| Neutrino Detectors |
Neutrino Detectors & Beams (compiled 1996)
For those of you who are not familiar with the neutrino, here are some summary information & WWW resources on neutrino detectors, accelerators, and information about the neutrino itself. This list is updated once every few years but is by no means complete.
Neutrino Detectors & Their Results
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Detector: |
Country: |
Location: |
Technique: |
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Results: |
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Homestake Gold Mine |
USA |
South Dakota |
100,000 gallons of Perchloroethylene (C2CI4) |
Millions |
1/3 to 1/10 of expected number |
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Brookhaven Neutrino Laboratory |
USA |
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Millions |
Failure |
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Kamokande II |
Japan |
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3000 tons of purified water |
Millions |
No agreement with other labs (Irvine-Michigan-Bro okhaven of USA and Mont. Blanc (French/ European collaboration)) |
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SAGE |
Soviet Union/ USA Collaboration |
Baksan, Caucaso |
30 ton of liquid metallic Gallium |
Millions |
Expected results: 125-132 (Conventional units)
Results: 20+15 - 20+/-32 (Equivalent to Zero) |
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NOMAD |
Switzerland |
Cern |
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Millions? |
New experiment |
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GALLEX |
Switzerland |
Transportation tunnel under the mountains in Italy |
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Millions |
New experiment |
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AMANDA |
Switzerland |
Antarctica |
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Millions |
New experiment |
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DUMAND(Deep Undersea Muon and Neutrino Detection) |
USA |
Near Hawaii |
light detectors spread throughout the deep volume of ocean water |
Millions |
New experiment |
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SNO (Sudbury Neutrino Observatory) |
Canada, USA |
Sudbury, Ontario |
1000 tons of heavy water in a geodesic sphere |
Millions |
? |
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RICE
Radio Ice Cerenkov Experiment |
Russia, USA |
Antarctica |
Detects neutrinos colliding with ice particles |
? |
? |
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RAND
Radio Array Detection of Neutrinos |
USA |
Antarctica |
Antennas buried in ice |
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