Detection of Solar Neutrinos in Superfluid Helium

Lanou, R.E.; Maris, H.J.; Seidel, G.M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.2498

Detection of Solar Neutrinos in Superfluid Helium

Apr 7, 1987

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Phys.Rev.Lett. 58 (1987) 2498

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.2498

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COO-3130TC-31

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A new method for detecting solar neutrinos and other weakly interacting particles is proposed and described. The detector consists of a large mass of superfluid helium at low temperatures (20 mK). When a neutrino is scattered off an electron, the recoil energy of the electron (10−6 to 10−7 erg) is deposited in the helium. This small amount of energy can be detected because of the unusual kinetics of rotons at low temperatures. It should be possible to construct a detector of sufficiently low background and large size to measure solar neutrino spectra.

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