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Research and development of a super high sensitive nuclear emulsion gel

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13554007
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section展開研究
Research Field 素粒子・核・宇宙線
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

NAKAMURA Mitsuhiro  Nagoya Univ., Graduate School of Science, Associate Prof., 大学院・理学研究科, 助教授 (90183889)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YOSHIDA Syouichi  Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science, Assistant Prof., 大学院・理学研究科, 助手 (50304390)
AOKI Shigeki  Kobe University, Faculty of Human Development, Associate Prof., 発達科学部, 助教授 (80211689)
HOSHINO Kaoru  Nagoya University, Graduate School of Science, Associate Prof., 大学院・理学研究科, 助教授 (70022738)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥8,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
KeywordsNuclear Emulsion / Photographic emulsion / AgBr / Elementary particle physics / Nuclear Physics / Sensitization / Radiation measurement / Neutrino / 高解像度化
Research Abstract

A research and development was performed on the nuclear emulsion gel, which has a long history and no new R&D trial was performed for a long period. With the help of Fuji film co., we applied' the newest technologies, i.e. controlled double jet production of AgBr and core-shell structure of the micro crystal, which were currently used in the photographic emulsion production, to the production of the nuclear emulsion gel.
The developed nuclear emulsion gel can record 65 grains per 100 microns long trajectory of a minimum ionizing particle. The achieved sensitivity is about 1.8 times higher than Fuji ET7B used for a long time until today and about 1.4 times higher than the gel used in DONUT experiment.
Also, we tried to create a fine resolution gel of 0.05 micron diameter. Though it has almost no sensitivity to a minimum ionizing particle, we can investigate the possibility of position resolution of nuclear emulsion by using electron-microscopes. The developed grains are normally larger than the original size of the micro crystal, because of a rapid growth of a filament like structure (diameter about 25 nm) from the grains. Further R&D is needed to suppress the filament growth and keep the position resolution as fine as the original size.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All Other

All Publications (3 results)

  • [Publications] K.Kodama et al.: "Detection and analysis of tau neutrino interactions in DONUT Emulsion"Nuclear Instrument and Method section A.. A493. 45-66 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] K.Kodama et al.: "Study of electron identification in a few GeV region by an emulsion cloud"Review of Scientific Instruments. 74. 53-56 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] K.Kodama et al.: "Detection and analysis of tau neutrino interactions in DONUT Emulsion Target"Nuclear Instrument and Method section A.. (inpress).

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2001-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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