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Abbreviations<br />

ADC Analog to Digital Converter<br />

AU Astronomical Unit = 149 600 000 km<br />

bis-MSB p-bis(o-methylstyryl)benzene ( À )<br />

CC charged current (Ï ¦ - exchange)<br />

CTF Counting Test Facility<br />

DMP dimethylphthalate ( À Ç)<br />

DSP Digital Signal Processor<br />

FIFO First In First Out<br />

FWHM Full Width Half Maximum<br />

INFN Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare<br />

LED Light Emitting Diode<br />

LHS <strong>Liquid</strong> H<strong>and</strong>ling System<br />

LMA Large Mixing Angle<br />

LNGS Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso<br />

mwe meter water equivalent (1 mwe = 100 g/cm )<br />

NAA neutron activation analysis<br />

NC neutral current ( -exchange)<br />

PC pseudocumene (1,2,4 trimethylbenzene, À )<br />

PMT photo multiplier tube<br />

PPO 2,5-diphenyl-oxazole ( À ÆÇ)<br />

PXE phenyl-o-xylylethane ( À )<br />

SMA Small Mixing Angle<br />

SNU Solar Neutrino Unit<br />

SSM St<strong>and</strong>ard Solar Model<br />

TDC Time to Digital Converter<br />

TP p-terphenyl (p-diphenylbenzene, À )<br />

WFD Wave Form Digitizer<br />

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