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Status of the KM3NeT project

KM3NeT is a deep-sea research infrastructure being constructed in the Mediterranean Sea. It will be installed at three sites: KM3NeT-Fr, offshore Toulon, France, KM3NeT-It, offshore Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily (Italy) and KM3NeT-Gr,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-07 A. Margiotta

ANTARES and other Neutrino Telescopes in the Northern Hemisphere

Several projects are concentrating their efforts on opening the high energy neutrino window on the Universe with km-scale detectors. The detection principle relies on the observation, using photomultipliers, of the Cherenkov light emitted…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-08 Antoine Kouchner

Neutron detection in the SNO+ water phase

SNO+ is a multipurpose neutrino experiment located approximately 2 km underground in SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada. The detector started taking physics data in May 2017 and is currently completing its first phase, as a pure water Cherenkov…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Y. Liu , S. Andringa , D. Auty , F. Barão , R. Bayes , E. Caden , C. Grant , J. Grove , B. Krar , A. LaTorre , L. Lebanowski , J. Lidgard , J. Maneira , P. Mekarski , S. Nae , T. Pershing , I. Semenec , K. Singh , P. Skensved , B. Tam , A. Wright

Methods for the suppression of background cascades produced along atmospheric muon tracks in the Baikal-GVD

The Baikal-GVD (Gigaton Volume Detector) is a km$^{3}$- scale neutrino telescope located in Lake Baikal. Currently (year 2021) the Baikal-GVD is composed of 2304 optical modules divided to 8 independent detection units, called clusters.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-28 V. A. Allakhverdyan , A. D. Avrorin , A. V. Avrorin , V. M. Aynutdinov , R. Bannasch , Z. Bardačová , I. A. Belolaptikov , I. V. Borina , V. B. Brudanin , N. M. Budnev , V. Y. Dik , G. V. Domogatsky , A. A. Doroshenko , R. Dvornický , A. N. Dyachok , Zh. -A. M. Dzhilkibaev , E. Eckerová , T. V. Elzhov , L. Fajt , S. V. Fialkovski , A. R. Gafarov , K. V. Golubkov , N. S. Gorshkov , T. I. Gress , M. S. Katulin , K. G. Kebkal , O. G. Kebkal , E. V. Khramov , M. M. Kolbin , K. V. Konischev , K. A. Kopański , A. V. Korobchenko , A. P. Koshechkin , V. A. Kozhin , M. V. Kruglov , M. K. Kryukov , V. F. Kulepov , Pa. Malecki , Y. M. Malyshkin , M. B. Milenin , R. R. Mirgazov , D. V. Naumov , V. Nazari , W. Noga , D. P. Petukhov , E. N. Pliskovsky , M. I. Rozanov , V. D. Rushay , E. V. Ryabov , G. B. Safronov , B. A. Shaybonov , M. D. Shelepov , F. Šimkovic , A. E. Sirenko , A. V. Skurikhin , A. G. Solovjev , M. N. Sorokovikov , I. Štekl , A. P. Stromakov , E. O. Sushenok , O. V. Suvorova , V. A. Tabolenko , B. A. Tarashansky , Y. V. Yablokova , S. A. Yakovlev , D. N. Zaborov

Prototype Detector for Ultrahigh Energy Neutrino Detection

Necessary technical experience is being gained from successful construction and deployment of current prototype detectors to search for UHE neutrinos in Antarctica, Lake Baikal in Russia, and the Mediterranean. The prototype detectors have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Joshua R. Klein , Alfred K. Mann

How to do a $\nu_e \to \nu_\mu$ measurement in a SK-like detector

In the future neutrino experiments, a beta-beam, which can produce pure electron neutrino beam, is expected to achive precise measurement of the neutrino oscillation parameters. In the $\nu_{\mu}$ appearance measurement of a beta-beam, a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-01-05 Chizue Ishihara

Hyper-Kamiokande

A next generation water Cherenkov detector Hyper-Kamiokande to be built in Japan is described. The main goals of this project include a sensitive measurement of CP violation in neutrino oscillations, a search for proton decay and study of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 Yury Kudenko

Gadolinium study for a water Cherenkov detector

Modification of large water Cherenkov detectors by addition of gadolinium has been proposed. The large cross section for neutron capture on Gd will greatly improve the sensitivity to antielectron neutrinos from supernovae and reactors. A…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Atsuko Kibayashi

Modern Status of Neutrino Experiments at the Underground Neutrino Laboratory of Kurchatov Institute Near Krasnoyarsk Nuclear Reactor

The investigation of antineutrino-deuteron interaction at Krasnoyarsk reactor are discussed. The characteristics of the installation ''Deuteron'', present results and perspectives of Krasnoyarsk neutrino laboratory are presented.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Yu. V. Kozlov , S. V. Khalturtsev , I. N. Machulin , A. V. Martemyanov , V. P. Martemyanov , A. A. Sabelnikov , S. V. Sukhotin , V. G. Tarasenkov , E. V. Turbin , V. N. Vyrodov

Construction of the CHIPS-M prototype and simulations of a 10 kiloton module

During the summer of 2014, the CHIPS collaboration constructed and deployed CHIPS-M, a 26 ton prototype water Cherenkov detector in a flooded mine pit in Northern Minnesota, 7mrad off-axis from the NuMI neutrino beam. The detector will be…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-04 Andrew Perch

Underground Neutrino Detectors for Particle and Astroparticle Science: the Giant Liquid Argon Charge Imaging ExpeRiment (GLACIER)

The current focus of the CERN program is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), however, CERN is engaged in long baseline neutrino physics with the CNGS project and supports T2K as recognized CERN RE13, and for good reasons: a number of observed…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-29 A. Rubbia

Statistical approaches in search for astrophysical neutrino sources with Baikal deep underwater telescopes

We use likelihood approach for search for local astrophysical neutrino sources in unbinned versus binned methods with Baikal deep underwater telescopes. We analyze neutrino data sample selected with NT200 telescope for 1038 live days by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-06-11 O. V. Suvorova , T. A. Ovsiannikova

The Hyper-Kamiokande Experiment -- Snowmass LOI

Hyper-Kamiokande is the next generation underground water Cherenkov detector that builds on the highly successful Super-Kamiokande experiment. The detector which has an 8.4~times larger effective volume than its predecessor will be located…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-03 Kamiokande Collaboration , K. Abe , P. Adrich , H. Aihara , R. Akutsu , I. Alekseev , A. Ali , F. Ameli , L. H. V. Anthony , A. Araya , Y. Asaoka , V. Aushev , I. Bandac , M. Barbi , G. Barr , M. Batkiewicz-Kwasniak , M. Bellato , V. Berardi , L. Bernard , E. Bernardini , L. Berns , S. Bhadra , J. Bian , A. Blanchet , A. Blondel , A. Boiano , S. Bolognesi , L. Bonavera , S. Borjabad , T. Boschi , D. Bose , S . B. Boyd , C. Bozza , A. Bravar , C. Bronner , A. Bubak , A. Buchowicz , M. Buizza Avanzini , F. S. Cafagna , N. F. Calabria , J. M. Calvo-Mozota , S. Cao , M. G. Catanesi , S. Chakraborty , J. H. Choi , S. Choubey , M. Cicerchia , J. Coleman , G. Collazuol , S. Cuen-Rochin , M. Danilov , E. De la Fuente , P. de Perio , G. De Rosa , T. Dealtry , C. J. Densham , A. Dergacheva , N. Deshmukh , M. M. Devi , F. Di Lodovico , P. Di Meo , I. Di Palma , T. A. Doyle , E. Drakopoulou , O. Drapier , J. Dumarchez , L. Eklund , S. El Hedri , J. Ellis , S. Emery , A. Esmaili , S. Fedotov , J. Feng , E. Fernández-Martinez , P. Ferrario , B. Ferrazzi , A. Finch , C. Finley , G. Fiorillo , M. Fitton , M. Friend , Y. Fujii , Y. Fukuda , G. Galinski , J. Gao , C. Garde , A. Garfagnini , S. Garode , L. Gialanella , C. Giganti , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , M. Gonin , J. González-Nuevo , A. Gorin , R. Gornea , F. Gramegna , M. Grassi , G. Grella , M. Guigue , D. R. Hadley , M. Harada , M. Hartz , S. Hassani , N. C. Hastings , Y. Hayato , K. Hiraide , K. Hoshina , K. Hultqvist , F. Iacob , A. K. Ichikawa , W. Idrissi Ibnsalih , M. Ikeda , M. Inomoto , A. Ioannisian , T. Ishida , K. Ishidoshiro , H. Ishino , M. Ishitsuka , H. Ito , S. Ito , Y. Itow , K. Iwamoto , N. Izumi , S. Izumiyama , M. Jakkapu , B. Jamieson , J. S. Jang , H. S. Jo , P. Jonsson , K. K. Joo , T. Kajita , H. Kakuno , J. Kameda , Y. Kano , D. Karlen , Y. Kataoka , A. Kato , T. Katori , N. Kazarian , M. Khabibullin , A. Khotjantsev , T. Kikawa , J. Y. Kim , S. B. Kim , S. King , T. Kinoshita , J. Kisiel , A. Klekotko , T. Kobayashi , L. Koerich , N. Kolev , A. Konaka , L. L. Kormos , Y. Koshio , Y. Kotsar , K. A. Kouzakov , K. L. Kowalik , L. Kravchuk , A. P. Kryukov , Y. Kudenko , T. Kumita , R. Kurjata , T. Kutter , M. Kuze , K. Kwak , M. La Commara , L. Labarga , J. Lagoda , M. Lamoureux , M. Laveder , L. Lavitola , J. Lee , R. Leitner , V. Lezaun , I. T. Lim , T. Lindner , R. P. Litchfield , K. R. Long , A. Longhin , P. Loverre , X. Lu , L. Ludovici , Y. Maekawa , L. Magaletti , K. Magar , Y. Makida , M. Malek , M. Malinský , T. Marchi , C. Mariani , A. Marinelli , K. Martens , Ll. Marti , J. F. Martin , D. Martin , J. Marzec , T. Matsubara , R. Matsumoto , N. McCauley , A. Medhi , P. Mehta , L. Mellet , H. Menjo , M. Mezzetto , J. Migenda , P. Migliozzi , S. Miki , A. Minamino , S. Mine , O. Mineev , A. Mitra , M. Miura , R. Moharana , C. M. Mollo , T. Mondal , M. Mongelli , F. Monrabal , D. H. Moon , C. S. Moon , S. Moriyama , T. Mueller , Y. Nagao , T. Nakadaira , K. Nakagiri , M. Nakahata , S. Nakai , Y. Nakajima , K. Nakamura , KI. Nakamura , H. Nakamura , Y. Nakano , T. Nakaya , S. Nakayama , K. Nakayoshi , L. Nascimento Machado , C. E. R. Naseby , B. Navarro-Garcia , M. Needham , K. Niewczas , Y. Nishimura , F. Nova , J. C. Nugent , H. Nunokawa , W. Obrebski , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , E. O'Connor , N. Ogawa , T. Ogitsu , K. Okamoto , H. M. O'Keeffe , K. Okumura , Y. Onishchuk , F. Orozco-Luna , A. Oshlianskyi , N. Ospina , M. Ostrowski , E. O'Sullivan , Y. Oyama , H. Ozaki , M. Y. Pac , P. Paganini , V. Palladino , M. Pari , J. Pasternak , C. Pastore , G. Pastuszak , D. A. Patel , M. Pavin , D. Payne , C. Peña-Garay , C. Pidcott , S. Playfer , B. W. Pointon , A. Popov , B. Popov , K. Porwit , M. Posiadala-Zezula , G. Pronost , N. W. Prouse , B. Quilain , A. A. Quiroga , E. Radicioni , B. Radics , P. J. Rajda , M. Rescigno , G. Ricciardi , B. Richards , E. Rondio , B. Roskovec , S. Roth , C. Rott , A. 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B. Vogelaar , M. M. Vyalkov , T. Wachala , J. Walker , D. Wark , M. O. Wascko , R. A. Wendell , J. R. Wilson , S. Wronka , J. Xia , Y. Yamaguchi , K. Yamamoto , T. Yano , N. Yershov , M. Yokoyama , J. Yoo , I. Yu , T. Zakrzewski , B. Zaldivar , J. Zalipska , K. Zaremba , G. Zarnecki , M. Ziembicki , K. Zietara , M. Zito , S. Zsoldos

MEMPHYS:A large scale water Cerenkov detector at Fr\'ejus

A water \v{C}erenkov detector project, of megaton scale, to be installed in the Fr\'ejus underground site and dedicated to nucleon decay, neutrinos from supernovae, solar and atmospheric neutrinos, as well as neutrinos from a super-beam…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-09-29 A. de Bellefon , J. Bouchez , J. Busto , J. -E. Campagne , C. Cavata , J. Dolbeau , J. Dumarchez , P. Gorodetzky , S. Katsanevas , M. Mezzetto , L. Mosca , T. Patzak , P. Salin , A. Tonazzo , C. Volpe

The physics impact of proton track identification in future megaton-scale water Cherenkov detectors

In this paper, we investigate the impact in future megaton-scale water Cherenkov detectors of identifying proton Cherenkov rings. We estimate the expected event rates for detected neutral current and charged current quasi-elastic neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-18 M. Fechner , C. W. Walter

Search for neutrino emission from relic dark matter in the Sun with the Baikal NT200 detector

We have analyzed a data set taken over 2.76 years live time with the Baikal neutrino telescope NT200. The goal of the analysis is to search for neutrinos from dark matter annihilation in the center of the Sun. Apart from the conventional…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-08-12 A. D. Avrorin , A. V. Avrorin , V. M. Aynutdinov , R. Bannasch , I. A. Belolaptikov , D. Yu. Bogorodsky , V. B. Brudanin , N. M. Budnev , I. A. Danilchenko , S. V. Demidov , G. V. Domogatsky , A. A. Doroshenko , A. N. Dyachok , Zh-A. M. Dzhilkibaev , S. V. Fialkovsky , A. R. Gafarov , O. N. Gaponenko , K. V. Golubkov , T. I. Gress , Z. Honz , K. G. Kebkal , O. G. Kebkal , K. V. Konishchev , E. N. Konstantinov , A. V. Korobchenko , A. P. Koshechkin , F. K. Koshel , V. A. Kozhin , V. F. Kulepov , D. A. Kuleshov , V. I. Ljashuk , M. B. Milenin , R. A. Mirgazov , E. A. Osipova , A. I. Panfilov , L. V. Panjkov , A. A. Perevalov , E. N. Pliskovsky , V. A. Poleshuk , M. I. Rozanov , V. F. Rubtsov , E. V. Rjabov , B. A. Shaybonov , A. A. Sheifler , A. V. Skurikhin , A. A. Smagina , O. V. Suvorova , B. A. Tarashchansky , S. A. Yakovlev , A. V. Zagorodnikov , V. A. Zhukov , V. L. Zurbanov

Letter of Intent: The Hyper-Kamiokande Experiment --- Detector Design and Physics Potential ---

We propose the Hyper-Kamiokande (Hyper-K) detector as a next generation underground water Cherenkov detector. It will serve as a far detector of a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment envisioned for the upgraded J-PARC, and as a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-09-16 K. Abe , T. Abe , H. Aihara , Y. Fukuda , Y. Hayato , K. Huang , A. K. Ichikawa , M. Ikeda , K. Inoue , H. Ishino , Y. Itow , T. Kajita , J. Kameda , Y. Kishimoto , M. Koga , Y. Koshio , K. P. Lee , A. Minamino , M. Miura , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , K. Nakamura , T. Nakaya , S. Nakayama , K. Nishijima , Y. Nishimura , Y. Obayashi , K. Okumura , M. Sakuda , H. Sekiya , M. Shiozawa , A. T. Suzuki , Y. Suzuki , A. Takeda , Y. Takeuchi , H. K. M. Tanaka , S. Tasaka , T. Tomura , M. R. Vagins , J. Wang , M. Yokoyama

A Deep Sea Telescope for High Energy Neutrinos

The ANTARES Collaboration proposes to construct a large area water Cherenkov detector in the deep Mediterranean Sea, optimised for the detection of muons from high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. This paper presents the scientific…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 ANTARES Collaboration

Status of the T2K 280m Near Detector

The Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) long-baseline neutrino-oscillation experiment is being prepared for start of operations in Fall 2009. The purpose of T2K is to measure the oscillation parameters from an intense muon neutrino beam. In order to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Thomas Lindner

Neutrino Astronomy - A Review of Future Experiments

Current generation neutrino telescopes cover an energy range from about 10 GeV to beyond $10^9$ GeV. IceCube sets the scale for future experiments to make improvements. Strategies for future upgrades will be discussed in three energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Albrecht Karle