2016 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
超高エネルギー宇宙線と福島事故環境放射線用の検出器とアルゴリズムの開発
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16F16737
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| Research Institution | Institute of Physical and Chemical Research |
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Principal Investigator |
戎崎 俊一 国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 戎崎計算宇宙物理研究室, 主任研究員 (10183021)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TURRIZIANI SARA 国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 戎崎計算宇宙物理研究室, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-10-07 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | Ultra-High Energy / Radiation / Detectors |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
To contribute to the LANFOS project we need to adapt space technology from EUSO mission, therefore, in parallel with the planned detector simulations, we took part in the Mini-EUSO assembly and calibration tests, held at RIKEN between Dec 2016 and January 2017, and we also developed the cameras control software to be used during those testing procedures. Moreover, we started to evaluate how carbon-nanotubes sponges can be effective means to remove radiation from water contaminated by Cesium.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
all the planned stages for the design and development of the detector have been completed successfully. The partecipation to the integration campaign for the Mini-EUSO experiment was important in this context.
Preliminary tests regarding a new water filtration system made using carbon nanotubes has been performed and proved to be promising to remove radioactive Cs.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We will continue to take part in EUSO related activities in order to transfer space detector technology to the LANFOS project, namely:
1. we will monitor detector on board EUSO-SPB, a NASA super-pressure balloon to be launched in spring 2017, during the flight in order to assess the performances of silicon photomultipliers
2. we will take part in the final assembly of Mini-EUSO, to be launched in fall 2017
Moreover, we will start a series of tests on carbon nanotubes, using carbon nanotube technology to build a filtration system to effectively remove radioactive Cesium from contaminated water.
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