A Monte Carlo simulation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory proportional counters

B. Beltran , H. Bichsel , B. Cai , H. Deng , J. A. Formaggio , S. Habib , A. L. Hallin , A. Hime

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M. Huang C. Kraus H. R. Leslie J. C. Loach R. Martin S. McGee M. L. Miller B. Monreal J. Monroe N. S. Oblath S. J. M. Peeters A. W. P. Poon G. Prior K. Rielage R. G. H. Robertson M. W. E. Smith L. C. Stonehill N. Tolich T. Van Wechel H. Wan Chan Tseung J. Wendland J. F. Wilkerson A. Wright

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keywords arraycountersproportionalsimulationcarlocurrentmonteneutrino

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The third phase of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) experiment added an array of 3He proportional counters to the detector. The purpose of this Neutral Current Detection (NCD) array was to observe neutrons resulting from neutral-current solar neutrino-deuteron interactions. We have developed a detailed simulation of the current pulses from the NCD array proportional counters, from the primary neutron capture on 3He through the NCD array signal-processing electronics. This NCD array Monte Carlo simulation was used to model the alpha-decay background in SNO's third-phase 8B solar-neutrino measurement.

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A Monte Carlo simulation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory proportional counters

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