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H.O. Back
Researcher at Virginia Tech
Publications - 11
Citations - 1172
H.O. Back is an academic researcher from Virginia Tech. The author has contributed to research in topics: Borexino & Solar neutrino. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 11 publications receiving 1099 citations.
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The Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
A. Alimonti,C. Arpesella,H.O. Back,M. Balata,D. Bartolomei,A. de Bellefon,G. Bellini,J. Benziger,A. Bevilacqua,D. Bondi,Stefano Bonetti,Augusto Brigatti,B. Caccianiga,Laura Cadonati,F. Calaprice,C. Carraro,G. Ceccet,R. Ceresto,A. E. Chavarria,A. Chen,A. S. Chepurnov,A. Cubauu,W. Czech,D. D'Angelo,D. D'Angelo,F. Dalnoki-Veress,A. de Bari,E. de Haas,A. Derbin,Martin Deutsch,A. Di Credico,A. Di Ldovico,G. Di Pietro,R. Eisenstein,Fausto Elisei,A.V. Etenko,F. von Feiltitsch,R. Fernholz,K. Fomenko,R. J. Ford,R. J. Ford,D. Franco,B. Freudiger,M. Gärtner,Cristiano Galbiati,Cristiano Galbiati,F. Gattig,S. Gazzana,V. M. Gehman,Marco Giammarchi,Danilo Giugni,M. Goeger-Neff,T. Goldbrunner,A. Golubchikov,A. Golubchikov,A. Goretti,A. Goretti,C. Grieb,C. Grieb,C. Hagner,W. Hampel,E. Harding,S. Hardy,F. Hartmann,R. von Hentig,T. Hertich,G. Heusser,Mikael Hult,Andrea Ianni,K. Jaenner,Malcolm J. Joyce,H. de Kerret,S. Kidner,J. Kiko,Till Kirsten,V. V. Kobychev,G. Korga,G. Korschnik,Y. Kozlov,D. Kryne,P.H. La Marche,V. Lagomarsino,Matthias Laubenstein,C. Lendvai,Michael K.H. Leung,T. Lewke,E. Litvinovich,B. Loer,D. Loeser,Paolo Lombardi,Livia Ludhova,I. Machulin,Sandra Malvezzi,A. Manco,J. Maneira,W. Maneschg,I. Manno,D. Manuzio,G. Manuzio,M. Marchelli,A. Martemiano,Fausto Masetti,Ugo Mazzucato,K. McCarty,Daniel McKinsey,Q. Meindl,E. Meroni,Lino Miramonti,M. Misiaszek,D. Montanari,M. E. Monzani,V. Muratova,P. Musico,H. Neder,A. Nelson,L. Niedermeier,Stefano Nisi,L. Oberauer,M. Obolensky,M. Orsini,Fausto Ortica,Marco Pallavicini,L. Papp,S. Parmeggiano,M. Parodi,Nicomede Pelliccia,L. Perasso,A. Pocar,R. S. Raghavan,Gioacchino Ranucci,W. Rau,A. Razeto,Elisa Resconi,P. Risso,Aldo Romani,D. Rountree,A. A. Sabelnikov,P. Saggese,R. Saldhana,C. Salvo,R. Scardaoni,D. Schimizzi,S. Schönert,K. H. Schubeck,T. A. Shutt,F. Siccardi,Hardy Simgen,M. Skorokhvatov,O. Smirnov,Andrew Sonnenschein,F. Soricelli,A. Sotnikov,S. V. Sukhotin,C. Sule,Y. Suvorov,Y. Suvorov,V. G. Tarasenkov,R. Tartaglia,G. Testera,D. Vignaud,S. Vital,R. B. Vogelaar,R. B. Vogelaar,V. Vyrodov,B. William,Marcin Wójcik,R. Wordel,Michael Wurm,O. Zaimidoroga,Sandra Zavatarelli,G. Zuzel +170 more
TL;DR: Borexino as discussed by the authors, a large volume detector for low energy neutrino spectroscopy, is currently running underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy.
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Science and technology of BOREXINO: A Real time detector for low-energy solar neutrinos
Gianluca Alimonti,C. Arpesella,H.O. Back,M. Balata,T. Beau,G. Bellini,Jay Burton Benziger,S. Bonetti,Augusto Brigatti,B. Caccianiga,Laura Cadonati,Frank Calaprice,G. Cecchet,M. L. Chen,A. de Bari,E. de Haas,H. de Kerret,O. Donghi,M. Deutsch,Fausto Elisei,A.V. Etenko,F. von Feilitzsch,R. Fernholz,R. J. Ford,B. Freudiger,A. Garagiola,Cristiano Galbiati,Flavio Gatti,S. Gazzana,Marco Giammarchi,Danilo Giugni,A. Golubchikov,A. M. Goretti,C. Grieb,C. Hagner,T. Hagner,W. Hampel,E. Harding,F. X. Hartmann,R. von Hentig,H. Hess,G. Heusser,An. Ianni,P. Inzani,S. Kidner,J. Kiko,Till Kirsten,G. Korga,Gunther Korschinek,D. Kryn,V. Lagomarsino,P. LaMarche,Matthias Laubenstein,F. Loeser,Paolo Lombardi,S. Magni,Sandra Malvezzi,J. Maneira,I. Manno,G. Manuzio,Fausto Masetti,Ugo Mazzucato,E. Meroni,Paolo Musico,H. Neder,M. Neff,Stefano Nisi,Lothar Oberauer,M. Obolensky,Marco Pallavicini,L. Papp,L. Perasso,A. Pocar,R. S. Raghavan,Gioacchino Ranucci,W. Rau,A. Razeto,Elisa Resconi,T. Riedel,A. A. Sabelnikov,C. Salvo,R. Scardaoni,S. Schönert,K. H. Schuhbeck,T. A. Shutt,Hardy Simgen,Andrew Sonnenschein,O. Smirnov,A. Sotnikov,M. D. Skorokhvatov,S. V. Sukhotin,R. Tartaglia,G. Testera,R. B. Vogelaar,S. Vitale,Marcin Wójcik,O. Zaimidoroga,Y. Zakharov +97 more
TL;DR: Borexino as mentioned in this paper, a real-time device for low energy neutrino spectroscopy, is nearing completion of construction in the underground laboratories at Gran Sasso, Italy (LNGS).
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Measurements of extremely low radioactivity levels in BOREXINO
C. Arpesella,H.O. Back,M. Balata,T. Beau,G. Bellini,Jay Burton Benziger,S. Bonetti,Augusto Brigatti,Christian Buck,B. Caccianiga,Laura Cadonati,Frank Calaprice,G. Cecchet,Min Chen,O. Dadoun,D. D'Angelo,A. de Bari,A. de Bellefon,E. de Haas,H. de Kerret,A. V. Derbin,M. Deutsch,A. Di Credico,Fausto Elisei,A.V. Etenko,F. von Feilitzsch,R. Fernholz,R. Ford,D. Franco,B. Freudiger,Cristiano Galbiati,Flavio Gatti,S. Gazzana,Marco Giammarchi,Danilo Giugni,M. Göger-Neff,T. Goldbrunner,A. Golubchikov,A. M. Goretti,C. Grieb,C. Hagner,T. Hagner,W. Hampel,E. Harding,F.X. Hartmann,F.X. Hartmann,R. von Hentig,G. Heusser,Mikael Hult,An. Ianni,Aldo Ianni,J. Kiko,Till Kirsten,M. Köhler,G. Korga,Gunther Korschinek,Y. Kozlov,D. Kryn,P. LaMarche,Matthias Laubenstein,C. Lendvai,F. Loeser,Paolo Lombardi,K. McCarty,I. N. Machulin,Sandra Malvezzi,J. Maneira,I. Manno,G. Manuzio,A. Martemianov,Fausto Masetti,Ugo Mazzucato,E. Meroni,Lino Miramonti,M. E. Monzani,Paolo Musico,H. Neder,L. Niedermeier,Stefano Nisi,Lothar Oberauer,M. Obolensky,Fausto Ortica,Marco Pallavicini,L. Papp,L. Perasso,A. Pocar,R. S. Raghavan,Gioacchino Ranucci,W. Rau,A. Razeto,Elisa Resconi,T. Riedel,A. A. Sabelnikov,C. Salvo,R. Scardaoni,S. Schönert,K. H. Schuhbeck,T. A. Shutt,Hardy Simgen,Andrew Sonnenschein,O. Smirnov,A. Sotnikov,M. D. Skorokhvatov,S. V. Sukhotin,V. G. Tarasenkov,R. Tartaglia,G. Testera,P. R. Trincherini,V. Vyrodov,R. B. Vogelaar,D. Vignaud,S. Vitale,M. M. Wojcik,O. Zaimidoroga,G. Zuzel +114 more
TL;DR: In this article, the results of the real-time solar neutrino experiment BOREXINO at Gran Sasso are presented and illustrated with specific results of widespread interest, including the use of low-level germanium gamma spectrometry, lowlevel miniaturized gas proportional counters and low background scintillation detectors.
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The liquid handling systems for the Borexino solar neutrino detector
Gianluca Alimonti,C. Arpesella,Margherita Buizza Avanzini,H.O. Back,M. Balata,D. Bartolomei,A. de Bellefon,G. Bellini,Jay Burton Benziger,A. Bevilacqua,D. Bondi,Stefano Bonetti,Augusto Brigatti,B. Caccianiga,Laura Cadonati,Frank Calaprice,C. Carraro,G. Cecchet,R. Cereseto,A. E. Chavarria,M. Chen,A. S. Chepurnov,A. Cubaiu,W. Czech,D. D'Angelo,F. Dalnoki-Veress,S. Davini,A. de Bari,E. de Haas,A. V. Derbin,Martin Deutsch,A. Di Credico,A. Di Ludovico,G. Di Pietro,R. Eisenstein,Fausto Elisei,A.V. Etenko,F. von Feilitzsch,R. Fernholz,K. Fomenko,R. J. Ford,D. Franco,B. Freudiger,N. Gaertner,Cristiano Galbiati,Flavio Gatti,S. Gazzana,V. M. Gehman,Marco Giammarchi,Danilo Giugni,M. Goeger-Neff,T. Goldbrunner,A. Golubchikov,A. M. Goretti,C. Grieb,E. Guardincerri,C. Hagner,T. Hagner,W. Hampel,E. Harding,S. Hardy,F. Hartmann,R. von Hentig,T. Hertrich,G. Heusser,Mikael Hult,Aldo Ianni,An. Ianni,L. Ioannucci,K. Jaenner,Malcolm J. Joyce,H. de Kerret,S. Kidner,J. Kiko,Till Kirsten,V. V. Kobychev,G. Korga,Gunther Korschinek,Y. Kozlov,D. Kryn,P.H. La Marche,V. Lagomarsino,Matthias Laubenstein,C. Lendvai,Michael K.H. Leung,T. Lewke,E. Litvinovich,B. Loer,F. Loeser,Paolo Lombardi,Livia Ludhova,I. N. Machulin,Sandra Malvezzi,A. Manco,J. Maneira,W. Maneschg,I. Manno,D. Manuzio,G. Manuzio,M. Marchelli,A. Marternianov,Fausto Masetti,Ugo Mazzucato,K. McCarty,Daniel McKinsey,Q. Meindl,E. Meroni,Lino Miramonti,M. Misiaszek,D. Montanari,M. E. Monzani,V. N. Muratova,Paolo Musico,H. Neder,A. Nelson,L. Niedermeier,Stefano Nisi,Lothar Oberauer,M. Obolensky,M. Orsini,Fausto Ortica,Marco Pallavicini,L. Papp,R. Parsells,S. Parmeggiano,M. Parodi,Nicomede Pelliccia,L. Perasso,S. Perasso,A. Pocar,R. S. Raghavan,Gioacchino Ranucci,W. Rau,A. Razeto,Elisa Resconi,P. Risso,Aldo Romani,D. Rountree,A. A. Sabelnikov,P. Saggese,R. Saldanha,C. Salvo,R. Scardaoni,D. Schimizzi,S. Schönert,K. H. Schubeck,T. A. Shutt,F. Siccardi,Hardy Simgen,M. D. Skorokhvatov,O. Smirnov,Andrew Sonnenschein,F. Soricelli,A. Sotnikov,S. V. Sukhotin,C. Sule,Y. Suvorov,V. G. Tarasenkov,R. Tartaglia,G. Testera,D. Vignaud,S. Vitale,R. B. Vogelaar,V. Vyrodov,Bryant Williams,Marcin Wójcik,R. Wordel,Michael Wurm,O. Zaimidoroga,Sandra Zavatarelli,G. Zuzel +170 more
TL;DR: In this article, a large scale modular system connecting fluid receiving, purification and fluid delivery processes was developed for Borexino solar neutrino detector, which was required to meet exceptional requirements for cleanliness and leaktightness.
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New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino counting test facility
H.O. Back,M. Balata,A. de Bari,A. de Bellefon,G. Bellini,Jay Burton Benziger,S. Bonetti,Christian Buck,B. Caccianiga,Laura Cadonati,Frank Calaprice,G. Cecchet,Min Chen,A. Di Credico,O. Dadoun,D. D'Angelo,A. V. Derbin,M. Deutsch,A.V. Etenko,F. von Feilitzsch,R. Fernholz,R. Ford,D. Franco,B. Freudiger,Cristiano Galbiati,S. Gazzana,Marco Giammarchi,M. Goeger-Neff,A. M. Goretti,C. Grieb,W. Hampel,E. Harding,F. Hartmann,G. Heusser,Aldo Ianni,An. Ianni,H. de Kerret,J. Kiko,Till Kirsten,V. V. Kobychev,G. Korga,Gunther Korschinek,Y. Kozlov,D. Kryn,Matthias Laubenstein,C. Lendvai,Michael K.H. Leung,E. L. itvinovich,Paolo Lombardi,I. N. Machulin,Sandra Malvezzi,J. Maneira,I. Manno,D. Manuzio,G. Manuzio,F. Masetti,A. Martemianov,Ugo Mazzucato,K. McCarty,E. Meroni,G. Mention,Lino Miramonti,M. E. Monzani,V. Muratova,Paolo Musico,L. Niedermeier,Lothar Oberauer,M. Obolensky,Fausto Ortica,Marco Pallavicini,L. Papp,L. Perasso,P. Peiffer,A. Pocar,R. S. Raghavan,Gioacchino Ranucci,A. Razeto,A. A. Sabelnikov,C. Salvo,R. Scardaoni,D. Schimizzi,S. Schoenert,Hardy Simgen,T. A. Shutt,M. D. Skorokhvatov,O. Smirnov,Andrew Sonnenschein,A. Sotnikov,S. V. Sukhotin,Y. Suvorov,V. G. Tarasenkov,R. Tartaglia,G. Testera,D. Vignaud,R. B. Vogelaar,V. Vyrodov,M. M. Wojcik,O. Zaimidoroga,G. Zuzel +98 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) was tested for nucleons (n,p) in the Borexino detector, the Counting Test Facility (CTF).