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Super-Kamiokande Construction(1993~1996)
No.1
Water-filling (Jan. 1996)
No.10
Mounting barrel PMTs
No.11
Mounting top PMTs (Jun. 1995)
No.12
Mounting stainless boards (Jan.1995)
Full Construction(2006)
No.13
Inside of the detector with nearly full-PMTs. (Apr. 7, 2006)
No.15
Started water-filling (Apr. 23, 2006)
No.16
Nearly full water. From the upper of the tank (Jun.26, 2006)
Kamiokande Detector(1983~1996)
No.Kam1
Kamiokande detector
No.Kam2
Kamiokande detector from the bottom
Super-Kamiokande Construction(1993~1996)
No.SK1-1
Dome of the detector(Jun. 93)
No.SK1-2
Cavity for the detector
No.SK1-3
Top of the SK detector (before lifting up)(Jul.95)
No.SK1-4
People contributing to the construction 1 (Jul. 95)
No.SK1-5
Top of the detector (outside, before lifting up(Jul. 95)
No.SK1-6
Top of the detector (inside, under lifting up)(Jul. 95)
No.SK1-7
Making a PMT-unit
No.SK1-8
Rear view of PMT units
No.SK1-9
Mountings the PMTs on the detector wall.
No.SK1-14
A part of the wall and the outer detector
No.SK1-15
Detector wall and bottom
No.SK1-17
working party at the bottom of the tank 1
No.SK1-18
working party at the bottom of the tank 2
No.SK1-19
detector wall and top with about 9000 PMTs
No.SK1-20
detector wall with about 9000 PMTs
No.SK1-21
entrance to the top of the detector
No.SK1-22
top of the detector 1
No.SK1-23
top of the detector 2
No.SK1-24
working party at the bottom of the tank 2
No.SK1-25
cabling at the top of the detector 1
No.SK1-26
cabling at the top of the detector 2
No.SK1-27
electronics and HV system
No.SK1-28
rear view of the electronics and HV system
No.SK1-29
people contributing to the construction 2
No.SK1-30
people contributing to the construction 3
No.SK1-31
entrance to the Kamioka underground lab.
No.SK1-32
Water-filling was started on December 22, 1995.
No.SK1-33
inner detector with half of water (Feb. 96)
No.SK1-34
installation of last PMT module of the inner detector (Mar. 96)
Full Construction(Aug.2005~Jul.2006)
No.SK3-1
Assembling PMT case 1
No.SK3-2
Eye check of PMTs
No.SK3-3
Assembling PMT case 2
No.SK3-4
Mounting the top PMTs 1
No.SK3-5
Mounting the top PMTs 2
No.SK3-6
Mounting the barrel PMTs 1
No.SK3-7
Mounting the barrel PMTs 2
No.SK3-8
Mounting the barrel PMTs 3
No.SK3-9
Mounting the barrel PMTs 4
No.SK3-10
Completed mounting PMTs 1(Apr. 7, 2006)
No.SK3-11
Completed mounting PMTs 2
No.SK3-12
Completed mounting PMTs 3
No.SK3-13
Completed mounting PMTs 4
No.SK3-14
Completed mounting PMTs 5
No.SK3-15
Cable connection
No.SK3-17
Replacing Tyvek sheets
No.SK3-18
Started filling water 1 (Apr. 23, 2006)
No.SK3-19
Started filling water 2
No.SK3-20
Started filling water 3
No.SK3-21
Nearly full water (Jun. 26, 2006)
No.SK3-22
Mounting final PMT module 1
No.SK3-23
Mounting final PMT module 2
Super-Kamiokande Upgrade Work (June 2018 - January 2019)
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