Search for periodicities in the B8 solar neutrino flux measured by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

B. Aharmim; S. N. Ahmed; A. E. Anthony; E. W. Beier; A. Bellerive; M. Bergevin; S. D. Biller; M. G. Boulay; M. G. Bowler; Y. D. Chan; M. Chen; X. Chen; B. T. Cleveland; T. Costin; G. A. Cox; C. A. Currat; X. Dai; H. Deng; J. Detwiler; P. J. Doe; R. S. Dosanjh; G. Doucas; C. A. Duba; F. A. Duncan; M. Dunford; J. A. Dunmore; E. D. Earle; S. R. Elliott; H. C. Evans; G. T. Ewan; J. Farine; H. Fergani; F. Fleurot; J. A. Formaggio; W. Frati; B. G. Fulsom; N. Gagnon; J. T.M. Goon; K. Graham; R. L. Hahn; A. L. Hallin; E. D. Hallman; W. B. Handler; C. K. Hargrove; P. J. Harvey; R. Hazama; K. M. Heeger; L. Heelan; W. J. Heintzelman; J. Heise; R. L. Helmer; R. J. Hemingway; A. Hime; M. A. Howe; M. Huang; E. Inrig; P. Jagam; N. A. Jelley; J. R. Klein; L. L. Kormos; M. S. Kos; A. Krüger; C. Kraus; C. B. Krauss; A. V. Krumins; T. Kutter; C. C.M. Kyba; H. Labranche; R. Lange; J. Law; I. T. Lawson; K. T. Lesko; J. R. Leslie; I. Levine; J. C. Loach; S. Luoma; R. MacLellan; S. Majerus; J. Maneira; A. D. Marino; N. McCauley; A. B. McDonald; S. McGee; C. Mifflin; K. K.S. Miknaitis; B. G. Nickel; A. J. Noble; E. B. Norman; N. S. Oblath; C. E. Okada; H. M. O'Keeffe; R. W. Ollerhead; G. D.Orebi Gann; J. L. Orrell; S. M. Oser; T. Ouvarova; S. J.M. Peeters; A. W.P. Poon; C. S.J. Pun; K. Rielage; B. C. Robertson; R. G.H. Robertson; E. Rollin; S. S.E. Rosendahl; M. H. Schwendener; S. R. Seibert; O. Simard; J. J. Simpson; C. J. Sims; D. Sinclair; L. Sinclair; P. Skensved; M. W.E. Smith; R. G. Stokstad; L. C. Stonehill; R. Tafirout; Y. Takeuchi; G. Tešić; M. Thomson; K. V. Tsang; T. Tsui; R. Van Berg; C. J. Virtue; B. L. Wall; D. Waller; C. E. Waltham; H. Wan Chan Tseung; D. L. Wark; J. Wendland; N. West; J. F. Wilkerson; J. R. Wilson; J. M. Wouters; M. Yeh; K. Zuber

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.052010

Search for periodicities in the B8 solar neutrino flux measured by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

B. Aharmim
, S. N. Ahmed
, A. E. Anthony
, E. W. Beier
, A. Bellerive
, M. Bergevin
, S. D. Biller
, M. G. Boulay
, M. G. Bowler
, Y. D. Chan
, M. Chen
, X. Chen
, B. T. Cleveland
, T. Costin
, G. A. Cox
, C. A. Currat
, X. Dai
, H. Deng
, J. Detwiler
, P. J. Doe

R. S. Dosanjh, G. Doucas, C. A. Duba, F. A. Duncan, M. Dunford, J. A. Dunmore, E. D. Earle, S. R. Elliott, H. C. Evans, G. T. Ewan, J. Farine, H. Fergani, F. Fleurot, J. A. Formaggio, W. Frati, B. G. Fulsom, N. Gagnon, J. T.M. Goon, K. Graham, R. L. Hahn, A. L. Hallin, E. D. Hallman, W. B. Handler, C. K. Hargrove, P. J. Harvey, R. Hazama, K. M. Heeger, L. Heelan, W. J. Heintzelman, J. Heise, R. L. Helmer, R. J. Hemingway, A. Hime, M. A. Howe, M. Huang, E. Inrig, P. Jagam, N. A. Jelley, J. R. Klein, L. L. Kormos, M. S. Kos, A. Krüger, C. Kraus, C. B. Krauss, A. V. Krumins, T. Kutter, C. C.M. Kyba, H. Labranche, R. Lange, J. Law, I. T. Lawson, K. T. Lesko, J. R. Leslie, I. Levine, J. C. Loach, S. Luoma, R. MacLellan, S. Majerus, J. Maneira, A. D. Marino, N. McCauley, A. B. McDonald, S. McGee, C. Mifflin, K. K.S. Miknaitis, B. G. Nickel, A. J. Noble, E. B. Norman, N. S. Oblath, C. E. Okada, H. M. O'Keeffe, R. W. Ollerhead, G. D.Orebi Gann, J. L. Orrell, S. M. Oser, T. Ouvarova, S. J.M. Peeters, A. W.P. Poon, C. S.J. Pun, K. Rielage, B. C. Robertson, R. G.H. Robertson, E. Rollin, S. S.E. Rosendahl, M. H. Schwendener, S. R. Seibert, O. Simard, J. J. Simpson, C. J. Sims, D. Sinclair, L. Sinclair, P. Skensved, M. W.E. Smith, R. G. Stokstad, L. C. Stonehill, R. Tafirout, Y. Takeuchi, G. Tešić, M. Thomson, K. V. Tsang, T. Tsui, R. Van Berg, C. J. Virtue, B. L. Wall, D. Waller, C. E. Waltham, H. Wan Chan Tseung, D. L. Wark, J. Wendland, N. West, J. F. Wilkerson, J. R. Wilson, J. M. Wouters, M. Yeh, K. Zuber

Department of Physics and Astronomy
Laurentian University
Department of Physics
Queen's University
Center for Nonlinear Dynamics
The University of Texas at Austin
University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
Department of Physics
Carleton University
Physics Department
University of Guelph
Department of Physics
University of Oxford
MST-8, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Nuclear Science Division
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of British Columbia
Department of Physics
University of Washington
Long Beach VA and University of California
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Louisiana State University
Chemistry Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Osaka University
TRIUMF
SNOLAB
Department of Physics and Astronomy
IN University
Lisboa
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Department of Physics
University of Hong Kong
Lund University
CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Imperial College London
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Sussex
Physics Department
Department of Physics

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A search has been made for sinusoidal periodic variations in the B8 solar neutrino flux using data collected by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory over a 4-year time interval. The variation at a period of 1 yr is consistent with modulation of the B8 neutrino flux by the Earth's orbital eccentricity. No significant sinusoidal periodicities are found with periods between 1 d and 10 years with either an unbinned maximum likelihood analysis or a Lomb-Scargle periodogram analysis. The data are inconsistent with the hypothesis that the results of the recent analysis by Sturrock et al., based on elastic scattering events in Super-Kamiokande, can be attributed to a 7% sinusoidal modulation of the total B8 neutrino flux.

Original language	English
Article number	052010
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	72
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.052010
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Aharmim, B., Ahmed, S. N., Anthony, A. E., Beier, E. W., Bellerive, A., Bergevin, M., Biller, S. D., Boulay, M. G., Bowler, M. G., Chan, Y. D., Chen, M., Chen, X., Cleveland, B. T., Costin, T., Cox, G. A., Currat, C. A., Dai, X., Deng, H., Detwiler, J., ... Zuber, K. (2005). Search for periodicities in the B8 solar neutrino flux measured by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 72(5), Article 052010. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.052010

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AU - Bergevin, M.

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AU - Boulay, M. G.

AU - Bowler, M. G.

AU - Chan, Y. D.

AU - Chen, M.

AU - Chen, X.

AU - Cleveland, B. T.

AU - Costin, T.

AU - Cox, G. A.

AU - Currat, C. A.

AU - Dai, X.

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AU - Farine, J.

AU - Fergani, H.

AU - Fleurot, F.

AU - Formaggio, J. A.

AU - Frati, W.

AU - Fulsom, B. G.

AU - Gagnon, N.

AU - Goon, J. T.M.

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AU - Hahn, R. L.

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AU - Hallman, E. D.

AU - Handler, W. B.

AU - Hargrove, C. K.

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AU - Hazama, R.

AU - Heeger, K. M.

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AU - Heintzelman, W. J.

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AU - Luoma, S.

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AU - Majerus, S.

AU - Maneira, J.

AU - Marino, A. D.

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AU - McDonald, A. B.

AU - McGee, S.

AU - Mifflin, C.

AU - Miknaitis, K. K.S.

AU - Nickel, B. G.

AU - Noble, A. J.

AU - Norman, E. B.

AU - Oblath, N. S.

AU - Okada, C. E.

AU - O'Keeffe, H. M.

AU - Ollerhead, R. W.

AU - Gann, G. D.Orebi

AU - Orrell, J. L.

AU - Oser, S. M.

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AU - Peeters, S. J.M.

AU - Poon, A. W.P.

AU - Pun, C. S.J.

AU - Rielage, K.

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