Speaker
Volodymyr Takhistov
Description
Super-Kamiokande is world's largest water Cherenkov experiment, with physics studies broadly ranging from probing theories of unification with proton decay to neutrino interactions and astrophysics. Upcoming near-future upgrade of the experiment with dissolution of gadolinium will open a new window into supernovae physics. In particular, potential first detection of supernovae relic neutrinos (diffuse supernovae neutrino background) is within reach. Further, gadolinium will allow to reduce backgrounds for proton decay studies, increasing the discovery potential.
