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Calibration Hardware Research and Development for SNO+
Walker, Matthew (2014-06-02)The SNO+ experiment is a kilo-tonne scale liquid scintillator detector located at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. As the successor to the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, SNO+ will use linear alkylbenzene (LAB) as the ... -
The Development of the SNO+ Experiment: Scintillator Timing, Pulse Shape Discrimination, and Sterile Neutrinos
O'Sullivan, Erin (2014-04-29)The SNO+ experiment is a multi-purpose neutrino detector which is under construction in the SNOLAB facility in Sudbury, Ontario. SNO+ will search for neutrinoless double beta decay, and will measure low energy solar ... -
Early development of a test-bed to measure fractoluminescence in scintillators & simulation of a Na-24 source for the SNO+ experiment
Mony, Emilie (2014-06-24)This thesis consists of two parts; the first part pertains to fractoluminescence as a potential background in crystal scintillator detectors, and the second part bears on the simulation of a 24Na source to be used during ... -
Experiments and Monte Carlo Analysis for the Optical Properties of the Scintillator in SNO+
Liu, Xu (2010-09-22)The SNO+ experiment will be the SNO detector filled with a neodymium-loaded liquid scintillator instead of heavy water. SNO+ will be used to detect neutrinos of much lower energy. Also, SNO+ will conduct a search for ... -
Low Energy 8B Solar Neutrinos in SNO+: Controlling and Constraining Radon Backgrounds
Seddighin, Maryam (2013-05-02)SNOLAB located in Sudbury, Canada, is hosting a new liquid scintillator experiment for studying neutrinos which is called SNO+. Many interesting physics topics such as measuring low energy solar neutrinos and searching ... -
Purification of liquid scintillator and Monte Carlo simulations of relevant internal backgrounds in SNO+
Quirk, Sarah Elizabeth (2008-02-05)The SNO+ experiment has begun research and development to engineer replacing the heavy water in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory with liquid scintillator in order to study low energy solar neutrinos, double beta decay, and ... -
The Rayleigh ratio measurement for SNO+ liquid scintillator and background studies of the internal ropes
Asahi, Satoko (2012-09-10)As a successor of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, the SNO+ experiment is planned to start data taking in early 2013. Making use of the liquid scintillator, Linear Alkylbenzene (LAB), the SNO+ experiment aims to perform ... -
Robust Signal Extraction Methods and Monte Carlo Sensitivity Studies for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and SNO+ Experiments
Wright, Alexander (2009-09-15)The third and final phase of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) experiment utilized a series of 3He proportional counters called Neutral Current Detectors (NCDs) to detect the neutrons produced by the neutral current ...