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Particles and Fields
Eur. Phys. J. C 8, 609-617
DOI 10.1007/s100529900031

Test of non-standard neutrino properties with the BOREXINO source experiments

A. Ianni1,2 - D. Montanino3 - G. Scioscia4

1 Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università dell'Aquila, Località Coppito, I-67010 L'Aquila, Italy
2 Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, S.S. 17bis Km 18+910, I-67010 Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
3 Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (S.I.S.S.A.), Via Beirut 4, I-34014 Trieste, Italy
4 Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari, Via Amendola 173, I-70126 Bari, Italy

Received: 11 January 1999 / Published online: 22 March 1999

Abstract
We calculate the event rates induced by high-intensity radioactive sources of $\nu_{e}$ (51Cr) and of $\bar{\nu}_{e}$ (90Sr), to be located near the BOREXINO detector. Calculations are performed both in the standard case and assuming non-standard properties of neutrinos, including flavor oscillations, neutrino electromagnetic interactions, and deviations from the standard vector and axial couplings in the $\nu_{e}$-e interaction. It is shown that, in some cases, the current limits on non-standard neutrino properties can be significantly improved.


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