The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Authors
Boger, J Hahn, RL Rowley, JK Carter, AL Hollebone, B Kessler, D Blevis, I Dalnoki-Veress, F DeKok, A Farine, J Grant, DR Hargrove, CK Laberge, G Levine, I McFarlane, K Mes, H Noble, AT Novikov, VM O'Neill, M Shatkay, M Shewchuk, C Sinclair, D Clifford, ETH Deal, R Earle, ED Gaudette, E Milton, G Sur, B Bigu, J Cowan, JHM Cluff, DL Hallman, ED Haq, RU Hewett, J Hykawy, JG Jonkmans, G Michaud, R Roberge, A Roberts, J Saettler, E Schwendener, MH Seifert, H Sweezey, D Tafirout, R Virtue, CJ Beck, DN Chan, YD Chen, X Dragowsky, MR Dycus, FW Gonzalez, J Isaac, MCP Kajiyama, Y Koehler, GW Lesko, KT Moebus, MC Norman, EB Okada, CE Poon, AWP Purgalis, P Schuelke, A Smith, AR Stokstad, RG Turner, S Zlimen, I Anaya, JM Bowles, TJ Brice, SJ Esch, EI Fowler, MM Goldschmidt, A Hime, A McGirt, AF Miller, GG Teasdale, WA Wilhelmy, JB Wouters, JM Anglin, JD Bercovitch, M Davidson, WF Storey, RS Biller, S Black, RA Boardman, RJ Bowler, MG Cameron, J Cleveland, B Ferraris, AP Doucas, G Heron, H Howard, C Jelley, NA Knox, AB Lay, M Locke, W Lyon, J Majerus, S Moorhead, M Omori, M Tanner, NW Taplin, RK Thorman, M Wark, DL West, N Barton, JC Trent, PT Kouzes, R Lowry, MM Bell, AL Bonvin, E Boulay, M Dayon, M Duncan, F Erhardt, LS Evans, HC Ewan, GT Ford, R Hallin, A Hamer, A Hart, PM Harvey, PJ Haslip, D Hearns, CAW Heaton, R Hepburn, JD Jillings, CJ Korpach, EP Lee, HW Leslie, JR Liu, MQ Mak, HB McDonald, AB MacArthur, JD McLatchie, W Moffat, BA Noel, S Radcliffe, TJ Robertson, BC Skensved, P Stevenson, RL Zhu, X Gil, S Heise, J Helmer, RL Komar, RJ Nally, CW Ng, HS Waltham, CE Allen, RC Buhler, G Chen, HH Aardsma, G Andersen, T Cameron, K Chon, MC Hanson, RH Jagam, P Karn, J Law, J Ollerhead, RW Simpson, JJ Tagg, N Wang, JX Alexander, C Beier, EW Cook, JC Cowen, DF Frank, ED Frati, W Keener, PT Klein, JR Mayers, G McDonald, DS Neubauer, MS Newcomer, FM Pearce, RJ Van de Water, RG Van Berg, R Wittich, P Ahmad, QR Beck, JM Browne, MC Burritt, TH Doe, PJ Duba, CA Elliott, SR Franklin, JE Germani, JV Green, P Hamian, AA Heeger, KM Howe, M Drees, RM Myers, A Robertson, RGH Smith, MWE Steiger, TD Van Wechel, T Wilkerson, JF
Citation
J. Boger et al., The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, NUCL INST A, 449(1-2), 2000, pp. 172-207
Citations number
84
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
449
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
172 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20000711)449:1-2<172:TSNO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is a second-generation water Cherenkov det ector designed to determine whether the currently observed solar neutrino d eficit 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-indep endent test of the neutrino oscillation hypothesis by comparison of the cha rged- and neutral-current interaction rates. In this paper the physical pro perties, construction, and preliminary operation of the Sudbury Neutrino Ob servatory are described. Data and predicted operating parameters are provid ed whenever possible. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.