Studying the Earth with Geoneutrinos

Table 2

Main characteristics of the Borexino and KamLAND detectors.

	Borexino	KamLAND
Depth	3600 m.w.e (𝜙𝜇 = 1.2 m^−2h^−1 )	2700 m.w.e (𝜙𝜇 = 5.4 m^−2h^−1)
Scintillator mass	278 ton (PC + 1.5 g/l PPO)	1 kt (80% dodec. + 20% PC + 1.4 g/l PPO)
Inner detector	13 m sphere, 2212 8′′ PMT's	18 m sphere, 1325 17′′ + 554 20′′ PMT's
Outer detector	2.4 kt HP water + 208 8′′ PMT's	3.2 kt HP water + 225 20′′ PMT's
Energy resolution	5% at 1 MeV	6.4% at 1 MeV
Vertex resolution	11 cm at 1 MeV	12 cm at 1 MeV
Reactors mean distance	~1170 km	~180 km