KamLAND Detector (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

KamLAND Detector

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The KamLAND anti-neutrino detector is a vessel filled with scintillating mineral oil and lined with photomultiplier tubes (inset), the largest scintillation detector ever constructed, buried deep underground near Toyama, Japan.

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KamLAND Collaboration

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