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How to Clean a Neutrino Detector

Research Associate and adjunct faculty member Dr. Peter Skensved is the only person to ever access the top of the Acrylic Vessel of the SNO+ neutrino detector, the upgraded Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. He performed a small modification and is seen in the photo polishing the surface. To reach this location required him to be first lowered onto the back of the structure (not visible) which supports the thousands of light sensors seen behind him in the photo, and then to squeeze through a narrow opening to be further lowered onto the transparent 12-metre diameter acrylic sphere.
Submission Year: 
2015-16
Photographer's affiliation: 
Faculty
Academic areas: 
Arts and Science
Photo: 
How to Clean a Neutrino Detector
Categories: 
Faculty / Researcher
Faculty of Arts and Science
Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy
Fundamental Principles of Nature: from Discovery to Application and Innovation
Understanding the Universe, the Planet and our Place
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Laboratory (SNOLAB)
Location of photograph: 
SNOLAB, Sudbury, Ontario
Photographer's name: 
Mark Chen
Display Photographers Affiltion + Faculty or Department: 
Faculty, Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy