Heavy metal upgrade to detect antimatter | Ben Still | Life & Physics

Ben Still describes new plans to upgrade a huge tank of water surrounded by light detectors, so that it can detect antineutrinos

Heavy metal is being added to one of the worlds largest particle physics experiments to allow it to see antimatter for the first time^1. For years the Super Kamiokande neutrino observatory has been a world leader in the field of neutrino particle physics. Last week the international collaboration of scientists who run the experiment announced that in 2016/2017, for the first time in over a decade, the experiments ultra sensitive detector will be shut down for an upgrade. the development of plans which will see the experiment's ultra-sensitive detector shut down for an upgrade for the first time since 2006.

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