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Development of techniques for epi-thermal polarized neutrons and determination of enhancement of CP-violation in 139La

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K21047
Project/Area Number (Other) 18H05864 (2018)
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund (2019)
Single-year Grants (2018)
Review Section 0203:Particle-, nuclear-, astro-physics, and related fields
Research InstitutionNagoya University (2020)
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (2018-2019)

Principal Investigator

Okudaira Takuya  名古屋大学, 理学研究科, 助教 (40826129)

Project Period (FY) 2018-08-24 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords原子核反応 / (n,γ)反応 / 中性子 / 中性子偏極 / 3He核偏極 / CP対称性の破れ / 中性子偏極デバイス / 中性子ビーム / 偏極中性子 / 核偏極 / 原子核 / 複合核 / 原子核(実験) / 3Heスピンフィルター
Outline of Research at the Start

139Laの中性子吸収反応では基本相互作用におけるCP対称性の破れが百万倍以上増幅されていることが近年明らかになった。これにより未知のCP対称性の破れを今までにない感度で探索できる可能性が示唆され、国内外で注目されている。一方でCP対称性の破れの増幅率には未だ不定性があり、これを最終的に決定することが本研究の目的である。本研究では中性子偏極デバイス:3Heスピンフィルターの高性能化を行い、従来は偏極が難しかったeV領域の中性子偏極を達成する。これを用いて、139Laの偏極中性子吸収反応に伴って放出されるγ線の放出方向のアシンメトリを測定し、139LaのCP対称性の破れ増幅率を決定する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this research is to determine an enhancement factor of the CP-violation in compound nuclei of 139La+n by measuring an angular distribution of gamma-rays emitted in polarized neutron absorption reactions of 139La.
First, We developed high quality 3He spin filters in J-PARC to polarize a neutron beam. Then, the 3He spin filter was installed to a neutron beam line ANNRI, and the angular distribution of gamma-rays were measured with a germanium detector assembly. As a result, the angular distribution of gamma-rays depending on the neutron spin direction was found in the transition from 139La+n state to ground state of 140La. The theoretical study to interpret this result is now ongoing with collaborators.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

現在我々の宇宙には反物質はほとんど存在せず、物質のみで構成されている。これを説明するためには既存の理論体系を超えるようなCP対称性の破れが存在しているはずであるが、未だ未発見である。本研究は原子核の中性子吸収反応時にCP対称性の破れが増幅される現象を利用して、未知の物理現象探す計画の一環であり、原子核内におけるCP対称性の破れの増幅率の決定に大きく貢献する。
また、本研究で開発した中性子ビームの偏極技術は物性研究や、生命科学、工学など様々な分野への応用が可能である。特に1eV程度のエネルギーが高い中性子の偏極がJ-PARCで実現されたことは今後の中性子科学の発展に大きく貢献するものである。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 7 results,  Open Access: 7 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Current status of development of a 3He spin filter for user experiments at J-PARC2021

    • Author(s)
      T. Okudaira, T. Oku, K. Sakai, I. Ino, H. Hayashida, K. Hiroi, T. Shinohara, K. Kakurai, K. Aizawa
    • Journal Title

      Japan physics journal web of conferences

      Volume: 33

    • DOI

      10.7566/jpscp.33.011087

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Transverse asymmetry of γ rays from neutron-induced compound states of La1402020

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto T.、Okudaira T.、Endo S.、Fujioka H.、Hirota K.、Ino T.、Ishizaki K.、Kimura A.、Kitaguchi M.、Koga J.、Makise S.、Niinomi Y.、Oku T.、Sakai K.、Shima T.、Shimizu H. M.、Takada S.、Tani Y.、Yoshikawa H.、Yoshioka T.
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review C

      Volume: 101 Issue: 6 Pages: 064624-064624

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevc.101.064624

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Development of the neutron polarizer for the T-violation search using compound nuclei2020

    • Author(s)
      Okudaira Takuya
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Science

      Volume: KMI2019 Pages: 029-029

    • DOI

      10.22323/1.356.0029

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Development and application of a 3He Neutron Spin Filter at J-PARC2020

    • Author(s)
      Okudaira T.、Oku T.、Ino T.、Hayashida H.、Kira H.、Sakai K.、Hiroi K.、Takahashi S.、Aizawa K.、Endo H.、Endo S.、Hino M.、Hirota K.、Honda T.、Ikeda K.、Kakurai K.、Kambara W.、Kitaguchi M.、Oda T.、Ohshita H.、Otomo T.、Shimizu H.M.、Shinohara T.、Suzuki J.、Yamamoto T.
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

      Volume: 977 Pages: 164301-164301

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.nima.2020.164301

    • NAID

      120006882449

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] ransverse asymmetry of γ rays from neutron-induced compound states of 140La2019

    • Author(s)
      T. Yamamoto, T. Okudaira, S. Endo, H. Fujioka, K. Hirota, T. Ino, K. Ishizaki, A. Kimura, M. Kitaguchi, J. Koga, S. Makise, Y. Niinomi, T. Oku, K. Sakai, T. Shima, H. M. Shimizu, S. Takada, Y. Tani, H. Yoshikawa, T. Yoshioka
    • Journal Title

      arXiv

      Volume: nucl-ex

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Measurement of the angular distribution of γ-rays after neutron capture by 139La for a T-violation search2019

    • Author(s)
      Okudaira Takuya et al.
    • Journal Title

      EPJ Web of Conferences

      Volume: 219 Pages: 09001-09001

    • DOI

      10.1051/epjconf/201921909001

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Verification of the compound nuclear model for T-violation search2019

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto Tomoki、Shimizu Hirohiko M.、Ishizaki K.、Niinomi Y.、Kitaguchi Masaaki、Takada Shunsuke、Koga Jun、Makise S.、Yoshioka Tamaki、Kimura Atsushi、Sakai Kenji、Oku T.、Okudaira Takuya、Endo Shun、Tani Y.、Fujioka Hiroyuki、Yoshikawa H.、Hirota Katsuya、Shima Tatsushi
    • Journal Title

      POS

      Volume: KMI2019 Pages: 42-42

    • DOI

      10.22323/1.356.0042

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Measurement of Angular Distributions in 139La(n,gamma) Reaction for T Violation Search2018

    • Author(s)
      Okudaira T.、Shimizu H. M.、Kitaguchi M.、Hirota K.、Haddock C. C.、Oi N.、Ito I.、Yamamoto T.、Endo S.、Takada S.、Koga J.、Yoshioka T.、Ino T.、Asahi K.、Momose T.、Iwata T.、Sakai K.、Oku T.、Kimura A.、Hino M.、Shima T.、Yamagata Y.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the International Conference on Neutron Optics (NOP2017)

      Volume: 22 Pages: 011041-011041

    • DOI

      10.7566/jpscp.22.011041

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 複合核共鳴における時間反転対称性の破れ探索に向けた偏極中性子による139La(n,γ)反応の解析2020

    • Author(s)
      山本 知樹
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] JAEAにおける3He中性子スピンフィルターの開発2020

    • Author(s)
      奥平琢也
    • Organizer
      量子ビームサイエンスフェスタ
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] J-PARCにおける3He スピンフィルターの開発と利用2020

    • Author(s)
      奥平琢也
    • Organizer
      日本中性子科学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 中性子偏極のための3Heスピンフィルターの開発の現状2020

    • Author(s)
      奥平琢也
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Polarized pulsed neutrons using a 3He spin filter with an in-site SEOP method2019

    • Author(s)
      Takuya Okudaira et al.
    • Organizer
      European Conference on Neutron Scattering
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Development and applications of a 3He spin filter for utilization of polarized neutrons2019

    • Author(s)
      Takuya Okudaira et al.
    • Organizer
      J-PARC symposium 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Development of the neutron polarizer for T-violation search using compound nuclei2019

    • Author(s)
      Takuya Okudaira et al.
    • Organizer
      KMI2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Development of the neutron polarizer for the T-violation search using compound nuclei2019

    • Author(s)
      T. Okudaira, T. Oku, K. Sakai, T. Ino, H. Hayashida, K. Hiroi, T. Shinohara, K. Kakurai, K. Aizawa, H. M. Shimizu, M. Kitaguchi , T. Yamamoto
    • Organizer
      The 4th KMI International Symposium
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 複合核における時間反転対称性の破れ探索に向けた中性子偏極デバイスの開発2019

    • Author(s)
      奥平琢也, 奥隆之, 酒井健二, 廣井孝介, 篠原武尚, 相澤一也, 猪野隆, 林田洋寿, 加倉井和久, 清水裕彦, 北口雅暁, 山本知樹, 佐藤匠, 新實裕大
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Measurement of the angular distribution of γ-rays from neutron-induced compound states of 139La for T-Violation Search2018

    • Author(s)
      T.Okudaira, H.M.Shimizu, M.Kitaguchi, K.Hirota, C.C.Haddock, I.Ito, T.Yamamoto, S.Endo, K.Ishizaki, T.Sato, S.Takada, J.Koga, T.Yoshioka, T.Ino, K.Asahi, T.Momose, T.Iwata, K.Sakai, T.Oku, A.Kimura, T.Nakao, M.Hino, T.Shima, Y.Yamagata
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on Particle physics at Neutron Sources
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Studying discrete symmetry violation in neutron-nucleus system2018

    • Author(s)
      Takuya Okudaira
    • Organizer
      5th Joint Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics and the Physical Society of Japan
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] JAEAにおける 偏極3He中性子スピンフィルター開発の現状2018

    • Author(s)
      奥平琢也 奥隆之, 酒井健二, 猪野隆, 林田洋寿, 廣井孝介, 篠原武尚, 加倉井和久, 相澤一也
    • Organizer
      日本中性子科学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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