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Results from the SNO+ Scintillator Phase and Outlook for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

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Abstract

SNO+ is a kiloton-scale, multipurpose neutrino experiment located in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Initially filled with an ultrapure water target, SNO+ is now filled with the liquid scintillator linear alkyl benzene (LAB) loaded with the wavelength shifter 2,5-Diphenyloxazole (PPO), and will soon be loaded with Tellurium-130 to search for neutrinoless double beta decay. Filling of the detector with liquid scintillator completed in April 2022, with a deployed mass of 780 kilotons of scintillator with final PPO concentration of 2.2 g/L of LAB. The favorable light yield, timing and optical properties of this scintillator cocktail allow for various interesting neutrino signals to be studied, including reactor antineutrinos, geoneutrinos and solar neutrinos. This work will discuss several measurements during this phase of the experiment, which continued until June 2023, when the scintillator cocktail was further optimized. The preparation and outlook for future neutrino studies with SNO+, including the search for neutrinoless double beta decay, will also be discussed.

Presenters

  • Max Smiley

    University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Authors

  • Max Smiley

    University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory