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Calibration of Super-Kamiokande Using an Electron Linac

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Abstract

In order to calibrate the Super-Kamiokande experiment for solar neutrino measurements, a linear accelerator (LINAC) for electrons was installed at the detector. LINAC data were taken at various positions in the detector volume, tracking the detector response in the variables relevant to solar neutrino analysis. In particular, the absolute energy scale is now known with less than 1 percent uncertainty.

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24 pages, 16 figures, Submitted to NIM A
Journal reference
Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A421 (1999) 113-129
DOI
doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(98)01200-5
Subjects
hep-exHigh Energy Physics, Experiment

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    • The Super-Kamiokande detector is useful for neutrino detections generally, and they calibrate it from time to time using various devices, and have been for decades (!). https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9807027v1 [1998] The T2K experiment is in a way essentially another calibration…

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