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Two parts really blow your mind: - the images are stunning, especially if you search for "super kamiokande boat" - even with 50 kilotons of water they record
by brian_cloutier 5y ago
Two parts really blow your mind:
- the images are stunning, especially if you search for "super kamiokande boat"
- even with 50 kilotons of water they record just tens of events per day: https://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C0805263/Slides/Raaf.pdf https://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C0805263/Slides/Raaf.pdf
- magicalhippo 5y agoAnd they had an unfortunate incident[1] resulting in the loss of 7000 out of the 11200 photon multiplier tubes. Incompressible fluids are no joke. [1]: https://www.nature.com/articles/35106691 https://www.nature.com/articles/35106691
- lwhi 5y agoThis is interesting .. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-17/inside-super-kamiokande-360-tour/11209104?nw=0&r=HtmlFragment https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-17/inside-super-kamiokan...