Independent measurement of the total active 8B solar neutrino flux using an array of 3He proportional counters at the sudbury neutrino observatory

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Aharmim, B ^f   Ahmed, S N ⁿ   Amsbaugh, J F ^r   Anthony, A E ^p   Banar, J ⁱ   Barros, N ^h   Beier, E W ^m   Bellerive, A ^d   Beltran, B ^a,n   Bergevin, M ^e,g   Biller, S D ^l   Boudjemline, K ^d   Boulay, M G ^i,n   Bowles, T J ⁱ   Browne, M C ^i,r   Bullard, T V ^r   Burritt, T H ^r   Cai, B ⁿ   Chan, Y D ^g   Chauhan, D ^f   Chen, M ⁿ   Cleveland, B T ^l   Cox Mobrand, G A ^r   Currat, C A ^g   Dai, X ^d,l,n   Deng, H ^m   Detwiler, J ^g,r   Dimarco, M ⁿ   Doe, P J ^r   Doucas, G ^l   Drouin, P L ^d   Duba, C A ^r   Duncan, F A ^n,o   Dunford, M ^m   Earle, E D ⁿ   Elliott, S R ^i,r   Evans, H C ⁿ   Ewan, G T ⁿ   Farine, J ^f   Fergani, H ^l   Fleurot, F ^f   Ford, R J ^n,o   Formaggio, J A ^k,r   Fowler, M M ⁱ   Gagnon, N ^g,i,l,o,r   Germani, J V ^i,r   Goldschmidt, A ⁱ   Goon, J T M ^j   Graham, K ^d,n   Guillian, E ⁿ   Habib, S ^a,n   Hahn, R L ^c   Hallin, A L ^a,n   Hallman, E D ^f   Hamian, A A ^r   Harper, G C ^r   Harvey, P J ⁿ   Hazama, R ^r   Heeger, K M ^r   Heintzelman, W J ^m   Heise, J ^b,i,n   Helmer, R L ^q   Henning, R ^g   Hime, A ⁱ   Howard, C ^a,n   Howe, M A ^r   Huang, M ^f,p   Jagam, P ^e   Jamieson, B ^b   Jelley, N A ^l   Keeter, K J ⁿ   Klein, J R ^p   Kormos, L L ⁿ   Kos, M ⁿ   Kruger A ^f   Kraus, C ⁿ   Krauss, C B ^a,n   Kutter, T ^j   Kyba, C C M ^m   Lange, R ^c   Law, J ^e   Lawson, I T ^e,o   Lesko, K T ^g   Leslie, J R ⁿ   Loach, J C ^g,l   MacLellan, R ⁿ   Majerus, S ^l   Mak, H B ⁿ   Maneira, J ^h   Martin, R ⁿ   McBryde, K ^j   McCauley, N ^l,m   McDonald, A B ⁿ   McGee, S ^r   Mifflin, C ^d   Miller, G G ⁱ   Miller, M L ^k   Monreal, B ^k   Monroe, J ^k   Morissette, B ^o   Myers, A ^r   Nickel, B G ^e   Noble, A J ⁿ   Oblath, N S ^r   O'Keeffe, H M ^l   Ollerhead, R W ^e   Gann, G D Orebi ^l   Oser, S M ^b   Ott, R A ^k   Peeters, S J M ^l   Poon, A W P ^g   Prior, G ^g   Reitzner, S D ^e   Rielage, K ^i,r   Robertson, B C ⁿ   Robertson, R G H ^r   Rollin, E ^d   Schwendener, M H ^f   Secrest, J A ^m   Seibert, S R ^p   Simard, O ^d   Simpson, J J ^e   Sinclair, L ^d   Skensved, P ⁿ   Smith, M W E ^i,r   Steiger, T D ^r   Stonehill, L C ^i,r   Tesic G ^d   Thornewell, P M ^i,l   Tolich, N ^g,r   Tsui, T ^b   Tunnell, C D ^p   Van Wechel, T ^r   Van Berg, R ^m   Vandevender, B A ^r   Virtue, C J ^f   Walker, T J ^k   Wall, B L ^r   Waller, D ^d   Tseung, H Wan Chan ^l   Wendland, J ^b   West, N ^l   Wilhelmy, J B ⁱ   Wilkerson, J F ^r   Wilson, J R ^l   Wouters, J M ⁱ   Wright, A ⁿ   Yeh, M ^c   Zhang, F ^d   Zuber, K ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^f LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Laboratorio de Instrumentacao   (Portugal)

ⁱ LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁿ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^o SNOLAB ^*  (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^q TRIUMF   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; HEAVY WATER; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; OBSERVATORIES; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; SOLAR RADIATION;

NEUTRINO FLUXES; SUDBURY NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 51749123510     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.111301     Document Type: Article

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