{"id":547894,"date":"2026-03-20T00:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547894\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:40:08","slug":"deep-sea-detector-to-unlock-cosmic-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547894\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep-sea detector to unlock cosmic mysteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWater is an ideal medium because it lets the light from Cherenkov radiation travel across the huge distances we need,\u201d says Dr. Ken Clark, Physics, Engineering Physics &amp; Astronomy. \u201cBy placing detectors far below the surface, we can reduce background noise and focus on signals from neutrinos themselves.\u201d<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Collaboration across continents<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mcdonaldinstitute.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McDonald Institute<\/a>, based at Queen\u2019s University, plays a central role as Canada\u2019s network for astroparticle physics research. It provides engineering expertise, supports students and postdoctoral researchers, and coordinates the Canadian contribution to P-ONE. As part of that work, researchers are testing hundreds of photomultiplier tubes to evaluate their properties and ensure they can accurately record light signals. These sensors are the heart of the detector, and the team will lead the effort to prepare them for deployment.<\/p>\n<p>P-ONE brings together more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacific-neutrino.org\/about-us\/member-institutes-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">18 institutions<\/a> from Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States, with six based in Canada. A key partner is Ocean Networks Canada, a national observatory that operates permanent seafloor infrastructure off the Pacific coast. Its network of undersea cables already supplies power and high-speed data links to instruments on the ocean floor, giving P-ONE the infrastructure it needs to function as a detector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is incredible to be part of a project that connects so many people across countries and disciplines,\u201d says Dr. Clark. \u201cWhen we work together on something this ambitious, it feels like we are expanding what science can accomplish.\u201d<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A vision for discovery<\/p>\n<p>In the years ahead, P-ONE could reveal new sources of high-energy neutrinos and reshape our understanding of the universe. The results may deepen what is known about neutrinos and uncover surprises no other observatory has yet seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dream is to find a source we didn\u2019t know about before,\u201d says Dr. Park. \u201cEven if we simply add new data, it will be a huge contribution to science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the<a href=\"https:\/\/mcdonaldinstitute.ca\/app-opportunities\/our-faculty-with-p-one\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWater is an ideal medium because it lets the light from Cherenkov radiation travel across the huge distances&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-547894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}