Published July 30, 2012
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Journal article
Scintillator phase of the SNO+ experiment
Creators
- 1. Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Kern-und Teilchenphysik, Zellescher Weg 19, 01069 Dresden (Germany)
Description
The SNO+ experiment is the follow up of the SNO experiment, replacing the heavy water volume with about 780 tons of liquid scintillator (LAB) in order to shift the sensitive threshold to lower energy range. The 6000 m.w.e. natural rock shielding, and the use of ultra-clean materials makes the detector suitable for the detection of pep and CNO solar neutrinos, geo-neutrinos, reactor neutrinos and the possible observation of neutrinos from supernovae. Complementing this program, SNO+ will also search for 150Nd (5.6% abundance) neutrinoless double beta decay, loading the liquid scintillator with 0.1% of natural Neodymium. After a review of the general SNO+ setup, the physics of the solar neutrino phase will be presented.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/042050Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 375
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- [4 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
Conference
- Title
- 12. international conference on topics in astroparticle and underground physics
- Acronym
- TAUP 2011
- Dates
- 5-9 Sep 2011
- Place
- Munich (Germany)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43103952
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ABUNDANCE; CNO CYCLE; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; HEAVY WATER; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM 150; NEUTRINO DETECTION; NEUTRINO REACTIONS; SHIELDING; SOLAR NEUTRINOS; SUDBURY NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY; SUPERNOVAE
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; BINARY STARS; DECAY; DETECTION; DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FERMIONS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LEPTON REACTIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES; NEUTRINOS; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; RARE EARTH NUCLEI; RARE EARTHS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SOLAR PARTICLES; SOLAR RADIATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; STAR BURNING; STARS; STELLAR RADIATION; VARIABLE STARS; WATER
Optional Information
- Collaborations
- SNO+ Collaboration