ZurizJan 26

A matter of patience

https://sh.itjust.works/post/54160812

Show threadlime!Jan 26
i thought neutrinos were getting less attention because the huge japanese neutrino detector exploded
Show threadNaibofTabr
The implosion incident with Super-Kamiokande happened in 2001. Repairs were completed in 2006.
Accident grounds neutrino lab – Physics World

Japan's Super-Kamiokande experiment is dealt a crippling blow

Physics World
Jan 26 at 11:04pmWeb
Show threadlime!Jan 26

did they see any since then?

/j

Show threadSkullgridJan 27

The implosion incident with Super-Kamiokande happened in 2001

“HOLY FUCK, an IMplosion?!”

One of these tubes – each of which contains a vacuum – is thought to have imploded as the detector was being refilled with water following maintenance work.

I guess “vacuum tube crushed by water” needed a bit of punching up.

Show threadteftJan 27
It was a giant cascade of implosions. More than half of the tubes (7000+ tubes) imploded in a cascade. One popped which caused a shockwave which in turn imploded its neighbors which popped and set off their neighbors…
Show threadnialv7Jan 27
Oof that sounds expensive…
Show threadteftJan 27
Something like $30 million to replace them all. They put some plastic covers over the new ones to try and prevent it from happening again.
Show threadNaibofTabrJan 27
Well yes, one imploded, but the shock wave created by that first implosion then shattered 6600 of them.