Sub MeV Particles Detection and Identification in the MUNU detector ((1)ISN, IN2P3/CNRS-UJF, Grenoble, France, (2)Institut de Physique, Neuch\^atel, Switzerland, (3) INFN, Padova Italy, (4) Physik-Institut, Z\"{u}rich, Switzerland)

We report on the performance of a 1 m$^{3}$ TPC filled with CF$_{4}$ at 3 bar, immersed in liquid scintillator and viewed by photomultipliers. Particle detection, event identification and localization achieved by measuring both the current signal and the scintillation light are presented. Particular features of $\alpha$ particle detection are also discussed. Finally, the ${54}$Mn photopeak, reconstructed from the Compton scattering and recoil angle is shown.Comment: Latex, 19 pages, 20 figure

Limits on the neutrino magnetic moment from the MUNU experiment

The MUNU experiment was carried out at the Bugey nuclear power reactor. The aim was the study of electron antineutrino-electron elastic scattering at low energy. The recoil electrons were recorded in a gas time projection chamber, immersed in a tank filled with liquid scintillator serving as veto detector, suppressing in particular Compton electrons. The measured electron recoil spectrum is presented. Upper limits on the neutrino magnetic moment were derived and are discussed.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures Added reference: p.3, 1st col., TEXONO Added sentence: p.4, 1st col., electron attachement Modified sentence: p.5, 1st col., readout sequence Added sentence: p.5, 1st col., fast rise time cu

Low energy tracking and particles identification in the MUNU Time Projection Chamber at 1 bar. Possible application in low energy solar neutrino spectroscopy

In this paper we present the results from the measurements made with the MUNU TPC at 1bar pressure of CF4 in the energy region below 1 MeV. Electron events down to 80 keV are successfully measured. The electron energy and direction are reconstructed for every contained single electron above 200 keV. As test the 137Cs photopeak is reconstructed by measuring both the energy and direction of the Compton electrons in the TPC.Comment: 19 pages, 9 figures (6 figures in color); Figure 10 has been deleted from [v1]. Additional paragraph has been included; Manuscript is submitted to Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research,

Final results on the neutrino magnetic moment from the MUNU experiment

The MUNU detector was designed to study neutrino-electron elastic scattering at low energy. The central component is a Time Projection Chamber filled with CF4 gas, surrounded by an anti-Compton detector. The experiment was carried out at the Bugey (France) nuclear reactor. In this paper we present the final analysis of the data recorded at 3 bar and 1 bar pressure. Both the energy and the scattering angle of the recoil electron are measured. From the 3 bar data a new upper limit on the neutrino magnetic moment was derived. At 1 bar electron tracks down to 150 keV were reconstructed, demonstrating the potentiality of the experimental technique for future applications in low energy neutrino physics

Production of high-intensity RIB at SPES

The SPES Project at INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro [1] is now in its early construction phase. SPES is an ISOL type Radioactive Ion Beam (RIB) [2] facility for the production of neutron-rich radioactive nuclei by uranium fission. RIBs will be produced by proton induced fission on a UCx multi foil direct target at a rate of 10^13 fps, more than one order of magnitude larger than the currently available beam intensities. The recent developments on the production, ionization and acceleration of RIBs at SPES are hereafter presented

A new measurment of the νˉee−\bar\nu_{e}e^{-} elastic cross section at very low energy

We have built a low background detector, a time projection chamber surrounded by an active anti-Compton, to measure the ν e e − elastic cross section down to the antineutrino energy of 900 keV. With our detector, running at 18 m from the core of a nuclear reactor in Bugey, we could detect reactor antineutrinos by measuring both the energy and the direction of the recoiling electrons. We report here on a first analysis of the data using an automatic scanning procedure. The results we obtain are 1.5 σ higher than the ones predicted by the standard model. (Elsevier

Production of high-intensity RIB at SPES

The SPES Project at INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro SPES Technichal Design Report - www.lnl.infn.it/~spes/TDR2008/ is now in its early construction phase. SPES is an ISOL type Radioactive Ion Beam (RIB) J.Khalili, E. Roeckl, The Euroschool Lect. on Phys. with Exotic Beams, Vol. II, Springer (2006) facility for the production of neutron-rich radioactive nuclei by uranium fission. RIBs will be produced by proton induced fission on a UCx multi foil direct target at a rate of 1013 fps, more than one order of magnitude larger than the currently available beam intensities. The recent developments on the production, ionization and acceleration of RIBs at SPES are hereafter presented