2014 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2014

PMT Repairs for the SNO+ Experiment

18 Jun 2014, 19:10

2m

W-132 (Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne)

Poster (Non-Student) / affiche (non-étudiant) Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD) PPD Poster Session, with beer (7) / Session d'affiches PPD, avec bière (7)

Speaker

Mr David Braid (Laurentian University)

Description

SNO+ is a multipurpose neutrino detector located at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Ontario. As the successor to the SNO experiment, SNO+ inherited the detector hardware, including about 10000 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). Over the lifetime of SNO approximately 8% of the PMTs experienced a failure in the base electronics. Because these PMTs represent a non-trivial gain in light collection, a repair procedure was developed at Queen's University. The repair work is now continuing at Laurentian University. This poster will describe the motivation and repair process in detail.

Presentation materials

Poster

Photomultiplier Tube Repairs for the SNO+ Experiment