Measurement of the rate of nu(e)+d -> p+p+e(-) interactions produced by B-8 solar neutrinos at the sudbury neutrino observatory - art. no. 071301

Authors
Ahmad, QR Allen, RC Andersen, TC Anglin, JD Buhler, G Barton, JC Beier, EW Bercovitch, M Bigu, J Biller, S Black, RA Blevis, I Boardman, RJ Boger, J Bonvin, E Boulay, MG Bowler, MG Bowles, TJ Brice, SJ Browne, MC Bullard, TV Burritt, TH Cameron, K Cameron, J Chan, YD Chen, M Chen, HH Chen, X Chon, MC Cleveland, BT Clifford, ETH Cowan, JHM Cowen, DF Cox, GA Dai, Y Dai, X Dalnoki-Veress, F Davidson, WF Doe, PJ Doucas, G Dragowsky, MR Duba, CA Duncan, FA Dunmore, J Earle, ED Elliott, SR Evans, HC Ewan, GT Farine, J Fergani, H Ferraris, AP Ford, RJ Fowler, MM Frame, K Frank, ED Frati, W Germani, JV Gil, S Goldschmidt, A Grant, DR Hahn, RL Hallin, AL Hallman, ED Hamer, A Hamian, AA Haq, RU Hargrove, CK Harvey, PJ Hazama, R Heaton, R Heeger, KM Heintzelman, WJ Heise, J Helmer, RL Hepburn, JD Heron, H Hewett, J Hime, A Howe, M Hykawy, JG Isaac, MCP Jagam, P Jelley, NA Jillings, C Jonkmans, G Karn, J Keener, PT Kirch, K Klein, JR Knox, AB Komar, RJ Kouzes, R Kutter, T Kyba, CCM Law, J Lawson, IT Lay, M Lee, HW Lesko, KT Leslie, JR Levine, I Locke, W Lowry, MM Luoma, S Lyon, J Majerus, S Mak, HB Marino, AD McCauley, N McDonald, AB McDonald, DS McFarlane, K McGregor, G McLatchie, W Drees, RM Mes, H Mifflin, C Miller, GG Milton, G Moffat, BA Moorhead, M Nally, CW Neubauer, MS Newcomer, FM Ng, HS Noble, AJ Norman, EB Novikov, VM O'Neill, M Okada, CE Ollerhead, RW Omori, M Orrell, JL Oser, SM Poon, AWP Radcliffe, TJ Roberge, A Robertson, BC Robertson, RGH Rowley, JK Rusu, VL Saettler, E Schaffer, KK Schuelke, A Schwendener, MH Seifert, H Shatkay, M Simpson, JJ Sinclair, D Skensved, P Smith, AR Smith, MWE Starinsky, N Steiger, TD Stokstad, RG Storey, RS Sur, B Tafirout, R Tagg, N Tanner, NW Taplin, RK Thorman, M Thornewell, P Trent, PT Tserkovnyak, YI Van Berg, R Van de Water, RG Virtue, CJ Waltham, CE Wang, JX Wark, DL West, N Wilhelmy, JB Wilkerson, JF Wilson, J Wittich, P Wouters, JM Yeh, M
Citation
Qr. Ahmad et al., Measurement of the rate of nu(e)+d -> p+p+e(-) interactions produced by B-8 solar neutrinos at the sudbury neutrino observatory - art. no. 071301, PHYS REV L, 8707(7), 2001, pp. 1301
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
8707
Issue
7
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20010813)8707:7<1301:MOTRON>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Solar neutrinos from B-8 decay have been detected at the Sudbury Neutrino O bservatory via the charged current (CC) reaction on deuterium and the elast ic scattering (ES) of electrons. The flux of nu (e)'s is measured by the CC reaction rate to be phi (CC)(nu (e)) = 1.75 +/-0.07(stat)(-0.11)(+0.12)(sy st) +/-0.05(theor) x 10(6) cm(-2) s(-1). Comparison of phi (CC)(nu (e)) to the Super-Kamiokande Collaboration's precision value of the flux inferred f rom the ES reaction yields a 3.3o sigma difference, assuming the systematic uncertainties are normally distributed, providing evidence of an active no n=nu (e) component in the solar flux. The total flux of active B-8 neutrino s is determined to be 5.44 +/-0.99 x 10(6) cm(-2) s(-1).