Science and Technology of a Low-Energy Solar Neutrino Spectrometer (LENS) and Development of the MiniLENS Underground Prototype

dc.contributor.authorRountree, Steven Dereken
dc.contributor.committeechairRaghavan, Ramaswamyen
dc.contributor.committeememberPiilonen, Leo E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTakeuchi, Tatsuen
dc.contributor.committeememberPitt, Mark L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberVogelaar, R. Bruceen
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:12:18Zen
dc.date.adate2010-06-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:12:18Zen
dc.date.issued2010-05-05en
dc.date.rdate2010-06-11en
dc.date.sdate2010-05-19en
dc.description.abstractA real time low energy spectral measurement of the neutrinos coming from the Sun will give us a greater understanding of energy production in the Sun, and the mechanisms of neutrino mixing. We will, for the first time, measure the solar neutrino spectrum for all solar neutrinos <2MeV in particular pp, Be and CNO neutrinos, be able to compare the solar photon derived energy luminosity (Lï §) to the solar neutrino derived energy luminosity (Lï ®) independent of any solar model, explore dark energy with respect to mass varying neutrinos, and explore CNO abundances in the Sun. These measurements require new technology in Indium loaded scintillators and large scale detector designs, namely increased spatial resolution through a novel scintillation lattice. I will present the advances we are making to these fields at Virginia Tech as well as neutrino science and the physics of the LENS detector.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-05192010-144208en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05192010-144208/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/27803en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartAPSNeutrinoExperiment.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartFileCNOCycle.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartFileOptical.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartRountree_SD_D_2010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcalibrationen
dc.subjectradiationen
dc.subjectBorexinoen
dc.subjectmetal loaded liquid scintillatoren
dc.subjectneutrino physicsen
dc.subjectLENSen
dc.subjectscintillation latticeen
dc.titleScience and Technology of a Low-Energy Solar Neutrino Spectrometer (LENS) and Development of the MiniLENS Underground Prototypeen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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