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Proton decay, proton decay. Always the same thing. The Kamiokande experiments are amazing.
by 77pt77 10y ago
Proton decay, proton decay.
Always the same thing.
The Kamiokande experiments are amazing.
- akiselev 10y agoThat's an understatement! The Super Kamiokande project alone pioneered at least a dozen technologies and improvements now used by much of the particle physics, nanotech, semiconductor fabrication, high precision sensing, and even biotech fields. The technologies developed for water purification are especially marvelous. The Super Kamiokande is full of water that is likely the purest substance in the solar system (at a macroscopic level, although maybe there's crazy bulk gluon plasma at the center of the sun).
- tbrowbdidnso 10y agoSeen the pictures of guys in boats floating out in the kamiokande? I always thought it was the coolest looking experiment. I was really sad when all the bulbs broke years back :'(
- konschubert 10y agoHonest question: Wouldn't people floating in boats thought the water induce impurities?
- akiselev 10y agoYes but they shut down the experiment and partially drain the detector to let crews in for repair, maintenance, etc. In order to get it started again, there is a whole complex procedure to flush the chamber and refill it.