KamLAND experiment

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The KamLAND experiment is a neutrino observatory in Japan that made landmark measurements of neutrino oscillations by detecting antineutrinos from distant nuclear reactors and the Earth’s interior.

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instanceOf long-baseline neutrino experiment
neutrino observatory
physics experiment
reactor neutrino experiment
announcedFirstOscillationResult 2002
basedOnDetectorType liquid scintillator detector
collaborationIncludes European institutions
Japanese institutions
United States institutions
collaborationSize of order 100 scientists
confirmed Large Mixing Angle solution of solar neutrino problem
contributedTo constraints on radiogenic heat production in the Earth
global fits of neutrino oscillation parameters
country Japan
detected geoneutrinos from Earth’s interior
detectionMethod inverse beta decay
detects electron antineutrinos
geoneutrinos
reactor antineutrinos
field astroparticle physics
neutrino physics
firstDataTaking 2002
hasDetectorMass about 1 kiloton of liquid scintillator
locatedIn Gifu Prefecture NERFINISHED
Hida NERFINISHED
Honshu
Japan
Kamioka Observatory NERFINISHED
Kamioka mine NERFINISHED
locatedUndergroundDepth approximately 1000 meters
approximately 2700 meters water equivalent
madeLandmarkMeasurement precision measurement of Δm²21
precision measurement of θ12
measured disappearance of reactor antineutrinos over long baselines
operatedBy University of Tokyo NERFINISHED
primaryPhysicsGoal measurement of neutrino mixing parameters
measurement of neutrino oscillations
providedEvidenceFor neutrino oscillations using reactor antineutrinos
receivesAntineutrinosFrom distant nuclear reactors
multiple Japanese nuclear power plants
relatedTo Borexino experiment NERFINISHED
Super-Kamiokande experiment NERFINISHED
shielding located deep underground
studies mass-squared difference Δm²21
mixing angle θ12
solar neutrino oscillation parameters
surroundedBy buffer oil
photomultiplier tubes
typicalBaseline about 180 km from nuclear reactors
usesTargetMaterial ultra-pure liquid scintillator

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Kamioka Observatory, Gifu Prefecture, Japan knownFor KamLAND experiment
subject surface form: Kamioka Observatory
Kamioka Observatory, Gifu Prefecture, Japan hasExperiment KamLAND experiment
subject surface form: Kamioka Observatory
this entity surface form: KamLAND
neutrino oscillation confirmedBy KamLAND experiment
this entity surface form: KamLAND