Neutrino burst identification in underground detectors

1996
5 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 368 (1996) 512-516

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We discuss the problem of neutrino burst identification in underground ν-telescopes. First the usual statistical analysis based on the time structure of the events is reviewed, with special attention to the statistical significance of burst candidates. Next, we propose a second level analysis that can provide independent confirmation of burst detection. This exploits the spatial distribution of the single events of a burst candidate, and uses the formalism of the entropy of information. Examples of both techniques are shown, based on the LVD experiment at Gran Sasso.
  • neutrino: cosmic radiation
  • astrophysics: supernova
  • scintillation counter: liquid
  • statistical analysis
  • numerical calculations
  • Gran Sasso