Full simulation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory proportional counters

Beltran, B; Bichsel, H; Cai, B; Cox, G A; Deng, H; Detwiler, J; Formaggio, J A; Habib, S; Hallin, A L; Hime, A; Huang, M; Kraus, C; Leslie, H R; Loach, J C; Martin, R; McGee, S; Miller, M L; Monreal, B; Monroe, J; Oblath, N S; Peeters, S J M; Poon, A W P; Prior, G; Rielage, K; Robertson, R G H; Smith, M W E; Stonehill, L C; Tolich, N; Van Wechel, T; Wan Chan Tseung, H; Wendland, J; Wilkerson, J F; Wright, A

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Abstract

The third phase of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) experiment added an array of [superscript 3]He proportional counters to the detector. The purpose of this neutral-current detection (NCD) array was to observe neutrons resulting from neutral-current solar-neutrino–deuteron interactions. We have developed a detailed simulation of current pulses from NCD array proportional counters, from the primary neutron capture on [superscript 3]He through NCD array signal-processing electronics. This NCD array MC simulation was used to model the alpha-decay background in SNO's third-phase ⁸B solar-neutrino measurement.

Date issued

2011-07

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70602

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science

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New Journal of Physics

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing

Citation

Beltran, B et al. “Full Simulation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Proportional Counters.” New Journal of Physics 13.7 (2011): 073006. Web.

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