Speaker
Mr
Yan Liu
(Queen's University)
Description
SNO+ is a multipurpose neutrino experiment located approximately 2 km underground in SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada. It started taking physics data in May 2017 and is currently completing its first phase, as a pure water Cherenkov detector. One physics goal of this water phase is to detect reactor antineutrinos for the first time using a pure water target. A key component of this search is the identification of the 2.2 MeV $\gamma$ from the inverse beta decay neutron capturing on hydrogen. The low trigger threshold of the SNO+ detector allows for a substantial detection efficiency of these neutrons, as observed with a deployed $^{241}$Am$^9$Be source. This poster presents the recent effort on the AmBe calibration and an analysis of the obtained coincident pairs of 4.4 MeV and 2.2 MeV $\gamma$s in the SNO+ detector.
| Authorship annotation | for the SNO+ collaboration |
|---|---|
| Session and Location | Monday Session, Poster Wall #71 (Auditorium Gallery Right) |
| Poster included in proceedings: | yes |
Primary author
Mr
Yan Liu
(Queen's University)
Co-authors
Prof.
Alex Wright
(Queen's University)
Mr
Anthony LaTorre
(University of Chicago)
Mr
Benjamin Tam
(Queen's University)
Mr
Brian Krar
(Queen's University)
Prof.
Christopher Grant
(Boston University)
Dr
David Auty
(University of Alberta)
Dr
Erica Caden
(SNOLAB)
Prof.
Fernando Barão
(Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas)
Ms
Ingrida Semenec
(Laurentian University)
Ms
Jamie Grove
(Laurentian University)
Mr
Jeffrey Lidgard
(University of Oxford)
Prof.
José Maneira
(Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas)
Dr
Kalpana Singh
(University of Alberta)
Dr
Logan Lebanowski
(University of Pennsylvania)
Dr
Pawel Mekarski
(University of Alberta)
Prof.
Peter Skensved
(Queen's University)
Dr
Ryan Bayes
(Laurentian University)
Prof.
Sofia Andringa
(Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas)
Dr
Stefan Nae
(Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas)
Mr
Teal Pearshing
(University of California, Davis)
