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The SuperK-Gd project is the proposed and approved upgrade of the Super-Kamiokande detector in order to enable it to efficiently detect thermal neutrons. The project consists in dissolving a Gd salt into SK at a concentration of 0.2%.
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Fernández Menéndez, P. (2018). The SuperK-Gd Project. 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_4
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