1999/10/31 by J. Boger, The SNO Collaboration, J Boger +289 · 12 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #astro-ph #hep-ex #hep-ph #nucl-ex #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0168-9002(99)01469-2
published as Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A449:172-207,2000 · 58 pages, 12 figures, submitted to Nucl. Inst. Meth. Uses elsart and epsf style files. For additional information about SNO see http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca . This version has some new references
arxiv created 1999/11/03 · crossref issued 2000/07/01 · crossref published 2000/07/01 · crossref published-print 2000/07/01 · openalex publication_date 2000/07/01 · crossref created 2002/07/25 · arxiv updated 2012/08/27 · openalex created_date 2020/03/06 · crossref deposited 2025/09/29 · crossref indexed 2026/07/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is a second generation water Cherenkov detector designed to determine whether the currently observed solar neutrino deficit is a result of neutrino oscillations. The detector is unique in its use of D2O as a detection medium, permitting it to make a solar model-independent test of the neutrino oscillation hypothesis by comparison of the charged- and neutral-current interaction rates. In this paper the physical properties, construction, and preliminary operation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory are described. Data and predicted operating parameters are provided whenever possible.