Neutrino Detectors

Neutrino Detectors & Beams (compiled 1996)

For those of you who are not familiar with the neutrino, here are some summary information & WWW resources on neutrino detectors, accelerators, and information about the neutrino itself. This list is updated once every few years but is by no means complete.

Neutrino Detectors & Their Results

Detector: Country: Location: Technique: Cost: Results:
Homestake Gold Mine USA South Dakota 100,000 gallons of Perchloroethylene (C2CI4) Millions 1/3 to 1/10 of expected number
Brookhaven Neutrino Laboratory USA Millions Failure
Kamokande II Japan 3000 tons of purified water Millions No agreement with other labs (Irvine-Michigan-Bro okhaven of USA and Mont. Blanc (French/ European collaboration))
SAGE Soviet Union/ USA Collaboration Baksan, Caucaso 30 ton of liquid metallic Gallium Millions Expected results: 125-132 (Conventional units)
Results: 20+15 – 20+/-32 (Equivalent to Zero)
NOMAD Switzerland Cern Millions? New experiment
GALLEX Switzerland Transportation tunnel under the mountains in Italy Millions New experiment
AMANDA Switzerland Antarctica Millions New experiment
DUMAND(Deep Undersea Muon and Neutrino Detection) USA Near Hawaii light detectors spread throughout the deep volume of ocean water Millions New experiment
SNO (Sudbury Neutrino Observatory) Canada, USA Sudbury, Ontario 1000 tons of heavy water in a geodesic sphere Millions ?
RICE
Radio Ice Cerenkov Experiment
Russia, USA Antarctica Detects neutrinos colliding with ice particles ? ?
RAND
Radio Array Detection of Neutrinos
USA Antarctica Antennas buried in ice