1. Search for periodicities in the B8 solar neutrino flux measured by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
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Aharmim, B, Ahmed, SN, Anthony, AE, Beier, EW, Bellerive, A, Bergevin, M, Biller, SD, Boulay, MG, Bowler, MG, Chan, YD, Chen, M, Chen, X, Cleveland, BT, Costin, T, Cox, GA, Currat, CA, Dai, X, Deng, H, Detwiler, J, Doe, PJ, Dosanjh, RS, Doucas, G, Duba, CA, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Dunmore, JA, Earle, ED, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Fleurot, F, Formaggio, JA, Frati, W, Fulsom, BG, Gagnon, N, Goon, JTM, Graham, K, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Handler, WB, Hargrove, CK, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heeger, KM, Heelan, L, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hemingway, RJ, Hime, A, Howe, MA, Huang, M, Inrig, E, Jagam, P, Jelley, NA, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Kos, MS, Krüger, A, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Krumins, AV, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Labranche, H, Lange, R, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, Luoma, S, MacLellan, R, Majerus, S, Maneira, J, Marino, AD, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McGee, S, Mifflin, C, Miknaitis, KKS, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, Norman, EB, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, O'Keeffe, HM, Ollerhead, RW, Gann, GDO, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Ouvarova, T, Peeters, SJM, Poon, AWP, Pun, CSJ, Rielage, K, Robertson, BC, Robertson, RGH, Rollin, E, Rosendahl, SSE, Schwendener, MH, Seibert, SR, Simard, O, Simpson, JJ, Sims, CJ, Sinclair, D, Sinclair, L, Skensved, P, Smith, MWE, Stokstad, RG, Stonehill, LC, Tafirout, R, Takeuchi, Y, Tešić, G, Thomson, M, Tsang, KV, Tsui, T, Berg, RV, Virtue, CJ, Wall, BL, Waller, D, Waltham, CE, Tseung, HWC, Wark, DL, Wendland, J, West, N, Wilkerson, JF, Wilson, JR, Wouters, JM, Yeh, M, and Zuber, K
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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,High Energy Physics::Experiment - Abstract
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. © 2005 The American Physical Society.
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- 2005