Elemental analysis system with negative-muon beam

ミュオンビームを用いた元素分析

大澤 崇人  ; 二宮 和彦*; 吉田 剛*; 稲垣 誠*; 久保 謙哉*; 河村 成肇*; 三宅 康博*

Osawa, Takahito; Ninomiya, Kazuhiko*; Yoshida, Go*; Inagaki, Makoto*; Kubo, Kenya*; Kawamura, Naritoshi*; Miyake, Yasuhiro*

J-PARC Materials and Life Science Experimental Facilityに設置するための新たなミュオン捕獲蛍光X線分析装置を開発した。本報告では隕石, 標準岩石に関する予備的実験結果に関して報告する。本装置は偏向電磁石を用いて斜め下にビームを曲げる機構を有し、Ge検出器は鉛遮蔽で覆う構造を持つ。真空チェンバーはアルミ製である。実験の結果バックグラウンドの大幅な低減が確認され、隕石中の主要元素を全て非破壊で検出することに成功した。

We report a new elemental analysis system that uses an intense negative-muon beam at J-PARC Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility, Muon Science Establishment. This paper presents the preliminary results of measurements for meteorites and standard material. The main system components are a water-cooled electromagnet, an Al flight tube, an Al sample chamber, a lead shielding body, and a Ge detector. Optimum currents for the electromagnet were determined by recording beam profiles with a CCD camera; the muon beam was shaped by collimators. The background and signal-to-noise ratio was significantly better than that obtained in a previous study, and all significant elements in the meteorite and standard samples were detected. Thus, this system can be used for muonic X-ray analysis of extraterrestrial materials.