EGADS approaching GADZOOKS!

The detection of the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB) for the very first time and its difficulty due to the large irreducible backgrounds originally motivated the idea of adding gadolinium (Gd) into the ultra-pure water of Super-Kamiokande (SK). Since the main mode to detect the DSNB is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Magro Lluís Martí
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2015-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20149504041