Outline of Planned Research

Program B01 Development of a new non-destructive 3D elemental analysis method using negative muon beam
Principal Investigator NINOMIYA, Kazuhiko (Osaka University)

By the progress of accelerator technology in recent years, high intensity negative muon beam becomes available. For example negative muon beam with intensity of 106/s or more is available in J-PARC MUSE. It enables us a completely new negative muon science that never been done; non-destructive elemental analysis by muon. This method can identify all elements including light elements even if these are existing deeply inside of a material. Now, application researches using this analysis method are starting in a various research fields such as archeology, earth and planetary science, analyzing industrial products and so on.

In this project research, two types of detectors will be applied for elemental analysis method by muon beam. One is a high spatial resolution imaging detector and the other is a detector with extremely high energy resolution. Both of them have been developed for space observation experiments. Using these detectors, we will improve the present elemental analysis method by muon and achieve non-destructive 3D imaging including the isotope information of light elements. For this purpose, we are planning to establish a new experimental system connected to the muon beam line at J-PARC MUSE, and conduct fundamental researches for development of this method.

Members

Principal Investigator NINOMIYA, Kazuhiko
(Institute for Radiation Sciences, Osaka University)
Co-Investigators OSAWA, Takahito (Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA))  
SAITO, Tsutomu (National Museum of Japanese History)  
Research Collaborators UMEGAKI, Izumi (KEK-IMSS)  
NAKAMURA, Tomoki (Tohoku University)  
TERADA, Kentaro (Osaka University)  
KOHZUMA, Takamitsu (Ibaraki University)  
KUBO, Kenya M. (ICU)  
TANIGUCHI, Akihiro (Kyoto University)  
SHINOHARA, Atsushi (Osaka University)  
UENO, Yoshifumi (National Museum of Japanese History)  
TAKAHASHI, Tadayuki (The University of Tokyo (Kavli IPMU))  
MIYAKE, Yasuhiro (KEK-IMSS)  

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