2014 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2014

Tellurium Preparation for the SNO+ Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search

Jun 17, 2014, 2:45 PM

15m

FA-054 (Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne)

Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant) Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD) (T2-10) Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay - DNP-PPD / Double dégénérescence beta sans neutrino - DPN-PPD

Speaker

Alex Wright (Q)

Description

SNO+ is a kilotonne-scale liquid scintillator neutrino experiment that is currently being constructed at SNOLAB. One of the primary physics goals of SNO+ will be a search for neutrinoless double beta decay, which will be carried out by loading tellurium metal into the liquid scintillator. This talk will describe the techniques that have been developed to prepare tellurium for use in SNO+, most notably techniques to reduce radioactive impurities in the tellurium to extremely low levels.

Presentation materials

Slides

wright_CAP_2014.pdf