Reduction of Tl-208 decay backgrounds for neutrinoless double beta decay experiment using Zr-96
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18K03664
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 15020:Experimental studies related to particle-, nuclear-, cosmic ray and astro-physics
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Research Institution | Miyagi University of Education |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
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Keywords | ニュートリノ / 二重ベータ崩壊 / チェレンコフ光 / パルス波形分別 / 位相幾何学情報 / バックグラウンド除去 / 位相幾何学 / タリウム208 / タリウム208 / ニュートリノ質量 / 液体シンチレータ / 波形分別法 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
A liquid scintillator containing Zr complex has been developed for ZICOS experiment which will search for neutrinoless double beta decay using Zr-96 isotope. The liquid scintillator has 10wt.% concentration of the complex, and an energy resolution was obtained by 2.2% at 3.35MeV assuming 60% photo coverage of the photomultiplier (PMT). In order to realize ZICOS experiment, we have to reduce 95% of backgrounds from Tl-208 decay. We have developed new reduction technique using the topology of location for PMT which receives Cherenkov lights. For this purpose, we have to discriminate PMT signal whether includes Cherenkov light or not among the scintillation. Using fast PMT and digitizer, we have succeeded to develop the pulse shape discrimination, and have proved that the topology of Cherenkov light emitted from even 1 MeV electron is really useful to reduce backgrounds from Tl-208 beta decay.
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
ニュートリノを放出しない二重ベータ崩壊は、宇宙誕生時に何故物質だけが残ったのか、ニュートリノの質量はいくらか、等の疑問を解く鍵を握っています。世界中でこの崩壊を探しているますが、まだ誰も観測していません。日本のカムランド-禅はキセノン136を使って研究をしていますが、仮にこの崩壊を見つける事ができたとしても、原子核の計算に不定性があるため、他の原子核でも崩壊を見つけなければいけません。そこでジルコニウム96を使ったZICOSを計画しています。現在、観測の邪魔になるタリウム208を、チェレンコフ光を用いて除去する方法を開発しており、本研究によりチェレンコフ光が除去に利用できる事がわかりました。
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Report
(4 results)
Research Products
(35 results)
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[Journal Article] Precise pulse shape measurement of Cherenkov light using sub-MeV electrons from Sr-90/Y-90 beta source2019
Author(s)
FUKUDA Yoshiyuki, ANZAI Daisuke, KAMEI Yuto, Narengerile, OBATA Akira, MORIYAMA SHigetaka, OGAWA Izumim, GUNJI Takahiro, HAYAMI Ryohei, TSUKADA Satoru, KUROSAWA Shunsuke
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Journal Title
Bulletin of Miyagi University of Education
Volume: 54
Pages: 169-176
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Open Access
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[Journal Article] Direct measurement of spectral shape of Cherenkov light using cosmic muons2019
Author(s)
Y.Fukuda , D.Anzai, Y.Kamei, K.Hiraide, S.Moriyama, Narengerile, A.Obata, I.Ogawa, T.Gunji, S.Tsukada , R.Hayami, S.Kurosawa
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Journal Title
Bulletin of Miyagi University of Education
Volume: 53
Pages: 183-191
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Open Access
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[Journal Article] ZICOS - Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay experiment using Zr-96 with an organic liquid scintillator -2018
Author(s)
Y.Fukuda , D.Anzai, Y.Kamei, K.Hiraide, S.Moriyama, Narengerile, A.Obata, I.Ogawa, T.Gunji, S.Tsukada , R.Hayami
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Journal Title
Zenodo
Volume: 1
Pages: 1300437-1300437
DOI
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Open Access
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[Presentation] ZICOS - Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay experiment using Zr-96 with an organic liquid scintillator -2019
Author(s)
Y.Fukuda , D.Anzai, Y.Kamei, K.Hiraide, S.Moriyama, Narengerile, A.Obata, I.Ogawa, T.Gunji, S.Tsukada , R.Hayami, S.Kurosawa
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The European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP 2019)
Related Report
Int'l Joint Research
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[Presentation] ZICOS EXPERIMENT FOR NEUTRINOLESS DOUBLE BETA DECAY SEARCH USING ZIRCONIUM-962019
Author(s)
Y.Fukuda , D.Anzai, Y.Kamei, K.Hiraide, S.Moriyama, Narengerile, A.Obata, I.Ogawa, T.Gunji, S.Tsukada , R.Hayami, S.Kurosawa
Organizer
16th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2019)
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Int'l Joint Research
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[Presentation] ZICOS - Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay experiment using Zr-96 with an organic liquid scintillator -2019
Author(s)
Y.Fukuda , D.Anzai, Y.Kamei, K.Hiraide, S.Moriyama, Narengerile, A.Obata, I.Ogawa, T.Gunji, S.Tsukada , R.Hayami, S.Kurosawa
Organizer
International Symposium on Revealing the history of the universe with underground particle and nuclear research 2019
Related Report
Int'l Joint Research
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[Presentation] ZICOS - Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay experiment using Zr-96 with an organic liquid scintillator -2018
Author(s)
Y.Fukuda , D.Anzai, Y.Kamei, K.Hiraide, S.Moriyama, Narengerile, A.Obata, I.Ogawa, T.Gunji, S.Tsukada , R.Hayami
Organizer
XXVIII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Neutrino2018)
Related Report
Int'l Joint Research
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