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Song, Y.*; Xu, S.*; 佐藤 駿介*; Lee, I.*; Xu, X.*; 大森 俊洋*; 長迫 実*; 川崎 卓郎; 鬼柳 亮嗣; Harjo, S.; et al.
Nature, 638, p.965 - 971, 2025/02
被引用回数：5 パーセンタイル：94.96(Multidisciplinary Sciences)In advanced applications like aerospace and space exploration, materials must balance lightness, functionality, and extreme thermal fluctuation resistance. Shape-memory alloys show promise with strength, toughness, and substantial strain recovery due to superelasticity, but maintaining low mass and effective operation at cryogenic temperatures is challenging. We hereby introduce a novel shape-memory alloy that adheres to these stringent criteria. Predominantly composed of Ti and Al with a chemical composition of Ti
Al
Cr
, this alloy 25 is characterized by a low density (4.36
10
kg/m) and a high specific strength (18510 Pa
m/kg) at room temperature, while exhibiting excellent superelasticity. The superelasticity, owing to a reversible stress-induced phase transformation from an ordered body-centered cubic parent phase to an ordered orthorhombic martensite, allows for a recoverable strain exceeding 7%. Remarkably, this functionality persists across a broad range of temperatures, from deep cryogenic 4.2 K to above room temperature, arising from an unconventional temperature dependence of transformation stresses. Below a certain threshold during cooling, the critical transformation stress inversely correlates with temperature. We interpret this behavior from the perspective of a temperature-dependent anomalous lattice instability of the parent phase. This alloy holds potential in everyday appliances requiring flexible strain accommodations, as well as components designed for extreme environmental conditions such as deep space and liquefied gases.
石川 諒尚; 古場 裕介*; 古田 琢哉; Chang, W.*; 米内 俊祐*; 松本 真之介*; 橋本 慎太郎; 平井 悠大*; 佐藤 達彦
Radiological Physics and Technology, 17(2), p.553 - 560, 2024/06
At the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC), a series of retrospective studies are ongoing in patients treated with carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT) to obtain the knowledge to improve tumor control and reveal the mechanism of the low risk of secondary cancer after CIRT. Dose-averaged linear energy transfer (LET
) is generally used as a measure of treatment effectiveness or biological effects in such retrospective studies; however, it is conventionally evaluated from the relative biological effectiveness (RBE)-LET fitted function used in the treatment planning system. In this study, we calculated the physical doses and their linear energy transfer (LET) distributions for a series of treatment plans for a homogeneous rectangular phantom and a human body phantom with typical CIRT beams using Monte Carlo (MC) simulation. The LET was then deduced from the MC simulation and compared with the corresponding data obtained using the conventional method. The comparison suggested that the two types of LET agreed well with each other, except around the distal end of the spread-out Bragg peak, where the MC simulation yielded significantly higher LET values than that of the conventional method. This is because the RBE-LET fitted function adopted in the conventional method ignores the contribution of the high-LET components, causing an overkill effect. Furthermore, an MC simulation was conducted to determine the material composition of water and realistic materials from the CT number in the planned image. The profiles of physical dose and LET were in good agreement for both techniques. These results indicate the possibility of enhancing the efficiency of retrospective studies of CIRT using MC simulations in the future.
Am neutron capture cross section measurement using the NaI(Tl) spectrometer of the ANNRI beamline of J-PARCRovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 片渕 竜也*; 児玉 有*; 中野 秀仁*; 佐藤 八起*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(4), p.459 - 477, 2024/04
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：23.64(Nuclear Science & Technology)The neutron capture cross-section of Am was measured from 10 meV to about 1 MeV using the NaI(Tl) spectrometer of the Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) beamline in the Materials and Life Science (MLF) facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The total energy detection principle was applied in conjunction with the pulse-height weighting technique to derive the neutron capture yield. The present cross-section results were normalized using a 
Au sample measurement by applying the saturated resonance method. The thermal cross section was measured to be 708 
22 b, in agreement within uncertainties to the present evaluation in JENDL-5 of 709 b. Moreover, the results of a shape resonance analysis of the resolved resonance region are also provided in the present dissertation.
水野 るり恵*; 新倉 潤*; 齋藤 岳志*; 松崎 禎市郎*; 櫻井 博儀*; Amato, A.*; 浅利 駿介*; Biswas, S.*; Chiu, I.-H.; Gianluca, J.*; et al.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1060, p.169029_1 - 169029_14, 2024/03
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：43.92(Instruments & Instrumentation)We have developed a photon detection system for muonic X-ray spectroscopy. The detector system consists of high-purity germanium detectors with BGO Compton suppressors. The signals from the detectors are readout with a digital acquisition system. The absolute energy accuracy, energy and timing resolutions, photo-peak efficiency, the performance of the Compton suppressor, and high count rate durability are studied with standard 
-ray sources and in-beam experiment using 
Al(
)
Si resonance reaction. The detection system was demonstrated at Paul Scherrer Institute. A calibration method for a photon detector at a muon facility using muonic X-rays of Au and 
Bi is proposed.
端 邦樹; 内田 俊介; 塙 悟史; 知見 康弘; 佐藤 智徳
Proceedings of 21st International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors (Internet), 14 Pages, 2023/08
The coupled code of water radiolysis and electrochemical corrosion potential (ECP) calculations (WRAC-JAEA) has been proposed for evaluating ECP both for boiling water reactor (BWR) and pressurized water reactor (PWR) systems. In the present study, some updates, such as pH control based on boron (B) and lithium (Li) concentration, were carried out. The calculated ECP were compared with the measured results in the INCA in-pile loop in the Studsvik R2 reactor for validation of the code. It was confirmed that the calculated ECP agreed with the measured ones in the INCA loop. The suitable rate constant set for water radiolysis calculation is also discussed. In particular, the rate constants for the chemical reaction of hydroxyl radical and molecular hydrogen and its backward reactions were carefully examined to evaluate the effects of pH and hydrogen concentration on hydrogen peroxide concentration. Moreover, the polarization curves were calculated, and the effects of Li
and the other species on ECP were estimated. In order to apply the code for both type of reactor systems, verification and validation (V&V) procedures of the code are proposed.
児玉 有*; 片渕 竜也*; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 中野 秀仁*; 佐藤 八起*; 堀 順一*; 芝原 雄司*; et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 284, p.01024_1 - 01024_3, 2023/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)The measurements were performed using the Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) beamline at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). An intense pulsed neutron beam was produced via spallation reaction in the mercury target of the Material and Life Science Experimental Facility by the 3-GeV proton beam of the J-PARC facility. A Time of Flight (TOF) method using a NaI(Tl) detector was employed in this measurements and a pulse-height weighting technique was used to derive a neutron capture yield. A sample of Am-243 with a mass of 38.14 mg (281.8 MBq) was used for the measurements. The neutron energy spectrum was obtained by using the 478 keV gamma-rays from the 
B(n,
)
Li reaction with a boron sample. A preliminary value for the capture cross section of Am-243 will be presented in the contribution.
method名内 泰志*; 佐藤 駿介*; 早川 岳人*; 木村 康彦; 須山 賢也; 鹿島 陽夫*; 二上 和広*
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1050, p.168109_1 - 168109_9, 2023/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Instruments & Instrumentation)水素の中性子捕獲反応による2.223MeVの線を高純度ゲルマニウム(HPGe)検出器を用いて検出するH
法によって使用済核燃料からの中性子測定を行った。この2.223MeVの線の検出は、7桁も高い核分裂生成物(FP)からの線に強い影響を受ける。FPからの強いを遮蔽するために、ポリエチレンブロックをコリメータの軸上に置くとともに、HPGe検出器をコリメーターの軸から外して設置した。この体系によって検出器はFPからの強い線から遮蔽され、ポリエチレンブロック中のH反応によって2.223MeVの線が測定できる。測定された2.223MeVの線の計数率は、燃焼崩壊計算により見積もられた核種組成、主には
Cmによるものと、統計誤差の範囲内で想定される値と一貫性のある値となる。このことから、H法は、使用済核燃料集合体からの中性子漏洩数の定量化に適用可能であり、集合体の燃焼度の確認に適用可能であると考えられる。
Sn nanodot佐藤 佑磨*; 竹内 祐太郎*; 山根 結太*; Yoon, J.-Y.*; 金井 駿*; 家田 淳一; 大野 英男*; 深見 俊輔*
Applied Physics Letters, 122(12), p.122404_1 - 122404_5, 2023/03
被引用回数：5 パーセンタイル：56.18(Physics, Applied)
-MnSn, an antiferromagnet having a non-collinear spin structure in a kagome lattice, has attracted great attention owing to various intriguing properties such as large anomalous Hall effect. Stability of magnetic state against thermal fluctuation, characterized in general by the thermal stability factor 
, has been well studied in ferromagnetic systems but not for antiferromagnets. Here we study of the antiferromagnetic MnSn nanodots as a function of their diameter 
. To obtain , we measure the switching probability as a function of pulse-field amplitude and analyze the results based on a model developed by accounting for two and six-fold magnetic anisotropies in the kagome plane. We observe no significant change in down to 
nm below which it decreases with . The obtained dependence is well explained by a single-domain and nucleation-mediated reversal models. These findings provide a basis to understand the thermal fluctuation and reversal mechanism of antiferromagnets for device application.
片渕 竜也*; 岩本 修; 堀 順一*; 木村 敦; 岩本 信之; 中村 詔司; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 遠藤 駿典; 芝原 雄司*; 寺田 和司*; et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 281, p.00014_1 - 00014_4, 2023/03
Long-lived minor actinides (MA) in nuclear waste from nuclear power plants are a long-standing issue to continue nuclear energy production. To solve the issue, researchers have suggested nuclear transmutation, in which long-lived radionuclides are transmuted into stable or shorter-life nuclides via neutron-induced nuclear reactions. Development of nuclear transmutation systems as an accelerator-driven system requires accurate neutron nuclear reaction data. The present research project entitled "Study on accuracy improvement of fast-neutron capture reaction data of long-lived MAs for development of nuclear transmutation systems" have been conducted as a joint collaboration, including Tokyo Tech, Japan Atomic Energy Agency and Kyoto University. This project focuses on the neutron capture reaction of MAs, especially 
Np, Am and 
Am, in the fast neutron energy region. The final goal of this project is to improve the accuracies of the neutron capture cross sections of Np, Am and Am employing a high-intensity neutron beam from a spallation source of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) that reduces uncertainties of measurement. To achieve the goal, a neutron beam filter system in J-PARC, sample characteristic assay, and theoretical reaction model study were developed. In this contribution, the overview and results of the project will be presented.
Am neutron capture cross section measurement and resonance analysisRovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 片渕 竜也*; 児玉 有*; 中野 秀仁*; 佐藤 八起*
JAEA-Conf 2022-001, p.91 - 96, 2022/11
Neutron capture cross section measurements were performed in the Accurate Neutron Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) at the Materials and Life Science Facility (MLF) of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The time-of-flight (TOF) methodology was employed in a non-filter condition experiment to determine the neutron capture cross section from thermal to about 100 eV. Moreover, experiments were performed using the neutron filtering system to determine the neutron capture cross section at the energy of 23.5 keV using Fe as filter material. In this study, the preliminary results of the Am neutron capture cross section from 10 meV to about 100 eV determined in TOF experiments and at 23.5 keV from Fe filter experiments are presented. In the TOF experiments, the Am neutron capture cross section was normalized by means of the saturated resonance method using a Au sample with a mass of 1.5 g. In addition, for the Fe filter experiments, the capture cross section of Am at the energy of 23.5 keV was determined relative to the Au yield obtained from a measurement using the same Au sample. Moreover, early-stage results of a resonance analysis of the Am capture resonances are also presented.
Xu, S.*; 大平 拓実*; 佐藤 駿介*; Xu, X.*; 大森 俊洋*; Harjo, S.; 川崎 卓郎; Seiner, H.*; Zoubkov
, K.*; 村上 恭和*; et al.
Nature Communications (Internet), 13, p.5307_1 - 5307_8, 2022/09
被引用回数：22 パーセンタイル：82.31(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Crystalline metals can have large theoretical elastic strain limits. However, a macroscopic block of conventional crystalline metals practically suffers a very limited elastic deformation of 
0.5% with a linear stress-strain relationship obeying Hooke's law. Here, we report on the experimental observation of a large tensile elastic deformation with an elastic strain of 
4.3% in a Cu-based single crystalline alloy at its bulk scale at room temperature. The large macroscopic elastic strain that originates from the reversible lattice strain of a single phase is demonstrated by in situ microstructure and neutron diffraction observations. Furthermore, the elastic reversible deformation, which is nonhysteretic and quasilinear, is associated with a pronounced elastic softening phenomenon. The increase in the stress gives rise to a reduced Young's modulus, unlike the traditional Hooke's law behaviour. The experimental discovery of a non-Hookean large elastic deformation offers the potential for the development of bulk crystalline metals as high-performance mechanical springs or for new applications via "elastic strain engineering."
古田 琢哉; 古場 裕介*; 橋本 慎太郎; Chang, W.*; 米内 俊祐*; 松本 真之介*; 石川 諒尚*; 佐藤 達彦
Physics in Medicine & Biology, 67(14), p.145002_1 - 145002_15, 2022/07
被引用回数：8 パーセンタイル：68.93(Engineering, Biomedical)炭素線治療は従来の放射線治療よりも腫瘍部への線量集中性に関する優位性を持つが、二次的ながんの発生原因となり得る正常組織への照射を完全に無くすことは困難である。そのため、発がんリスクを照射炭素ビームの核反応によって生成される二次粒子による線量まで含めて評価するには、計算シミュレーション解析が有効となる。本研究では、PHITSコードを中核とした炭素線治療の線量再構築システムを開発した。このシステムでは、治療計画を記録したDICOMデータから自動でPHITSの入力ファイルを作成し、PHITSシミュレーションの実行によって腫瘍および周辺正常組織での線量分布を計算する。PHITSの様々な機能を利用することで、粒子毎の線量寄与や二次粒子の発生場所の特定など、詳細な解析が実施可能である。開発したシステムの妥当性は、水中での線量分布の実験結果や人体等価ファントムへの治療計画との比較により確認した。今後、本システムは量子科学技術研究開発機構において、過去の治療データを用いたシミュレーション解析による遡及的研究に利用される予定である。
Cs activity in spent nuclear fuel with calculated detector response function佐藤 駿介*; 名内 泰志*; 早川 岳人*; 木村 康彦; 鹿島 陽夫*; 二上 和広*; 須山 賢也
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(6), p.615 - 623, 2022/06
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)使用済燃料中のCs放射能を非破壊で評価する新しい方法を提案し、燃焼度クレジット導入における物理的測定について実験的に実証した。Cs放射能は、Cs放射能がよく知られている参照燃料を用いずに、線測定と数値検出器応答シミュレーションを用いて定量された。燃料サンプルは、商業用加圧水型炉(PWR)で53GWd/tまで照射された先行使用集合体(LUA)から取得した。試料から放出された線は、ホットセルに取り付けたコリメータを通して、ゲルマニウム酸ビスマス(BGO)シンチレーション検出器を用いて測定された。検出器による線の検出効率は、測定ジオメトリを考慮して粒子輸送計算コードPHITSを用いて計算した。試料に対する検出器応答のより正確なシミュレーションのために、試料中の
Cs, Cs, 
Euの相対放射能を高純度ゲルマニウム(HPGe)検出器で測定した。検出器の絶対効率は、別のジオメトリの標準ガンマ線源を測定することにより校正された。測定された計数率と検出効率を用いて、燃料試料中のCs放射能を定量した。定量されたCs放射能は、MVP-BURN燃焼計算コードで推定されたCs放射能とよく一致した。
Au with a Cr-filtered neutron beam at the ANNRI beamline of MLF/J-PARCRovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 片渕 竜也*; 児玉 有*; 中野 秀仁*; 佐藤 八起*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 59(5), p.647 - 655, 2022/05
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：9.64(Nuclear Science & Technology)Cr-filtered keV-neutron experiments were performed in the Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) beamline in the Materials and Life Science (MLF) facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) to measure the neutron capture cross-section of Au. The energy range of the neutron filtering system at ANNRI was extended through the use of 15 cm of 
Cr as filter material to tailor quasi-monochromatic neutron peaks with averaged neutron energies of 133.4 and 45.0 keV. The performance of the Cr filter assembly was evaluated by means of experimental capture and transmission analyses, together with the use of Monte-Carlo simulations. The present Au neutron capture cross-section results provide agreement within uncertainties with the JENDL-4.0 standard evaluated library and the IAEA standard data library further demonstrating the capabilities of the neutron filtering system at ANNRI.
Sn thin films by magneto-optical Kerr effect内村 友宏*; Yoon, J.-Y.*; 佐藤 佑磨*; 竹内 祐太郎*; 金井 駿*; 武智 涼太*; 岸 桂輔*; 山根 結太*; DuttaGupta, S.*; 家田 淳一; et al.
Applied Physics Letters, 120(17), p.172405_1 - 172405_5, 2022/04
被引用回数：24 パーセンタイル：88.33(Physics, Applied)We perform a hysteresis-loop measurement and domain imaging for 
-oriented -Mn
Sn
thin films using magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) and compare it with the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) measurement. We obtain a large Kerr rotation angle of 10 mdeg., comparable with bulk single-crystal MnSn. The composition 
dependence of AHE and MOKE shows a similar trend, suggesting the same origin, i.e., the non-vanishing Berry curvature in the momentum space. Magnetic domain observation at the saturated state shows that x dependence of AHE and MOKE is explained by an amount of reversible area that crucially depends on the crystalline structure of the film. Furthermore, in-depth observation of the reversal process reveals that the reversal starts with nucleation of sub-micrometer-scale domains dispersed in the film, followed by a domain expansion, where the domain wall preferentially propagates along the ![$$[11bar{2}0]$$](/search/images/ERNTCMK2MJQXE4ZSPUYF0JA.gif)
direction. Our study provides a basic understanding of the spatial evolution of the reversal of chiral-spin structure in non-collinear antiferromagnetic thin films.
Am around 23.5 keV児玉 有*; 片渕 竜也*; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 信之; 岩本 修; 堀 順一*; 芝原 雄司*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 58(11), p.1159 - 1164, 2021/11
被引用回数：4 パーセンタイル：39.96(Nuclear Science & Technology)The neutron capture cross section of Am was measured with a pulsed neutron beam from a spallation neutron source of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. A Fe neutron beam filter was used to make the incident neutron beam mono-energetic around 23.5 keV. The neutron capture -rays were detected with a NaI(Tl) detector. The pulse height weighting technique was employed to derive the neutron capture cross section from the pulse height spectrum. The cross section was determined relative to the capture cross section of Au of JENDL-4.0. The neutron capture cross section of Am was determined with a smaller uncertainty than previous measurements. The previous measurements and the JENDL-4.0 cross sections were found to be lower than the present result.
Chang, W.*; 古場 裕介*; 古田 琢哉; 米内 俊祐*; 橋本 慎太郎; 松本 真之介*; 佐藤 達彦
Journal of Radiation Research (Internet), 62(5), p.846 - 855, 2021/09
被引用回数：4 パーセンタイル：32.45(Biology)炭素線治療の治療計画をモンテカルロシミュレーションによって再評価するためのツール開発の一環として二つの重要な手法を考案した。一つは治療計画装置に含まれる校正済みのCT-水阻止能表を反映しつつ、患者CT画像から物質識別を行う手法である。もう一つの手法は、粒子およびエネルギー毎に生体物質と水との阻止能比を考慮し、水等価線量を導出することを目的としたものである。これらの手法の有効性を確認するため、生体物質および水で構成される均質および不均質ファントムに対し、SOBPサイズ8cmの炭素線を400MeV/uで照射するシミュレーションをPHITSで計算し、得られた線量深さ分布を従来の治療計画装置による結果と比較した。その結果、従来の治療計画装置で採用されている生体物質を全て水に置換する手法では、異なる物質において二次粒子の発生率が一次粒子の阻止能に単純に比例するため、二次粒子による線量寄与を評価する上で不適切であることが分かった。一方、各物質の二次粒子の発生率を適切に考慮した新しい手法は炭素線治療の再評価において、重要な役割を果たすことが期待できることが分かった。
-Orbital component in the Borromean nucleus 
BYang, Z. H.*; 久保田 悠樹*; Corsi, A.*; 吉田 数貴; Sun, X.-X.*; Li, J. G.*; 木村 真明*; Michel, N.*; 緒方 一介*; Yuan, C. X.*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 126(8), p.082501_1 - 082501_8, 2021/02
被引用回数：61 パーセンタイル：95.90(Physics, Multidisciplinary)ボロミアン核であり中性子ハロー構造が期待されるBに対する(
,
)反応実験を行った。断面積の運動量分布を分析することで、
と
軌道の分光学的因子を決定した。驚くべきことに、の分光学的因子は9(2)%と小さいことが明らかになった。この結果は、連続状態を含むdeformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov理論によってよく説明された。本研究の結果によると、現在知られているハロー構造を持つとされる原子核の中でBはおよび軌道の成分が最も小さく、または軌道成分が支配的であることが必ずしもハロー構造の前提条件ではない可能性を示唆している。
豊田 智史*; 山本 知樹*; 吉村 真史*; 住田 弘祐*; 三根生 晋*; 町田 雅武*; 吉越 章隆; 鈴木 哲*; 横山 和司*; 大橋 雄二*; et al.
Vacuum and Surface Science, 64(2), p.86 - 91, 2021/02
X線光電子分光法における時空間的な測定・解析技術を開発した。はじめに、NAP-HARPES (Near Ambient Pressure Hard X-ray Angle-Resolved Photo Emission Spectroscopy)データにより、ゲート積層膜界面の時分割深さプロファイル法を開発した。この手法を用いて時分割ARPESデータからピークフィッティングとデプスプロファイリングを迅速に行う手法を確立し、4D-XPS解析を実現した。その結果、従来の最大エントロピー法(MEM)とスパースモデリングのジャックナイフ平均法を組み合わせることで、深さ方向プロファイルを高精度に実現できることがわかった。
-rays after neutron capture by 
La for a T-violation search奥平 琢也; 清水 裕彦*; 北口 雅暁*; 広田 克也*; Haddock, C. C.*; 伊藤 維久也*; 山本 知樹*; 遠藤 駿典*; 石崎 貢平*; 佐藤 匠*; et al.
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原子核が熱外中性子を共鳴吸収する反応において、弱い相互作用起因のパリティ対称性の破れが核子間相互作用の最大10
倍増幅される現象が観測されている。この反応では時間反転対称性の破れにも同様の増幅効果があることが理論的に予言されており、全く新しい手法で未知の時間反転対称性の破れを世界最高感度で探索できる可能性がある。しかし、その増幅率は全ての核種で未知であり、この手法がもつ可能性を具体的に議論できていなかった。本研究ではJ-PARC, MLF, BL04のGe検出器群を用いて、La(n,)反応の角度分布測定を行い、世界で初めてLaで時間反転対称性の破れの増幅率を求めることに成功した。この結果を用いて、実験に必要な測定時間を見積もると、偏極率40%のLa核偏極技術、偏極率70%, 79atm・cmの
He Spin Filterを用意すれば、1.4日の測定で世界最高感度で時間反転対称性の破れ探索実験が可能であることが判明した。現在原子力機構では高性能なHe Spin Filterの開発を行なっており、本発表では線の角度分布測定の結果、及び共用ビームラインに適用するためのHe Spin Filterの開発の現状について発表する。
