The SNO+ experiment studies the fundamental properties of neutrinos. The detector consists of an active volume of 780 tonnes of liquid scintillator housed within a 12-metre diameter acrylic vessel that is held in place by ropes and viewed by an array of about 10,000 photomultiplier light detectors. In this image, taken by a camera embedded in the photomultiplier array, the detector is illuminated only by light from the clean room at the top of the vessel neck, producing a beam effect. The SNO+ experiment is currently collecting data, carrying on the work of the Nobel-prize winning Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.
Submission Year:
2022
Photographer's affiliation:
Faculty
Academic areas:
Arts and Science
Art of Research categories:
Innovation for global impact
Photo:
![[Photo of the SNO+ detector filled with 780 tonnes of liquid scintillator within a 12-metre diameter acrylic vessel]](https://www.queensu.ca/research/sites/all/modules/contrib/lazyloader/image_placeholder.gif "The SNO+ detector")
Categories:
Faculty / Researcher
Faculty of Arts and Science
Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy
Interdisciplinary research in materials, computational analytics and human-machine interactions
Materials Discovery and Molecular Design
Fundamental Principles of Nature: from Discovery to Application and Innovation
Understanding the Universe, the Planet and our Place
Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astro-Particle Physics Research Institute
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Laboratory (SNOLAB)
Location of photograph:
SNOLAB, Sudbury, Ontario
Photographer's name:
Alex Wright for the SNO+ Collaboration
Display Photographers Affiltion + Faculty or Department:
Faculty, Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy