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Hyper-Kamiokande Physics Opportunities

ContributorsHyper-Kamiokande Working Group
Presented atMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA), 29 July-6 August 2013
Published inHewett, J.L. & and Weerts H. (Ed.), Community Summer Study 2013: Snowmass on the Mississippi. (CSS2013), p. 135-151
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  • CNUM; C13-07-29.2
Publication date2013
Abstract

We propose the Hyper-Kamiokande (Hyper-K) detector as a next generation un- derground water Cherenkov detector. It will serve as a far detector of a long base- line neutrino oscillation experiment envisioned for the upgraded J-PARC beam, and as a detector capable of observing, far beyond the sensitivity of the Super-Kamiokande (Super-K) detector, proton decays, atmospheric neutrinos, and neutrinos from astro- physical origins. The current baseline design of Hyper-K is based on the highly suc- cessful Super-K detector, taking full advantage of a well-proven technology. Hyper-K consists of two cylindrical tanks lying side-by-side, the outer dimensions of each tank being 48(W) x54(H) x 250(L) m3. The total (fiducial) mass of the detector is 0.99 (0.56) million metric tons, which is about 20 (25) times larger than that of Super-K. This set of three one- page whitepapers prepared for the US Snowmass process describes the opportunities for future physics discoveries at the Hyper-K facility with beam, atmospheric and astrophysical neutrinos.

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Hyper-Kamiokande Working Group. Hyper-Kamiokande Physics Opportunities. In: Community Summer Study 2013: Snowmass on the Mississippi. (CSS2013). Hewett, J.L. & and Weerts H. (Ed.). Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA). [s.l.] : [s.n.], 2013. p. 135–151. (CNUM) doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1309.0184
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