PRECISION POSITIONING OF SUPERKAMIOKANDE WITH GPS FOR A LONG-BASE-LINE NEUTRINO OSCILLATION EXPERIMENT

Authors
NOUMI H KURODAI M IEIRI M ISHII H KASA H KATOH Y MINAKAWA M NAKAMURA K NISHIKAWA K SUZUKI Y TAKASAKI M TANAKA KH YAMANOI Y YOSHIMURA K
Citation
H. Noumi et al., PRECISION POSITIONING OF SUPERKAMIOKANDE WITH GPS FOR A LONG-BASE-LINE NEUTRINO OSCILLATION EXPERIMENT, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 398(2-3), 1997, pp. 399-408
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
398
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
399 - 408
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)398:2-3<399:PPOSWG>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A positioning of the neutrino detector SuperKamiokande (SK) was made f or a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment planned at KEK. For positioning, Global Positioning System (GPS) was employed. It has bee n demonstrated that GPS is of practical use for measuring the position s of SK and ECEK, being 250km distance from each other, to a better re solution. The geodetic coordinates at the SK center were obtained to b e Lat. 36 degrees 25'32.5862 '' N., Long. 137 degrees 18'37.1241 '' E. , H. 371.839 m in the global ellipsoidal coordinate system, WGS-84. Th e obtained coordinates are based on the coordinates given at a triangu lation point at the KEK site. The present work will be fed back for co nstructing the neutrino beam line.