IMB

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IMB was a large underground water Cherenkov detector in the United States, originally built to search for proton decay and later known for detecting neutrinos from supernova SN 1987A.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf neutrino detector ⓘ
physics experiment ⓘ
underground water Cherenkov detector ⓘ
abbreviation IMB ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Irvine–Michigan–Brookhaven detector ⓘ
collaborationInstitution Brookhaven National Laboratory ⓘ
University of California, Irvine ⓘ
University of Michigan ⓘ
collaborationName Irvine–Michigan–Brookhaven ⓘ
constructionCompleted early 1980s ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dataTakingEnded early 1990s ⓘ
depthBelowSurface approximately 600 meters water equivalent ⓘ
detectedEvent SN 1987A neutrinos ⓘ
detectionMedium water ⓘ
detectionTechnique Cherenkov radiation ⓘ
eventDateObserved SN 1987A neutrinos on 1987-02-23 ⓘ
field astroparticle physics ⓘ
neutrino physics ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ
hasComponent photomultiplier tubes ⓘ
locatedIn Fairport Harbor, Ohio ⓘ
Lake County, Ohio ⓘ
Morton Salt Mine ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
locatedInMineType salt mine ⓘ
locatedUnderground yes ⓘ
namedAfter Brookhaven National Laboratory ⓘ
University of California, Irvine ⓘ
University of Michigan ⓘ
notableFor detection of neutrinos from supernova SN 1987A ⓘ
numberOfSN1987AEvents 8 ⓘ
observedPhenomenon atmospheric neutrino anomaly ⓘ
operationalPeriod 1982–1991 ⓘ
primaryPurpose search for proton decay ⓘ
relatedTo Baksan Neutrino Observatory ⓘ
Kamiokande-II ⓘ
researchFocus astrophysical neutrinos ⓘ
atmospheric neutrinos ⓘ
proton decay ⓘ
safetyEnvironment low-background environment ⓘ
startDate 1982 ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
tankVolume approximately 8 kilotons of water ⓘ
usedFor measurement of atmospheric neutrino flux ⓘ
search for baryon number violation ⓘ

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