Search for low-energy signals from fast radio bursts with the Borexino detector

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Contributors

  • Technical University of Munich
  • Jülich Research Centre
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Princeton University
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • RAS - Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
  • Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
  • Université Paris Cité
  • Gran Sasso Science Institute
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Jagiellonian University in Kraków
  • National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • Royal Holloway University of London
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Moscow Engineering Physics Institute

Abstract

The search for neutrino events in correlation with 42 most intense fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been performed using the Borexino dataset from 05/2007 to 06/2021. We have searched for signals with visible energies above 250 keV within a time window of ±1000 s corresponding to detection time of a particular FRB. We also applied an alternative approach based on searching for specific shapes of neutrino-electron scattering spectra in the full exposure data of the Borexino detector. In particular, two incoming neutrino spectra were considered: the monoenergetic line and the spectrum expected from supernovae. The same spectra were considered for electron antineutrinos detected through inverse beta-decay reaction. No statistically significant excess over the background was observed. As a result, the strongest upper limits on FRB-associated neutrino fluences of all flavors have been obtained in the 0.5–50 MeV neutrino energy range.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number278
Pages (from-to)1-13
Number of pages13
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume82
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

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