Recent results from the sudbury neutrino observatory - eScholarship

© 2003, Springer-Verlag, Societa Italiana di Fisica. The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) measures both the flux of the electron-type neutrinos and the total flux of all active flavours of neutrinos originating from the Sun. A model-independent test of neutrino flavour transformation was performed by comparing these two measurements. In 2002, this flavour transformation was definitively demonstrated. In this talk, results from these measurements and the current status of the SNO detector are presented. PACS: 26.65.+t Solar neutrinos – 14.60.Pq Neutrino mass and mixing – 95.85.Ry Neutrino, muon, pion, and other elementary particles; cosmic rays