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Prof Atsuko K. Ichikawa from Tohoku University re-elected Spokesperson of the T2K collaboration

July 5, 2021

Prof. Atsuko K. Ichikawa from Tohoku University was re-elected Spokesperson of the T2K collaboration for a second term.

Prof Federico Sanchez from the University of Geneva re-elected International Co-Spokesperson of the T2K collaboration

July 5, 2021

Prof Federico Sanchez from the University of Geneva has been re-elected International Co-Spokesperson of the T2K collaboration for a second term.

Dr. Chris J. Densham, innovator of neutrino production targets, wins the Institute of Physics Prize for Outstanding Professional Contributions

June 3, 2021

Dr. Chris J. Densham at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, the United Kingdom, who has been designing and developing the neutrino production target, beam window, and other components at the J-PARC neutrino facility, wins the 2021 Institute of Physics Prize for Outstanding Professional Contributions to accelerator science and technology. At high-energy accelerator facilities like J-PARC, a high-intensity…

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T2K Results Restrict Possible Values of Neutrino CP Phase

April 16, 2020

– Published in Nature, the results are a major step forward in the study of difference between matter and antimatter https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2177-0 The T2K Collaboration has published new results showing the strongest constraint yet on the parameter that governs the breaking of the symmetry between matter and antimatter in neutrino oscillations.  Using beams of muon neutrinos…

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T2K Run 10 ended with record beam power

February 20, 2020

T2K ended its 2019-2020 data-taking run on February 12, 2020, with a record beam power of 515 kW stably delivered by the J-PARC Main Ring accelerator. T2K has accumulated a total of 3.64×10^21 protons on target (POT) so far.  The protons are produced by the J-PARC Main Ring synchrotron accelerator in Tokai on the east…

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Recommendation by the Panel for the future J-PARC Neutrino program

August 7, 2019

The Panel for the future J-PARC neutrino program announced the recommendation on the strategy for the future neutrino program at J-PARC. The panel members are chosen from the T2K collaboration, the Hyper-K proto-collaboration and the J-PARC accelerator group.  The full recommendation can be found here.

Atsuko K. Ichikawa from Kyoto University elected Spokesperson of the T2K collaboration.

May 8, 2019

Atsuko K. Ichikawa from Kyoto University was elected Spokesperson of the T2K collaboration. A.Ichikawa replaces T.Nakaya also from Kyoto University in the position.

Federico Sanchez from the University of Geneva elected International Co-Spokesperson of the T2K collaboration

April 20, 2019

Federico Sanchez from the University of Geneva elected International Co-Spokesperson of the T2K collaboration replacing Morgan Wacko from Imperial College (UK).

T2K Run 9 ends with record proton delivery

June 21, 2018

T2K ended its 2017-18 data-taking run on May 31, 2018, with a record power of 500 kW delivered by the J-PARC Main Ring accelerator. T2K has accumulated a total of 3.16×10^21 protons on target (POT) so far. Preliminary results from a subset of these data were presented at the XXVIII International Conference on Neutrino Physics…

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J-PARC delivers 3.0e21 protons on target to T2K!

June 21, 2018

On May 5, 2018, the number of protons delivered to the neutrino target of the T2K experiment by the J-PARC accelerator reached an important milestone: 3×10^21 accumulated since January 2010.  Many thanks and congratulations to the J-PARC accelerator teams for their outstanding work to make this possible ! The protons are produced by the J-PARC Main Ring synchrotron…

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