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Search for a novel diatomic molecule consisting of a hydrogen atom and an excited muonic hydrogen atom

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K13980
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 13020:Semiconductors, optical properties of condensed matter and atomic physics-related
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

Yamashita Takuma  東北大学, 高度教養教育・学生支援機構, 助教 (40844965)

Project Period (FY) 2022-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywordsミュオン / エキゾチックアトム / 共鳴状態 / オージェ遷移 / X線分光 / 量子少数多体計算 / ミュオン分子 / 少数多体系 / 原子分子理論
Outline of Research at the Start

電子の207倍の質量をもつ素粒子「ミュオン」は、水素標的中に入射すると、水素原子の中の電子と入れ替わり、高い励起状態のミュオン水素原子を形成します。ミュオン水素原子は脱励起してやがて基底状態に至ります。近年の実験結果から、脱励起の過程で『電子を纏ったミュオン分子共鳴状態』が形成している可能性が指摘されています。これは、大きな内部エネルギーを持ったクーロン多体擬似核を内包する新しい原子系で、高精度計算によって基礎方程式を解くことによって初めて解明できる量子状態です。本研究では、これまで検討されてこなかった「二原子分子描像」という切り口で、衝突しきい値近傍に存在するこの量子系を研究します。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The muon is an elementary particle with a mass 207 times greater than that of the electron. In this study, the quantum state of a tiny molecule formed when a muon combines two hydrogen nuclei was revealed. In particular, precise calculations were carried out to understand the quantum state of the resonance state (temporary bound state) of the muonic molecule under the electron cloud. By directly obtaining the wavefunction of the four-particle system, it was revealed that the muonic molecule contracts under the electron cloud compared to the isolated muonic molecule, and that the dissociative X-ray emitted by the resonant state of the muonic molecule shows a characteristic energy structure identifying the quantum state. These results, in conjunction with the latest precision X-ray spectroscopy experiments, provide a new picture of the muonic molecules and cascade processes.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ミュオン分子は二つの核間距離がミュオンの強力な化学結合によって通常の分子の100分の1程度まで短くなっており、分子内で核融合反応を起こすことが知られています。ミュオン触媒核融合と呼ばれるこの現象は、プラズマを必要としない点で特徴的であり、その効率向上にはミュオン分子を含めたダイナミクスの理解が必要になります。本研究で明らかにしたミュオン分子の共鳴状態は、重水素・三重水素混合標的でのミュオン触媒核融合の効率を大きく左右する状態であり、その検出方法や量子的性質が明らかになったことで、今後より精密な設計が可能になると期待されます。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (21 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Open Access: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ウプサラ大学/ストックホルム大学(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Complex scaling calculation of phase shifts for positron collisions with positive ions2024

    • Author(s)
      Taishi Sano, Takuma Yamashita, Yasushi Kino
    • Journal Title

      arXiv

      Volume: 2403.00296 Pages: 1-20

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Comprehensive study of muon-catalyzed nuclear reaction processes in the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>d</mml:mi><mml:mi>t</mml:mi><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> molecule2023

    • Author(s)
      Kamimura M.、Kino Y.、Yamashita T.
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review C

      Volume: 107 Issue: 3 Pages: 034607-034607

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevc.107.034607

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Roles of resonant muonic molecule in new kinetics model and muon catalyzed fusion in compressed gas2022

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita Takuma、Kino Yasushi、Okutsu Kenichi、Okada Shinji、Sato Motoyasu
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 6393-6393

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-022-09487-0

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Four-body variational calculation of a hydrogen-like atom involving an excited muonic molecule2022

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita Takuma、Niiyama Motoaki、Yasuda Kazuhiro、Kino Yasushi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics: Conference Series

      Volume: 2207 Issue: 1 Pages: 012035-012035

    • DOI

      10.1088/1742-6596/2207/1/012035

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Near-threshold behavior of positronium-antihydrogen scattering cross sections2022

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita Takuma、Kino Yasushi、Hiyama Emiko、Jonsell Svante、Froelich Piotr
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review A

      Volume: 105 Issue: 5 Pages: 052812-052812

    • DOI

      10.1103/physreva.105.052812

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ミュオン触媒核融合におけるミュオン分子のオージェ生成過程の計算2024

    • Author(s)
      根木新太,神谷直紀,山下琢磨,木野康志
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会2024年春季大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ミュオン重水素分子共鳴状態の輻射解離機構の分析III2024

    • Author(s)
      山下琢磨, 安田和弘, 神谷直紀, 木野康志
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会2024年春季大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 水素化ポジトロニウムの電子散乱断面積の四体模型計算2023

    • Author(s)
      山下琢磨, 木野康志, 肥山詠美子, S. Jonsell, P. Froelich
    • Organizer
      京都大学複合原子力科学研究所専門研究会「陽電子科学とその理工学への応用」
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Few-body calculation of exotic atom collisions: positronium, antihydrogen, and muonic atoms2023

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Yamashita
    • Organizer
      34th IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2023)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Study of antihydrogen-positronium reactions by a four-body coupled-rearrangement-channel calculation2023

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Yamashita, Yasushi Kino, Emiko Hiyama, Svante Jonsell, Piotr Froelich
    • Organizer
      XXI International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics & XXIII International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms (POSMOL2023)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Recent progress of muon catalyzed fusion study: I. new kinetics model with muonic molecular resonances2023

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Yamashita, Yasushi Kino, Kenichi Okutsu, Yuichi Toyama, Shinji Okada, Motoyasu Sato
    • Organizer
      XXXIII International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC2023)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Calculation and Wigner law analysis of scattering cross sections for collisions of antihydrogen atom with excited positronium2023

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Yamashita, Yasushi Kino, Emiko Hiyama, Svante Jonsell, Piotr Froelich
    • Organizer
      XXXIII International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC2023)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 四体模型による反水素正イオンとポジトロニウムの衝突の計算2023

    • Author(s)
      山下琢磨, 木野康志, 肥山詠美子, S. Jonsell, P. Froelich
    • Organizer
      原子衝突学会第48回年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] エキゾチックアトム:素粒子や反粒子と物質の化学2023

    • Author(s)
      山下琢磨
    • Organizer
      令和5年度 日本化学会東北支部 福島地区講演会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ミュオン重水素分子共鳴状態の輻射解離機構の分析II2023

    • Author(s)
      山下琢磨, 安田和弘, 神谷直紀, 木野康志
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会第78回年次大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 複素スケーリング法による陽電子-原子低速散乱の計算2023

    • Author(s)
      佐野 大志, 山下 琢磨, 木野 康志
    • Organizer
      第60回アイソトープ・放射線研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Four-body calculation of positronium-antihydrogen scattering near antihydrogen positive ion production threshold2023

    • Author(s)
      T. Yamashita, Y. Kino, E. Hiyama, S. Jonsell, P. Froelich
    • Organizer
      The 14th Asian International Seminar on Atomic and Molecular Physics
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] ミュオン水素分子イオンの解離X線スペクトルの非断熱計算2022

    • Author(s)
      山下琢磨, 安田和弘, 奥津賢一, 木野康志
    • Organizer
      第16回分子科学討論会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Four-body calculation of muonic molecular resonances in an electron cloud2022

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Yamashita, Kazuhiro Yasuda, Yasushi Kino
    • Organizer
      33rd IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Non-adiabatic three-body calculation of X-ray spectrum from muonic hydrogen molecular ions2022

    • Author(s)
      YAMASHITA, Takuma, YASUDA, Kazuhiro, OKUTSU, Kenichi, KINO, Yasushi
    • Organizer
      37th Symposium on Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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Published: 2022-04-19   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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