Eur. Phys. J. A (2016) 52: 86
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16086-1

Review

/ discrimination in Borexino

¹ Physics Department, Princeton University, 08544, Princeton, NJ, USA
² M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30059, Krakow, Poland
³ INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, SS 17 bis Km 18+910, 67010, Assergi (AQ), Italy

^* e-mail: galbiati@princeton.edu

Received: 13 July 2015
Accepted: 14 July 2015
Published online: 18 April 2016

Abstract

In this report we describe the unique capabilities of the discrimination of the Borexino experiment. This capability is the direct result of years of development aimed at the design of an experiment that could withstand contamination from -emitting nuclides. The combination of the excellent discrimination and of the excellent radiopurity of the detector permitted to extract information on the solar neutrino interactions in Borexino without interference from particles.