SNO Publications

This page lists and provides links to published SNO papers.

Published Papers

"Direct Evidence for Neutrino Flavor Tranformation from Neutral-Current Interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. Lett. volume 89, No. 1, 011301 (2002).
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"Measurement of Day and Night Neutrino Energy Spectra at SNO and Constraints on Neutrino Mixing Parameters
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. Lett. volume 89, No. 1, 011302 (2002).
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"Measurement of charged current interactions produced by ⁸B solar neutrinos at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87:071301, 2001.
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"The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A449 (2000) pp. 172-207
Listed on the Los Alamos Preprint server as nucl-ex/9910016
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Technical Papers

"A radium assay technique using hydrous titanium oxide adsorbent for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
T.C. Andersen, R.A. Black, I. Blevis, J. Boger, E. Bonvin, M. Chen, B.T. Cleveland, X. Dai, F. Dalnoki-Veress, and G. Doucas
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A501 (2003) pp. 386-398

"Measurement of radium concentration in water with Mn-coated beads at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
T.C. Andersen, I. Blevis, J. Boger, E. Bonvin, M. Chen, B.T. Cleveland, X. Dai, F. Dalnoki-Veress, G. Doucas, and J. Farine
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A501 (2003) pp. 399-417

"The ⁸Li Calibration Source for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
N. Tagg et. al.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A489 (2002) pp. 92-102
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"The ¹⁶N calibration source for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
M.R. Dragowsky, A. Hamer, Y.D. Chan, R. Deal, E.D. Earle, W. Frati, E. Gaudette, A. Hallin, C. Cearns, and J. Hewett
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A481 (2002) pp. 284-296

"A Compact ³H(p,gamma)⁴He 19.8-MeV Gamma-Ray Source for Energy Calibration at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
A.W.P. Poon, R.J. Komar, C.E. Waltham, M.C. Browne, R.G.H. Robertson, N.P. Kherani, and H.B. Mak
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Reasearch A452 (2000) pp. 15-129

"Alpha-particle induced gamma-ray transitions in light elements"
R.K. Heaton, H.W. Lee, B.C. Robertson, E.B. Norman, K.T. Lesko, and B. Sur
Physical Review C, Volume 56, Number 2, August 1997, pp. 922-937

"The Photomultiplier Tube Testing Facility for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
C.J. Jillings, R.J. Ford, A.L. Hallin, P.J. Harvey, R.W. MacLeod, H.B. Mak, P. Skensved, and R.L. Stevenson
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A373 (1996) pp. 421-429

Conference Proceedings

"First Neutrino Observations from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Rich Helmer, TRIUMF, for the SNO Collaboration
Sixth International Tau Lepton Physics Conference
September 18-21, 2000, Victoria Canada
to be published in Nuclear Physics B
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"Neutrino Observations from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Tony Noble, Carleton University, for the SNO Collaboration
Europhysics Neutrino Oscillation Workshop (NOW2000)
September 9-16, 2000, Otranto Italy
Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 100 (2001) 24-29.

"SNO and Supernovae"
C.J. Virtue, Laurentian University, for the SNO Collaboration
Europhysics Neutrino Oscillation Workshop (NOW2000)
September 9-16, 2000, Otranto Italy
Nucl. Phys. B (proc. Suppl.) 100 (2001) 326-331.
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J.R. Klein for the SNO Collaboration
XXXth International Conference on High Energy Physics
July 27-August 2, 2000, Osaka Japan
to be published by World Scientific Publishing Company

"First neutrino Observations from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Art McDonald for the SNO Collaboration
XIX International Conference on Neutrino Physics & Astrophysics
June 16-21, 2000, Sudbury Canada

"The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
C.J. Virtue, Laurentian University, for the SNO Collaboration
Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP99)
September, 1999, Paris France
Nucl. Phys. B87 (1999) pp. 183-185
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"The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
R.L. Helmer for the SNO collaboration
IEEE Symposium
Nov 8-11, 1998, Toronto Canada
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 47 (2000) pp. 2087-2091

"SNO - A Multifunction Spectrometer for Solar Neutrinos"
B.C. Robertson
Respectives on Neutrino, Atomic Physics and Graviatation
J. Tran Thanh Van. T. Damour, E. Hinds, and J. Wilkerson (eds.)
Editions Frontieres, (1993) pp. 119-126

"A Serious Problem in Detecting 2u2b Decay of ⁷⁶Ge with the Guelph-Queen's Three-Crystal Spectrometer"
P. Jagam, J.J. Simpson, and B.C. Robertson
Proc. 14th Europhysics Conference on Nuclear Physics
Bratislava Czechoslovakia, October 1992, pp. 1-13

PhD Theses

"Model-Independent Measurement of the Neutral-Current Interaction Rate of Solar ⁸B Neutrinos with Deuterium in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Karsten Miklas Heeger
University of Washington
2002
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"Muon Correlated Background at The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Q. Rushdy Ahmad
Brown University, Providence RI
May 2002
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"The Measurement of the Neutral Current Interaction at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Gordon McGregor
Oxford University
2002
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"An Investigation of Matter Enhanced Neutrino Oscillation with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Miles Smith
University of Washington
2002
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"Direct Evidence for Weak Flavour Mixing with The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Mark Boulay
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
April 2001
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"The Photomultiplier Tube Calibation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
James Cameron
Oxford University
2001
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"A Search for Supernova Neutrinos with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Jaret Heise
University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
December 2001
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"Producing a Background Free Data Set for Measurement of the Charge Current Flux and Day-Night Asymmetry at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Neil McCauley
Oxford University
2001
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"The Optical Calibration of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Bryce Moffat
Queen's University, Kingston Ontario
2001
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"The 8Li Calibration Source and Through-Going Muon Analysis in The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Nathaniel James Tagg
University of Guelph
2001
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"First Measurement of the Flux of Solar Neutrinos from the Sun at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Peter Wittich
University of Pennsylvania
2000
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"Preparation for Deployment of the Neutral Current Detectors (NCDs) for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Michael Browne
North Carolina State University
1999
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"Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Energy Calibration using Gamma-Ray Sources"
Michael Dragowsky
Oregon State University
1999
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"Energy Calibration of SNO for Measurement of the Charged-Current Neutrino Reaction"
Andre Hamer
Queen's University
1999
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"The Electron-Scattering Reaction in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Chris Jillings
Queen's University
1999
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"An Analysis of Large Pulse Events in Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Photo-multiplier Tubes"
Edward Korpach
Queen's University
1999
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"Studies of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Detectory and Sonoluminescence using a Sonoluminescent Source"
Douglas McDonald
University of Pennsylvania
1999
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"Calibration of SNO for the Detection of ⁸B Neutrinos"
Richard Ford
Oxford University
1998
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"Techniques to Measure the NC Background in the SNO Experiment"
Heidi Heron
Oxford University
1998
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"Energy Calibration of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Using Monoenergetic Gamma-ray Sources"
Alan Poon
University of British Columbia
1998
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"Monte Carlo Simulations and Analysis of Backgrounds in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Xin Chen
Oxford University
1997
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"Neutral Current Detectors for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Peter Thornewell
Oxford University
1997
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"Monte Carlo and Analysis Techniques for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Stephen Brice
Oxford University
1996
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"Neutron Transport in the Sudbury Neutrino Detector"
Matthew Lyon
Oxford University
1996
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"The Use of Photomultipliers in SNO"
Richard Taplin
Oxford University
1995
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"Creation and Detection of Cerenkov Light in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Michael Lay
Oxford University
1994
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"The Detection of Cerenkov Radiation from Neutrino Interactions"
Robert Boardman
Oxford University
1992
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"Radiogenic Background Suppression in a Heavy Water Solar Neutrino Detector"
Andrew Ferraris
Oxford University
1992
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"Reflectors in Cherenkov Detectors"
Martin Moorhead
Oxford University
1992
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Other Presentations

• SNO Presentations at Neutrino 2000

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