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This page lists and provides links to published SNO papers and PhD theses.

Published Papers

"Combined Analysis of all Three Phases of Solar Neutrino Data from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. C 88, 025501 (2013)
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"Measurement of the νe and Total 8B Solar Neutrino Fluxes with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Phase-III Data Set"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. C 87, 015502 (2013)
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"Calibration of Muon Reconstruction Algorithms Using an External Muon Tracking System at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
R. Abruzzio et al
Nucl. Instr. Meth. A648, 92 (2011)
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"A Monte Carlo simulation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory proportional counters"
B. Beltran et al
New J. Phys. 13, 073006 (2011)
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"Low Multiplicity Burst Search at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
ApJ 728, 83 (2011)
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"Low Energy Threshold Analysis of the Phase I and Phase II Data Sets of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. C 81, 055504 (2010)
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"Searches for High Frequency Variations in the 8B Solar Neutrino Flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Astrophysical Journal 710 (2010) 540-548
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"The calibration of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory using uniformly distributed radioactive sources"
K. Boudjemline et al
Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 620 (2010) 171-181
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"Measurement of the Cosmic Ray and Neutrino-Induced Muon Flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. D 80, 012001 (2009)
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"An Independent Measurement of the Total Active 8B Solar Neutrino Flux Using an Array of 3He Proportional Counters at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. Lett. volume 101, 111301 (2008)
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"Determination of the νe and Total 8B Solar Neutrino Fluxes with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Phase I Data Set"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. C 75 045502 (2007)
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"A Search for Neutrinos from the Solar hep Reaction and the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
ApJ 653, 1545 (2006)
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"A Search for Periodicities in the 8B Solar Neutrino Flux measured by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
SNO Collaboration,
Phys. Rev. D 72, 052010 (2005)
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"Electron Energy Spectra, Fluxes, and Day-Night Asymmetries of 8B Solar Neutrinos from the 391-Day Salt Phase SNO Data Set"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. C 72, 055502 (2005)
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"Electron antineutrino search at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. D 70, 093014 (2004)
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"Measurement of the Total Active 8B Solar Neutrino Flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory with Enhanced Neutral Current Sensitivity"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. Lett. volume 92, 181301 (2004)
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"Constraints on Nucleon Decay via Invisible Modes from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. Lett. volume 92, 102004 (2004)
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"Direct Evidence for Neutrino Flavor Tranformation from Neutral-Current Interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. Lett. volume 89, No. 1, 011301 (2002)
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"Measurement of Day and Night Neutrino Energy Spectra at SNO and Constraints on Neutrino Mixing Parameters
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. Lett. volume 89, No. 1, 011302 (2002)
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"Measurement of Charged Current Interactions Produced by 8B Solar Neutrinos at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Phys. Rev. Lett. volume 87, 071301 (2001)
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"The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
The SNO Collaboration
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A449 (2000) pp. 172-207
Preprint: nucl-ex/9910016
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Technical Papers

"High sensitivity measurements of 224Ra and 226Ra with an improved hydrous titanium oxide technique at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Nucl. Instr. Meth A604 (2009) pp. 531-535
B. Aharmim et al
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"An Array of low-background 3He proportional counters for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
J.F. Amsbaugh et al
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A579 (2007) pp. 1054-1080
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"Optical Calibration Hardware for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
B.A. Moffat, R.J. Ford, F.A. Duncan, K. Graham, A.L. Hallin, C.A.W. Hearns, J. Maniera, P. Skensved
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A554 (2005) pp. 255-265
Preprint: nucl-ex/0507026
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"Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Neutral Current Detector Acquisition Software Overview"
Mark A. Howe, G. Adam, Phil J. Harvey, Frank McGirt, Keith Rielage, John F. Wilkerson and Jan M. Wouters
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 51, No. 3, June 2004, pp. 878-883

"A radium assay technique using hydrous titanium oxide adsorbent for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
T.C. Andersen, R.A. Black, I. Blevis, J. Boger, E. Bonvin, M. Chen, B.T. Cleveland, X. Dai, F. Dalnoki-Veress, and G. Doucas
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A501 (2003) pp. 386-398

"Measurement of radium concentration in water with Mn-coated beads at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
T.C. Andersen, I. Blevis, J. Boger, E. Bonvin, M. Chen, B.T. Cleveland, X. Dai, F. Dalnoki-Veress, G. Doucas, and J. Farine
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A501 (2003) pp. 399-417

"The 8Li Calibration Source for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
N. Tagg et. al.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A489 (2002) pp. 92-102
Preprint: nucl-ex/0202024

"The 16N calibration source for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
M.R. Dragowsky, A. Hamer, Y.D. Chan, R. Deal, E.D. Earle, W. Frati, E. Gaudette, A. Hallin, C. Cearns, and J. Hewett
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A481 (2002) pp. 284-296

"A Compact 3H(p,gamma)4He 19.8-MeV Gamma-Ray Source for Energy Calibration at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
A.W.P. Poon, R.J. Komar, C.E. Waltham, M.C. Browne, R.G.H. Robertson, N.P. Kherani, and H.B. Mak
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A452 (2000) pp. 15-129

"Alpha-particle induced gamma-ray transitions in light elements"
R.K. Heaton, H.W. Lee, B.C. Robertson, E.B. Norman, K.T. Lesko, and B. Sur
Physical Review C, Volume 56, Number 2, August 1997, pp. 922-937

"The Photomultiplier Tube Testing Facility for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
C.J. Jillings, R.J. Ford, A.L. Hallin, P.J. Harvey, R.W. MacLeod, H.B. Mak, P. Skensved, and R.L. Stevenson
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A373 (1996) pp. 421-429

Conference Proceedings

nu-bare and the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
J. L. Orrell for the SNO Collaboration
Eighth Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics
2003, New York
CIPANP2003, AIP Conf. Proc. 698, pg 275
PDF available from AIP web site

"First Neutrino Observations from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Rich Helmer, TRIUMF, for the SNO Collaboration
Sixth International Tau Lepton Physics Conference
September 18-21, 2000, Victoria Canada
to be published in Nuclear Physics B
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"Neutrino Observations from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Tony Noble, Carleton University, for the SNO Collaboration
Europhysics Neutrino Oscillation Workshop (NOW2000)
September 9-16, 2000, Otranto Italy
Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 100 (2001) 24-29.

"SNO and Supernovae"
C.J. Virtue, Laurentian University, for the SNO Collaboration
Europhysics Neutrino Oscillation Workshop (NOW2000)
September 9-16, 2000, Otranto Italy
Nucl. Phys. B (proc. Suppl.) 100 (2001) 326-331.
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J.R. Klein for the SNO Collaboration
XXXth International Conference on High Energy Physics
July 27-August 2, 2000, Osaka Japan
to be published by World Scientific Publishing Company

"First neutrino Observations from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Art McDonald for the SNO Collaboration
XIX International Conference on Neutrino Physics & Astrophysics
June 16-21, 2000, Sudbury Canada

"The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
C.J. Virtue, Laurentian University, for the SNO Collaboration
Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP99)
September, 1999, Paris France
Nucl. Phys. B87 (1999) pp. 183-185
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"The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
R.L. Helmer for the SNO collaboration
IEEE Symposium
Nov 8-11, 1998, Toronto Canada
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 47 (2000) pp. 2087-2091

"SNO - A Multifunction Spectrometer for Solar Neutrinos"
B.C. Robertson
Respectives on Neutrino, Atomic Physics and Graviatation
J. Tran Thanh Van. T. Damour, E. Hinds, and J. Wilkerson (eds.)
Editions Frontieres, (1993) pp. 119-126

"A Serious Problem in Detecting 2u2b Decay of 76Ge with the Guelph-Queen's Three-Crystal Spectrometer"
P. Jagam, J.J. Simpson, and B.C. Robertson
Proc. 14th Europhysics Conference on Nuclear Physics
Bratislava Czechoslovakia, October 1992, pp. 1-13

PhD Theses

Three-Phase Extraction of the Electron Neutrino Survival Probability at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Pierre-Luc Drouin
Carleton University
Dec. 2011
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Looking for Matter Enhanced Neutrino Oscillations Via Day v. Night Asymmetries in the NCD Phase of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Richard Anthony Ott, III
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sept. 2011
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A Combined Three-phase Signal Extraction of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Data Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Technique
Shahnoor Habib
University of Alberta
Fail 2011
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Precision Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters: Combined Three-phase Results of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Nuno Filipe Fiúza de Barros
Universidade de Lisboa
2011
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From Atoms to Astronomy: New Approaches in Neutrino Physics
Melissa Travis Jerkins
University of Texas at Austin
2010
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Search for Neutron Anti-neutron Oscillation at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Marc Bergevin
University of Guelph
2010
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Through-Going Muons at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Tyron Tsui
University of British Columbia
April 2009
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Measurement of the Survival Probability and Determination of the Three-Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Parameters at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Olivier Simard
Carleton University
2009
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An Analysis of the 3He Proportional Counter Data from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Using Pulse Shape Discrimination
Ryan Martin
Queen's University
2009
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"The energy calibration for the solar neutrino analysis of all three phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Ryan Francis MacLellan
Queen's University
2009
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"Robust Signal Extraction Methods and Monte Carlo Sensitivity Studies for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and SNO+ Experiments"
Alexander Joseph Wright
Queen's University
2009
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"A Measurement of Neutral-Current Neutrino Interactions at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory with an Array of 3He Proportional Counters"
Noah S. Oblath
University of Washington
2009
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"A Measurement of the Atmospheric Neutrino Flux and Oscillation Parameters at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Thomas John Sonley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2009
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"Simulation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Neutral Current Detectors"
Hok Seum Wan Chan Tseung
Wadham College, Oxford
2008
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"A Low Energy Measurement of the 8B Solar Neutrino Spectrum at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Stanley Reid Seibert
University of Texas at Austin
2008
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"An Improved Measurement of the 8B Solar Neutrino Energy Spectrum at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Gabriel D. Orebi Gann
Merton College, Oxford
2008
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"Low Energy Background in the NCD Phase of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Helen Mary O'Keeffe
Lincoln College, Oxford
2008
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"Measurement of the Flux of 8B Solar Neutrinos at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
James Chilton Loach
Lincoln College, University of Oxford
2008
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"Extraction of Active and Sterile Neutrino Mixing Parameters with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Gordana Tešić
Carleton University
2008
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"A Search for Time Dependence in Astrophysical Neutrino Sources with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Aubra Elan Anthony
University of Texas at Austin
2008
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"Data Integrity and Electronic Calibrations for the Neutral Current Detector Phase Measurement of the 8B Solar Neutrino Flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Gary A. Cox-Mobrand
University of Washington
2008
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"Low Energy Solar Neutrino Analysis of the Salt Phase of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Mark Szymon Kos
Queen's University
2007
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"Measurement of the Atmospheric Neutrino Induced Muon Flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Christopher Conrad Maximillian Kyba
University of Pennsylvania
2006
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"Electronics for the Neutral Current Detection Array at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Charles A. Duba
University of Washington
2006
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"Measurement Of The 8B Solar Neutrino Energy Spectrum At The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Monica Dunford
University of Pennsylvania
2006
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"Deployment and Background Characterization of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Neutral Current Detectors"
Laura C. Stonehill
University of Washington
2005
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"Background Determination in the Salt Phase of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Experiment"
Charlotte Sims
University of Oxford
2005
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"A Search for Matter Enhanced Neutrino Oscillations through Measurements of Day and Night Solar Neutrino Fluxes at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Kathryn Kelly Shaffer Miknaitis
University of Washington
2005
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"Optical Calibration of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and Determination of the 8B Solar Neutrino Flux in the Salt Phase"
Darren R. Grant
Carleton University
2004
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"Evidence for Neutrino Oscillations in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Alysia Diane Marino
University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2004
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"A Measurement of the 8B Solar Neutrino Energy Spectrum at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Jeanne R. Wilson
University of Oxford
2004
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"A Search for an Electron Antineutrino Signal in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
John Laurence Orrell
University of Washington
2004
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"The Separation of CC and NC Events in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Jessica A. Dunmore
University of Oxford
2004
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"Time Series Analysis for the Cf Source in Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Hendrick Labranche
University of Guelph
2003
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"Measurement of the Total 8B Solar Neutrino Flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Vadim Liviu Rusu
University of Pennsylvania
2003
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"Supernova Monitoring in the SNO Detector"
Michael H. Schwendener
Laurentian University
2002
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"Model-Independent Measurement of the Neutral-Current Interaction Rate of Solar 8B Neutrinos with Deuterium in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Karsten Heeger
University of Washington
2002
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"Muon Correlated Background at The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Q. Rushdy Ahmad
Brown University, Providence RI
May 2002
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"The Measurement of the Neutral Current Interaction at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Gordon McGregor
Oxford University
2002
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"An Investigation of Matter Enhanced Neutrino Oscillation with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Miles Smith
University of Washington
2002
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"Direct Evidence for Weak Flavour Mixing with The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Mark Boulay
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
April 2001
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"Evidence for Electron Neutrino Flavor Change through Measurement of the 8B Solar Neutrino Flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Mark Stephen Neubauer
University of Pennsylvania
2001
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"The Photomultiplier Tube Calibration of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
James Cameron
Oxford University
2001
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"A Search for Supernova Neutrinos with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Jaret Heise
University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
December 2001
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"Producing a Background Free Data Set for Measurement of the Charge Current Flux and Day-Night Asymmetry at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Neil McCauley
Oxford University
2001
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"The Optical Calibration of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Bryce Moffat
Queen's University, Kingston Ontario
2001
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"The 8Li Calibration Source and Through-Going Muon Analysis in The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Nathaniel James Tagg
University of Guelph
2001
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"First Measurement of the Flux of Solar Neutrinos from the Sun at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Peter Wittich
University of Pennsylvania
2000
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"Preparation for Deployment of the Neutral Current Detectors (NCDs) for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Michael Browne
North Carolina State University
1999
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"Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Energy Calibration using Gamma-Ray Sources"
Michael Dragowsky
Oregon State University
1999
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"Energy Calibration of SNO for Measurement of the Charged-Current Neutrino Reaction"
Andre Hamer
Queen's University
1999
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"The Electron-Scattering Reaction in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Chris Jillings
Queen's University
1999
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"Studies of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Detector and Sonoluminescence using a Sonoluminescent Source"
Douglas McDonald
University of Pennsylvania
1999
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"Calibration of SNO for the Detection of 8B Neutrinos"
Richard Ford
Queen's University
1998
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"Techniques to Measure the NC Background in the SNO Experiment"
Heidi Heron
Oxford University
1998
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"Energy Calibration of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Using Monoenergetic Gamma-ray Sources"
Alan Poon
University of British Columbia
1998
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"Monte Carlo Simulations and Analysis of Backgrounds in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Xin Chen
Oxford University
1997
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"Neutral Current Detectors for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Peter Thornewell
Oxford University
1997
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"Monte Carlo and Analysis Techniques for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Stephen Brice
Oxford University
1996
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"Neutron Transport in the Sudbury Neutrino Detector"
Matthew Lyon
Oxford University
1996
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"The Use of Photomultipliers in SNO"
Richard Taplin
Oxford University
1995
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"Creation and Detection of Cerenkov Light in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"
Michael Lay
Oxford University
1994
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"Measurement of the 3He(n,γ) Cross Section for En=0.14-2.0 MeV"
Robert John Komar
Queen's University
1992
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"The Detection of Cerenkov Radiation from Neutrino Interactions"
Robert Boardman
Oxford University
1992
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"Radiogenic Background Suppression in a Heavy Water Solar Neutrino Detector"
Andrew Ferraris
Oxford University
1992
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"Reflectors in Cherenkov Detectors"
Martin Moorhead
Oxford University
1992
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