Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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A Measurement of Solar Neutrinos and the Development of Reconstruction Algorithms for the SNO+ Experiment
DownloadSpring 2022
This thesis presents a measurement of the flux of Boron-8 ($^8$B) solar neutrinos. The measurement is based on a dataset of 190.33 live days acquired during the SNO+ water physics commissioning. To analyze the data, an event reconstruction framework was developed to evaluate the orientation of...
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Fall 2023
This thesis provides an investigation of various aspects of the major background in the SNO+ experiment and its associated detector. The initial chapters present an overview of neutrino physics and the SNO+ detector, providing relevant background information. The impact of light reflection on the...