The SNO+ experiment

Sno+ Collaboration The Sno+ Collaboration; V. Albanese; R. Alves; M. R. Anderson; S. Andringa; L. Anselmo; E. Arushanova; S. Asahi; M. Askins; D. J. Auty; A. R. Back; S. Back; F. Bar o; Z. Barnard; A. Barr; N. Barros; D. Bartlett; R. Bayes; C. Beaudoin; E. W. Beier; G. Berardi; A. Bialek; S. D. Biller; E. Blucher; R. Bonventre; M. Boulay; D. Braid; E. Caden; E. J. Callaghan; J. Caravaca; J. Carvalho; L. Cavalli; D. Chauhan; M. Chen; O. Chkvorets; K. J. Clark; B. Cleveland; C. Connors; D. Cookman; I. T. Coulter; M. A. Cox; D. Cressy; X. Dai; C. Darrach; B. Davis-Purcell; C. Deluce; M. M. Depatie; F. Descamps; F. Di Lodovico; J. Dittmer; A. Doxtator; N. Duhaime; F. Duncan; J. Dunger; A. D. Earle; D. Fabris; E. Falk; A. Farrugia; N. Fatemighomi; C. Felber; V. Fischer; E. Fletcher; R. Ford; K. Frankiewicz; N. Gagnon; A. Gaur; J. Gauthier; A. Gibson-Foster; K. Gilje; O. I. González-Reina; D. Gooding; P. Gorel; K. Graham; C. Grant; J. Grove; S. Grullon; E. Guillian; S. Hall; A. L. Hallin; D. Hallman; S. Hans; J. Hartnell; P. Harvey; M. Hedayatipour; W. J. Heintzelman; J. Heise; R. L. Helmer; B. Hodak; M. Hodak; M. Hood; D. Horne; B. Hreljac; J. Hu; S. M.A. Hussain; T. Iida; A. S. Inácio; C. M. Jackson; N. A. Jelley; C. J. Jillings; C. Jones; P. G. Jones; K. Kamdin; T. Kaptanoglu; J. Kaspar; K. Keeter; C. Kefelian; P. Khaghani; L. Kippenbrock; J. R. Klein; R. Knapik; J. Kofron; L. L. Kormos; S. Korte; B. Krar; C. Kraus; C. B. Krauss; T. Kroupová; K. Labe; F. Lafleur; I. Lam; C. Lan; B. J. Land; R. Lane; S. Langrock; P. Larochelle; S. Larose; A. Latorre; I. Lawson; L. Lebanowski; G. M. Lefeuvre; E. J. Leming; A. Li; O. Li; J. Lidgard; B. Liggins; P. Liimatainen; Y. H. Lin; X. Liu; Y. Liu; V. Lozza; M. Luo; S. Maguire; A. Maio; K. Majumdar; S. Manecki; J. Maneira; R. D. Martin; E. Marzec; A. Mastbaum; A. Mathewson; N. McCauley; A. B. McDonald; K. McFarlane; P. Mekarski; M. Meyer; C. Miller; C. Mills; M. Mlejnek; E. Mony; B. Morissette; I. Morton-Blake; M. J. Mottram; S. Nae; M. Nirkko; L. J. Nolan; V. M. Novikov; H. M. O'Keeffe; E. O'Sullivan; G. D. Orebi Gann; M. J. Parnell; J. Paton; S. J.M. Peeters; T. Pershing; Z. Petriw; J. Petzoldt; L. Pickard; D. Pracsovics; G. Prior; J. C. Prouty; S. Quirk; S. Read; A. Reichold; S. Riccetto; R. Richardson; M. Rigan; I. Ritchie; A. Robertson; B. C. Robertson; J. Rose; R. Rosero; P. M. Rost; J. Rumleskie; M. A. Schumaker; M. H. Schwendener; D. Scislowski; J. Secrest; M. Seddighin; L. Segui; S. Seibert; I. Semenec; F. Shaker; T. Shantz; M. K. Sharma; T. M. Shokair; L. Sibley; J. R. Sinclair; K. Singh; P. Skensved; M. Smiley; T. Sonley; A. Sörensen; M. St-Amant; R. Stainforth; S. Stankiewicz; M. Strait; M. I. Stringer; A. Stripay; R. Svoboda; S. Tacchino; B. Tam; C. Tanguay; J. Tatar; L. Tian; N. Tolich; J. Tseng; H. W.C. Tseung; E. Turner; R. Van Berg; E. Vázquez-Jáuregui; J. G.C. Veinot; C. J. Virtue; B. Von Krosigk; J. M.G. Walker; M. Walker; J. Wallig; S. C. Walton; J. Wang; M. Ward; O. Wasalski; J. Waterfield; J. J. Weigand; R. F. White; J. R. Wilson; T. J. Winchester; P. Woosaree; A. Wright; J. P. Yanez; M. Yeh; T. Zhang; Y. Zhang; T. Zhao; K. Zuber; A. Zummo

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08059

The SNO+ experiment

Sno+ Collaboration The Sno+ Collaboration, V. Albanese, R. Alves, M. R. Anderson, S. Andringa, L. Anselmo, E. Arushanova, S. Asahi, M. Askins, D. J. Auty, A. R. Back, S. Back, F. Bar o, Z. Barnard, A. Barr, N. Barros, D. Bartlett, R. Bayes, C. Beaudoin, E. W. BeierG. Berardi, A. Bialek, S. D. Biller, E. Blucher, R. Bonventre, M. Boulay, D. Braid, E. Caden, E. J. Callaghan, J. Caravaca, J. Carvalho, L. Cavalli, D. Chauhan, M. Chen, O. Chkvorets, K. J. Clark, B. Cleveland, C. Connors, D. Cookman, I. T. Coulter, M. A. Cox, D. Cressy, X. Dai, C. Darrach, B. Davis-Purcell, C. Deluce, M. M. Depatie, F. Descamps, F. Di Lodovico, J. Dittmer, A. Doxtator, N. Duhaime, F. Duncan, J. Dunger, A. D. Earle, D. Fabris, E. Falk, A. Farrugia, N. Fatemighomi, C. Felber, V. Fischer, E. Fletcher, R. Ford, K. Frankiewicz, N. Gagnon, A. Gaur, J. Gauthier, A. Gibson-Foster, K. Gilje, O. I. González-Reina, D. Gooding, P. Gorel, K. Graham, C. Grant, J. Grove, S. Grullon, E. Guillian, S. Hall, A. L. Hallin, D. Hallman, S. Hans, J. Hartnell, P. Harvey, M. Hedayatipour, W. J. Heintzelman, J. Heise, R. L. Helmer, B. Hodak, M. Hodak, M. Hood, D. Horne, B. Hreljac, J. Hu, S. M.A. Hussain, T. Iida, A. S. Inácio, C. M. Jackson, N. A. Jelley, C. J. Jillings, C. Jones, P. G. Jones, K. Kamdin, T. Kaptanoglu, J. Kaspar, K. Keeter, C. Kefelian, P. Khaghani, L. Kippenbrock, J. R. Klein, R. Knapik, J. Kofron, L. L. Kormos, S. Korte, B. Krar, C. Kraus, C. B. Krauss, T. Kroupová, K. Labe, F. Lafleur, I. Lam, C. Lan, B. J. Land, R. Lane, S. Langrock, P. Larochelle, S. Larose, A. Latorre, I. Lawson, L. Lebanowski, G. M. Lefeuvre, E. J. Leming, A. Li, O. Li, J. Lidgard, B. Liggins, P. Liimatainen, Y. H. Lin, X. Liu, Y. Liu, V. Lozza, M. Luo, S. Maguire, A. Maio, K. Majumdar, S. Manecki, J. Maneira, R. D. Martin, E. Marzec, A. Mastbaum, A. Mathewson, N. McCauley, A. B. McDonald, K. McFarlane, P. Mekarski, M. Meyer, C. Miller, C. Mills, M. Mlejnek, E. Mony, B. Morissette, I. Morton-Blake, M. J. Mottram, S. Nae, M. Nirkko, L. J. Nolan, V. M. Novikov, H. M. O'Keeffe, E. O'Sullivan, G. D. Orebi Gann, M. J. Parnell, J. Paton, S. J.M. Peeters, T. Pershing, Z. Petriw, J. Petzoldt, L. Pickard, D. Pracsovics, G. Prior, J. C. Prouty, S. Quirk, S. Read, A. Reichold, S. Riccetto, R. Richardson, M. Rigan, I. Ritchie, A. Robertson, B. C. Robertson, J. Rose, R. Rosero, P. M. Rost, J. Rumleskie, M. A. Schumaker, M. H. Schwendener, D. Scislowski, J. Secrest, M. Seddighin, L. Segui, S. Seibert, I. Semenec, F. Shaker, T. Shantz, M. K. Sharma, T. M. Shokair, L. Sibley, J. R. Sinclair, K. Singh, P. Skensved, M. Smiley, T. Sonley, A. Sörensen, M. St-Amant, R. Stainforth, S. Stankiewicz, M. Strait, M. I. Stringer, A. Stripay, R. Svoboda, S. Tacchino, B. Tam, C. Tanguay, J. Tatar, L. Tian, N. Tolich, J. Tseng, H. W.C. Tseung, E. Turner, R. Van Berg, E. Vázquez-Jáuregui, J. G.C. Veinot, C. J. Virtue, B. Von Krosigk, J. M.G. Walker, M. Walker, J. Wallig, S. C. Walton, J. Wang, M. Ward, O. Wasalski, J. Waterfield, J. J. Weigand, R. F. White, J. R. Wilson, T. J. Winchester, P. Woosaree, A. Wright, J. P. Yanez, M. Yeh, T. Zhang, Y. Zhang, T. Zhao, K. Zuber, A. Zummo

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Abstract

The SNO+ experiment is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada. A low background search for neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay will be conducted using 780 tonnes of liquid scintillator loaded with 3.9 tonnes of natural tellurium, corresponding to 1.3 tonnes of 130Te. This paper provides a general overview of the SNO+ experiment, including detector design, construction of process plants, commissioning efforts, electronics upgrades, data acquisition systems, and calibration techniques. The SNO+ collaboration is reusing the acrylic vessel, PMT array, and electronics of the SNO detector, having made a number of experimental upgrades and essential adaptations for use with the liquid scintillator. With low backgrounds and a low energy threshold, the SNO+ collaboration will also pursue a rich physics program beyond the search for 0νββ decay, including studies of geo- and reactor antineutrinos, supernova and solar neutrinos, and exotic physics such as the search for invisible nucleon decay. The SNO+ approach to the search for 0νββ decay is scalable: a future phase with high 130Te-loading is envisioned to probe an effective Majorana mass in the inverted mass ordering region.

Original language	English
Article number	P08059
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	16
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08059
State	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

Double-beta decay detectors
Neutrino detectors
Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)

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The Sno+ Collaboration, S. C., Albanese, V., Alves, R., Anderson, M. R., Andringa, S., Anselmo, L., Arushanova, E., Asahi, S., Askins, M., Auty, D. J., Back, A. R., Back, S., Bar o, F., Barnard, Z., Barr, A., Barros, N., Bartlett, D., Bayes, R., Beaudoin, C., ... Zummo, A. (2021). The SNO+ experiment. Journal of Instrumentation, 16(8), Article P08059. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08059

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PY - 2021/8

Y1 - 2021/8

N2 - The SNO+ experiment is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada. A low background search for neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay will be conducted using 780 tonnes of liquid scintillator loaded with 3.9 tonnes of natural tellurium, corresponding to 1.3 tonnes of 130Te. This paper provides a general overview of the SNO+ experiment, including detector design, construction of process plants, commissioning efforts, electronics upgrades, data acquisition systems, and calibration techniques. The SNO+ collaboration is reusing the acrylic vessel, PMT array, and electronics of the SNO detector, having made a number of experimental upgrades and essential adaptations for use with the liquid scintillator. With low backgrounds and a low energy threshold, the SNO+ collaboration will also pursue a rich physics program beyond the search for 0νββ decay, including studies of geo- and reactor antineutrinos, supernova and solar neutrinos, and exotic physics such as the search for invisible nucleon decay. The SNO+ approach to the search for 0νββ decay is scalable: a future phase with high 130Te-loading is envisioned to probe an effective Majorana mass in the inverted mass ordering region.

AB - The SNO+ experiment is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada. A low background search for neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay will be conducted using 780 tonnes of liquid scintillator loaded with 3.9 tonnes of natural tellurium, corresponding to 1.3 tonnes of 130Te. This paper provides a general overview of the SNO+ experiment, including detector design, construction of process plants, commissioning efforts, electronics upgrades, data acquisition systems, and calibration techniques. The SNO+ collaboration is reusing the acrylic vessel, PMT array, and electronics of the SNO detector, having made a number of experimental upgrades and essential adaptations for use with the liquid scintillator. With low backgrounds and a low energy threshold, the SNO+ collaboration will also pursue a rich physics program beyond the search for 0νββ decay, including studies of geo- and reactor antineutrinos, supernova and solar neutrinos, and exotic physics such as the search for invisible nucleon decay. The SNO+ approach to the search for 0νββ decay is scalable: a future phase with high 130Te-loading is envisioned to probe an effective Majorana mass in the inverted mass ordering region.

KW - Double-beta decay detectors

KW - Neutrino detectors

KW - Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114675167&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08059

DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08059

M3 - Systematic review

AN - SCOPUS:85114675167

SN - 1748-0221

VL - 16

JO - Journal of Instrumentation

JF - Journal of Instrumentation

IS - 8

M1 - P08059

ER -

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