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most citedDirect Evidence for Neutrino Flavor Transformation from Neutral-Current Interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

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hep-ex2020★ 23 cited

Search for solar neutrinos and the diffuse supernova neutrino background using all three phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed, A. E. Anthony +129

A search has been performed for neutrinos from two sources, the reaction in the solar fusion chain and the component of the diffuse supernova neutrino background (…

hep-ex2019★ 9 cited

Cosmogenic Neutron Production at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed, A. E. Anthony +128

Neutrons produced in nuclear interactions initiated by cosmic-ray muons present an irreducible background to many rare-event searches, even in detectors located deep underground. M…

hep-ex2019★ 7 cited

Measurement of neutron production in atmospheric neutrino interactions at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration, B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed +129

Neutron production in GeV-scale neutrino interactions is a poorly studied process. We have measured the neutron multiplicities in atmospheric neutrino interactions in the Sudbury N…

hep-ex2018★ 40 cited

Constraints on Neutrino Lifetime from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration, B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed +128

The long baseline between the Earth and the Sun makes solar neutrinos an excellent test beam for exploring possible neutrino decay. The signature of such decay would be an energy-d…

hep-ex2018★ 26 cited

Tests of Lorentz invariance at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration, B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed +131

Experimental tests of Lorentz symmetry in systems of all types are critical for ensuring that the basic assumptions of physics are well-founded. Data from all phases of the Sudbury…

hep-ex2017★ 51 cited

The search for neutron-antineutron oscillations at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration, B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed +122

Tests on symmetry breaking models are important probes to search for new physics. One proposed model with involves the oscillations of a neutron to an antineutron.…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 20 cited

A Search for Astrophysical Burst Signals at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed, A. E. Anthony +124

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has confirmed the standard solar model and neutrino oscillations through the observation of neutrinos from the solar core. In this paper we p…

nucl-ex2011★ 427 cited

Combined Analysis of all Three Phases of Solar Neutrino Data from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration, B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed +121

We report results from a combined analysis of solar neutrino data from all phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. By exploiting particle identification information obtained fr…

nucl-ex2011★ 69 cited

Measurement of the and Total B Solar Neutrino Fluxes with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Phase-III Data Set

B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed, J. F. Amsbaugh +147

This paper details the solar neutrino analysis of the 385.17-day Phase-III data set acquired by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). An array of He proportional counters was…

nucl-ex2011★ 6 cited

Four methods for determining the composition of trace radioactive surface contamination of low-radioactivity metal

H. M. O'Keeffe, T. H. Burritt, B. T. Cleveland +15

Four methods for determining the composition of low-level uranium- and thorium-chain surface contamination are presented. One method is the observation of Cherenkov light productio…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 23 cited

Searches for High Frequency Variations in the B Solar Neutrino Flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration

We have performed three searches for high-frequency signals in the solar neutrino flux measured by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), motivated by the possibility that solar $…

hep-ex2009★ 64 cited

Measurement of the Cosmic Ray and Neutrino-Induced Muon Flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration

Results are reported on the measurement of the atmospheric neutrino-induced muon flux at a depth of 2 kilometers below the Earth's surface from 1229 days of operation of the Sudbur…

nucl-ex2008★ 314 cited

Independent Measurement of the Total Active 8B Solar Neutrino Flux Using an Array of 3He Proportional Counters at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) used an array of 3He proportional counters to measure the rate of neutral-current interactions in heavy water and precisely determined the to…

nucl-ex2008★ 13 cited

High sensitivity measurement of 224Ra and 226Ra in water with an improved hydrous titanium oxide technique at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

B. Aharmim, B. T. Cleveland, X. Dai +15

The existing hydrous titanium oxide (HTiO) technique for the measurement of 224Ra and 226Ra in the water at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has been changed to make it faste…

nucl-ex2007

An array of low-background He proportional counters for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

J. F. Amsbaugh, J. M. Anaya, J. Banar +71

An array of Neutral-Current Detectors (NCDs) has been built in order to make a unique measurement of the total active flux of solar neutrinos in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (S…

nucl-ex2006★ 145 cited

Measurement of the and Total B Solar Neutrino Fluxes with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Phase I Data Set

SNO Collaboration

This article provides the complete description of results from the Phase I data set of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). The Phase I data set is based on a 0.65 kt-year expos…

hep-ex2005★ 73 cited

A Search for Periodicities in the B Solar Neutrino Flux Measured by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration

A search has been made for sinusoidal periodic variations in the B solar neutrino flux using data collected by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory over a 4-year time interval. The…

hep-ex2004★ 47 cited

Electron Antineutrino Search at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration

Upper limits on the \nuebar flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory have been set based on the \nuebar charged-current reaction on deuterium. The reaction produces a positron and…

hep-ex2003★ 60 cited

Constraints on Nucleon Decay via "Invisible" Modes from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration

Data from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory have been used to constrain the lifetime for nucleon decay to ``invisible'' modes, such as n -> 3 nu. The analysis was based on a search…

nucl-ex2003★ 32 cited

Measurement of 222Rn dissolved in water at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

I. Blevis

The technique used at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) to measure the concentration of 222Rn in water is described. Water from the SNO detector is passed through a vacuum deg…

nucl-ex2002★ 39 cited

A radium assay technique using hydrous titanium oxide adsorbent for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

T. C. Andersen, SNO Collaboration

As photodisintegration of deuterons mimics the disintegration of deuterons by neutrinos, the accurate measurement of the radioactivity from thorium and uranium decay chains in the…

nucl-ex2002★ 36 cited

Measurement of radium concentration in water with Mn-coated beads at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

T. C. Andersen

We describe a method to measure the concentration of 224Ra and 226Ra in the heavy water target used to detect solar neutrinos at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and in the surroun…

nucl-ex2002★ 982 cited

Measurement of Day and Night Neutrino Energy Spectra at SNO and Constraints on Neutrino Mixing Parameters

SNO Collaboration

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has measured day and night solar neutrino energy spectra and rates. For charged current events, assuming an undistorted B spectrum, the n…

nucl-ex2002★ 3k cited

Direct Evidence for Neutrino Flavor Transformation from Neutral-Current Interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration

Observations of neutral current neutrino interactions on deuterium in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory are reported. Using the neutral current, elastic scattering, and charged curr…