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Outreach for 
 Hyper-Kamiokande Jost Migenda (they/them) for the Hyper-Kamiokande Proto-Collaboration @JostMigenda TAUP 2019 2019-09-11

Disclaimer • This talk is not exhaustive! • Personal, subjective selection • Thanks to the whole Hyper-K proto-collaboration (~340 people from around the world) Background photo taken at collaboration meeting (Kashiwa, September 2019) � 2

Hyper-Kamiokande construction to start in 2020 Kamiokande Super-Kamiokande Hyper-Kamiokande 1983–1996 1996–today (and beyond) ~ 2027 –??? New! 71m height 20 × 8 × 68m diameter 188 kton FV with 50cm PMT  Koshiba, 2002 Kajita, 2015 ???, 20?? � 3

The Problems • Detector design may not be finalized yet Letter of Intent (2011) Design Report (2016) New (2019) 60 m 
 71 m 
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 74 m 68 m • Funding and schedule uncertain at early stages For Hyper-K, funding almost certain (in MEXT budget request for FY2020) • • Don’t have photos of detector, etc. � 4

Avoiding the Problems Remember: Your planned experiment does not exist in a vacuum. � 5

Embed in Larger Context T2K! Hi, Super- Kamiokande- Super- chan! Kamiokande- lives in Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan. J-PARC-chan: chan Wow ! J-PARC-chan Watch out, muon neutrinos! Wow ! Something different...? lives in Kamioka-cho, Hida-city, Gifu, Japan. Super-Kamiokande-chan: …… It's a miracle! No! It’s Neutrino AKIMOTO Yuki, https://higgstan.com Oscillation! � 6

Predecessors Image credit: Kamioka Observatory, ICRR (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research), The University of Tokyo • Have there been similar experiments before? 
 (Yes.) • Use images from those for illustration if appropriate. • Don’t confuse your audience! Inside Super-Kamiokande � 7

Hyper-K Diego Delso (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puente_de_la_Torre,_Londres,_Inglaterra,_2014-08-11,_DD_092.JPG), CC BY-SA 4.0

Hyper-K 663highland (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:080506_Toyama_International_Conference_Center_Toyama_Japan01s3.jpg), CC BY 2.5

Super-K VR • 7 min interactive VR experience • originally developed for Royal Society exhibition by Ben Richards; interest from other universities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPvUvyGPcKI � 11

Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition • week-long event with many di ff erent science exhibits & over 14k visitors 
 https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/summer-science-exhibition/proposals/ • Our exhibit: https://ghostsintheuniverse.org • (long) queues for the VR exhibit • 3 devices running in parallel • Set up 2 nd monitor to show what the person with VR headset is seeing � 12

Photo: Teppei Katori

Photo: Francesca Di Lodovico Photo: Teppei Katori

Reaping the Benefits What you gain 
 from talking about 
 a far-future experiment � 14

Reaping the Benefits Science is a process. Talk less about “stu ff we already know” 
 and more about the process of discovery! � 15

Talk About Construction • Anchors it in reality • Makes scale of experiment more concrete • How to get enough water to fill the detector? • Need to build roads & power lines • Can make jokes about “boring surveys” and Balrogs � 16

Physics is for Everyone • Physics still loses the contributions of many women and ethnic minorities in part because of stereotypes • Showing today’s (slightly) more diverse physicists in addition to past heroes can help fight that 
 ➔ But: not enough to show diverse physicists, also need a more welcoming culture � 17

Planning Ahead • Today’s school kids will be PhD students when Hyper-K starts • Need to design outreach facilities on top of the detector soon Could think about e.g. • video/VR room • view of control room • … and more! Tunnel leading towards Super-K: http://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/panorama/SKXMASS-EN/ � 18

Instead of Conclusions … What are your experiences doing outreach for far-future experiments? � 19