
doi: 10.2172/815469
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has the ability to measure the total flux of all active flavors of neutrinos using the neutral current reaction, whose signature is a neutron. By comparing the rates of the neutral current reaction to the charged current reaction, which only detects electron neutrinos, one can test the neutrino oscillation hypothesis independent of solar models. It is necessary to understand the neutron detection efficiency of the detector to make use of the neutral current reaction. This report demonstrates a coincidence technique to identify neutrons emitted from the {sup 252}Cf neutron calibration source. The source releases on average four neutrons when a {sup 252}Cf nucleus spontaneously fissions. Each neutron is detected as a separate event when the neutron is captured by a deuteron, releasing a gamma ray of approximately 6.25 MeV. This gamma ray is in turn detected by the photomultiplier tube (PMT) array. By investigating the time and spatial separation between neutron-like events, it is possible to obtain a pure sample of neutrons for calibration study. Preliminary results of the technique applied to two calibration runs are presented.
Star Models, Neutrons, General Physics, Neutron Detection, 73 Nuclear Physics And Radiation Physics, Neutrino Oscillation, Efficiency, Hypothesis, Sudbury Sno Neutrinos Fissions Nhits Photomultiplier, 72 Physics Of Elementary Particles And Fields, Photomultipliers, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Sudbury Sno Neutrinos Fissions Nhits Photomultiplier, Electron Neutrinos, Charged Currents, Neutral Currents, Calibration, 71 Classical And Quantum Mechanics, Neutrinos
Star Models, Neutrons, General Physics, Neutron Detection, 73 Nuclear Physics And Radiation Physics, Neutrino Oscillation, Efficiency, Hypothesis, Sudbury Sno Neutrinos Fissions Nhits Photomultiplier, 72 Physics Of Elementary Particles And Fields, Photomultipliers, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Sudbury Sno Neutrinos Fissions Nhits Photomultiplier, Electron Neutrinos, Charged Currents, Neutral Currents, Calibration, 71 Classical And Quantum Mechanics, Neutrinos
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