The calibration of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory using uniformly distributed radioactive sources

Autor:	I. T. Lawson, Joshua R. Klein, K. J. Keeter, A. L. Hallin, R. Ford, E. Guillian, C. B. Krauss, M. J. Thomson, Keith Rielage, B. T. Cleveland, R. G. H. Robertson, P. Skensved, V. l. Rusu, J. C. Loach, Bei Cai, N. A. Jelley, K. Boudjemline, H. M. O'Keeffe, C. Howard, J. Farine, E. D. Hallman, A. J. Noble, P. Jagam, S. D. Reitzner, S. J. M. Peeters, C. Kraus, Alan Poon, R. Lange, Hal Evans, G. T. Ewan, G. McGregor, A. B. McDonald, S. R. Seibert
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics Sudbury Neutrino Observatory 010308 nuclear & particles physics Solar neutrino Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Nuclear Theory Proportional counter FOS: Physical sciences 01 natural sciences Nuclear physics Neutrino detector 13. Climate action 0103 physical sciences Neutron detection Neutron Neutrino Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) 010306 general physics Nuclear Experiment Instrumentation Cherenkov radiation
DOI:	10.1016/j.nima.2010.03.100
Popis:	The production and analysis of distributed sources of 24Na and 222Rn in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) are described. These unique sources provided accurate calibrations of the response to neutrons, produced through photodisintegration of the deuterons in the heavy water target, and to low energy betas and gammas. The application of these sources in determining the neutron detection efficiency and response of the 3He proportional counter array, and the characteristics of background Cherenkov light from trace amounts of natural radioactivity is described. Comment: 24 pages, 13 figures
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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