Low Energy Neutrino Measurements

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent advances and future prospects in low energy solar neutrino detection, highlighting experimental results, open questions, and the potential for geophysical insights from neutrino measurements.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent experimental results and upcoming projects in low energy neutrino detection, emphasizing their significance for astrophysics and geophysics.

Findings

Recent measurements from Borexino, Super-Kamiokande, SNO, and KamLAND.

First geo-neutrino detection and its geophysical implications.

Upcoming experiments like SNO+ and LENA aim to enhance understanding.

Abstract

Low Energy solar neutrino detection plays a fundamental role in understanding both solar astrophysics and particle physics. After introducing the open questions on both fields, we review here the major results of the last two years and expectations for the near future from Borexino, Super-Kamiokande, SNO and KamLAND experiments as well as from upcoming (SNO+) and planned (LENA) experiments. Scintillator neutrino detectors are also powerful antineutrino detectors such as those emitted by the Earth crust and mantle. First measurements of geo-neutrinos have occurred and can bring fundamental contribution in understanding the geophysics of the planet.