%0 Journal Article
%T The Physics Potential of the LENA Detector
%A Michael Wurm
%A Franz von Feilitzsch
%A Marianne Goeger-Neff
%A Tobias Lachenmaier
%A Timo Lewke
%A Quirin Meindl
%A Randolph Moellenberg
%A Lothar Oberauer
%A Juha Peltoniemi
%A Walter Potzel
%A Marc Tippmann
%A Juergen Winter
%J Physics
%D 2010
%I arXiv
%X The large-volume liquid-scintillator detector LENA (Low Energy Neutrino Astronomy) has been proposed as a next-generation experiment for low-energy neutrinos. High-precision spectroscopy of solar, Supernova and geo-neutrinos provides a new access to the otherwise unobservable interiors of Earth, Sun and heavy stars. Due to the potent background discrimination, the detection of the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background is expected for the first time in LENA. The sensitivity of the proton lifetime for the decay into Kaon and antineutrino will be increased by an order of magnitude over existing experimental limits. Recent studies indicate that liquid-scintillator detectors are capable to reconstruct neutrino events even at GeV energies, providing the opportunity to use LENA as far detector in a long-baseline neutrino beam experiment.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.3474v1