8 academic institutions contribute to scientific collaboration of Belle II experiment in Japan
Q. Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB accelerator is located in which Asian nation?- Published on 03 Mar 16a. Japan
b. China
c. North Korea
d. Bangladesh
ANSWER: Japan
8 Indian academic institutions including 4 IITs have made a contribution to the world of science after assisting in the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB accelerator in Japan.The project received a major boost after SuperKEKB, a particle collider located at the KEK laboratory in Tsukuba in Japan, achieved 'First Turns' and reached test operation stage recently. SuperKEKB is the first new "atom-smasher" since the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator - located at CERN laboratory in Switzerland. Belle II detector was built through an international collaboration of over 600 students, scientists and engineers from over 23 nations. Around four IITs (Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Madras), IISER Mohali, Panjab University, Punjab Agricultural University and TIFR, Mumbai are associated with the project.
