New high-pressure beamline PLANET at J-PARC

Hattori, Takanori   ; Sano, Asami   ; Arima, Hiroshi*; Inamura, Yasuhiro  ; Yamada, Akihiro*; Komatsu, Kazuki*; Nagai, Takaya*; Katayama, Yoshinori; Inoue, Toru*; Kagi, Hiroyuki*; Yagi, Takehiko*

The PLANET is the high-pressure beamline newly constructed at J-PARC. The beamline aims at revealing the effect of water on the Earth's interior. The most characteristic feature is to possess the huge 6-axis press with the maximum load of 500ton/axis, which can generate high-PT condition of 10 GPa and 2000 K, simultaneously. By using the state-of-the-art neutron diffraction and radiography techniques, the beamline offers microscopic and macroscopic information of materials at high-PT conditions. The beamline is designed so as to analyze structures of both crystalline and amorphous materials. The beamline is now being used by project members and will be opened for general users in the next February.