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山口 雄司; 新倉 潤*; 水野 るり恵*; 反保 元伸*; 原田 正英; 河村 成肇*; 梅垣 いづみ*; 竹下 聡史*; 羽賀 勝洋
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 567, p.165801_1 - 165801_11, 2025/10
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00試料放射化計算コードの開発の一環として、新規実験データを取得してモンテカルロシミュレーションモデルを検証するために、負ミュオン原子核捕獲における放射性核種生成確率を測定した。
Al、
Si、
Co、Ta標的を用いて放射化法により取得した確率は、既存の実験データでは困難な物理過程に対するモデルの検証を可能にするものである。測定した確率と計算データとを比較することで、計算が放射化見積もりにおいておよそ安全側にあることがわかった。一方で、核異性体の生成過程や多数の中性子放出及び陽子が関与する粒子放出に起因する放射性核種の生成過程の記述を改良する必要があることもわかった。これらの成果は、シミュレーションモデル改良の手がかりとなる。
Vu, TheDang*; 宍戸 寛明*; 相澤 一也; 奥 隆之; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 小嶋 健児*; 宮嶋 茂之*; 曽山 和彦; 小山 富男*; et al.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1075, p.170425_1 - 170425_9, 2025/06
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Instruments & Instrumentation)A current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) is a novel superconducting detector to construct a neutron transmission imaging system. The characteristics of a superconducting neutron detector have been systematically studied to improve spatial resolution of our CB-KID neutron detector. In this study, we investigated the distribution of spatial resolutions under different operating conditions and examined the homogeneity of spatial resolutions in the detector in detail. We found that controlling the detector temperature precisely enough to realize stable propagation velocities of the signals in the detector to achieve the best spatial resolution with a delay-line CB-KID technique.
He neutron spin filter at J-PARC高橋 慎吾; 鬼柳 亮嗣; 奥平 琢也*; 高田 秀佐*; 小林 龍珠; 奥泉 舞桜; 猪野 隆*; 浅井 寛太*; 土川 雄介; 及川 健一; et al.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1075, p.170410_1 - 170410_8, 2025/06
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Instruments & Instrumentation)This study developed a compact and portable in-situ He neutron spin filter ( He NSF) utilizing spin-exchange optical pumping at MLF of J-PARC. Its performance as an incident neutron polarizer was evaluated at MLF, where it achieved a He polarization exceeding 0.6, corresponding to a neutron polarization greater than 0.8 at 1.8 
. Notably, the He NSF demonstrated stable operation for 110 h. These outcomes signify that the developed in-situ He NSF facilitates and promotes polarized pulsed neutron experiments at MLF.
羽賀 勝洋; 直江 崇; 粉川 広行; 涌井 隆; 木下 秀孝; 原田 正英
Proceedings of 16th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC25) (Internet), p.3245 - 3249, 2025/06
物質・生命科学実験施設(MLF)では2024年4月、MLFでの陽子ビーム利用出力が長期の利用運転としてはこれまでで最高値である950kWを達成し、また3GeVシンクロトロン(RCS)出口のビーム出力は1MWとなった。この成果は施設建設当初の目標である中性子源の1MW定常運転がほぼ達成されたこと、および中性子源の研究開発が新しい段階に入ったことを表す。水銀ターゲット開発の次の目標は、より高いビーム出力で、より長期間の運転を実現することである。ターゲット容器の寿命は強いパルス陽子ビームの入射で容器内面に生ずるキャビテーション損傷が決定要因であり、これまでは容器を毎年交換して損傷の程度を確認していたが、1MWの高出力運転で得られた損傷データから2年以上の長期運転に耐えうると判断されたため、2024年に新たに交換したターゲット容器を用いて2027年までの長期使用を初めて実施する予定である。また今後、RCSのパルス強度を増強する計画もあるため、より強い陽子ビームパルスに耐えるために、より効果的なピッティング損傷の抑制技術とターゲット容器の開発も進める必要が有る。本発表では、MFLの中性子源の現状と将来計画について紹介する。
Sweet, M.*; Mishima, Kenji*; 原田 正英; 栗田 圭輔; 飯倉 寛; 田崎 誠司*; 菊池 伯夫*
Quantum Beam Science (Internet), 9(2), p.11_1 - 11_17, 2025/04
中性子ビームは電気的に中性で透過性が高いため、植物、種子、微生物などの生物種への照射に独自の利点がある。われわれは、核破砕、原子炉、小型中性子源のJ-PARC BL10、JRR-3 TNRF、KUANSのシミュレーションを使用して、遺伝子変異を誘発する中性子照射の可能性を包括的に調査した。
experiment using a 
Cf calibration sourceLee, D. H.*; 百々 拓; 羽賀 勝洋; 原田 正英; 長谷川 勝一; 春日井 好己; 木下 秀孝; 増田 志歩; 明午 伸一郎; 酒井 健二; et al.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1072, p.170216_1 - 170216_6, 2025/03
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：91.88(Instruments & Instrumentation)JSNS investigates short-baseline neutrino oscillations using a 24-meter baseline and a 17-tonne Gd-loaded liquid scintillator target. Accurate event-reconstruction algorithms are crucial for analyzing experimental data. The algorithms undergo meticulous validation through calibration with a Cf source. This paper outlines the methodology and evaluates the reconstruction performance, focusing on neutrino interactions up to approximately 50 MeV for sterile neutrino searches. Both Cf and Michel electron events are studied to evaluate reconstruction accuracy. The analysis concludes that the uncertainty of the fiducial volume, with an appropriate correction, is much less than the requirement of JSNS requirement (10%). Furthermore, the energy resolution is measured to be 3.3 
0.1% for the Michel electron endpoint and 4.3 0.1% for the n-Gd peak in the central region.
Marzec, E.*; 百々 拓; 羽賀 勝洋; 原田 正英; 長谷川 勝一; 春日井 好己; 木下 秀孝; 増田 志歩; 明午 伸一郎; 酒井 健二; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 134(8), p.081801_1 - 081801_9, 2025/02
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：82.78(Physics, Multidisciplinary)We present the first measurement of the missing energy due to nuclear effects in monoenergetic, muon neutrino charged-current interactions on carbon, originating from 
decay at rest (
), performed with the J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search at the J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source liquid scintillator based experiment. Toward characterizing the neutrino interaction, ostensibly 
or 
C 
N, we define the missing energy as the energy transferred to the nucleus (
) minus the kinetic energy of the outgoing proton(s), 
, and relate this to visible energy in the detector, ![$$E_m = E_{nu_{mu}} (235.5 MeV) - m_{mu}(105.7 MeV) + [m_n - m_p(1.3 MeV)] - E_{vis}$$](/search/images/ERCV41JAHUQEKX11LRXHKX11LRWXK5L3EAUDEMZVFY0SATLFKYUSALJANVPXWXDNOV4SQMJQGUXDOICNMVLCSIBLEBNW0X1OEAWSA1K5OAUDCLRTEBGWKVRJLUQC0ICFL33XM0LTPUSA.gif)
. The missing energy, which is naively expected to be zero in the absence of nuclear effects (e.g., nucleon separation energy, Fermi momenta, and final-state interactions), is uniquely sensitive to many aspects of the interaction, and has previously been inaccessible with neutrinos. The shape-only, differential cross section measurement reported, based on a 
pure double-coincidence kaon decay-at-rest signal (621 total events), provides detailed insight into neutrino-nucleus interactions, allowing even the nuclear orbital shell of the struck nucleon to be inferred. The measurement provides an important benchmark for models and event generators at hundreds of MeV neutrino energies, characterized by the difficult-to-model transition region between neutrino-nucleus and neutrino-nucleon scattering, and relevant for applications in nuclear physics, neutrino oscillation measurements, and Type-II supernova studies.
百々 拓; 羽賀 勝洋; 原田 正英; 長谷川 勝一; 春日井 好己; 木下 秀孝; 増田 志歩; 明午 伸一郎; 酒井 健二; 鈴谷 賢太郎; et al.
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Internet), 2025(2), p.023H02_1 - 023H02_8, 2025/02
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：64.72(Physics, Multidisciplinary)JSNS (J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search a t J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source) is an experiment that is searching for sterile neutrinos via the observation of 
appearance oscillations using neutrinos from muon decay-at-rest. For this search, rejecting cosmic-ray-induced neutron events by Pulse Shape Discrimination (PSD) is essential because the JSNS detector is located above ground, on the third floor of the building. We have achieved 94.95
rejection of neutron events while keeping 92.82
of signal, electron-like events using a data-driven likelihood method. This article will report the PSD technique using the full fiducial volume of the JSNS detector.
Vu, TheDang*; 宍戸 寛明*; 相澤 一也; 奥 隆之; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 小嶋 健児*; 宮嶋 茂之*; 曽山 和彦; 小山 富男*; et al.
IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19(11), p.1888 - 1894, 2024/11
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)We proposed a novel superconducting detector called the current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) for constructing a neutron transmission imager. We systematically studied the characteristics of the CB-KID to improve spatial resolution down to 10 
m in transmission imaging. By analyzing neutron transmission spectra from 1 meV to 500 keV, we identified copper (Cu) and iron (Fe) as major components in commercial nuts and screws. Additionally, we successfully mapped the distribution of the SmSn
compound using selective energy regions of pulsed neutrons and the CB-KID detector. It can reveal transmission spectra across a wide range of energies, from cold-neutron energies (meV) to higher neutron energies (up to 500 keV).
by multiple-wavelength neutron holography山川 昂大*; 中田 肇*; 木村 耕治*; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 稲村 泰弘; 大山 研司*; 林 好一*
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 93(10), p.104601_1 - 104601_5, 2024/10
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：28.73(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Atomic resolution holography is a method to obtain atomic arrangements around specific elements. In particular, neutron holography enables the observation of light elements such as O atoms, which are difficult to observe using X-rays. In this study, neutron holography experiments were conducted on BaTiO. As a result, clear atomic images of O surrounding Ti were successfully observed. Based on the calculation of image intensity as a function of atomic displacement, the displacement of the O atom relative to the Ti atom was estimated to be 0.23 
.
楡井 真実; 古府 麻衣子; 中島 健次; 菊地 龍弥*; 河村 聖子; 村井 直樹; 原田 正英; 稲村 泰弘
Journal of Neutron Research, 26(2-3), p.75 - 82, 2024/09
We investigated neutron flux at a sample position and energy resolution of a direct-geometry disk-chopper spectrometer AMATERAS under various chopper conditions and compared them with simulations and calculations. The measured flux was comparable to other similar spectrometers with high flux. The resolution when using a pulse-shaping chopper was in close agreement with the analytical calculations, including the thickness of the disk chopper, the sample size, and the penetration depth into the detector. It is found that the chopper, placed at the intermediate distance of the primary spectrometer, works as a pulse shaper that optimizes the flux and resolution below the incident energy of 10 meV.
山口 雄司; 原田 正英; 羽賀 勝洋
JAEA-Data/Code 2024-008, 91 Pages, 2024/08
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負ミュオンを利用可能な実験施設における試料の放射化に伴う放射線安全の観点から、負ミュオンの原子核捕獲に伴う放射性核種生成量の評価が重要であるが、実験データの報告例が少ないのが現状である。そこでモンテカルロ計算によって、自然界に安定に存在する全元素に対して放射性核種生成量を求め、データ集を作成した。また、データの利用例として照射試料の放射化量を見積もった。本報告書は放射線安全をはじめ、様々な分野で負ミュオンを用いた実験を行う際の基礎データを提供するものである。
Vu, TheDang*; 宍戸 寛明*; 相澤 一也; 奥 隆之; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 小嶋 健児*; 宮嶋 茂之*; 曽山 和彦; 小山 富男*; et al.
Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 2776, p.012009_1 - 012009_9, 2024/06
We optimized the design and operating conditions of our superconducting neutron detector to improve spatial resolution. We obtained the best spatial resolution of 10 m when a Gd Siemens star pattern was mounted at close contact with the detector in the cryostat. We compared the effect of a different sample-detector distance on a spatial resolution when the samples were placed either at cryogenic temperature or at room temperature. We found the appearance of clear Bragg dips by the measurements of natural FeS
single crystals and succeeded in mapping the distribution of differently-oriented crystals by choosing several Bragg dips of the FeS crystals to compose the transmission images.
experimentLee, D. H.*; 百々 拓; 羽賀 勝洋; 原田 正英; 長谷川 勝一; 春日井 好己; 木下 秀孝; 増田 志歩; 明午 伸一郎; 酒井 健二; et al.
European Physical Journal C, 84, p.409_1 - 409_6, 2024/04
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：38.91(Physics, Particles & Fields)JSNS (J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search at J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source) is an experiment that searches for sterile neutrinos via the observation of 
appearance oscillations using muon decay-at-rest neutrinos. The JSNS experiment performed data taking from 2021. In this manuscript, a study of the accidental background is presented. The rate of the accidental background is (9.29
0.39)
10
/ spill with 0.75 MW beam power and comparable to the expected number of signal events.
石田 武和*; Vu, TheDang*; 宍戸 寛明*; 相澤 一也; 奥 隆之; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 小嶋 健児*; 宮嶋 茂之*; 小山 富男*; et al.
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 214(3-4), p.152 - 157, 2024/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Physics, Applied)We built a new cryostat to apply a current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) for conducting neutron transmission imaging of room temperature samples under pulsed neutrons. A Wood's metal alloy of melting temperature 75.2
C was placed at room temperature to inspect the measurement system at J-PARC. Since one of the four phases of Wood's metal is a fine Cd-rich needle phase (width 
25 m and length 5 mm), it is suitable for observing fine mosaic structure selectively by neutron imaging. The spatial resolution of the CB-KID imager was estimated as 10 m by using a Gd Siemens-star pattern. The CB-KID system is useful to conduct transmission imaging for various materials rather easily at room temperature.
-II neutrino targetShin, C. D.*; 百々 拓; 羽賀 勝洋; 原田 正英; 長谷川 勝一; 春日井 好己; 木下 秀孝; 増田 志歩; 明午 伸一郎; 酒井 健二; et al.
Journal of Instrumentation (Internet), 18(12), p.T12001_1 - T12001_9, 2023/12
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Instruments & Instrumentation)The JSNS (J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search at J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source) is an experiment designed for the search for sterile neutrinos. The experiment is currently at the stage of the second phase named JSNS-II with two detectors at near and far locations from the neutrino source. One of the key components of the experiment is an acrylic vessel, that is used for the target volume for the detection of the anti-neutrinos. The specifications, design, and measured properties of the acrylic vessel are described.
single crystals based on Bragg-dip analysis using a delay-line superconducting sensor宍戸 寛明*; Vu, TheDang*; 相澤 一也; 小嶋 健児*; 小山 富男*; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 奥 隆之; 曽山 和彦; 宮嶋 茂之*; et al.
Journal of Applied Crystallography, 56(4), p.1108 - 1113, 2023/08
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：34.02(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Recent progress in high-power pulsed neutron sources has stimulated the development of the Bragg dip and Bragg edge analysis methods using a two-dimensional neutron detector with high temporal resolution to resolve the neutron energy by the time-of-flight method. A delay-line current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) is a two-dimensional superconducting sensor with a high temporal resolution and multi-hit capability. Here, it is demonstrated that a delay-line CB-KID with a 
B neutron conversion layer can be applied to high-spatial-resolution neutron transmission imaging and spectroscopy up to 100 eV. Dip structures are observed in the transmission spectra of YbSn single crystals, induced by Bragg diffraction and nuclear resonance absorption. The orientation mapping of YbSn crystals is successfully drawn based on the analysis of observed Bragg dip positions in the transmission spectra.
林 好一*; Lederer, M.*; 福本 陽平*; 後藤 雅司*; 山本 裕太*; 八方 直久*; 原田 正英; 稲村 泰弘; 及川 健一; 大山 研司*; et al.
Applied Physics Letters, 120(13), p.132101_1 - 132101_6, 2022/03
被引用回数：5 パーセンタイル：35.27(Physics, Applied)The local structure around boron doped in a 6H-type silicon carbide (SiC) was investigated using neutron holography. Three dimensional atomic images reconstructed from multiple-wavelength holograms revealed the boron substitution for both silicon and carbon. To determine the boron locations accurately, we calculated holograms with varying occupancies of six different sites and fitted the image intensities with those obtained from the experimental holograms by the steepest descent method. As a result, it was found that boron atoms were selectively located at the Si-C-cubic site layer. Furthermore, boundaries right above the boron locations were suggested from the absence of atomic images in the upper region of the reconstruction.
宍戸 寛明*; 西村 和真*; Vu, TheDang*; 相澤 一也; 小嶋 健児*; 小山 富男*; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 奥 隆之; 曽山 和彦; et al.
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 31(9), p.2400505_1 - 2400505_5, 2021/12
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：5.88(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)中性子イメージングは、重金属に対する高透過性、軽元素に対する高感度、同位体と中性子との特異な核反応による同位体選択性などの中性子ビームの特徴を活かした非破壊検査の有力な手段の一つである。本研究では、超伝導検出器である電流バイアス運動インダクタンス検出器(CB-KID)を用いて、パルス中性子源を用いた飛行時間法による波長分解中性子イメージングを行った。遅延時間型CB-KIDを用いて、GdAl単結晶を成長させたGd-Al合金試料の中性子透過像を取得した。その結果、単結晶はAl-Gd合金全体に渡って、形状,分布ともに良好に観察することができた。また、中性子の波長0.03nm以上でGdによる特徴的な中性子の吸収を確認した。さらに、15m
12mという限られた検出面で、同位体と中性子の核反応によって生じる
Gd共鳴ディップを観測することができた。また、Gdの共鳴ディップを用いてGd選択的イメージングを行ったところ、中性子の波長幅が1pmという限られた範囲で、明確なGd核の元素選択イメージング像を取得することに成功した。
新井 正敏*; Andersen, K. H.*; Argyriou, D. N.*; Schweika, W.*; Zanini, L.*; Harjo, S.; 神山 崇*; 原田 正英
Journal of Neutron Research, 23(4), p.215 - 232, 2021/12
The general performance of diffractometers at the first long pulse spallation source ESS, is compared with their counterparts at J-PARC, a short pulse spallation source. The difference in the inherent pulse structure of these neutron sources presents opportunities for new concepts for instrumentation, where performance does not scale simply with source power. The article describes advantages and disadvantages of those diffractometers, adapting to the very different source characteristics. We find that the two sources offer comparable performance in flux and resolution when operating in high-resolution mode. ESS offers significant advantages in tunability and flexibility, notably in the ability to relax resolution in order to increase flux for a given experiment. On the other hand, J-PARC instruments perform very well in spite of the lower source power and allow better access to epithermal neutrons, of particular interest for PDF analysis of diffraction data.
