Published July 2011 | Version v1
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Full simulation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory proportional counters

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R3 (Canada)
  • 2. Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 (Canada)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396 (United States)
  • 5. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  • 6. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
  • 7. Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0264 (United States)
  • 8. Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 (United States)

Description

The third phase of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) experiment added an array of 3He proportional counters to the detector. The purpose of this neutral-current detection (NCD) array was to observe neutrons resulting from neutral-current solar-neutrino-deuteron interactions. We have developed a detailed simulation of current pulses from NCD array proportional counters, from the primary neutron capture on 3He through NCD array signal-processing electronics. This NCD array MC simulation was used to model the alpha-decay background in SNO's third-phase 8B solar-neutrino measurement.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/7/073006

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1367-2630/13/7/073006;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
New Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
13
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
[37 p.]
ISSN
1367-2630

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43029013
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA DECAY; BORON 8; HELIUM 3; NEUTRAL CURRENTS; NEUTRON REACTIONS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; SIMULATION; SOLAR NEUTRINOS; SUDBURY NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY
Descriptors DEC
ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; BARYON REACTIONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BORON ISOTOPES; CURRENTS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FERMIONS; HADRON REACTIONS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LEPTONS; LIGHT NUCLEI; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MILLISECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEUTRINOS; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON REACTIONS; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLAR PARTICLES; SOLAR RADIATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; STELLAR RADIATION