{"id":7528,"date":"2017-10-03T15:36:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T19:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=7528"},"modified":"2025-10-17T10:58:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:58:03","slug":"snolab-exhibition-launch","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/snolab-exhibition-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"SNOLAB Exhibit Opens at Carleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Luminaries from Canada\u2019s particle physics community gathered at Carleton University on Oct. 3 to officially open New Eyes on the Universe<\/em><\/a>, a unique travelling exhibition showcasing monumental discoveries of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO<\/a>) and its successor, SNOLAB<\/a>, a world-class science facility two kilometres below the surface of the planet at an active nickel mine in Sudbury, Ont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a real pleasure to be here and celebrate the contribution that Carleton has made to the SNOLAB program,\u201d said the facility\u2019s Director Nigel Smith. \u201cOne of the wonderful things about SNOLAB is that not only is it a great academic collaboration, but it\u2019s also a great partnership with federal funding agencies and the commercial community. It shows what can be done when you bring all these stakeholders together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SNOLAB Director Nigel Smith speaks during the opening of the exhibit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a really exciting time for Canadian science,\u201d continued Smith, \u201cand SNOLAB is primed to play a major role going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 800-square-foot exhibit, produced by Sudbury\u2019s Science North<\/a> with input from SNO and SNOLAB researchers, features 40 panels with spectacular images documenting the history and development of SNO and SNOLAB, interactive video kiosks, a virtual tour of SNOLAB and its experiments, and the stories of the people behind the science.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SNOLAB Gave Rise to
a Nobel Prize Winner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nobel Prize-winner Art McDonald, whose work at SNO helped lead to the breakthrough discovery that neutrinos have mass and change identities as they travel from the sun to the Earth, is a life-sized video presenter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey give the Nobel Prize to one person, but really, the work was done by a large group of people,\u201d McDonald said at the opening of the exhibit, which runs until Oct. 23. It is open to the public daily in Fenn Lounge, Residence Commons, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McDonald went on the praise his longtime collaborator David Sinclair, a distinguished research professor at Carleton and the original director of SNOLAB, for submitting the initial proposal and overseeing the construction of a facility that \u201cattracts people from around the world to come to work with Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left to right: Alastair Summerlee, President of Carleton University; Art McDonald, Nobel Prize-winner and former director of SNO; David Sinclair, distinguished research professor at Carleton and the original director of SNOLAB; Nigel Smith, current director of SNOLAB; and Dwight Deugo Interim Dean of Science at Carleton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sinclair, who is working toward mounting the major nEXO experiment<\/a> at SNOLAB, said that exhibits like New Eyes on the Universe<\/em> help educate the general public about the work of particle physicists, \u201cwhich is a critical part of research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is one of the ways we try to convey the excitement of our work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SNO experiment not only led to a Nobel Prize-worthy discovery, added Sinclair, but also to new scientific questions. The research now under way at SNOLAB springs from both the scientific and technological achievements of SNO.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Conveying the Excitement of SNOLAB’s Discoveries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carleton President Alastair Summerlee admitted that physics was not his forte in high school. \u201cIf I had David as my teacher,\u201d he said, \u201cmaybe my life would have been different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s important for researchers to explain why they do the work they do, said Summerlee, and the impact that this work can have on the lives of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was struck by the fact that hundreds of people have contributed to the success of SNO and SNOLAB, and sees their collaboration as a metaphor for how we must work together to address the fundamental challenges facing the world today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Summerlee tours the exhibit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A series of special events will be held at Carleton to complement New Eyes on the Universe<\/em>, which was first shown at Canada House in London\u2019s Trafalgar Square on July 1, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be a Science Caf\u00e9 with Carleton PhD candidate Andrew Erlandson \u2014 who is working on Carleton Prof. Mark Boulay\u2019s DEAP-3600<\/a> experiment at SNOLAB \u2014 in Carleton\u2019s Fenn Lounge at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 11<\/p>\n\n\n

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