Development of wide range photon detection system for muonic X-ray spectroscopy

Mizuno, Rurie*; Niikura, Megumi*; Saito, Takeshi*; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro*; Sakurai, Hiroyoshi*; Amato, A.*; Asari, Shunsuke*; 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

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.169029

Development of nondestructive elemental analysis system for Hayabusa2 samples using muonic X-rays

Osawa, Takahito; Nagasawa, Shunsaku*; Ninomiya, Kazuhiko*; Takahashi, Tadayuki*; Nakamura, Tomoki*; Wada, Taiga*; Taniguchi, Akihiro*; Umegaki, Izumi*; Kubo, Kenya*; Terada, Kentaro*; et al.

ACS Earth and Space Chemistry (Internet), 7(4), p.699 - 711, 2023/04

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00303

The concentrations of carbon and other major elements in asteroid samples provide very important information on the birth of life on the Earth and the solar-system evolution. Elemental analysis using muonic X-rays is one of the best analytical methods to determine the elemental composition of solid materials, and notably, is the only method to determine the concentration of light elements in bulk samples in a non-destructive manner. We developed a new analysis system using muonic X-rays to measure the concentrations of carbon and other major elements in precious and expectedly tiny samples recovered from the asteroid Ryugu by spacecraft Hayabusa2. Here we report the development process of the system in 4 stages and their system configurations, The analysis system is composed of a stainless-steel analysis chamber, an acrylic glove box for manipulating asteroid samples in a clean environment, and Ge semiconductor detectors arranged to surround the analysis chamber. The performance of the analysis system, including the background level, which is crucial for the measurement, was greatly improved from the first stage to the later ones. Our feasibility study showed that the latest model of our muonic X-ray analysis system is capable of determining the carbon concentration in Hayabusa2's sample model with an uncertainty of less than 10 percent in a 6-day measurement.

Non-destructive elemental analysis of a carbonaceous chondrite with direct current Muon beam at MuSIC

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

Scientific Reports (Internet), 7(1), p.15478_1 - 15478_6, 2017/11

AA2017-0455.pdf:1.15MB

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15719-5

Electron- or X-ray-induced characteristic X-ray analysis has been widely used to determine chemical compositions of materials in vast research fields. 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. Here we report the first non-destructive elemental analysis of a carbonaceous chondrite using one of the world-leading intense direct current muon beam source (MuSIC; MUon Science Innovative Channel). We successfully detected characteristic muonic X-rays of Mg, Si, Fe, O, S and C from Jbilet Winselwan CM chondrite, of which carbon content is about 2 wt percent, and the obtained elemental abundance pattern was consistent with that of CM chondrites.

A New X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy for extraterrestrial materials using muon beam

Terada, Kentaro*; Ninomiya, Kazuhiko*; Osawa, Takahito; Tachibana, Shogo*; Miyake, Yasuhiro*; Kubo, Kenya*; Kawamura, Naritoshi*; Higemoto, Wataru; Tsuchiyama, Akira*; Ebihara, Mitsuru*; et al.

Scientific Reports (Internet), 4, p.5072_1 - 5072_6, 2014/05

https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05072

After the discovery of X-ray by Rontgen, mankind got a new eye to see through things. This fluoroscopy, so-called X-ray radiography that gives the density distribution of the inside of an object, has been applied to the vast research field such as natural/material/medical sciences, industry and technology. The recent development on the intense pulsed muon source at J-PARC MUSE (rate of 106 cps for 60 MeV/c) enabled us to pioneer a new frontier of analytical sciences. Here we report on a non-destructive elemental analysis by using muon capture. Controlling muon's momentum from 32.5 to 57.5 MeV/c. we successfully demonstrated a depth-profile analysis of light elements from several mm-thick layered materials, and non-destructive bulk analyses of meteorites containing organics. Now it is a beginning to utilize a new eye, muon radiography.

Eu isotope measurements on single SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite; A New probe of s-process conditions in parent Asymptotic Giant Branch stars

Terada, Kentaro*; Ito, Katsunori*; Hidaka, Hiroshi*; Yoshida, Takashi*; Iwamoto, Nobuyuki; Aoki, Wako*; Williams, I. S.*

New Astronomy Reviews, 50(7-8), p.582 - 586, 2006/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2006.06.006

Europium isotopic composition could be a good probe to investigate the neutron capture process in Asymptotic Giant Branch stars (AGB stars) and/or supernovae, because the Sm and Sm branchings are sensitive to the neutron densities and temperature. Here, we report Eu isotopic analyses of single SiC grains from primitive meteorites using the sensitive high resolution ion microprobe. The results are compared with Eu isotopic ratios predicted from the s-process model of AGB stars. The observed Eu isotopic composition of SiC grains place constraints on s-process conditions such as the temperature and neutron densities in AGB stars.

Combination of LIBS and fiber endoscopic observation in limited tubular space

Nishimura, Akihiko; Ito, Fuyumi; Terada, Takaya; Tomiyoshi, Kentaro; Oka, Kiyoshi

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no abstracts in English

Measurements of neutron capture cross section of Pd-107 with an NaI(Tl) spectrometer at J-PARC/MLF/ANNRI

Terada, Kazushi*; Katabuchi, Tatsuya*; Mizumoto, Motoharu*; Arai, Takuro*; Saito, Tatsuhiro*; Hirose, Kentaro; Nakamura, Shoji; Kimura, Atsushi; Harada, Hideo; Hori, Junichi*; et al.

no journal, , 

The cross section for Pd-107 was measured by using the NaI(Tl) spectrometer of Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) in the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) of Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC).

Muonic X-ray analysis for Ryugu samples

Osawa, Takahito; Ninomiya, Kazuhiko*; Nakamura, Tomoki*; Takahashi, Tadayuki*; Terada, Kentaro*; Yurimoto, Hisayoshi*; Noguchi, Takaaki*; Okazaki, Ryuji*; Yabuta, Hikaru*; Naraoka, Hiroshi*; et al.

no journal, , 

I report on the muonic X-ray analysis experiment conducted at J-PARC from 2020 to 2021, in which the analytical method was significantly developed through four preliminary experiments and successfully analyzed samples from the asteroid Ryugyu in July 2021. The experimental process is described from a radiochemical point of view.

Non-destructive elemental analysis of lunar meteorites using negative muon beam

Chiu, I.-H. ; Terada, Kentaro*; Osawa, Takahito; Park, C.*; Takashita, Soshi*; Miyake, Yasuhiro*; Ninomiya, Kazuhiko*

no journal, ,