Japan s Next Neutrino Hunter Could Revolutionize Particle Physics

Japan approved construction for the worlds next largest neutrino detector. So what can we expect from it Subscribe to Seeker Watch more Elements Visit our shop at Japan announced its next generation neutrino detector, HyperKamiokande, and it is enormous. HyperKamiokande (HyperK) will hold 260, 000 tonnes of ultrapure watermore than five times the amount contained by its already enormous sibling, the SuperKamiokande. And construction for HyperK will begin in April 2020. The size of the HyperKamiokande will allow it to detect unprecedented numbers of neutrinos produced by various sources including cosmic rays, the Sun, supernovae and beams artificially produced by an existing particle accelerator. In addition to catching neutrinos, HyperK will monitor the water for the possible spontaneous decay of protons in atomic nuclei, which, if observed, would be a revolutionary br, br,