The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 42 Issue 1
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- Pages.35.4-36
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- 2017
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Astronomy Potentials with Korean Neutrino Detector and Telescope
- Kim, Soo-Bong (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University)
- Published : 2017.04.10
Abstract
A 250 kton water Cherenkov detector is proposed to be built in Korea to determine the CP violation phase and the neutrino mass ordering using a neutrino beam produced in J-PARC of Japan. It will be also a world-leading neutrino telescope to reveal the mystery of supernova explosion by observing a neutrino burst. The telescope is expected to detect more than 100,000 neutrinos in ten seconds from a supernova explosion in our Galaxy. The pointing accuracy will be better than 1 degree and be able to guide early optical telescope observations. The expected rate of supernova explosion in our galaxy is once per every 30 years in the most optimistic case or once per every 100 years in the worst case. If it is indeed observed, it will be a historical chance to study the supernova explosion mechanism in great details. In this talk, various astronomy potentials will be discussed if the Korean neutrino observatory is built.
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