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The Super-Kamiokande detector

Abstract

Super-Kamiokande is the world's largest water Cherenkov detector, with net mass 50,000 tons. During the period April, 1996 to July, 2001, Super-Kamiokande I collected 1678 live-days of data, observing neutrinos from the Sun, Earth's atmosphere, and the K2K long-baseline neutrino beam with high efficiency. These data provided crucial information for our current understanding of neutrino oscillations, as well as setting stringent limits on nucleon decay. In this paper, we describe the detector in detail, including its site, configuration, data acquisition equipment, online and offline software, and calibration systems which were used during Super-Kamiokande I.
Authors:
Fukuda, S; Fukuda, Y; Hayakawa, T; Ichihara, E; Ishitsuka, M; Itow, Y; Kajita, T; Kameda, J; Kaneyuki, K; Kasuga, S; Kobayashi, K; Kobayashi, Y; Koshio, Y; Miura, M; Moriyama, S; Nakahata, M; Nakayama, S; Namba, T; Obayashi, Y; Okada, A; Oketa, M; Okumura, K; Oyabu, T; Sakurai, N; Shiozawa, M; Suzuki, Y; Takeuchi, Y; Toshito, T; Totsuka, Y; Yamada, S; Desai, S; Earl, M; Hong, J T; Kearns, E; Masuzawa, M; Messier, M D; Stone, J L; Sulak, L R; Walter, C W; Wang, W; Scholberg, K; Barszczak, T; Casper, D; Liu, D W; Gajewski, W; Halverson, P G; Hsu, J; Kropp, W R; Mine, S; Price, L R; Reines, F; Smy, M; Sobel, H W; Vagins, M R; Ganezer, K S; Keig, W E; Ellsworth, R W; Tasaka, S; Flanagan, J W; Kibayashi, A; Learned, J G; Matsuno, S; Stenger, V J; Hayato, Y; Ishii, T; Ichikawa, A; Kanzaki, J; Kobayashi, T; Maruyama, T; Nakamura, K; Oyama, Y; Sakai, A; Sakuda, M; Sasaki, O; Echigo, S; Iwashita, T; Kohama, M; Suzuki, A T; Hasegawa, M; Inagaki, T; Kato, I; Maesaka, H; Nakaya, T; Nishikawa, K; Yamamoto, S; Haines, T J; Kim, B K; Sanford, R; Svoboda, R; Blaufuss, E; Chen, M L; Conner, Z; Goodman, J A; Guillian, E; Sullivan, G W; Turcan, D; Habig, A; Ackerman, M; Goebel, F; Hill, J; Jung, C K; Kato, T; Kerr, D; Malek, M; Martens, K; Mauger, C; McGrew, C; Sharkey, E; Viren, B; Yanagisawa, C; Doki, W; Inaba, S; Ito, K; Kirisawa, M; Kitaguchi, M; Mitsuda, C; Miyano, K; Saji, C; Takahata, M; Takahashi, M; Higuchi, K; Kajiyama, Y; Kusano, A; Nagashima, Y; Nitta, K; Takita, M; Yamaguchi, T; Yoshida, M; Kim, H I; Kim, S B; Yoo, J; Okazawa, H; Etoh, M; Fujita, K; Gando, Y; Hasegawa, A; Hasegawa, T; Hatakeyama, S; Inoue, K; Ishihara, K; Iwamoto, T; Koga, M; Nishiyama, I; Ogawa, H; Shirai, J; Suzuki, A; Takayama, T; Tsushima, F; Koshiba, M; Ichikawa, Y; Hashimoto, T; Hatakeyama, Y [1] 
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Publication Date:
Apr 01, 2003
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment; Journal Volume: 501; Journal Issue: 2-3; Other Information: PII: S016890020300425X; Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: Syrian Arab Republic; PBD: 1 Apr 2003
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; CALIBRATION; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; CONFIGURATION; COSMIC NEUTRINOS; COSMIC RADIATION; DATA ACQUISITION; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; SOLAR NEUTRINOS
OSTI ID:
20384659
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; NIMAER; TRN: NL03S1146064165
Submitting Site:
NLN
Size:
page(s) 418-462
Announcement Date:
Oct 09, 2003

Citation Formats

Fukuda, S, Fukuda, Y, Hayakawa, T, Ichihara, E, Ishitsuka, M, Itow, Y, Kajita, T, Kameda, J, Kaneyuki, K, Kasuga, S, Kobayashi, K, Kobayashi, Y, Koshio, Y, Miura, M, Moriyama, S, Nakahata, M, Nakayama, S, Namba, T, Obayashi, Y, Okada, A, Oketa, M, Okumura, K, Oyabu, T, Sakurai, N, Shiozawa, M, Suzuki, Y, Takeuchi, Y, Toshito, T, Totsuka, Y, Yamada, S, Desai, S, Earl, M, Hong, J T, Kearns, E, Masuzawa, M, Messier, M D, Stone, J L, Sulak, L R, Walter, C W, Wang, W, Scholberg, K, Barszczak, T, Casper, D, Liu, D W, Gajewski, W, Halverson, P G, Hsu, J, Kropp, W R, Mine, S, Price, L R, Reines, F, Smy, M, Sobel, H W, Vagins, M R, Ganezer, K S, Keig, W E, Ellsworth, R W, Tasaka, S, Flanagan, J W, Kibayashi, A, Learned, J G, Matsuno, S, Stenger, V J, Hayato, Y, Ishii, T, Ichikawa, A, Kanzaki, J, Kobayashi, T, Maruyama, T, Nakamura, K, Oyama, Y, Sakai, A, Sakuda, M, Sasaki, O, Echigo, S, Iwashita, T, Kohama, M, Suzuki, A T, Hasegawa, M, Inagaki, T, Kato, I, Maesaka, H, Nakaya, T, Nishikawa, K, Yamamoto, S, Haines, T J, Kim, B K, Sanford, R, Svoboda, R, Blaufuss, E, Chen, M L, Conner, Z, Goodman, J A, Guillian, E, Sullivan, G W, Turcan, D, Habig, A, Ackerman, M, Goebel, F, Hill, J, Jung, C K, Kato, T, Kerr, D, Malek, M, Martens, K, Mauger, C, McGrew, C, Sharkey, E, Viren, B, Yanagisawa, C, Doki, W, Inaba, S, Ito, K, Kirisawa, M, Kitaguchi, M, Mitsuda, C, Miyano, K, Saji, C, Takahata, M, Takahashi, M, Higuchi, K, Kajiyama, Y, Kusano, A, Nagashima, Y, Nitta, K, Takita, M, Yamaguchi, T, Yoshida, M, Kim, H I, Kim, S B, Yoo, J, Okazawa, H, Etoh, M, Fujita, K, Gando, Y, Hasegawa, A, Hasegawa, T, Hatakeyama, S, Inoue, K, Ishihara, K, Iwamoto, T, Koga, M, Nishiyama, I, Ogawa, H, Shirai, J, Suzuki, A, Takayama, T, Tsushima, F, Koshiba, M, Ichikawa, Y, Hashimoto, T, and Hatakeyama, Y. The Super-Kamiokande detector. Netherlands: N. p., 2003. Web. doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00425-X.
Fukuda, S, Fukuda, Y, Hayakawa, T, Ichihara, E, Ishitsuka, M, Itow, Y, Kajita, T, Kameda, J, Kaneyuki, K, Kasuga, S, Kobayashi, K, Kobayashi, Y, Koshio, Y, Miura, M, Moriyama, S, Nakahata, M, Nakayama, S, Namba, T, Obayashi, Y, Okada, A, Oketa, M, Okumura, K, Oyabu, T, Sakurai, N, Shiozawa, M, Suzuki, Y, Takeuchi, Y, Toshito, T, Totsuka, Y, Yamada, S, Desai, S, Earl, M, Hong, J T, Kearns, E, Masuzawa, M, Messier, M D, Stone, J L, Sulak, L R, Walter, C W, Wang, W, Scholberg, K, Barszczak, T, Casper, D, Liu, D W, Gajewski, W, Halverson, P G, Hsu, J, Kropp, W R, Mine, S, Price, L R, Reines, F, Smy, M, Sobel, H W, Vagins, M R, Ganezer, K S, Keig, W E, Ellsworth, R W, Tasaka, S, Flanagan, J W, Kibayashi, A, Learned, J G, Matsuno, S, Stenger, V J, Hayato, Y, Ishii, T, Ichikawa, A, Kanzaki, J, Kobayashi, T, Maruyama, T, Nakamura, K, Oyama, Y, Sakai, A, Sakuda, M, Sasaki, O, Echigo, S, Iwashita, T, Kohama, M, Suzuki, A T, Hasegawa, M, Inagaki, T, Kato, I, Maesaka, H, Nakaya, T, Nishikawa, K, Yamamoto, S, Haines, T J, Kim, B K, Sanford, R, Svoboda, R, Blaufuss, E, Chen, M L, Conner, Z, Goodman, J A, Guillian, E, Sullivan, G W, Turcan, D, Habig, A, Ackerman, M, Goebel, F, Hill, J, Jung, C K, Kato, T, Kerr, D, Malek, M, Martens, K, Mauger, C, McGrew, C, Sharkey, E, Viren, B, Yanagisawa, C, Doki, W, Inaba, S, Ito, K, Kirisawa, M, Kitaguchi, M, Mitsuda, C, Miyano, K, Saji, C, Takahata, M, Takahashi, M, Higuchi, K, Kajiyama, Y, Kusano, A, Nagashima, Y, Nitta, K, Takita, M, Yamaguchi, T, Yoshida, M, Kim, H I, Kim, S B, Yoo, J, Okazawa, H, Etoh, M, Fujita, K, Gando, Y, Hasegawa, A, Hasegawa, T, Hatakeyama, S, Inoue, K, Ishihara, K, Iwamoto, T, Koga, M, Nishiyama, I, Ogawa, H, Shirai, J, Suzuki, A, Takayama, T, Tsushima, F, Koshiba, M, Ichikawa, Y, Hashimoto, T, & Hatakeyama, Y. The Super-Kamiokande detector. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00425-X
Fukuda, S, Fukuda, Y, Hayakawa, T, Ichihara, E, Ishitsuka, M, Itow, Y, Kajita, T, Kameda, J, Kaneyuki, K, Kasuga, S, Kobayashi, K, Kobayashi, Y, Koshio, Y, Miura, M, Moriyama, S, Nakahata, M, Nakayama, S, Namba, T, Obayashi, Y, Okada, A, Oketa, M, Okumura, K, Oyabu, T, Sakurai, N, Shiozawa, M, Suzuki, Y, Takeuchi, Y, Toshito, T, Totsuka, Y, Yamada, S, Desai, S, Earl, M, Hong, J T, Kearns, E, Masuzawa, M, Messier, M D, Stone, J L, Sulak, L R, Walter, C W, Wang, W, Scholberg, K, Barszczak, T, Casper, D, Liu, D W, Gajewski, W, Halverson, P G, Hsu, J, Kropp, W R, Mine, S, Price, L R, Reines, F, Smy, M, Sobel, H W, Vagins, M R, Ganezer, K S, Keig, W E, Ellsworth, R W, Tasaka, S, Flanagan, J W, Kibayashi, A, Learned, J G, Matsuno, S, Stenger, V J, Hayato, Y, Ishii, T, Ichikawa, A, Kanzaki, J, Kobayashi, T, Maruyama, T, Nakamura, K, Oyama, Y, Sakai, A, Sakuda, M, Sasaki, O, Echigo, S, Iwashita, T, Kohama, M, Suzuki, A T, Hasegawa, M, Inagaki, T, Kato, I, Maesaka, H, Nakaya, T, Nishikawa, K, Yamamoto, S, Haines, T J, Kim, B K, Sanford, R, Svoboda, R, Blaufuss, E, Chen, M L, Conner, Z, Goodman, J A, Guillian, E, Sullivan, G W, Turcan, D, Habig, A, Ackerman, M, Goebel, F, Hill, J, Jung, C K, Kato, T, Kerr, D, Malek, M, Martens, K, Mauger, C, McGrew, C, Sharkey, E, Viren, B, Yanagisawa, C, Doki, W, Inaba, S, Ito, K, Kirisawa, M, Kitaguchi, M, Mitsuda, C, Miyano, K, Saji, C, Takahata, M, Takahashi, M, Higuchi, K, Kajiyama, Y, Kusano, A, Nagashima, Y, Nitta, K, Takita, M, Yamaguchi, T, Yoshida, M, Kim, H I, Kim, S B, Yoo, J, Okazawa, H, Etoh, M, Fujita, K, Gando, Y, Hasegawa, A, Hasegawa, T, Hatakeyama, S, Inoue, K, Ishihara, K, Iwamoto, T, Koga, M, Nishiyama, I, Ogawa, H, Shirai, J, Suzuki, A, Takayama, T, Tsushima, F, Koshiba, M, Ichikawa, Y, Hashimoto, T, and Hatakeyama, Y. 2003. "The Super-Kamiokande detector." Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00425-X.
@misc{etde_20384659,
title = {The Super-Kamiokande detector}
author = {Fukuda, S, Fukuda, Y, Hayakawa, T, Ichihara, E, Ishitsuka, M, Itow, Y, Kajita, T, Kameda, J, Kaneyuki, K, Kasuga, S, Kobayashi, K, Kobayashi, Y, Koshio, Y, Miura, M, Moriyama, S, Nakahata, M, Nakayama, S, Namba, T, Obayashi, Y, Okada, A, Oketa, M, Okumura, K, Oyabu, T, Sakurai, N, Shiozawa, M, Suzuki, Y, Takeuchi, Y, Toshito, T, Totsuka, Y, Yamada, S, Desai, S, Earl, M, Hong, J T, Kearns, E, Masuzawa, M, Messier, M D, Stone, J L, Sulak, L R, Walter, C W, Wang, W, Scholberg, K, Barszczak, T, Casper, D, Liu, D W, Gajewski, W, Halverson, P G, Hsu, J, Kropp, W R, Mine, S, Price, L R, Reines, F, Smy, M, Sobel, H W, Vagins, M R, Ganezer, K S, Keig, W E, Ellsworth, R W, Tasaka, S, Flanagan, J W, Kibayashi, A, Learned, J G, Matsuno, S, Stenger, V J, Hayato, Y, Ishii, T, Ichikawa, A, Kanzaki, J, Kobayashi, T, Maruyama, T, Nakamura, K, Oyama, Y, Sakai, A, Sakuda, M, Sasaki, O, Echigo, S, Iwashita, T, Kohama, M, Suzuki, A T, Hasegawa, M, Inagaki, T, Kato, I, Maesaka, H, Nakaya, T, Nishikawa, K, Yamamoto, S, Haines, T J, Kim, B K, Sanford, R, Svoboda, R, Blaufuss, E, Chen, M L, Conner, Z, Goodman, J A, Guillian, E, Sullivan, G W, Turcan, D, Habig, A, Ackerman, M, Goebel, F, Hill, J, Jung, C K, Kato, T, Kerr, D, Malek, M, Martens, K, Mauger, C, McGrew, C, Sharkey, E, Viren, B, Yanagisawa, C, Doki, W, Inaba, S, Ito, K, Kirisawa, M, Kitaguchi, M, Mitsuda, C, Miyano, K, Saji, C, Takahata, M, Takahashi, M, Higuchi, K, Kajiyama, Y, Kusano, A, Nagashima, Y, Nitta, K, Takita, M, Yamaguchi, T, Yoshida, M, Kim, H I, Kim, S B, Yoo, J, Okazawa, H, Etoh, M, Fujita, K, Gando, Y, Hasegawa, A, Hasegawa, T, Hatakeyama, S, Inoue, K, Ishihara, K, Iwamoto, T, Koga, M, Nishiyama, I, Ogawa, H, Shirai, J, Suzuki, A, Takayama, T, Tsushima, F, Koshiba, M, Ichikawa, Y, Hashimoto, T, and Hatakeyama, Y}
abstractNote = {Super-Kamiokande is the world's largest water Cherenkov detector, with net mass 50,000 tons. During the period April, 1996 to July, 2001, Super-Kamiokande I collected 1678 live-days of data, observing neutrinos from the Sun, Earth's atmosphere, and the K2K long-baseline neutrino beam with high efficiency. These data provided crucial information for our current understanding of neutrino oscillations, as well as setting stringent limits on nucleon decay. In this paper, we describe the detector in detail, including its site, configuration, data acquisition equipment, online and offline software, and calibration systems which were used during Super-Kamiokande I.}
doi = {10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00425-X}
journal = []
issue = {2-3}
volume = {501}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {2003}
month = {Apr}
}