Conference on Science at the Sanford Underground Research Facility

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay and the SNO+ Experiment

May 12, 2022, 5:10 PM

25m

EEP 254 (SD Mines)

Oral Double Beta Decay Double Beta Decay - Parallel II

Speaker

Tereza Kroupova (University of Pennsylvania)

Description

SNO+ is a kilo-tonne scale low background neutrino detector with the primary goal of searching for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu \beta \beta$). The experiment's target volume is currently filled with liquid scintillator, providing the scope for background characterisation as well as measurement of reactor, geo, and low-energy solar neutrinos. The scintillator will be loaded with natural tellurium in order to search for $0\nu \beta \beta$ in tellurium-130.

This talk will give an overview of the SNO+ experiment, the preparations for $0\nu \beta \beta$ search, and the projected sensitivity.

Presentation materials

SNO+_CoSSURF_2022.pdf