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A search has been performed for neutrinos from two sources, the $hep$ reaction in the solar $pp$ fusion chain and the $ u_e$ component of the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB), using the full dataset of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory with a total exposure of 2.47 kton-years after fiducialization. The $hep$ search is performed using both a single-bin counting analysis and a likelihood fit. We find a best-fit flux that is compatible with solar model predictions while remaining consistent with zero flux, and set a one-sided upper limit of $Phi_{hep} < 30times10^{3}~mathrm{cm}^{-2}~mathrm{s}^{-1}$ [90% credible interval (CI)]. No events are observed in the DSNB search region, and we set an improved upper bound on the $ u_e$ component of the DSNB flux of $Phi^mathrm{DSNB}_{ u_e} < 19~textrm{cm}^{-2}~textrm{s}^{-1}$ (90% CI) in the energy range $22.9 < E_ u < 36.9$~MeV.
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We report results from a combined analysis of solar neutrino data from all phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. By exploiting particle identification information obtained from the proportional counters installed during the third phase, this analysis improved background rejection in that phase of the experiment. The combined analysis resulted in a total flux of active neutrino flavors from 8B decays in the Sun of (5.25 pm 0.16(stat.)+0.11-0.13(syst.))times10^6 cm^{-2}s^{-1}. A two-flavor neutrino oscillation analysis yielded Deltam^2_{21} = (5.6^{+1.9}_{-1.4})times10^{-5} eV^2 and tan^2{theta}_{12}= 0.427^{+0.033}_{-0.029}. A three-flavor neutrino oscillation analysis combining this result with results of all other solar neutrino experiments and the KamLAND experiment yielded Deltam^2_{21} = (7.41^{+0.21}_{-0.19})times10^{-5} eV^2, tan^2{theta}_{12} = 0.446^{+0.030}_{-0.029}, and sin^2{theta}_{13} = (2.5^{+1.8}_{-1.5})times10^{-2}. This implied an upper bound of sin^2{theta}_{13} < 0.053 at the 95% confidence level (C.L.).
Supernovae are rare nearby, but they are not rare in the Universe, and all past core-collapse supernovae contributed to the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB), for which the near-term detection prospects are very good. The Super-Kamiokande limit on the DSNB electron {it antineutrino} flux, $phi(E_ u > 19.3 {rm MeV}) < 1.2$ cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$, is just above the range of recent theoretical predictions based on the measured star formation rate history. We show that the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory should be able to test the corresponding DSNB electron {it neutrino} flux with a sensitivity as low as $phi(22.5 < E_ u < 32.5 {rm MeV}) simeq 6 $ cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$, improving the existing Mont Blanc limit by about three orders of magnitude. While conventional supernova models predict comparable electron neutrino and antineutrino fluxes, it is often considered that the first (and forward-directed) SN 1987A event in the Kamiokande-II detector should be attributed to electron-neutrino scattering with an electron, which would require a substantially enhanced electron neutrino flux. We show that with the required enhancements in either the burst or thermal phase $ u_e$ fluxes, the DSNB electron neutrino flux would generally be detectable in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. A direct experimental test could then resolve one of the enduring mysteries of SN 1987A: whether the first Kamiokande-II event reveals a serious misunderstanding of supernova physics, or was simply an unlikely statistical fluctuation. Thus the electron neutrino sensitivity of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is an important complement to the electron antineutrino sensitivity of Super-Kamiokande in the quest to understand the DSNB.
Tests on $B-L$ symmetry breaking models are important probes to search for new physics. One proposed model with $Delta(B-L)=2$ involves the oscillations of a neutron to an antineutron. In this paper a new limit on this process is derived for the data acquired from all three operational phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment. The search was concentrated in oscillations occurring within the deuteron, and 23 events are observed against a background expectation of 30.5 events. These translate to a lower limit on the nuclear lifetime of $1.48times 10^{31}$ years at 90% confidence level (CL) when no restriction is placed on the signal likelihood space (unbounded). Alternatively, a lower limit on the nuclear lifetime was found to be $1.18times 10^{31}$ years at 90% CL when the signal was forced into a positive likelihood space (bounded). Values for the free oscillation time derived from various models are also provided in this article. This is the first search for neutron-antineutron oscillation with the deuteron as a target.
The long baseline between the Earth and the Sun makes solar neutrinos an excellent test beam for exploring possible neutrino decay. The signature of such decay would be an energy-dependent distortion of the traditional survival probability which can be fit for using well-developed and high precision analysis methods. Here a model including neutrino decay is fit to all three phases of $^8$B solar neutrino data taken by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. This fit constrains the lifetime of neutrino mass state $ u_2$ to be ${>8.08times10^{-5}}$ s/eV at $90%$ confidence. An analysis combining this SNO result with those from other solar neutrino experiments results in a combined limit for the lifetime of mass state $ u_2$ of ${>1.04times10^{-3}}$ s/eV at $99%$ confidence.
Neutrons produced in nuclear interactions initiated by cosmic-ray muons present an irreducible background to many rare-event searches, even in detectors located deep underground. Models for the production of these neutrons have been tested against previous experimental data, but the extrapolation to deeper sites is not well understood. Here we report results from an analysis of cosmogenically produced neutrons at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. A specific set of observables are presented, which can be used to benchmark the validity of GEANT4 physics models. In addition, the cosmogenic neutron yield, in units of $10^{-4};text{cm}^{2}/left(text{g}cdotmuright)$, is measured to be $7.28 pm 0.09;text{stat.} ^{+1.59}_{-1.12};text{syst.}$ in pure heavy water and $7.30 pm 0.07;text{stat.} ^{+1.40}_{-1.02};text{syst.}$ in NaCl-loaded heavy water. These results provide unique insights into this potential background source for experiments at SNOLAB.
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