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Calibration of the SNO+ experiment

dc.contributor.authorManeira, J.
dc.contributor.authorFalk, E.
dc.contributor.authorLeming, E.
dc.contributor.authorPeeters, S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-05T15:10:09Z
dc.date.available2019-02-05T15:10:09Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-19
dc.date.updated2019-02-05T15:10:09Z
dc.description.abstractThe main goal of the SNO+ experiment is to perform a low-background and high-isotope-mass search for neutrinoless double-beta decay, employing 780 tonnes of liquid scintillator loaded with tellurium, in its initial phase at 0.5% by mass for a total mass of 1330 kg of (130)Te. The SNO+ physics program includes also measurements of geo- and reactor neutrinos, supernova and solar neutrinos. Calibrations are an essential component of the SNO+ data-taking and analysis plan. The achievement of the physics goals requires both an extensive and regular calibration. This serves several goals: the measurement of several detector parameters, the validation of the simulation model and the constraint of systematic uncertainties on the reconstruction and particle identification algorithms. SNO+ faces stringent radiopurity requirements which, in turn, largely determine the materials selection, sealing and overall design of both the sources and deployment systems. In fact, to avoid frequent access to the inner volume of the detector, several permanent optical calibration systems have been developed and installed outside that volume. At the same time, the calibration source internal deployment system was re-designed as a fully sealed system, with more stringent material selection, but following the same working principle as the system used in SNO. This poster described the overall SNO+ calibration strategy, discussed the several new and innovative sources, both optical and radioactive, and covered the developments on source deployment systems.
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierJ.Phys.Conf.Ser. 888 (2017) 012247; DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012247
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012247
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27457
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleCalibration of the SNO+ experiment
dc.typejournal article
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