The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Bellerive, A.; Klein, J. R.; McDonald, A. B.; Noble, A. J.; Poon, A. W. P.

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.04.035

Title: The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nuclear Physics. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.04.035· OSTI ID:1250358

Bellerive, A.; Klein, J. R.; McDonald, A. B.; Noble, A. J.; Poon, A. W. P.

This review paper provides a summary of the published results of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) experiment that was carried out by an international scientific collaboration with data collected during the period from 1999 to 2006. By using heavy water as a detection medium, the SNO experiment demonstrated clearly that solar electron neutrinos from ⁸B decay in the solar core change into other active neutrino flavors in transit to Earth. The reaction on deuterium that has equal sensitivity to all active neutrino flavors also provides a very accurate measure of the initial solar flux for comparison with solar models. This review summarizes the results from three phases of solar neutrino detection as well as other physics results obtained from analyses of the SNO data.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1250358

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1379079

Journal Information:: Nuclear Physics. B, Journal Name: Nuclear Physics. B Vol. 908 Journal Issue: C; ISSN 0550-3213

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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