The Super-kamiokande Project: Nucleon Decay and Atmospheric Neutrinos
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This manuscript presents an overview of the current experimental situation regarding nucleon decay and the measured flux of atmospheric neutrinos. Previous and on-going experiments are reviewed, the data are presented, and new outstanding questions are posed. The SuperKamiokande project is described and its expected sensitivity for improving measurements of the nucleon lifetime and the atmospheric neutrino spectrum are discussed.
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