The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Abstract
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is a second-generation water Cherenkov detector designed to determine whether the currently observed solar neutrino deficit is a result of neutrino oscillations. The detector is unique in its use of D2O as a detection medium, permitting it to make a solar model-independent test of the neutrino oscillation hypothesis by comparison of the charged- and neutral-current interaction rates. In this paper the physical properties, construction, and preliminary operation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory are described. Data and predicted operating parameters are provided whenever possible.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- July 2000
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01469-2
- arXiv:
- arXiv:nucl-ex/9910016
- Bibcode:
- 2000NIMPA.449..172B
- Keywords:
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- Nuclear Experiment;
- Astrophysics;
- High Energy Physics - Experiment;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
- E-Print:
- 58 pages, 12 figures, submitted to Nucl. Inst. Meth. Uses elsart and epsf style files. For additional information about SNO see http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca . This version has some new references