Methods for neutral-current neutrino detection in the Sudbury neutrino observatory

✍ Scribed by R.G.H. Robertson

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 312 KB
• Volume: 70
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0920-5632
• DOI: 10.1016/s0920-5632(98)00444-7

✦ Synopsis

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory will permit a comparison of the rate of neutral-current neutrino interactions to charged-current interactions, which is a test of neutrino mixing and mass. The neutral-current process can be measured by: a) comparison of the rate for electron elastic scattering to the pure charged-current rate on deuterium, b) neutron capture on Cl ions added to the heavy water, and, c) neutron capture in an array of 3He-filled proportional counters. The design and construction of suitable proportional counters are described.