SNOLAB vessel (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

SNOLAB vessel

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The 12-metre-diameter acrylic vessel surrounded by 9,000 photomultiplier tubes at the heart of the the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and SNO+ experiments. The vessel currently holds about 800 tonnes of liquid scintillator for neutrino detection. Image credit: SNOLAB.

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SNOLAB.

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