Super-Kamiokande
A large-scale neutrino detection facility located approximately 1,000 meters underground in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Its core is a massive tank holding about 50,000 tons of ultra-pure water, lined with approximately 11,200 photomultiplier tubes that detect cosmic neutrinos by capturing Cherenkov radiation.
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Japan's Super-Kamiokande detector uses Cherenkov radiation in a giant water tank to detect neutrinos from space.
The Super-Kamiokande detector is located approximately 1,000 meters underground in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and its core is a cylindrical water tank holding about 50,000 tons of ultra-pure water, with approximately 11,200 photomultiplier tubes densely covering the inner walls.
Super-Kamiokande first confirmed in 1998 that neutrinos have mass, a discovery that earned Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Japan's Super-Kamiokande detector uses Cherenkov radiation in a giant water tank to detect neutrinos from space.
50%UnverifiedThe Super-Kamiokande detector is located approximately 1,000 meters underground in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and its core is a cylindrical water tank holding about 50,000 tons of ultra-pure water, with approximately 11,200 photomultiplier tubes densely covering the inner walls.
50%UnverifiedSuper-Kamiokande first confirmed in 1998 that neutrinos have mass, a discovery that earned Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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