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The 50,000 ton water Cherenkov detector buried deep beneath the Japanese alps has produced the first convincing evidence for atmospheric neutrino oscillations and thus mass, and has produced the most cited paper ever in experimental particle physics. The instrument is also used to study solar neutrinos and to search for nucleon decay, supernovae, and a variety of astrophysical neutrinos and unusual sources and particles, such as monopoles, WIMPS, etc. The detector has operated since 1996, and restarted operations after a one year hiatus (due to PMT implosion in 11/01) in late 2002. A further upgrade is taking place in late 2005 - early 2006. The detector is expected to run for about another ten years. |
Atsuko Kibayashi's Thesis, analysis of muon neutrino oscillations
in SuperK using 1496 days of data and a 3D flux prediction, June 2002.
Announcement of first neutrinos in SuperK from KEK by the K2K
Collaboration, of which UH is a member, 28 June 1999.
Super-Kamiokande
Claim of Discovery of Neutrino Oscillations and Mass
This page has been updated, Aug 2000.
Publications and Notes:
Several Non-Technical Notes about Neutrinos:
SuperK Project Members at UH:
Travel Information
Related Pages
US Collaboration
Japan Collaboration
Various Lists
Pictures of Super-Kamiokande
Last modified: 02.08.09
University of Hawaii / jgl@uhheph.phys.hawaii.edu