Core-collapse astrophysics with a five-megaton neutrino detector

Matthew D. Kistler, Hasan Yüksel, Shin’ichiro Ando, John F. Beacom, and Yoichiro Suzuki Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA California Institute of Technology, Mail Code 350-17, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Hida, Gifu 506-1205, Japan Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8568, Japan (Received 17 October 2008; revised manuscript received 9 April 2011; published 20 June 2011)