Signals, backgrounds and calibrations in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Journal Article · Mon Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 1995 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.48573· OSTI ID:168205

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1. AECL Research, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, K0J 1J0 (Canada)

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is a large underground neutrino detector which is presently under construction, at a depth of 6800 ft, near Sudbury, Canada. This heavy water detector is designed to study neutrinos from the sun and from other sources with spectral resolution, high counting rates and extremely low backgrounds. The detector and the expected signals from it are discussed in this paper. The important ancillary measurements of backgrounds and detector calibration are outlined. {copyright} {ital 1995} {ital American} {ital Institute} {ital of} {ital Physics}.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 168205
• Report Number(s): CONF-940514-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 96:002238
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 338, Issue 1; Conference: 5. conference on intersections between particle and nuclear physics, St. Petersburg, FL (United States), 31 May - 6 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: 10 Jul 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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66 PHYSICS
COSMIC NEUTRINOS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
SOLAR NEUTRINOS
ENERGY RESOLUTION
HEAVY WATER
MEV RANGE
GEV RANGE
CALIBRATION