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Data analysis in solar neutrinos liquid-scintillator detectors

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This paper focuses on the description of some of the methods developed to extract the solar neutrino signal from the background by the two running experiments (Borexino and Kamland) based on the use of a large volume of liquid scintillator.

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Testera, G. Data analysis in solar neutrinos liquid-scintillator detectors. Eur. Phys. J. A 52, 85 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16085-2

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