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Neutron calibration with low energy monochromatic neutron source

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K17625
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Ichimura Koichi  東京大学, 宇宙線研究所, 特任助教 (80600064)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords中性子 / 原子核散乱 / 中性子線源 / 暗黒物質探索 / キャリブレーション
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we developed a low energy neutron source for dark matter search. From Yttrium (Y88) and Beryllium9 (BeO ceramic), we can obtain almost monochromatic 152 keV neutron via photo-nuclear reaction. Obtained energy spectrum from this calibration source is similar to the few keV nuclear recoils expected from low-mass weakly interacting massive particles.

We developed this source and collected neutrons with helium 3 neutron counter and with XMASS-I experiment detector, which is a dark matter search experiment. Due to insufficient data taking time, it is hard to evaluate the scintillation efficiency and the scintillation decay time constant of this low energy neutron nuclear recoil, which was set for the purpose of this research. However, it was achieved to observe nuclear recoil-like signal from this calibration source.

Report

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

    (6 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] XMASS detector calibration using a neutron source2016

    • Author(s)
      K.Ichimura
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Instrumentation

      Volume: 11 Issue: 02 Pages: C02034-C02034

    • DOI

      10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/c02034

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] XMASS実験:低エネルギー中性子線源の開発研究2017

    • Author(s)
      市村 晃一 他 XMASS Collaboration
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会 第72回年次大会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪大学
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-17
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] XMASS実験:中性子による原子核散乱を用いたXMASS検出器の較正2016

    • Author(s)
      市村 晃一 他 XMASS Collaboration
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会 2016年秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      宮崎大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-21
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] XMASS実験:中性子による原子核散乱を用いたXMASS検出器の較正2016

    • Author(s)
      市村 晃一 他XMASS Collaboration
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会 第71回年次大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東北学院大学 宮城県仙台市
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-19
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] XMASS実験:中性子による原子核散乱を用いたXMASS検出器の較正2015

    • Author(s)
      市村 晃一 他XMASS Collaboration
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会 2015年秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪市立大学 大阪府大阪市
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-25
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] XMASS detector calibration using neutron source2015

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Ichimura for the XMASS collaboration
    • Organizer
      Light Detection In Noble Elements (LIDINE 2015)
    • Place of Presentation
      The university at Albany, State University of New York, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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

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