Super-Kamiokande

36°25′32.6″N 137°18′37.1″E / 36.425722°N 137.310306°E / 36.425722; 137.310306[1]

Super-Kamiokande (abbreviation of Super-Kamioka Neutrino Detection Experiment, also abbreviated to Super-K or SK; Japanese: スーパーカミオカンデ) is a neutrino observatory located under Mount Ikeno near the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo with the help of an international team.[2][3] It is located 1,000 m (3,300 ft) underground in the Mozumi Mine in Hida's Kamioka area. The observatory was designed to detect high-energy neutrinos, to search for proton decay, study solar and atmospheric neutrinos, and keep watch for supernovae in the Milky Way Galaxy.

  1. ^ S. Fukuda; et al. (April 2003), "The Super-Kamiokande detector", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 501 (2–3): 418–462, Bibcode:2003NIMPA.501..418F, doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00425-X
  2. ^ "Collaboration Institutes". Super-Kamiokande Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  3. ^ "スーパーカミオカンデ概要". スーパーカミオカンデ 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 February 2024.