k Site of Kamiokande proton decay experiment Site of Tokyo Universitys Kamiokande experiment searching for proton decay beneath Mt. Ikenoyama, Japan. The experiment consists of hundreds of photomultiplier tubes lining a tank containing 9000 tonnes of water some 1000 meters underground in a zinc mine in Japan. The experiment was designed to look for decaying protons. If a proton decays, the charged particles it generates move through the water faster than light, and generate blue Cerenkov radiation. It is this that the photomultipliers detect. Computer analysis then determines whether the event was a decay, or a collision with a solar neutrino. Photographed in 1985., by PETER MENZELSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Site of Kamiokande proton decay experiment Site of Tokyo University s Kamiokande experiment searching for proton decay beneath Mt. Ikenoyama, Japan. The experiment consists of hundreds of photomultiplier tubes lining a tank containing 9000 tonnes of water some 1000 meters underground in a zinc mine in Japan. The experiment was designed to look for decaying protons. If a proton decays, the charged particles it generates move through the water faster than light, and generate blue Cerenkov radiation. It is this that the photomultipliers detect. Computer analysis then determines whether the event was a decay, or a collision with a solar neutrino. Photographed in 1985., by PETER MENZEL SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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Site of Kamiokande proton decay experiment

Site of Tokyo University's Kamiokande experiment searching for proton decay beneath Mt. Ikenoyama, Japan. The experiment consists of hundreds of photomultiplier tubes lining a tank containing 9000 tonnes of water some 1000 meters underground in a zinc mine in Japan. The experiment was designed to look for decaying protons. If a proton decays, the charged particles it generates move through the water faster than light, and generate blue Cerenkov radiation. It is this that the photomultipliers detect. Computer analysis then determines whether the event was a decay, or a collision with a solar neutrino. Photographed in 1985., by PETER MENZEL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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