Multi-wire proportional chamber for ultra-cold neutron detection (2009)
Morris, C. L., Bowles, T. J., Gonzales, J., Hill, R., Hogan, G., Makela, M., ...
In this paper we describe the principles that have guided our design and the experience we have gained building multi-wire proportional chambers detectors for the ultra-cold neutron (UCN) source at...
Measurement of the solar neutrino capture rate with gallium metal, Part III (2009)
Gavrin, V. N., Gorbachev, V. V., Gurkina, P. P., Ibragimova, T. V., Kalikhov, A. V., ...
The Russian-American experiment SAGE began to measure the solar neutrino capture rate with a target of gallium metal in December 1989. Measurements have continued with only a few brief interruptions...
First measurement of the neutron β asymmetry with ultracold neutrons (2009)
Anaya, J., Back, H. O., Boissevain, J. G., Bowles, T. J., Broussard, L. J., ...
We report the first measurement of an angular correlation parameter in neutron β decay using polarized ultracold neutrons (UCN). We utilize UCN with energies below about 200 neV, which we guide and...
An array of low-background 3He proportional counters for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (2008)
Amsbaugh, J.F., Anaya, J.M., Banar, J., Bowles, T.J., Browne, M.C., Bullard, T.V., ...
An array of Neutral-Current Detectors (NCDs) has been built in order to make a unique measurement of the total active ux of solar neutrinos in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). Data in the...
An array of low-background $^3$He proportional counters for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (2007)
Amsbaugh, J. F., Anaya, J. M., Banar, J., Bowles, T. J., Browne, M. C., Bullard, T. V., ...
An array of Neutral-Current Detectors (NCDs) has been built in order to make a unique measurement of the total active flux of solar neutrinos in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). Data in the...
Aharmim, B., Ahmad, Q.R., Ahmed, S.N., Allen, R.C., Andersen, T.C., Anglin, J.D., ...
This article provides the complete description of results from the Phase I data set of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). The Phase I data set is based on a 0.65 kt-year exposure of heavy water...
The BNO-LNGS joint measurement of the solar neutrino capture rate in 71Ga (2006)
Abdurashitov, J. N., Bowles, T. J., Cattadori, C., Cleveland, P. P., Elliott, S. R., Ferrari, N., ...
We describe a cooperative measurement of the capture rate of solar neutrinos by the reaction 71Ga(νe,e-)71Ge. Extractions were made from a portion of the gallium target in the Russian–American...
Abdurashitov, J. N., Gavrin, V. N., Girin, S. V., Gorbachev, V. V., Gurkina, P. P., Ibragimova, T. V., ...
An intense source of 37Ar was produced by the (n,alpha) reaction on 40Ca by irradiating 330 kg of calcium oxide in the fast neutron breeder reactor at Zarechny, Russia. The 37Ar was released from the...
The BNO-LNGS joint measurement of the solar neutrino capture rate in 71Ga (2005)
Abdurashitov, J. N., Bowles, T. J., Cattadori, C., Cleveland, B. T., Elliott, S. R., Ferrari, N., ...
We describe a cooperative measurement of the capture rate of solar neutrinos by the reaction 71Ga(\nu_e,e^-)71Ge. Extractions were made from a portion of the gallium target in the Russian-American...
Demonstration of a solid deuterium source of ultra-cold neutrons (2003)
Saunders, A., Anaya, J. M., Bowles, T. J., Filippone, B. W., Geltenbort, P., Hill, R. E., ...
Ultra-cold neutrons (UCN), neutrons with energies low enough to be confined by the Fermi potential in material bottles, are playing an increasing role in measurements of fundamental properties of the...
Measurements of Ultracold-Neutron Lifetimes in Solid Deuterium (2002)
Morris, C. L., Anaya, J.M., Bowles, T. J., Filippone, B.W., Geltenbort, P., Hill, R. E., ...
We present the first measurements of the survival time of ultracold neutrons (UCNs) in solid deuterium (SD2). This critical parameter provides a fundamental limitation to the effectiveness of...
Measurements of ultracold neutron lifetimes in solid deuterium (2001)
Morris, C. L., Anaya, J. M., Bowles, T. J., Filippone, B. W., Geltenbort, P., Hill, R. E., ...
We present the first measurements of the survival time of ultracold neutrons (UCNs) in solid deuterium SD2. This critical parameter provides a fundamental limitation to the effectiveness of...
Neutrino observations from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (2001)
Ahmad, Q.R., Allen, R.C., Andersen, T.C., Anglin, J.D., Barton, J.C., Beier, E.W., ...
New Limit on the D Coefficient in Polarized Neutron Decay (2000)
Lising, L. J., Hwang, S. R., Adams, J. M., Bowles, T. J., Browne, M. C., Chupp, T. E., ...
We describe an experiment that has set new limits on the time reversal invariance violating D coefficient in neutron beta-decay. The emiT experiment measured the angular correlation J . p_e x p_p...