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"Measurement of the rate of v(e) + d
--> p + p + e(-) interactions produced by B-8 solar neutrinos at
the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory," by Q.R. Ahmad and 178 others, Physical
Review Letters, 87(7):1301,
13 August 2001.
[Author affiliations: SNO Collaboration - 15
U.S., Canadian, and U.K. institutions]
Abstract: "Solar neutrinos from
B-8 decay have been detected at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory via the
charged current (CC) reaction on deuterium and the elastic scattering (ES) of
electrons. The flux of nu(e)'s is
measured by the CC reaction rate to be phi (CC)(nu(e))=1.75+/-0.07(stat)(-0.11)(+0.12)(syst)+/-0.05(theor)
x10(6)cm(-2)s(-1). Comparison of phi(CC)(ne(e)) to the Super Kamiokande
Collaboration's precision value of
the flux inferred from the ES reaction yields a 3.3(sigma) difference,
assuming the systematic uncertainties are normally distributed, providing
evidence of an active non-nu(e) component to the solar flux. The total flux of
active b-8 neutrinos is determined to be 5.44 plus/minus 0.99 X 10(6) cm(-2)
s(-1)."
This 2001 report from Physical Review
Letters was cited 56 times in current journal articles
indexed by Thomson
ISI during May-June 2003. With its latest two-month total, this paper
currently stands as the most-cited report in
physics published in the last two years, aside from reviews. The paper's
closest competition, in fact, comes from two other reports from the same group
of authors, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) collaboration. Three SNO
reports on neutrinos now occupy the #1, #2, and #3 spots among the Top Ten
most-cited papers in physics. Prior to the most recent bimonthly count,
citations to the above paper have accrued as follows:
March-April 2003: 34 citations
January-February 2003: 47
November-December 2002: 52
September-October 2002: 23
July-August 2002: 34
May-June 2002: 51
March-April 2002: 31
January-February 2002: 18
November-December 2001: 17
September-October 2001: 2
Total citations to date: 365
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