SNO+ status and plans for double beta decay search and other neutrino studies

6th Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics

物理学;天文学

Andringa, S.^1

LIP, Av. Elias Garcia, 14, 1, Lisboa

1000-149, Portugal^1

关键词: Detector development;    Double beta decay;    Liquid scintillator;    Natural radioactivity;    Neutrino physics;    Neutrinoless double-beta decays;    Physics analysis;    Sudbury neutrino observatories;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/665/1/012080/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/665/1/012080

学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

SNO+ is a multi-purpose Neutrino Physics experiment, succeeding to the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory by replacing heavy water with liquid scintillator, which can also be loaded with large quantities of double-beta decaying isotope. The scientific goals of SNO+ are the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay, the study of solar neutrinos and of anti-neutrinos from nuclear reactors and the Earth's natural radioactivity, as well as supernovae neutrinos. The installation of the detector at SNOLAB is being completed and commissioning has already started with a dry run. The detector will soon be filled with water and, later, with scintillator. Here we highlight the main detector developments and address the several Physics analysis being prepared for the several planned SNO+ runs.