Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

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SNO captured all flavors of neutrinos with an acrylic vessel (center) filled with a thousand metric tons of heavy water, surrounded by almost 10,000 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). Berkeley Lab designed and built the support structure for the PMTs.

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Photo Roy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab

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