Neutrino Physics in Present and Future Kamioka Water‐Čerenkov Detectors with Neutron Tagging

• Main Author: Fernández Menéndez, Pablo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Particle acceleration.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Cosmology.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

This book discusses the upgrade of the Super-Kamiokande (SK) detector, which consists in the addition of a salt of gadolinium into the detector's water, the goal being to endow it with a very high-efficiency ability to detect neutrons: the SuperK-Gd project. This will substantially improve the...

Table of Contents:

• Neutrinos
• The Super-Kamiokande Detector
• The SuperK-Gd Project
• On Relevant Items for SuperK-Gd Physics
• SuperK-Gd Physics Potential
• Neutron-Tagging with Hydrogen in Super-Kamiokande IV: Global Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillation Analysis with SK
• Conclusions.