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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
Times Cited Count:4 Percentile:92.07(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)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.
Miyazaki, Itaru*; Sakane, Hitoshi*; Takayama, Hirokazu*; Kasaishi, Masafumi*; Tojo, Akinori*; Furuta, Masataka*; Hayashi, Hiroaki*; Suematsu, Osamu*; Narasaki, Hiromichi*; Shimizu, Toshiaki*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 45(6), p.481 - 486, 2008/06
Times Cited Count:5 Percentile:34.98(Nuclear Science & Technology)The intensities of the prompt rays from the N(n,)N reaction have been precisely measured. As the samples, a liquid nitrogen target and a deuterated melamine (CDN) were used. The previous values widely used as intensity standards agreed with those obtained in this study within 4-5% in the 2-11 MeV region, however, showed a monotonous decrease with the increase of -ray energy.
Hayashi, Hiroaki*; Akita, Yukinori*; Suematsu, Osamu*; Shibata, Michihiro*; Asai, Masato; Sato, Tetsuya; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Nagame, Yuichiro; Osa, Akihiko; et al.
European Physical Journal A, 34(4), p.363 - 370, 2007/12
Times Cited Count:16 Percentile:71.3(Physics, Nuclear)values of Eu and Gd were measured for the first time using a total absorption BGO detector, and the data of Pm, Sm, and Tb obtained previously were reanalyzed. These nuclei were produced by the proton-induced fission of U at the JAEA-Tokai tandem accelerator facility, and separated from the reaction products using an on-line isotope separator. The deduced mass excesses and two-neutron separation energies were compared with those of atomic mass evaluations and theoretical predictions.
Shibata, Michihiro*; Shindo, Terumasa*; Taniguchi, Akihiro*; Kojima, Yasuaki*; Kawade, Kiyoshi*; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Kawase, Yoichi*
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 71(5), p.1401 - 1402, 2002/05
Times Cited Count:8 Percentile:49.89(Physics, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Shibata, Michihiro*; Kojima, Yasuaki*; Uno, H.*; Kawade, Kiyoshi*; Taniguchi, Akihiro*; Kawase, Yoichi*; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Maekawa, Fujio; Ikeda, Yujiro
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 459(3), p.581 - 585, 2001/03
Times Cited Count:8 Percentile:87.21(Instruments & Instrumentation)no abstracts in English
Morikawa, Tsuneyasu*; Oshima, Masumi; Sekine, Toshiaki; ; ; ; *; Shibata, Michihiro; Taniguchi, A.*
Physical Review C, 46(1), p.R6 - R9, 1992/07
Times Cited Count:23 Percentile:75.77(Physics, Nuclear)no abstracts in English
Okabe, Kota; Yoshimoto, Masahiro; Ishi, Yoshihiro*; Uesugi, Tomonori*; Kuriyama, Yasutoshi*; Kinsho, Michikazu; Taniguchi, Akihiro*; Sato, Akira*; Miyake, Yasuhiro*; Mori, Yoshiharu*
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Sonoda, Shinya*; Takada, Atsushi*; Tanimori, Toru*; Tsuda, Masaya*; Tahara, Keisuke*; Kobayashi, Koichiro*; Tanigaki, Minoru*; Taniguchi, Akihiro*; Nagai, Haruyasu; Nakayama, Hiromasa; et al.
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We have developed an Electron Tracking Compton Camera (ETCC), which provides a well-defined Point Spread Function (PSF) by reconstructing a direction of each gamma as a point and realizes simultaneous measurement of brightness and spectrum of MeV gamma-rays. Here, we present the results of the gamma-imaging-spectroscopy with ETCC tested at the research reactor at the Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University.