Abstract
Super-Kamiokande (SK) will be upgraded to Super-Kamiokande Gd (SK-Gd). This modification will enable it to identify low energy anti-neutrinos for the world’s first observation of the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB). On average, there is one core-collapse supernova somewhere in the universe each second. The neutrinos emitted from all of these supernovae since the onset of stellar formation have suffused the universe. The flux of the DSNB is expected to be several tens per square centimeter per second. Theoretical models vary, but as many as five diffused supernova neutrinos per year above 10 MeV are expected to interact in SK. However, in order to separate these signals from the much more common solar and atmospheric neutrinos and other backgrounds, we need a new detection method. In 2015, the Super-Kamiokande Collaboration approved the SK-Gd project. It is the upgrade of the SK detector via the addition of water-soluble gadolinium (Gd) salt. Since then, we have been conducting many dedicated studies and developments for deploying Gd to SK.
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