Published July 30, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Scintillator phase of the SNO+ experiment

  • 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/10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/042050

Additional details

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)

Optional Information

Collaborations
SNO+ Collaboration