1–7 Jun 2014
Boston University
US/Eastern timezone

Invisible Nucleon Decay in SNO+

Not scheduled
Metcalf Auditorium (Boston University)

Metcalf Auditorium

Boston University

George Sherman Union 775 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215
Board: 135
Poster Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Speaker

Dr Ian Coulter (University of Pennsylvania)

Description

The SNO+ experiment aims to explore several topics in neutrino physics, including neutrinoless double beta decay and low energy solar neutrinos. This will use the existing Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) detector, replacing the heavy water with liquid scintillator. Upgrades have been made to the electronics to deal with the lower thresholds and higher data rates expected and a hold-down rope net has been installed to support the inner vessel in position. For its initial commissioning phase, SNO+ will fill its inner vessel with light water and run to evaluate the performance of the detector and electronics. During this water-fill phase, it will have a unique model independent sensitivity to certain modes of invisible nucleon decay, in which the nucleon decays to a mode in which the decay products are not detected, e.g. n-> 3nu. With just a couple of months of water running, SNO+ is expected to set an improved limit on the current bounds.

Primary author

Dr Ian Coulter (University of Pennsylvania)

Presentation materials