1. Real-time supernova neutrino burst monitor at Super-Kamiokande
- Author
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A. T. Suzuki, J. F. Martin, T. Nakadaira, G. Carminati, Makoto Sakuda, K. Iyogi, J. L. Raaf, K. Sakashita, K. Kaneyuki, Takaaki Kajita, T. Sekiguchi, E. Kearns, R. A. Wendell, Masashi Yokoyama, Yasunari Suzuki, Y. Hayato, M. Ikeda, John Hill, S. B. Kim, J. Y. Kim, M. Goldhaber, S. N. Smith, Seiko Hirota, T. Kikawa, C. Yanagisawa, Yejin Zhang, T. Ishizuka, L. Marti, K. Tateishi, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, J. S. Jang, A. Himmel, Song Chen, K. Nishijima, W. R. Kropp, S. Tobayama, Takaaki Mori, Kate Scholberg, W. E. Keig, V. Takhistov, Atsushi Takeda, Shigeki Tasaka, E. Richard, J. L. Stone, L. R. Sulak, K. Ieki, Yusuke Suda, Hirokazu Ishino, K. S. Ganezer, R. J. Wilkes, S. Moriyama, R. Tacik, Masayuki Nakahata, I. Kametani, M. Miura, L. Labarga, T. Kobayashi, K. P. Lee, C. K. Jung, Yoshitaka Itow, J. Imber, Masato Shiozawa, Y. Choi, Koh Ueno, H.A. Tanaka, M. J. Wilking, Yasuhiro Kishimoto, A. Konaka, M. B. Smy, Kimihiro Okumura, T. Tomura, H. Okazawa, Y. Kuno, S. Nakayama, T. Yokozawa, T. Tsukamoto, C. Bronner, T. Akiri, B. L. Hartfiel, S. Mine, S. Berkman, J. G. Learned, J. Gustafson, S. Matsuno, T. McLachlan, Takehisa Hasegawa, J. Kameda, P. Fernandez, K. Connolly, P. Mijakowski, K. Choi, K. Huang, Kazuhiro Suzuki, A. Kibayashi, Y. Koshio, T. Ishida, M. Koshiba, H. K. Tanaka, M. R. Vagins, A. Murakami, A. Minamino, G. Mitsuka, I. T. Lim, P. de Perio, T. Yano, A. L. Renshaw, Kenzo Nakamura, Yuichi Oyama, R. Yamaguchi, K. Abe, Y. Totsuka, Susumu Takahashi, T. Wongjirad, Y. Takeuchi, T. Ishii, K. Martens, Y. Nishimura, C. W. Walter, N. Hong, Joshua Hignight, Hiroyuki Sekiya, Y. Fukuda, Yuuki Nakano, T. J. Irvine, Y. Haga, P. Weatherly, and H. W. Sobel
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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Solar neutrino ,High Energy Physics::Phenomenology ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Solar neutrino problem ,01 natural sciences ,Cosmic neutrino background ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Neutrino detector ,0103 physical sciences ,Measurements of neutrino speed ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Neutrino astronomy ,Neutrino ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Super-Kamiokande ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) - Abstract
We present a real-time supernova neutrino burst monitor at Super-Kamiokande (SK). Detecting supernova explosions by neutrinos in real time is crucial for giving a clear picture of the explosion mechanism. Since the neutrinos are expected to come earlier than light, a fast broadcasting of the detection may give astronomers a chance to make electromagnetic radiation observations of the explosions right at the onset. The role of the monitor includes a fast announcement of the neutrino burst detection to the world and a determination of the supernova direction. We present the online neutrino burst detection system and studies of the direction determination accuracy based on simulations at SK., 15 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics
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- 2016