| Project/Area Number |
24H00243
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Medium-sized Section 16:Astronomy and related fields
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
ヴァギンズ マーク 東京大学, カブリ数物連携宇宙研究機構, 教授 (90509902)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2024-04-01 – 2029-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥46,540,000 (Direct Cost: ¥35,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,740,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥13,260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,060,000)
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| Keywords | ニュートリノ / 超新星 / 水チェレンコフ検出器 / マルチメッセンジャー |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
The goal of this research is to use neutrinos to quickly inform the astronomy and physics communities that a supernova explosion is occurring in our Milky Way Galaxy.
Neutrinos arrive *before* the light from the explosion. This is because dying stars produce huge numbers of neutrinos just before the light of their bright, fiery deaths is generated.
EGADS (Employing Gadolinium to Autonomously Detect Supernovas), an existing University of Tokyo neutrino detector located in the Kamioka Observatory next to the famous Super-Kamiokande experiment, will be upgraded specifically for this purpose.
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