Development of non-destructive isotope measurement of the natural galena (PbS) using negative muon beams

Terada, Kentaro*; Ninomiya, Kazuhiko*; Sato, Akira*; Tomono, Dai*; Kawashima, Yoshitaka*; Inagaki, Makoto*; Nambu, Akihiro*; Kudo, Takuto*; Osawa, Takahito; Kubo, Kenya*

Journal of Analytical Science and Technology, 15, p.28_1 - 28_7, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40543-024-00440-6

In Earth and planetary science, Pb isotopic composition is well known to play a key role in deciphering the origin and evolution of materials because they provide unique chronological and/or indigenous regional information as a radiogenic daughter nuclide from U and Th. To determine such an isotopic composition, a mass spectrometer has been widely used over several decades, which requires a destructive treatment such as laser ablation and thermal ionization, so on. Here we first report the non-destructive Pb isotopic measurement of the natural galena (PbS) using an energy-shift of muon-induced characteristic X-rays. The observed Pb isotopic composition of the natural galena is in good agreement with that obtained by conventional mass spectrometry.

New precise measurements of muonium hyperfine structure at J-PARC MUSE

Strasser, P.*; Abe, Mitsushi*; Aoki, Masaharu*; Choi, S.*; Fukao, Yoshinori*; Higashi, Yoshitaka*; Higuchi, Takashi*; Iinuma, Hiromi*; Ikedo, Yutaka*; Ishida, Katsuhiko*; et al.

EPJ Web of Conferences, 198, p.00003_1 - 00003_8, 2019/01

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201919800003

New muonium HFS measurements at J-PARC/MUSE

Strasser, P.*; Aoki, Masaharu*; Fukao, Yoshinori*; Higashi, Yoshitaka*; Higuchi, Takashi*; Iinuma, Hiromi*; Ikedo, Yutaka*; Ishida, Katsuhiko*; Ito, Takashi; Iwasaki, Masahiko*; et al.

Hyperfine Interactions, 237(1), p.124_1 - 124_9, 2016/12

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-016-1331-4

Hydrogen state in BaTiO hydrides probed by SR

Ito, Takashi; Higemoto, Wataru; Koda, Akihiro*; Shimomura, Koichiro*; Nishiyama, Kusuo*; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro*; Tomono, Dai*; Kobayashi, Yoji*; Sakaguchi, Tatsunori*; Kageyama, Hiroshi*

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Development on non-destructive muonic X-ray analysis of carbonaceous chondrites; Feasibility test for returned samples from C-type asteroids

Terada, Kentaro*; Sato, Akira*; Ninomiya, Kazuhiko*; Kawashima, Yoshitaka*; Shimomura, Koichiro*; Tomono, Dai*; Kawai, Yosuke*; Osawa, Takahito; Tachibana, Shogo*

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In recent years, analysis of characteristic X-rays from muonic atoms, in which a muon is captured, has attracted attention because both a muon beam and a muon-induced characteristic X-ray have high transmission abilities, of which energies are about 200 times higher. From these features, a muonic X-ray analysis has great advantages in several ways. At the conference, we will report on our recent progress of muonic X-ray analysis and discuss on a future prospect for applications for Earth and planetary science.