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The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has precisely determined the total active (ν x ) 8 B solar neutrino flux without assumptions about the energy dependence of the ν e survival probability. The measurements were made with dissolved NaCl in the heavy water to enhance the sensitivity and signature for neutral-current interactions. The flux is found to be 5.21 ± 0.27 (stat) ± 0.38 (syst) × 10 6 cm −2 s −1 , in agreement with previous measurements and standard solar models. A global analysis of these and other solar and reactor neutrino results yields ∆m 2 = 7.1 +1.2 −0.6 × 10 −5 eV 2 and θ = 32.5 +2. ES).Only electron neutrinos produce charged-current interactions (CC), while the neutral-current (NC) and elastic scattering (ES) reactions have sensitivity to non-electron flavors. The NC reaction measures the total flux of all active neutrino flavors above a threshold of 2.2 MeV. SNO previously measured the NC rate by observing neutron captures on deuterons, and found that a Standard-Model description with an undistorted 8 B neutrino spectrum and CC, ES, and NC rates due solely to ν e interactions was rejected [2, 3]. This Letter presents measurements of the CC, NC, and ES rates from SNO's dissolved salt phase.The addition of 2 tonnes of NaCl to the kilotonne of heavy water increased the neutron capture efficiency and the associated Cherenkov light. The solution was thoroughly mixed and

The direct CP violation parameter Re(epsilon'/epsilon) has been measured from the decay rates of neutral kaons into two pions using the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. The 2001 running period was devoted to collecting additional data under varied conditions compared to earlier years (1997-1999). The new data yield the result: Re(epsilon'/epsilon) = (13.7 +/- 3.1) x 10(-4). Combining this result with that published from the 1997, 98 and 99 data, an overall value of Re(epsilon'/epsilon) = (14.7 +/- 2.2) x 10(-4) is obtained from the NA48 experiment. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved

The beam and detector, used for the NA48 experiment, devoted to the measurement of Re(epsilon'/epsilon) and for the NA48/1 experiment on rare KS and neutral hyperon decays, are described

The decay rate of K L → π 0 γγ has been measured with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. A total of 2558 K L → π 0 γγ candidates have been observed with a residual background of 3.2%. The branching ratio is determined to be (1.36 ± 0.03 (stat) ± 0.03 (syst) ± 0.03 (norm) ) × 10 −6 and the vector coupling constant a v = −0.46 ± 0.03 (stat) ± 0.04 (syst) . This result suggests that the CP-violation effects are dominating in the K L → π 0 e + e − decay. An upper limit for the K L → π 0 γγ decay rate in the two photon mass region m γγ < m π 0 is also given.