Hyper-Kamiokande Precon III
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
The Hyper-Kamiokande experiment is the next generation flagship experiment for the study of neutrino oscillations, nucleon decays, and astrophysical neutrinos. The detector is a third generation underground water Cherenkov detector. It will serve as the far detector for a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment planned for the upgraded J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex) neutrino beam as well as a detector capable of observing proton decays, atmospheric neutrinos, and neutrinos from astronomical origins enabling measurements that far exceed the current world best measurements. The proposed activities address the core scientific questions in STFC's roadmap
1 : What are the fundamental particles?
(C1), Is there a unified framework?
(C3) What is the origin of the matter anti-matter asymmetry?
(C7) How do the laws of physics work when driven to the extremes?
(D1). Because the long baseline neutrino experiment is capable of addressing these questions it is the highest priority of the neutrino STFC roadmap. Furthermore, this project is also perfectly aligned with the European Strategy which recognises it importance [2]: Rapid progress in neutrino oscillation physics, with significant European involvement, has established a strong scientific case for a long-baseline neutrino programme exploring CP violation and
the mass hierarchy in the neutrino sector. CERN should develop a neutrino programme to pave the way for a substantial European role in future long-baseline experiments. Europe should explore the possibility of major participation in leading long-baseline neutrino projects in the US and Japan.
1 : What are the fundamental particles?
(C1), Is there a unified framework?
(C3) What is the origin of the matter anti-matter asymmetry?
(C7) How do the laws of physics work when driven to the extremes?
(D1). Because the long baseline neutrino experiment is capable of addressing these questions it is the highest priority of the neutrino STFC roadmap. Furthermore, this project is also perfectly aligned with the European Strategy which recognises it importance [2]: Rapid progress in neutrino oscillation physics, with significant European involvement, has established a strong scientific case for a long-baseline neutrino programme exploring CP violation and
the mass hierarchy in the neutrino sector. CERN should develop a neutrino programme to pave the way for a substantial European role in future long-baseline experiments. Europe should explore the possibility of major participation in leading long-baseline neutrino projects in the US and Japan.
Publications
T2K Collaboration
(2020)
Constraint on the matter-antimatter symmetry-violating phase in neutrino oscillations.
in Nature
Ohmae N
(2021)
Front Cover: Transportable Strontium Optical Lattice Clocks Operated Outside Laboratory at the Level of 10 -18 Uncertainty (Adv. Quantum Technol. 8/2021)
in Advanced Quantum Technologies
Ohmae N
(2021)
Transportable Strontium Optical Lattice Clocks Operated Outside Laboratory at the Level of 10 -18 Uncertainty
in Advanced Quantum Technologies
Mori M
(2022)
Searching for Supernova Bursts in Super-Kamiokande IV
in The Astrophysical Journal
Matsumoto R
(2022)
Search for proton decay via p ? µ + K 0 in 0.37 megaton-years exposure of Super-Kamiokande
in Physical Review D
Machado L
(2022)
Pre-supernova Alert System for Super-Kamiokande
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lees JP
(2022)
Search for Darkonium in e^{+}e^{-} Collisions.
in Physical review letters
Lees JP
(2022)
Search for Lepton Flavor Violation in ?(3S)?e^{±}µ^{±}.
in Physical review letters
Description | The Hyper-Kamiokande experiment is the next generation flagship experiment for the study of neutrino oscillations, nucleon decays, and astrophysical neutrinos. During this grant we completed the design of the detector to be moved to construction, that focussed on the physics, computing and simulation, data acquisition, calibration, beam targetry and outer detector. |
Exploitation Route | The next step is to move on towards construction of the experiment and it has already started. |
Sectors | Other |
Description | We have developed a new photosensors type with Hamamatsu Photonics, which is R14374-31. We have developed a DAQ framework that now it is used in several other collaborations (ToolsDAQ). We have developed a basic analysis framework used by several other collaborations. We have developed a beam to withstand higher beam power, whose prototype will be then used by T2K. |
First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
Sector | Other |
Description | MSCA- RISE JENNIFER2 |
Amount | € 358,800 (EUR) |
Funding ID | EU Grant n.822070 |
Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | Super-Kamiokande |
Organisation | Super-Kamiokande |
Country | Japan |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | We have joined in January 2016. We are working on a calibration system for neutron. We have taken shifts. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in calibration. Detection of low background in gadolinium samples. |
Impact | This collaboration has just started |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | 20th conference on Flavor Physics and CP violation (FPCP 2022) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | I was in the organisation of the FPCP2022 conference. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://relativity.phy.olemiss.edu/fpcp2022/ |
Description | Conference Organisation: NUFACT2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | I was in the organising committee of the conference. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.physics.utah.edu/nufact-2022/ |
Description | Invited talks to KCL Maxwell Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | outreach to undergraduate students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-I0-J3reBA |
Description | Plenary invited talk at Lomonosov 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Describing and Advertising Hyper-Kamiokande |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://lomcon.ru/ |
Description | Plenary invited talk at XIX International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Advertising Hyper-Kamiokande to international audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://agenda.infn.it/event/24250/ |
Description | Talk at the First Pan-African Astro-Particle and Collider Physics Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Introducing your physicists in Africa to particle physics - I gave a talk on Hyper-K |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://indico.tlabs.ac.za/event/109/timetable/?print=1&view=standard |
Description | UK HEP Forum 2022: Neutrinos: What? Where from? Where to? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation of the latest results on T2K and Hyper-Kamiokande. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://conference.ippp.dur.ac.uk/event/1144/timetable/?view=standard_numbered |