2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Feasibility study of 100 million tones water Cherenkov detectors which aim to open new era of elementary particle physics.
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18340073
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo (2007-2008)
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (2006) |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIOZAWA Masato The University of Tokyo, 宇宙線研究所, 准教授 (70272523)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIURA Makoto 東京大学, 宇宙線研究所, 助教 (10272519)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
NAKAMURA Kenzo , 高エネルギー加速器研究機構, 名誉教授 (10011735)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2008
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| Keywords | 宇宙線 / 国際協力 / 素粒子実験 |
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| Research Abstract |
Feasibility study has been performed for next generation nucleon decay and neutrino detectors which aim to explore unification of elementary particles and the matter-dominated Universe. We also made good relationship with the world community to exchange status and progress of each country while international competition is getting hard. This detector with the dimension of 100 million tones has to be constructed in underground to be shielded against cosmic ray noise. We have completed concept design of the detector in Japan based on recent various studies : geological survey to look for hard rock region suitable for the gigantic cavity, optimization of cavity shape, optimization of light sensors, and so on.
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