KamLAND Pictures
KamLAND Pictures |
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 The left half shows the simulated geoneutrino production distribution detectable by KamLAND, and the right half shows the Earth structure. 1.4 MB bmp |
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 An illustration of the KamLAND hall and access tunnels 34 MB tiff |
 A 3-D illustration of the KamLAND detector 34 MB tiff |
 A black-and-white drawing of the KamLAND detector from the side |
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Event DisplaysIn these displays, the inside of the sphere is mapped to 2D using a Mollweide projection, and the color depicts the relative timing (T) or charge (Q) of each PMT pulse according to the scale at the bottom of the picture. | |||||
 The first candidate anti-neutrino, prompt event 840kB jpg |
 The first candidate anti-neutrino, delayed event 847kB jpg |
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 A muon that enters the detector from the upper right and stops inside the detector |
 A Cherenkov ring from muon passing just outside the balloon in the mineral oil |
 A Michel electron following a muon decay |
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Detector Construction and Commissioning | |||||
 Inside the detector during PMT installation 2.8MB jpg |
 Cleaning the inside of the steel sphere |
 Bolting down a pmt 2.2MB jpg |
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 Attaching black paper "collars" to the PMTs 2.4MB jpg |
 A ghastly group of PMT installers 1.3MB jpg |
 A picture of the balloon fully deployed, from below |
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 A tanker delivering mineral oil to the mine |
 Inside the KamLAND detector during oil filling |
 The oil/scintillator purification room |
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 From left to right: a front-end electronics crate, the trigger, and the trigger electronics/GPS crate |
 Inside the EHut: the trigger and front end electronics |
 Commissioning the trigger and the DAQ |
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Just for fun | |||||
 Escher's PMT 3MB jpg |
 Escher's original work |
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