Neutrino observatories

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) was a neutrino observatory located 2100 m underground in Vale's Creighton Mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The detector was designed to detect solar neutrinos through their interactions with a large tank of heavy water. The detector was turned on in May 1999, and was turned off on 28 November 2006. The SNO collaboration was active for several years after that analyzing the data taken. The director of the experiment, Art McDonald, was co-awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2015 for the experiment's contribution to the discovery of neutrino oscillation. The underground laboratory has been enlarged into a permanent facility and now operates multiple experiments as SNOLAB. The SNO equipment itself was being refurbished as of February 2017 for use in the SNO+ experiment. (Wikipedia).

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
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Distinguished Alumnus Arthur B. McDonald (PhD '70)

From playlist Caltech Alumni Seminar Day

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From playlist Summer Course 2017: A Journey Through The Universe

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From playlist Guide to Space

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From playlist Neutrinos

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From playlist Neutrinos

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From playlist Neutrinos

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From playlist Neutrinos

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From playlist Joint IAS/PU Astrophysics Colloquium

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Animation of Fermilab's Accelerator Complex

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From playlist Detectors and Accelerators

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Homestake experiment | Large Volume Detector | Solar neutrino | Heavy water | Monte Carlo method | Proton | Geodesic | Muon | Muon neutrino | Electron neutrino | Neutrino oscillation | SNO+ | SNOLAB | Tau neutrino | Solar neutrino problem | Neutron | Super-Kamiokande | Cross section (physics)