K2K (KEK E362) LONG BASELINE NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS

June 28, 1999: News Release announcing first detection of a KEK beam neutrino at SuperK! See also:

• Graphics illustrating news release

• K2K FAQ

K2K (KEK Experiment E362) is a Japan-US-Korea collaboration to study neutrino oscillations by directing an artificial neutrino beam through the earth, from the KEK accelerator site near Tokyo to the SuperKamiokande Neutrino Observatory, 250 km away.

• This is the official home page for the US E362 Collaboration. Click below for
  • The official K2K Collaboration home page at KEK.
  • The KEK home page (Japanese National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Tsukuba).
  • The K2K home page at SUNY (State University of New York, Stony Brook).
  • The US Super Kamiokande home page.
  • The Japanese Super Kamiokande home page.

• General description.
• Participating institutions.
• Collaboration members' names and photos.
• NEW!  K2K group photos (Dec. 15, 1998).
• The near detector site.
• NEW!  Upcoming construction work:
  • Procedure For Cutting Scintillating Fibers.
  • Notes about the K2K GPS system.
• KEK Visitor Info:
  • Hitchhiker's Guide to Tsukuba, an excellent survival guide for KEK and Japan visitors presented in English at the KEK website.
  • Maps of KEK area for visitors.
  • Guidebook for Foreign Residents in IBARAKI Prefecture.
  • NEW!   US K2K Dormitory Reservation Form.
  • KEK Dormitory, vacancy/availability information.
  • KEK address label in Japanese and English - in case you need to mail or ship something to KEK.
• The following sections are for K2K member access only and require a password:
  • Construction proposal to US-DOE (12/26/96), including figures:
    • full-length viewable postscript file (13 megabytes!).
    • gzipped postscript (.ps.gz, 1.02 MB).
    • Source files for LaTex and figures.

    Note: to transfer files, use right mouse button and "Save Link As".