Speaker
Prof.
Christopher Grant
(Boston University)
Description
The SNO+ experiment will use a 780-ton liquid scintillator detector, loaded with 1.3 tons of 130Te, to search for neutrino-less double beta decay (0nbb). The detector has reached a major milestone after filling the detector with ultra-pure water in early 2017. Initial data-taking with a water-filled detector will continue through liquid scintillator filling in the fall of 2017. This talk will give a brief overview of the commissioning of the SNO+ detector and the physics goals leading up to 130Te loading. The predicted backgrounds and sensitivities to 0nbb will also be presented.
Primary author
Prof.
Christopher Grant
(Boston University)