In the calm and peaceful mountains of Japan we witness a unique meeting of nature and science. here’s one Hyper Kamiokande, built by cutting into the mountain It excites the scientific community as the largest neutrino observatory in the world.

Hyper Kamiokande, created as a result of twenty years of preparation and technical marvel, is the one of your biggest secrets has the potential to solve it.

Carefully planned and built over a long period of time, this structure stands out with a height of 88 meters and a width of 69 meters.

This is where Hyper Kamiokande is on its way to becoming the world’s largest neutrino observatory. Scientists from 21 countries contributed to this $600 million scientific giant It will be one of Japan’s construction wonders.

Now let’s get to the reason, but we need to think a little scientifically here. Universe; quarks, bosons and the smallest of subatomic particles such as neutrinos is formed. Neutrinos are the mysterious travelers of the universe.

For them, it is spread out by billions of stars, which barely interact with matter and silently passing through our bodies We can use the term particles.

if this If we can solve the mystery of ghostly creatures We can radically change our understanding of the universe. However, capturing the smallest building blocks of the universe is not easy at all.

A series of photodetectors are being produced for Hyper Kamiokande.

One way to observe them is by interacting with other particles. collide with each other at high speed To investigate the consequences of this collision.

The gigantic cylinder is built by cutting deep into the mountain.

With drilling and blasting techniques It took 9 months to open a 2 kilometer tunnel and then the surface was smoothed by spraying concrete.

The tunnel extends to the center of the dome being built over the observatory. Observatory from the top of the mountain It is 681 meters lower and it was reinforced with a steel cage that would support the weight of the rock above.

The team began blasting away the rock to create a huge cave for the observatory. A perfect environment for detecting neutrinos as long as.

The density of the rock provides the observatory with protection equivalent to almost 1.7 kilometers below sea level, shielding it from cosmic rays and other radiation. protected against radiation is happening.

Drilling is expected to be completed in 2025.

After the cave was covered in concrete, the world It will be the largest water reservoir and it will be filled with 260 million liters of water. The water is purified by UV light and other methods.

Neutrinos collide with electrons as they travel through water. They emit Cherenkov radiation and this whole structure is set up to detect small flashes of light.

Who knows, Japan’s efforts will determine the future direction of science…

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