Measurement of the total active8B solar neutrino flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory with enhanced neutral current sensitivity

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Ahmed, S N ^j   Anthony, A E ^o   Beier, E W ⁱ   Bellerive, A ^c   Biller, S D ^h   Boger, J ^b   Boulay, M G ^g   Bowler, M G ^h   Bowles, T J ^g   Brice, S J ^g   Bullard, T V ⁿ   Chan, Y D ^f   Chen, M ^j   Chen, X ^f   Cleveland, B T ^h   Cox, G A ⁿ   Dai, X ^c,h   Dalnoki Veress, F ^c   Doe, P J ⁿ   Dosanjh, R S ^c   Doucas, G ^h   Dragowsky, M R ^g   Duba, C A ⁿ   Duncan, F A ^j   Dunford, M ⁱ   Dunmore, J A ^h   Earle, E D ^j   Elliott, S R ^g   Evans, H C ^j   Ewan, G T ^j   Farine, J ^c,e   Fergani, H ^h   Fleurot, F ^e   Formaggio, J A ⁿ   Fowler, M M ^g   Frame, K ^c,h   Fulsom, B G ^j   Gagnon, N ^f,g,h,n   Graham, K ^j   Grant, D R ^c   Hahn, R L ^b   Hall, J C ^o   Hallin, A L ^j   Hallman, E D ^e   Hamer, A S ^g   Handler, W B ^j   Hargrove, C K ^c   Harvey, P J ^j   Hazama, R ⁿ   Heeger, K M ^f   Heintzelman, W J ⁱ   Heise, J ^g   Helmer, R L ^a,m   Hemingway, R J ^c   Hime, A ^g   Howe, M A ⁿ   Jagam, P ^d   Jelley, N A ^h   Klein, J R ^i,o   Kos, M S ^j   Krumins, A V ^j   Kutter, T ^a   Kyba, C C M ⁱ   Labranche, H ^d   Lange, R ^b   Law, J ^d   Lawson, I T ^d   Lesko, K T ^f   Leslie, J R ^j   Levine, I ^c,p   Luoma, S ^e   MacLellan, R ^j   Majerus, S ^h   Mak, H B ^j   Maneira, J ^j   Marino, A D ^f   McCauley, N ⁱ   McDonald, A B ^j   McGee, S ⁿ   McGregor, G ^h   Mifflin, C ^c   Miknaitis, K K S ⁿ   Miller, G G ^g   Moffat, B A ^j   Nally, C W ^a   Nickel, B G ^d   Noble, A J ^c,j,m   Norman, E B ^f   Oblath, N S ⁿ   Okada, C E ^f   Ollerhead, R W ^d   Orrell, J L ⁿ   Oser, S M ^a,i   Ouellet, C ^j   Peeters, S J M ^h   Poon, A W P ^f   Robertson, B C ^j   Robertson, R G H ⁿ   Rollin, E ^c   Rosendahl, S S E ^f   Rusu, V L ⁱ   Schwendener, M H ^e   Simard, O ^c   Simpson, J J ^d   Sims, C J ^h   Sinclair, D ^c,m   Skensved, P ^j   Smith, M W E ⁿ   Starinsky, N ^c   Stokstad, R G ^f   Stonehill, L C ⁿ   Tafirout, R ^e   Takeuchi, Y ^j   Tesic G ^c   Thomson, M ^j   Thorman, M ^h   van Berg, R ⁱ   van de Water, R G ^g   Virtue, C J ^e   Wall, B L ⁿ   Waller, D ^c   Waltham, C E ^a   Wan Chan Tseung, H ^h   Wark, D L ^k,l   West, N ^h   Wilhelmy, J B ^g   Wilkerson, J F ⁿ   Wilson, J R ^h   Wouters, J M ^g   Yeh, M ^b   Zuber, K ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^m TRIUMF   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^p INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED-CURRENT (CC) INTERACTIONS; NEUTRAL CURRENT (NC); SOLAR MODELS; SOLAT NEUTRINO FLUX;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 80051550704     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.181301     Document Type: Article

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