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Development of Double-Layer Liquid Scintillator Detector with Different Wavelengths for Neutrino Research

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K13472
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

SHIMIZU ITARU  東北大学, ニュートリノ科学研究センター, 准教授 (10400227)

Research Collaborator HAYASHI Ayumi  
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Keywordsシンチレーション検出器開発 / ニュートリノ / 素粒子実験
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We aim to achieve the discrimination of light output points to reduce backgrounds in a double-layer liquid scintillator detector, based on a light sensor sensitive to the wavelengths of the light source. Using a small prototype, we performed photon counting of the liquid scintillator with different wavelengths in scintillation using a combined system which consists of a wavelength shifting plate and a photomultiplier tube, and confirmed a discrimination ability as expected from a simulation. As a consequence, the study has reached the stage to start to discuss a detailed plan for a future large detector to discriminate light output points.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2016 2015 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 5 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/Massachusetts Institute of Technology(米国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Amsterdam(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/University of California, Los Angels(米国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Amsterdam(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Search for Majorana Neutrinos Near the Inverted Mass Hierarchy Region with KamLAND-Zen2016

    • Author(s)
      清水格
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review Letters

      Volume: 117 Issue: 8 Pages: 082503-082503

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevlett.117.082503

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Results from KamLAND-Zen2015

    • Author(s)
      清水格
    • Journal Title

      AIP Conference Proceedings

      Volume: 1666 Pages: 170003-170003

    • DOI

      10.1063/1.4915593

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Broad Overview of Neutrino Physics2016

    • Author(s)
      清水格
    • Organizer
      International Workshop:Neutrino Research and Thermal Evolution of the Earth
    • Place of Presentation
      東北大学(宮城県・仙台市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 発光波長の異なる2層型液体シンチレータ検出器のための波長変換プレートの開発2016

    • Author(s)
      林歩美
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会第72回春季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      宮崎大学 (宮崎県・宮崎市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-21
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Double Beta Decay2016

    • Author(s)
      清水格
    • Organizer
      PhyStat-ν Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      IPMU(千葉県・柏市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-30
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] KamLAND and KamLAND-Zen2016

    • Author(s)
      清水格
    • Organizer
      Frontiers of liquid Scintillator Technology (FroST16)
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago(米国)
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Matter Dominated Universe and Majorana Neutrino2015

    • Author(s)
      清水格
    • Organizer
      Joint symposium by three innovative areas: Gravitational Wave Source / Underground Particle-Nuclear Research / Neutron Star Matter "Universe and Astronomical Objects Uncovered by Multi-Fold Approach"
    • Place of Presentation
      東北大学(仙台市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-24
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Neutrino Mass Measurement in Asia2015

    • Author(s)
      清水格
    • Organizer
      Second International Meeting for Large Neutrino Infrastructures
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago(米国)
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Remarks] カムランド

    • URL

      http://www.awa.tohoku.ac.jp/kamland/

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report 2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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