Optical calibration hardware for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

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

Volumn 554, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 255-265

  Moffat, B A ^a   Ford, R J ^a   Duncan, F A ^a   Graham, K ^a   Hallin, A L ^a   Hearns, C A W ^a   Maneira, J ^a,c   Skensved, P ^a   Grant, D R ^b,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LABORATÓRIO DE INSTRUMENTAÇÃO E FÍSICA EXPERIMENTAL DE PARTÍCULAS   (Portugal)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector calibration; Laserball; Light diffusing sphere; Photomultiplier angular response; Pulsed optical source; Sudbury Neutrino Observatory; Timing calibration of large PMT array; Underwater umbilical cable; Water Cherenkov detector

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCATTERING;

DETECTOR CALIBRATION; LASERBALL; LIGHT DIFFUSING SPHERE; PULSED OPTICAL SOURCES;

HEAVY WATER;

EID: 27844570410     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.08.029     Document Type: Article

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