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FY2023

2023.05.24 Meeting
55th Project Management Meeting was held on May 24, 2023 (online).
2023.04.22 Outreach
Dr. TAKEDA, S. (Univ. Tokyo, C01) gave a lecture at the public lecture meeting “How Gamma Rays are Seen in Astronomy and Medicine” jointly organized by Kavli IPMU, the University of Tokyo and Institute for Cosmic Ray Research.
2023.04.28 Award
Ms. KINO, Ryoko (Tohoku Univ., A02) received 13th KEK Excellent Master Thesis Award for Detector Development.
2023.04.25 Meeting
54th Project Management Meeting was held on April 25, 2023 (online).


FY2022

2023.03.29 Award
Prof. MIYAKE, Y. (KEK, C02) received the 2022 Outstanding Contribution Award of the Society of Muon and Meson Science of Japan.
2023.03.29 Award
Dr. CHIU, I-H. (Osaka Univ., B01) received the 2022 Research Incentive Award of the Society of Muon and Meson Science of Japan.
2023.03.22 Award
Dr. ABE, Takashi (RIKEN, B03) and Prof. OTSUKA, Takaharu (Univ. Tokyo/RIKEN) received the FY2022 RIKEN Baiho Award.
2023.03.22 Award
Dr. UMEGAKI, I. (KEK., B01) received the 17th (2023) JPS Young Scientist Award.
2023.03.27 Meeting
53rd Project Management Meeting was held on March 27, 2023 (online).
2023.03.22 Award
Ms. KINO, Ryoko (Tohoku Univ., A02) received the 13th (FY2022) Master Thesis Award of the J-PARC Hadron Hall Users' Association (HUA).
2023.03.17 Press rel.
A joint research by Prof. NAKAMURA, N. (Univ. Electro-Communications (UEC)), Prof. TAKAHASHI, T. (Univ. Tokyo), Prof. WATANABE, S. (JAXA), and collaborators including the A01 & C01 groups was press-released from UEC, the University of Tokyo (Kavli IPMU), Tsukuba University, and National Institute for Fusion Science.
2023.03.15 Outreach
Prof. TAKAHASHI, T. (Univ. Tokyo, C01) gave a lecture on “R&D study of novel nuclear medicine imaging for next generation internal radiation therapy based on space X-ray observation technologies,” at a public lecture meeting organized by Kashiwanoha Life Science Council, Life Science Innovation Network Japan.
2023.02.27
   –03.03 Symposium
“Interdisciplinary Science Conference in Okinawa (ISCO 2023)” was held on February 27–March 3, 2023 in Okinawa (OIST Conference Center), Japan.
2023.02.24
   –03.02 Award
Ms. KINO, Ryoko (Tohoku Univ., A02) received the FY2022 Department Award and QE1 Special Award, Tohoku University.
2023.02.15 Meeting
52nd Project Management Meeting was held on February 15, 2023 at 17:00 (online).
2023.01.18 Meeting
51st Project Management Meeting was held on January 18, 2023 (online).
2022.12.28 Meeting
50th Project Management Meeting was held on December 28, 2022 in a hybrid format (Kavli IPMU, Univ. of Tokyo & online).
2022.12.02 Newspaper
A joint research by Prof. TERADA, K. (Osaka Univ.), Prof. TAKAHASHI, T. (Univ. Tokyo Kavli IPMU, C01), and collaborators including the B01, C01, C02 groups was published in the Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper (Osaka) and Yomiuri Shimbun Online.
2022.11.22 Newspaper
A joint research led by the B01, C01, C02 groups was featured in the morning edition of the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Newspaper on November 22, 2022.
2021.11 Anncmnt
Newsletter Vol. 3 is available (Japanese text only).
2022.11.11 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Dr. KANDA, S. (KEK-IMSS) was held in a hybrid format (RIKEN RIBF Bldg. & online).
2022.11.04 Meeting
49th Project Management Meeting was held on November 4, 2022 (online).
2022.11.02–03 Symposium
7th Symposium on Integrated Arts & Humanities and Science—Exploring History with Quantum Beams was held on November 2–3, 2022 at the Kobayashi Hall, KEK Tsukuba Campus.
2022.11.01 Award
Ms. KINO, Ryoko (Tohoku Univ., A02) received the CLUSHIQ2022 ANPhA Incentive Award at the SNP School 2022.
2022.10.27 Award
Ms. KINO, Ryoko (Tohoku Univ., A02) received the ANPhA 1st Prize/Hashimoto Prize and the SNP School Incentive Prize, and Mr. ISHIGE, Tatsuhiro (Tohoku Univ., A02) received the SNP School Incentive Prize at the SNP School 2022.
2021.10.27 Outreach
Prof. YAMAMOTO, Ayako (Shibaura Inst. Tech., B03) gave a lecture at Higashitomizu Elementary School in Odawara, Kanagawa.
2022.10.24–28 School
“The International School for Strangeness Nuclear Physics 2022 (SNP School 2022)” was held on October 24–28, 2022 in Sendai (Tohoku Univ.), Japan & online.
2022.10.19 Press rel.
A joint research led by Dr. OHISHI, Kazuki (CROSS), in which Dr. UMEGAKI, Izumi (KEK, B01) participated, was press-released from CROSS, Tokyo Univ. Sci., KEK, and J-PARC Center.
2022.10.15 Outreach
Prof. TAKAHASHI, Y. (Univ. Tokyo, A01) gave a public lecture at “School of Science Homecoming Day: Science Wonderland for a Family Experience,” a family event of the University of Tokyo.
2022.10.01 Award
Mr. KAMIYA, Naoki (Tohoku Univ., B02) received the Student Presentation Award of the Physical Society of Japan at the 2022 JPS Fall Meeting.
2022.09.29 Meeting
48th Project Management Meeting was held on September 29, 2022 (online).
2022.09.26 Award
Ms. KINO, Ryoko (Tohoku Univ., A02) received the QBI2022 Best Presentation Award.
2022.09.26–27 Workshop
“The 4th Workshop on Quantum Beam Imaging” was held in a hybrid format (RIKEN Wako Campus/Online).
2022.09.23–27 TV/NP
The joint research led by Prof. NAKAMURA, Tomoki (Tohoku Univ., B01), on the analysis of asteroid Ryuguu samples, in which A01, B01, C01, and C02 participated, was featured in the newspapers, net news, and TV news.
2022.09.23–26 Press rel.
A joint research by Prof. NAKAMURA, Tomoki (Team Leader, Tohoku Univ., B01), Prof. NINOMIYA, Kazuhiko (Osaka Univ., B01), Prof. TAKAHASHI, Tadayuki (Univ. Tokyo Kavli IPMU, C01), Prof. MIYAKE, Yasuhiro (KEK-IMSS/J-PARC, C02), and the collaborators including the A01, B01, C01, and C02 groups was press-released from (1) Osaka Univ., (2) the Univ. of Tokyo (Kavli IPMU), Osaka Univ., Kyoto Univ., ICU, JAXA, and Tohoku Univ., and (3) KEK, J-PARC, and JAEA.
2022.09.23 Press rel.
A joint research lead by Prof. NAKAMURA, Tomoki (Tohoku Univ., B01) and the collaborators including the A01, B01, C01, and C02 groups was press-released as “Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 Initial Analysis Stone Team reveals the formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu” by JAXA, Tohoku Univ., KEK, J-PARC Center, JASRI, Hokkaido Univ., Kyoto Univ., Kyushu Univ., Hiroshima Univ., and the Univ. of Tokyo.
2022.09.12 PR Mgzn
An interview article to Prof. OTSUKA, T. (Univ. Tokyo/RIKEN) and Dr. ABE, T. (RIKEN, B03) on their joint theoretical research has been published in RIKEN Close-Up Kagakudo 2022 and RIKEN Research (Winter 2022).
2022.09.10 Outreach
Profs. TAKAHASHI, Y. (Univ. Tokyo, A01) and NINOMIYA, K. (Osaka Univ., B01) participated as a panelist in a lecture panel discussion of the Japan Society of Nuclear and Radiochemical Sciences held at Fukushima, Japan.
2022.09.02 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Dr. WU, Y. (Shanghai Instit Ceramics, CAS) was held online.
2022.08.29 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research A02 & B02 Joint Seminar by Dr. TOYAMA, Y. (Chubu Univ., B02) was held in a hybrid format (Online/Tohoku Univ. Science Complex-B Room 745).
2022.08.23 Award
Mr. KIKUCHI, Kai (Hosei Univ., B03) received the Poster Award of the LT29 Conference.
2022.08.18 Meeting
47th Project Management Meeting was held on August 18, 2022 (online).
2022.08.03 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Dr. FUKUCHI, T. (RIKEN BDR) was held online.
2022.07.15 Meeting
46th Project Management Meeting was held on July 15, 2022 (online).
2022.07.09 Outreach
Prof. NAKAMURA, Satoshi N. (Univ. Tokyo, A02) gave a lecture at an event for junior high school students held by the Arakawa Branch of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Arakawa Ward Natural Science Forum.
2022.07.08 Award
Mr. TSUZUKI, Yutaka (Univ. Tokyo, C01) received the Young Scientist Best Presentation “Pierre Besson” Prize at the NDIP20 Conference.
2022.10.19 Press rel.
A joint research led by Dr. UMEGAKI, I. (KEK, B01), and collaborators including the B01 & C01 groups was press-released from KEK, J-PARC Center, CROSS, Ibraki Univ., Osaka Univ., and ICU.
2022.07.01 Outreach
Dr. TAKAMINE, A. (RIKEN, B03) participated in a publicity event for high school and university students at RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, and the interview article to her written by a university student was published on the web.
2022.06.23 Meeting
45th Project Management Meeting was held June 23, 2022 (online).
2022.06.03 Award
Mr. KAMIYA, Naoki (Tohoku Univ., B02) received the Best Poster Prize of the 37th Symposium on Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics.
2022.05.27 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research A01 & B03 Joint Seminar by Dr. KUMA, S. (RIKEN, A01) was held in a hybrid format (Online/RIKEN RIBF bldg. Room 203).
2022.05.21 Meeting
44th Project Management Meeting was held May 21, 2022 at the Univ. of Tokyo Hongo Campus.
2022.05.20–21 Workshop
Quantum Beam Application Research Workshop (4th Plenary Meeting) was held as a hybrid Online/Tokyo (Univ. Tokyo Hongo Campus) meeting.
2022.05.11 Newspaper
A joint research by Dr. CHIU (Osaka Univ.) and collaborators including the B01, C01, C02 groups was published in the AKAHATA Newspaper.
2022.04.28 Press rel.
A joint experimental study by Dr. NAIMI, S. (RIKEN), in which Prof. YAMAGUCHI, T. (Saitama Univ., D01) participates, has been press-released from RIKEN, University of Tsukuba, Saitama University, and University of Tokyo.
2022.04.27 Press rel.
A joint theoretical study by Prof. OTSUKA, Takaharu (RIKEN), Dr. ABE, Takashi (RIKEN, B03), and collaborators has been press-released from RIKEN, the University of Tokyo, and JAEA.
2022.04.27 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Dr. YONEDA, H. was held online.
2022.04.26 Press rel.
A joint research by Dr. CHIU (Osaka Univ.) and collaborators including the B01, C01, C02 groups was press-released by the Osaka Univ., the Univ. of Tokyo (Kavli IPMU), KEK, and J-PARC.
2022.04.19 Meeting
43rd Project Management Meeting was held on April 19 (online).
2022.04.15 Newspaper
A joint research led by Dr. JANG, Jaewoong (Univ. of Tokyo), in which Prof. KUMAKURA, Yoshitaka (Saitama Medical University, C01) participated, was featured by Nikkei Shimbun.
2022.04.15 Press rel.
A joint research led by Dr. JANG, Jaewoong (Univ. of Tokyo), in which Prof. KUMAKURA, Yoshitaka (Saitama Medical University, C01) participated, was press-released by the University of Tokyo, Saitama Medical University, Tohoku University, and KAKEN Co.,Ltd.
2022.04.05 Press rel.
A joint research led by Prof. YAGISHITA, A. (Univ. of Tokyo/National Cancer Center Japan) and other C01 members was press-released by the Univ. of Tokyo (Kavli IPMU), National Cancer Center Japan, and RIKEN as “Researchers adapt technology made for astronomical observations to biomedical imaging.”


FY2021

2022.03.25 Newspaper
A joint research led by the A02 group was featured by the Science News Newspaper.
2022.03.23 Award
Drs. MUKAI, Momo (RIKEN, B03) & TAJIMA, Minori (RIKEN, B03) received the FY2021 RIKEN Ohbu Award.
2022.03.23 Meeting
42nd Project Management Meeting was held on March 23, 2022 (online).
2022.03.15 Award
Mr. TATSUMI, Ryohei (Osaka Univ.) in the D01 group received the 12th (FY2021) Master Thesis Award of the J-PARC Hadron Hall Users' Association (HUA)
2022.03.08 Press rel.
A joint research led by the A02 group was press-released by Tohoku Univ., Kyoto Univ., and the collaborative institutes as “High-precision search for neutral strange nuclei: Λ-neutron-neutron three-body system.”
2022.02.28 Outreach
Prof. YAMAMOTO, Ayako (Shibaura Inst. Tech., B03) gave an online lecture to Indonesian high school students.
2022.02.21 Meeting
41st Project Management Meeting was held on February 21, 2022 (online).
2022.01.28 Meeting
40th Project Management Meeting was held on January 28, 2022 (online).
2022.01.19 TV brdcst
The joint research led by the B01, A01, C01, and C02 groups was introduced on BS Fuji Galileo X as “Searching for Materials for Life on Asteroid Ryuguu: Analysis of Samples Brought Back by Hayabusa2.”
2022.01.07–08 Symposium
6th Symposium on Integrated Arts & Humanities and Science—Exploring History with Quantum Beams was held on January 7–8, 2022 at Nambu Hall, Osaka Univ. & online.
2021.12.20–08 Workshop
The 1st Workshop on Ultra Slow Negative Muon Beam Research was held on December 20, 2021 (online).
2021.12.17 Meeting
39th Project Management Meeting was held on December 17, 2021 (online).
2021.12.13–16 School
“The International School for Strangeness Nuclear Physics 2021 (SNP School 2021)” was held on December 13–16, 2021 in Osaka (RCNP, Osaka Univ.), Japan & online.
2021.12.11 Outreach
Dr. AZUMA, Toshiyuki (RIKEN, A01) gave a public lecture at the 1st Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Quantum Medical Science (online).
2021.12 Award
Dr. UMETSU, H. (A02, Tohoku Univ.) has been awarded the FY2021 Technology Award from the Graduate School of Science, Tohoku Univ.
2021.11.26 Meeting
38th Project Management Meeting was held on November 26, 2021 (online).
2021.10.27
   &11.15 Outreach
Prof. YAMAMOTO, Ayako (Shibaura Inst. Tech., B03) gave a lecture at Soga Elementary School in Odawara City and Minamihara Elementary School in Hiratsuka City.
2021.10.21 Newspaper
A study by Prof. NAKAMURA, Tomoki (Tohoku Univ., B01) and collaborators including the C01 and C02 groups was featured in the Mainichi Newspaper Morning Edition.
2021.10.20 Award
Dr. AZUMA, T. (RIKEN, A01) received 25th Hiroshi Takuma Memorial Prize of Matsuo Foundation.
2021.10.13 Meeting
37th Project Management Meeting was held on October 13 (online).
2021.10.09 Award
Ms. KITA, Sayuka (Tsukuba Univ., C01) received the Student Presentation Award of the Physical Society of Japan (Autumn Meeting 2021, Experimental Particle Physics)
2021.09.29
   –10.01 Workshop
“The 3rd Workshop on Quantum Beam Imaging” was held online.
2021.09.22 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Prof. TANIGAKI, M. was held online.
2021.09.19 Newspaper
A study by S. Okada (A01&B02, Chubu Univ.) et al. was featured in the Asahi Shimbun Digital (September 19, 2021 morning edition and October 22, 2021 electronic edition) as “Probing momentary events using elementary particles.”
2021.09.17 Meeting
36th Project Management Meeting was held on September 17, 2021 (online).
2021.09.09–10 Symposium
5th Symposium on Integrated Arts & Humanities and Science—Exploring History with Quantum Beams was held.
2021.08.25 Outreach
Dr. NINOMIYA, Kazuhiko (Osaka Univ., B01) gave a public lecture at the 1st J-PARC Online Lecture Meeting “A Gift from Space—Finding the Home of Life with Muons.”
2021.08.19 Workshop
Quantum Beam Application Research Mini-Workshop on “Atomic and Nuclear Physics Experiments using High-Precision Hard X-ray and γ-ray Polarimeters” was held online.
2021.08.05 Meeting
35th Project Management Meeting was held on August 5, 2021 (online).
2021.08.04 Newspaper
An experimental study conducted by Dr. OKUMURA (A01, RIKEN) et al., which consists of A01, B02, C01, and C02 groups among the others, was featured in the morning edition of the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Newspaper on August 4, 2021. This research was also published in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Digital.
2021.07.26 Press rel.
A joint research led by A01, B02, C01, and C02 groups was press-released by RIKEN and the collaborative institutes as “Formation process of muonic atoms investigated with the state-of-the-art superconducting detector.”
2021.07.25 Newspaper
A study by Prof. NAKAMURA, Tomoki (Tohoku Univ., B01) and collaborators including the C01 and C02 groups was featured in the Sankei Shimbun Electronic Edition “Close-up Science.”
2021.07.22 Outreach
Dr. MIZUMA, Hiroshi (RIKEN, C01) appeared in a YouTube live-streaming science event hosted by the RIKEN Kobe and Osaka.
2021.07.15 Outreach
A joint research by B01, C02, C01 and A01 groups was introduced on the J-PARC Center website as the J-PARC News extra issue “Sample analysis of asteroid RYUUGU has started at J-PARC.”
2021.07.15 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Prof. ZHENG, X. G. was held online.
2021.06.25 PR Mgzn
An interview article of the C01 group “Visualizing cancer with the eyes of the universe-imaging technology that enables cross-disciplinary research (Kavli IPMU)” was posted on the JSPS website, “WPI Forum.”
2021.06.23 Meeting
34th Project Management Meeting was held on June 23, 2021 (online).
2021.06.14–15 Workshop
Quantum Beam Application Research Workshop (Third Plenary Meeting) was held online.
2021.06.08 TV brdcst
The joint research on non-destructive analysis of OGATA, Koan's medicine bottles utilizing muon, in which B01, C02, and D01 participated, was featured on NHK General TV (Kansai Area).
2021.05.27 Anncmnt
The web pages for the publicly-offered-research programs (phase-II) are now open.
2021.05.18 Meeting
33rd Project Management Meeting was held on May 18, 2021 (online).
2021.04.20 Meeting
32nd Project Management Meeting was held on Apr. 20, 2021 (online).
2021.04.06–06.09 TV brdcst
The joint research on non-destructive analysis of OGATA, Koan's medicine bottles utilizing muon, in which B01, C02, and D01 participated, was featured in (Newspapers) Tokyo Shimbun, Okinawa Times, Sankei Shimbun, Kyoto Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Nikkei Business Daily, (Newspaper Online Editions) Yomiuri Shimbun Online, Mainichi Newspapers News (Net News) Science Portal, Kyodo News, NHK Kansai NEWS WEB.
2021.03.19 Newspaper
The joint research on non-destructive analysis of OGATA, Koan's medicine bottles utilizing muon, in which B01, C02, and D01 participated, was featured in (Newspapers) Tokyo Shimbun, Okinawa Times, Sankei Shimbun, Kyoto Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Nikkei Business Daily, (Online Editions) Yomiuri Shimbun Online, Mainichi Newspapers News, (Net News) Science Portal, Kyodo News, NHK Kansai NEWS WEB.

FY2020

2021.03.27 Outreach
Prof. NAKAMURA, Satoshi N. (Tohoku Univ., A02) gave a lecture for the general public in the “Burarigaku for High School,” a YouTube real-time streaming lecture series for high school students hosted by Tohoku Univ.
2021.03.24 Meeting
31st Project Management Meeting was held on Mar. 24, 2021 (online).
2021.03.19 Newspaper
The joint research in which B01, C02, and D01 participated was featured in the evening edition of the Asahi Shimbun Newspaper as “If you can't open it, let's look through it —The contents of OGATA, Koan's favorite medicine bottle were analyzed using muon particles.” This research was also published in Asahi Shimbun Digital.”
2021.03.17 Press rel.
A press release was issued by Osaka Univ. on a joint research program in which B01, C02, and D01 participated, entitled “The unopened medicine bottle left by OGATA, Koan —Non-destructive analysis of a medical cultural asset using muon beams.”
2021.03.15 Award
Mr. SANO, Taishi (Tohoku Univ., B02) received the Tohoku Univ. OGINO, Hiroshi and Kazuko Scholarship Award.
2021.03.09 Award
Mr. KAMIYA, Naoki (Tohoku Univ., B02) received the FY2020 Tohoku Univ. Aoba Science Promotion Incentive Award.
2021.03.02 Award
Dr. ITABASHI, Kosuke (Tohoku Univ., A02) received the APFB Special Award at the Yamada Conference LXXII: The 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics (APFB 2020).
2021.03 PR Mgzn
J-PARC issued a quarterly magazine No.16 (March 2021) with a special feature titled “Applications of J-PARC's Quantum Beams to the Humanities.”
2021.02.27 Outreach
Prof. YAMAMOTO, Ayako (Shibaura Inst. Tech., B03) gave an online lecture to Indonesian high school students.
2021.02.23 Outreach
Prof. SAITO, Tsutomu (National Museum of Japanese History, B01) gave a lecture for the general public at the event “Science Classroom for Adults 2020” organized by Chiba Science Museum.
2021.02.19 Award
Dr. OKUYAMA, Kazuki (Tohoku Univ., A02) received the Best Oral Presentation Award of the 2021 Joint Online Symposium of the Graduate Schools of Science and Life Sciences, Tohoku Univ.
2021.02.16 Meeting
30th Project Management Meeting was held on Feb. 16, 2021 (online).
2021.02.04 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Prof. SHIKANO, Y. was held online.
2021.02 Award
Dr. OKUMURA (A01, RIKEN) has been awarded the FY2021 Technical Committee Encouragement Award of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.
2021.01.28–29 Symposium
4th Symposium on Integrated Arts & Humanities and Science—Exploring History with Quantum Beams was held.
2021.01.14 Meeting
29th Project Management Meeting was held on January 14, 2021 (online).
2021.01.08 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research A02 Seminar by Prof. OKADA, S. was held online.
2020.12.26 Outreach
Dr. KATSURAKAWA, Miho (C01, Univ. of Tokyo) served as a lecturer at the WPI Symposium for High School Students 2020 ”The world's top-level researchers are coming from WPI!“
2020.12.25 Outreach
Dr. UMEGAKI, Izumi (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., D01) gave a public lecture at “J-PARC Hello Science” Lecture Meeting.
2020.12.25 Award
The poster presentation by Dr. YASUDA (B02, Tohoku Univ.) was selected as the Poster Award of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Atomic Collision Society of Japan.
2020.12.17 Meeting
28th Project Management Meeting was held on December 17, 2020 (online).
2020.12.15 Newspaper
The research on Kofun Tumuli, in which the C02 group participated, was published in the Yomiuri Shimbun Online & Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun on December 15, 2020 and January 30, 2021, respectively.
2020.12.13 TV brdcst
The research in which the C02 group participated was introduced on December 13, 2020 on BS Fuji Galileo X on December 13, 2020. It was also rebroadcasted on February 7, 2021.
2020.12.05 Award
Drs. OKUYAMA, Kazuki, AKIYAMA, Takeru, and FUJIWARA, Tomomasa (Tohoku Univ., A02) received the SNP School Incentive Prize at the 9th International School for Strangeness Nuclear Physics (SNP School 2020). Dr. OKUYAMA, Kazuki also received the ANPhA 2nd Prize.
2020.12.02–05 School
“The International School for Strangeness Nuclear Physics 2020 (SNP School 2020)” was held at Tohoku Univ.
2020.11.30 Press rel.
A joint research lead by Prof. YAMAMOTO, S. (Nagoya Univ.), in which B01 and C02 group participated, was press-released as “Successful measurement of muon beam distribution using luminescence imaging: Expectations for application to beam accuracy control and particle research” by Nagoya Univ., etc.
2020.11.16 Newspaper
The symposium organized by KEK, mainly by the members of group C02, was published in the November 16, 2020 issue of the Bunkyo Bulletin (文教速報);
2020.11.10 Meeting
27th Project Management Meeting was held on November 10, 2020 (online).
2020.11.04 Lecture
Commemorative lecture by Prof. Emeritus NAGAMINE, K. (KEK, RIKEN, and Yamanashi Univ.) for the inauguration of Muon Science and Engineering Research Center, Chubu Univ. was held.
2020.10.15 Meeting
26th Project Management Meeting was held on October 15, 2020 (online).
2020.10.14–20 Outreach
Prof. KUBO, Kenya (ICU, C02) gave an online presentation at Yumenavi LIVE 2020 Web WEEK, a joint national, public and private universitis' online event for high school students in Fukuoka.
2020.10.10 Award
The presentation by Dr. YASUDA (B02, Tohoku Univ.) was selected as the Student Presentation Award of the 2020 Fall Meeting of the Physical Society of Japan.
2020.09.25–26 Symposium
3rd Symposium on Integrated Arts & Humanities and Science—Exploring History with Quantum Beams was held.
2020.09.18 Meeting
25th Project Management Meeting was held on September 18, 2020 (online).
2020.09 Award
Dr. CHIU, I-Huan (Osaka Univ., B01) and Dr. KAJINO, Meito (Osaka Univ., B01) received the Best Presentation Award for Young Scientists at the 64th Meeting of The Japan Society of Nuclear and Radiochemical Science.
2020.09.02 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Dr. LASSEN, J. was held online.
2020.09.01 Anncmnt
Web page on the call-for-applications of publicly offered research was opened.
2020.08.24 Outreach
Dr. TAKEDA, S. (C01, Univ. of Tokyo) gave an invited talk at the 50th Summer School on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2002.
2020.08.20 Meeting
24th Project Management Meeting was held on August 20, 2020 (online).
2020.07.27–28 Workshop
Quantum Beam Application Research Workshop (Second Plenary Meeting) was held online.
2020.07.14 Meeting
23rd Project Management Meeting was held on July 14, 2020 (online).
2020.06.16 Press rel.
A joint research led by Dr. UMEGAKI, I. (Toyota Central R&D Labs, Inc., D01) and collaborators including the D01, B01, C02 groups was press-released by KEK, Toyota Central R&D Labs, Inc., J-PARC Center, Osaka Univ., ICU, and CROSS.
2020.06.16 Meeting
22nd Project Management Meeting was held on June 16, 2020 (online).
2020.06.12 Anncmnt
Newsletter Vol. 2 has been available (Japanese text only).
2020.06.02 Meeting
21st Project Management Meeting was held on June 2, 2020 (online).
2020.05.21 Newspaper
The B03 research was featured by the Fuji Sankei Business i Newspaper as “Deformation of neutron-rich zirconium isotopes in the excited state (in a Japanese text).”
2020.05.18 Meeting
20th Project Management Meeting was held on March 18, 2020 (online).
2020.04.28 Meeting
19th Project Management Meeting was held on April 28, 2020 (online).
2020.04.20 Award
Dr. KIMURA, Tomoki (Tohoku Univ., D01) received the MEXT Prize for Young Scientists 2020.

FY2019

2020.03.30 PR Mgzn
C01 group's research was featured in “Kavli IPMU Monoshiri Shimbun No. 9;” (2020.03.30), which is a newspaper-style public relations magazine of Kavli IPMU, the Univ. of Tokyo.
2020.03.17 Press rel.
The research of the B03 group (experiment spokesperson: Drs. DAUGAS & ICHIKAWA, Y.) was released by RIKEN as "Zirconium isotopes deform abruptly even in the excited state: Nuclear magnetic moment measurement of the 99Zr excited state."
2020.03.06 Award
Dr. NINOMIYA, K. (B01, Osaka U.) has been awarded the 2019 Research Incentive Award of the Society of Muon and Meson Science of Japan.
2020.03 PR Mgzn
A02 group's research has been published in the "Faculty of Science Story of Tohoku Univ." (2020.03), a public relations magazine of the School of Science at Tohoku Univ. The cover page is a photo of the A02 group members (Drs. NAGAO, TOYAMA, and OKUYAMA) working in front of the NKS2 spectrometer at the Research Center for Electron Photon Science (ELPH), Tohoku Univ. Prof. NAKAMURA, S. N. described the A02 research in pp. 17–19 as "Studying hyper-atomic nuclei to tackle the mystery of massive neutron stars."
2020.03.05 Meeting
17th Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2020.03.03 Award
Dr. TOYAMA, Yuichi (Tohoku Univ., A02) received the GPPU Excellent Student Award 2019 of the Tohoku Univ. Graduate Program on Physics for the Universe.
2020.02.27 Anncmnt
Second Plenary Meeting of the project in Gotemba scheduled for 2020.04.06–07 has been canceled.
2020.02.17 Award
Dr. BAMBA (A01, The Univ. of Tokyo) has been awarded the 1st Fumiko Yonezawa Memorial Prize of the Physical Society of Japan.
2020.02.14 Award
Dr. ITABASHI, Kosuke (Tohoku Univ., A02) received the Best Poster Presentation Award of the 2020 Joint Symposium of the Graduate Schools of Science and Life Sciences, Tohoku Univ.
2020.02.27 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Dr. YAMASHITA was held at RIKEN.
2020.01 Book
“Strange nuclei produced and investigated with an electron probe: Spectroscopic experiment of Λ hypernuclei with electromagnetic process at the highest-current electron-beam facility JLab (in Japanese)”, Prof. NAKAMURA, S. N. (A02, Tohoku Univ.), has been published in “Physical Science, This Year 2020 (in Japanese)”, ed. Parity Editorial Board (Maruzen, Tokyo, January 2020).
2020.01.24 Meeting
16th Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2020.01.18–19 Outreach
Dr. UENO, H. (B03) participated in the Special Exhibition of the International Year of the Periodic Table 2019 at Ehime Prefectural Science Museum.
2019.12.25–26 Symposium
2nd Symposium on Integrated Arts & Humanities and Science—Exploring History with Quantum Beams was held.
2019.12.20 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Dr. AOKI was held at RIKEN.
2019.12.19 Meeting
15th Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2019.12.15 Outreach
Dr. TAKAMINE, A. (B03) participated in the interactive event “RIKEN DAY: Let's talk with researchers!” as a lecturer for the general public at the Science Museum, Tokyo.
2019.12.10 Newspaper
The B02 research was featured by the Univ. Journal Online as “New technology to shorten the life of long-lived fission products, developed by Chubu Univ. and Tohoku Univ. (in a Japanese text).”
2019.11.25
2020.04.28 Newspaper
The research of the C02 group was featured in the January 2020 issue of Nikkei Science (November 25, 2019) and its summary was published in the morning edition of the Nikkei Business Daily (April 28, 2020).
2019.11.25 Press rel.
The research of the B02 group was released by Chubu Univ. as “A new technology to shorten the lifetimes of long-lived fission products—Muons, which have about 200 times the mass of an electron, will be used aiming at the practical application within 20 years.”
2019.11.23 Outreach
Dr. UENO, H. (B03) introduced RIBF and related research for the general public at the RIKEN Osaka Open Day 2019.
2019.11.11 Meeting
14th Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2019.11.10–15 Symposium
IEEE NPSS International School for Real Time Systems 2019 (International School for Radiation Measurements) was held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2019.11.05 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research A01 & B03 Joint Seminar by Dr. NAGATA was held at RIKEN.
2019.10 Award
Dr. ODAKA, H. (C01 & C01-1, The Univ. of Tokyo) has been awarded the 14th (2020) Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan.
2019.10.16–18 Workshop
Workshop on “the Cosmos at High Energies: Exploring Extreme Physics through Novel Instrumentation” was held at Kavli-IPMU, the Univ. of Tokyo.
2019.09.29 Newspaper
The B01 research was featured by the Sankei Shimbun Newspaper dated Sep. 29, 2019. It also appeared in the online edition.
2019.09.24–25 Workshop
“The 2nd Workshop on Quantum Beam Imaging” was held at Himeji.
2019.09.20–21 Workshop
Joint Workshop of “Clusters & Hierarchies” and “Quantum Beam Application” on Detectors was held at Tohoku Univ.
2019.09.05–08 School
“The International School for Strangeness Nuclear Physics 2019 (SNP School 2019)” was held at Tohoku Univ.
2019.09.05–06 Award
The talks by Drs. YAMASHITA (RIKEN/B02 Group) and YAMAMOTO (Chubu Univ./B02 Group) were selected as special lectures of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Atomic Collision Society of Japan.
2019.08.30 Newspaper
The C01 research was featured by the Nikkei Business Daily Newspaper dated August 30, 2019 as “A new technology providing two functions simultaneously, cancer diagnosis and medication: —Predict effects, reduce side effects.”
2019.08.22 Meeting
13th Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2019.08.15 Newspaper
The B01 research was featured by the Asahi Shimbun Newspaper Online dated Aug. 15, 2019 (in a Japanese text). It was also introduced in the Asahi Elementary School Newspaper (Aug. 20, 2019) and the evening edition of the Asahi Newspaper (Aug. 26, 2019).
2019.08.08 Meeting
12th Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2019.08.07–08 Meeting
2nd B01 Group Meeting was held at the National Museum of Japanese History.
2019.08.07 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research A02 Seminar by Dr. ISHIKAWA was held at Tohoku Univ.
2019.08.05 Seminar
Dr. TAKEDA (Kavli IPMU/C01 Group）gave a lecture at the 40th NCC Young Researchers Seminar, National Cancer Center.
2019.08.02 Outreach
Dr. TAKAMINE, A. (B03 Group) introduced the RIKEN RIBF facility to students visiting from the Shimizu Higashi High School.
2019.07.30 Outreach
Prof. NAKAMURA, S. N. (Tohoku Univ., A02) gave a mock lecture for the general public at the open house held at Tohoku Univ.
2019.07.27–28 Symposium
Symposium on Integrated Arts & Humanities and Science—Exploring History with Quantum Beams was held.
2019.07.24 Press rel.
Collaborative research lead by Prof. NAKANO, T. at the Gunma Univ. Heavy Ion Medical Center, in which the C01 group participated, was released by Gunma Univ., National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), and Kavli IPMU, the Univ. of Tokyo.
2019.07.24 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Dr. FUJIYAMA was held at RIKEN.
2019.07.23–30 Award
The talk by Dr. YAMASHITA (RIKEN/B02 Group) was picked up as a special report at the ICPEAC2019 Conference.
2019.07.17 Anncmnt
Web page on call-for-applications of publicly offered research was opened.
2019.07.17 Anncmnt
English web pages of the Planned Researches and Publication 2018 were updated.
2019.07.17 Anncmnt
Newsletter Vol. 1 has been available (Japanese text only).
2019.07.15–16 Workshop
First Plenary Meeting of the project was held at Kavli IPMU, the Univ. of Tokyo.
2019.07.15 Meeting
11th Project Management Meeting was held at Kavli IPMU, the Univ. of Tokyo.
2019.07.14 Outreach
Prof. NAKAMURA, S. N. (Tohoku Univ./A02 Group) participated in Miyagi Science Day 2019.
2019.06.29 Outreach
Prof. NOMACHI, M. (Osaka Univ./X01 Group) gave a catered lecture at Hibarigaoka Gakuen High School.
2019.05.27 Meeting
10th Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2019.04.25 Meeting
9th Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2019.04.20 Outreach
The A01 and B03 Groups introduced their research for the general public at the RIKEN Wako Open Day 2019.
2019.04.18 Workshop
“Workshop on Fundamental Theories for Negative Muon Experiments at J-PARC, and its Application to Elemental Analysis” was held.

FY2018

2019.03.29 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research A02 Seminar by Prof. FUJIOKA, H. was held at Tohoku Univ.
2019.03.27–28 Workshop
“Workshop on Interdisciplinary approach of applying cutting-edge technologies at the frontier of cancer research” was held.
2019.03.26 Meeting
8th Project Management Meeting was held at Osaka Univ.
2019.02.06 Meeting
7th Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2019.01.24 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Prof. TANAKA, M. was held at RIKEN.
2019.01.19 Outreach
Dr. NINOMIYA, K. (Osaka Univ./B01 Group) participated in the Science Cafe event for public general, organized by the Museum of Osaka Univ.
2019.12.18 Meeting
6th Project Management Meeting was held at Tohoku Univ.
2018.12.03 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research A02 Seminars by Drs. HERRMANN, KLAG, and ACHENBACH were held at Tohoku Univ.
2018.12.02 Outreach
Dr. OSAWA (JAEA/B01 Group) participated in the special exhibition for public general at the Ibaraki Science Museum of Atomic Energy.
2018.11.27 Meeting
5th Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2018.10.16 Meeting
4th Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2018.10.12 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research A02 Seminar by Dr. HASHIMOTO was held at Tohoku Univ.
2018.09.28 Meeting
3rd Project Management Meeting was held (online).
2018.09.27 Seminar
Quantum Beam Application Research B03 Seminar by Dr. WATANABE, S. was held at RIKEN.
2018.09.25-26 Workshop
“The 1st Workshop on Quantum Beam Imaging” was held at the Kyoto Univ.
2018.08.25-26 Meeting
2nd Project Management Meeting was held at J-PARC.
2018.08.08 Newspaper
The C01 research was featured by the Nikkei Business Daily Newspaper dated August 8, 2018 (in a Japanese text)). It also appeared in the online edition.
2018.08.06–07 Outreach
Dr. UENO, H. (RIKEN/B03 Group) participated in the Hokkaido Science Festival, organized by the Hokkaido Government.
2018.07.29–30 Meeting
1st Project Management Meeting was held at Kavli IPMU, the Univ. of Tokyo.
2018.07.25–27 Outreach
A01 Group performed experiment training for high school students at the RIKEN Wako Science Camp 2018.
2018.06.29 Anncmnt
This research project was adopted as a MEXT Grant-in-Aid for scientific Research on Innovative Area (2018–2022).