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In this Chapter, the SK detector is described and explained in detail since it is the precursor and base experiment for SuperK-Gd. SK is described as a neutrino detector itself for astrophysical, solar and atmospheric neutrinos and also as far detector of the T2K neutrino beam.
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Fernández Menéndez, P. (2018). The Super-Kamiokande Detector. In: Neutrino Physics in Present and Future Kamioka Water‐Čerenkov Detectors with Neutron Tagging. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95086-0_3
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