, D-85748 Garching (Germany)
2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik, Foehringer Ring 6, D-80805 Munich (Germany)

The large-volume liquid-scintillator detector LENA (low energy neutrino astronomy) will provide high-grade background discrimination and enable the detection of diffuse supernova neutrinos (DSN) in an almost background-free energy window from {approx}10 to 25 MeV. Within ten years of exposure, it will be possible to derive significant constraints on both core-collapse supernova models and the supernova rate in the near universe up to redshifts z<2.

• OSTI ID: 20935202
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 75, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.023007; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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FREE ENERGY
LIQUID SCINTILLATORS
NEUTRINOS
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SUPERNOVAE
UNIVERSE