The Japanese explanation of how Cerenkov radiation works. Who let the Volkswagon into the detector?
The Japanese visualization of neutrinos.
Looking into the outer detector where the American side of the collaboration is working.
Me, in my snazzy Tyvek suit. That thing on the wall on the left is one of the outer detector photomultiplier tubes.
Looking up the wall of the inner detector. This is where our Japanese collaborators have been working.
The gondola bringin more Americans in for the group picture. Notice how incredibly blue the water is. It's some of the purest on earth. So pure that it's not drinkable!
Here we have Charlotte, Monica, Damien, Fumi, and Evan.
A "fisheye" view of the detector. Since I didn't have my fisheye lens with me I figured I'd get the same effect by looking at the reflection through the PMT. So if you look carefully, you can see the entire inner detector.
Here's Hans Berns, also documenting the occasion.
You wouldn't believe how blue the water is in person.
Andrew, Mark, and Dan.
Looking up the wall of the inner detector, again. The detector is 40m high and 35m wide.
Dan - the pre-undergrad from UMD.
Evan - an undergrad from SUNY.
An assortment of Americans including Damien, Maygumi, Constantinos, Andrew, Mark, and Dan.
Fumi - an undergrad from SUNY.
A dim fisheye of the detector from up high. You can barely make out the entirety of the inner detector.