On the hunt for neutrinos
Many facilities have been involved in searching for these mysterious particles.
Published:
October 26, 2009
 Super-Kamiokande consists of 11,146 light detectors called photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). The experiment began in 1996 and stopped in 2001 after roughly half of the PMTs imploded in a chain reaction. After about a year, technicians repaired the detector.
Photo by Kamioka Observatory/ICRR (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research)/The University of Tokyo |
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