Sudbury neutrino observatory

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 449, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 172-207

  Boger, J ^a   Hahn, R L ^a   Rowley, J K ^a   Carter, A L ^b   Hollebone, B ^b   Kessler, D ^b   Blevis, I ^b   Dalnoki Veress, F ^b   Dekok, A ^b   Farine, J ^b   Grant, D R ^b   Hargrove, C K ^b   Laberge, G ^b   Levine, I ^b   McFarlane, K ^b   Mes, H ^b   Noble, A T ^b   Novikov, V M ^b   O'Neill, M ^b   Shatkay, M ^b   Shewchuk, C ^b   Sinclair, D ^b   Clifford, E T H ^c   Deal, R ^c   Earle, E D ^c   Gaudette, E ^c   Milton, G ^c   Sur, B ^c   Bigu, J ^d   Cowan, J H M ^d   Cluff, D L ^d   Hallman, E D ^d   Haq, R U ^d   Hewett, J ^d   Hykawy, J G ^d   Jonkmans, G ^d   Michaud, R ^d   Roberge, A ^d   Roberts, J ^d   Saettler, E ^d   Schwendener, M H ^d   Seifert, H ^d   Sweezey, D ^d   Tafirout, R ^d   Virtue, C J ^d   Beck, D N ^e   Chan, Y D ^e   Chen, X ^e   Dragowsky, M R ^e   Dycus, F W ^e   Gonzalez, J ^e   Isaac, M C P ^e   Kajiyama, Y ^e   Koehler, G W ^e   Lesko, K T ^e   Moebus, M C ^e   Norman, E B ^e   Okada, C E ^e   Poon, A W P ^e   Purgalis, P ^e   Schuelke, A ^e   Smith, A R ^e   Stokstad, R G ^e   Turner, S ^e   Zlimen, I ^e   Anaya, J M ^f   Bowles, T J ^f   Brice, S J ^f   Esch, Ernst Ingo ^f   Fowler, M M ^f   Goldschmidt, Azriel ^f   Hime, A ^f   McGirt, A F ^f   Miller, G G ^f   Teasdale, W A ^f   Wilhelmy, J B ^f   Wouters, J M ^f   Anglin, J D ^g   Bercovitch, M ^g   Davidson, W F ^g   Storey, R S ^g   Biller, S ^h   Black, R A ^h   Boardman, R J ^h   Bowler, M G ^h   Cameron, J ^h   Cleveland, B ^h   Ferraris, A P ^h   Doucas, G ^h   Heron, H ^h   Howard, C ^h   Jelley, N A ^h   Knox, A B ^h   Lay, M ^h   Locke, W ^h   Lyon, J ^h   Majerus, S ^h   Moorhead, M ^h   Omori, M ^h   more..

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEAVY WATER; SCATTERING;

ELASTIC SCATTERING; SOLAR NEUTRINOS; SUDBURY NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY;

CERENKOV COUNTERS;

EID: 0034227460     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01469-2     Document Type: Article

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