[TA]JonB 2016-07-16 02:31:36 | July 2016 - The T2K experiment in Japan watches for these oscillations as neutrinos travel between the J-PARC accelerator in Tokai and the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector in Kamioka, 295 kilometres away. It began operating in February 2010, but had to shut down for several years after Japan was rocked by a magnitude-9 earthquake in 2011. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2095968-neutrinos-hint-at-why-antimatter-didnt-blow-up-the-universe/ |
Stephen Brooks 2016-07-21 17:30:40 | They also had another accelerator lab (J-PARC) that had to be repaired after an earthquake. Water got into some of the concrete rooms and they had to adjust the beam alignment I seem to remember. |