Scientists worldwide observe SNO.The ability to search into the darkest corners of the universe will have long-lasting economic spinoffs for Sudbury. The recent announcement of Sudbury Neutrino neutrino (n  trē`nō) [Ital.,=little neutral (particle)], elementary particle with no electric charge and a very small mass emitted during the decay of certain other particles. Observatory's (SNO SNO Sudbury Neutrino ObservatorySNO Second Network Operator SNO Sakon Nakhon, Thailand (Airport Code) SNO Società dei Neurologi, Neurochirurghi e Neuroradiologi Ospedalieri (Italy) ) $38.9-million expansion to add scientific capability to the current neutrino observatory will mean more than extra dollars going into the community, says David Sinclair David Sinclair may refer to several people:
"Essentially, all of the (expansion) money will be spent in Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it ," says Sinclair. "It will be work to build a new facility, including building new infrastructure, its excavation and work underground." The architectural contract has been awarded to a Sudbury firm, and the engineering work to another Sudbury firm. He estimates that about $3 million to $4 million per year has been spent in Sudbury as a result of the SNO attracting researchers from around the world into the community. They paid for food and hotel accommodations and made use of the local amenities. Sinclair estimates, with the construction of the new SNOLAB, that amount could double. Planned is an approximately 32,000-square-foot building on the site of the current above-ground SNO facilities, which will house new laboratories, meeting spaces, office, and everything needed to support the underground laboratory. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There will also be new detectors built in the SNO for other experiments. "To my mind, the benefits go beyond the dollars that are spent. It's what someone referred to as the halo effect halo effect The beneficial effect of a physician or other health care provider on a Pt during a medical encounter, regardless of the therapy or procedure provided. See Hawthorne effect, Placebo effect, Physician invincibility syndrome. ," says Sinclair. "When you get every television and newspaper in the world carrying news about scientific breakthroughs made in Sudbury, then you can work out what kind of advertising dollars Sudbury and the Canadian government would have to spend to get that kind of coverage. "There are intangible benefits," says Sinclair. "People are thinking of Sudbury along with high-tech science. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how to quantify that, but I think it's real." The SNO was originally conceived of in the 1980s as a means to try and solve one of the puzzles of science. Why were fewer of these strange and notoriously difficult to detect particles coming from the sun than expected? Built 6,800 feet down in Inco's Creighton mine This article is about the mine. For the ghost town, see Creighton Mine, Ontario. and opened in 1998, the SNO is essentially an acrylic flask of "heavy" water lined with light sensitive detectors to detect the rare faint flash of light that results from a neutrino striking head-on into atoms in the water. It is unique in that it is one of the deepest such instruments of its kind in the world, says Sinclair. Physics professor and SNO director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. Dr. Doug Hallman says the main scientific inquiry into what was happening to these neutrinos on their way from the sun, through Earth's crust and into the detector, has been accomplished. The next year or two will involve observations to "pin down the numbers" on the solar neutrino Electron neutrinos are produced in the sun as a product of nuclear fusion. This is known as the proton-proton chain reaction. The net reaction is: It also functions as a "supernova detector" since neutrinos have proven in the past to be the first radiation detected from these collapsing and exploding stars. Construction on the new facilities will begin in March with construction expected to wrap up in 2007. www.sno.phy.queensu.ca www.queensu.ca www.carleton.ca www.laurentian.ca www.innovation.ca By ANDREW WAREING Northern Ontario Business Northern Ontario Business is a Canadian magazine, which publishes monthly in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The magazine covers business news and issues in Northern Ontario. |
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