Current status of ultra slow muon project at J-PARC MUSE

Higemoto, Wataru  

The ultra slow muon microscope, under construction in the Muon Science Facility (MUSE) in J-PARC,will be the first experimental instrumentation in the world possessing two novel muon sources with unique capabilities: an ultra slow muon beam for depth profiling from the surface to the interior of a material, across interfaces, with nanometer resolution, and a micro muon beam for probing the interior of a material with a resolution of several micrometers at the stopping position. A new spatial imaging method would be a creative tool to explore near surfaces and interfaces, which play key roles in materials and life sciences. In the conference, I will report the current status of the ultra slow muon project at J-PARC MUSE.