A heavy water detector to resolve the solar neutrino problem

G. Aardsma; R. C. Allen; J. D. Anglin; M. Bercovitch; A. L. Carter; H. H. Chen; W. F. Davidson; P. J. Doe; E. D. Earle; H. C. Evans; G. T. Ewan; E. D. Hallman; C. K. Hargrove; P. Jagam; D. Kessler; H. W. Lee; J. R. Leslie; J. D. Macarthur; H. B. Mak; A. B. McDonald; W. McLatchie; B. C. Robertson; J. J. Simpson; D. Sinclair; P. Skensved; R. S. Storey

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A heavy water detector to resolve the solar neutrino problem

G. Aardsma, R. C. Allen, J. D. Anglin, M. Bercovitch, A. L. Carter, H. H. Chen, W. F. Davidson, P. J. Doe, E. D. Earle, H. C. Evans, G. T. Ewan, E. D. Hallman, C. K. Hargrove, P. Jagam, D. Kessler, H. W. Lee, J. R. Leslie, J. D. Macarthur, H. B. Mak, A. B. McDonaldW. McLatchie, B. C. Robertson, J. J. Simpson, D. Sinclair, P. Skensved, R. S. Storey

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Abstract

The observation of the following three reactions: ν_ed→ppe; ν_xe→ν_xe; and ν_xd→ν_xpn (where ν_x is any left- handed neutrino) in a heavy water Čerenkov detector which is being designed, allows the solar ⁸B v_e flux, spectrum and direction to be measured. In addition, the total solar ⁸Bν_c neutrino flux, direction and integral spectrum, independent of neutrino flavor, may be determined to provide several independent methods to resolve the solar neutrino problem.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	321-325
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	194
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(87)90551-x
State	Published - 6 Aug 1987
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This experiment could not be contemplated without access to a large amount of heavy water and a suitable deep site. A stock heavy water exists in Canada for use in future CANDU reactors and we are grateful to AECL for agreeing to lend 1000 tonnes for this project. The encouragement and cooperation of the International Nickel Company (INCO) has been vital to this project. The support by NSERC and NRC (Canada), and NSF and DOE (US), is gratefully acknowledged.

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This experiment could not be contemplated without access to a large amount of heavy water and a suitable deep site. A stock heavy water exists in Canada for use in future CANDU reactors and we are grateful to AECL for agreeing to lend 1000 tonnes for this project. The encouragement and cooperation of the International Nickel Company (INCO) has been vital to this project. The support by NSERC and NRC (Canada), and NSF and DOE (US), is gratefully acknowledged.

Funders	Funder number
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
National Research Council Canada

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Aardsma, G., Allen, R. C., Anglin, J. D., Bercovitch, M., Carter, A. L., Chen, H. H., Davidson, W. F., Doe, P. J., Earle, E. D., Evans, H. C., Ewan, G. T., Hallman, E. D., Hargrove, C. K., Jagam, P., Kessler, D., Lee, H. W., Leslie, J. R., Macarthur, J. D., Mak, H. B., ... Storey, R. S. (1987). A heavy water detector to resolve the solar neutrino problem. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 194(2), 321-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(87)90551-x

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