Neutral-current detectors for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States). Physics Div.
With its heavy water target, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory has the unique opportunity to measure both the {sup 8}B flux of electron neutrinos from the Sun and the flux of all active neutrino species independently, thus offering a direct and model-independent test of a neutrino oscillation solution to the solar neutrino problem. The authors report on the physics intent and design of a discrete method of neutral-current detection in the Sudbury neutrino observatory that will utilize ultra-low background {sup 3}He proportional counters dispersed throughout the heavy water volume. Projections of background in all components of the detector are considered in an analysis of the ability to extract the neutral-current signal and the neutral-current to charged-current ratio.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 541901
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-97-2014; CONF-9704164-; ON: DE97008983; TRN: 98:008406
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 4. international solar neutrino conference, Heidelberg (Germany), 8-11 Apr 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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