Study of Neutrino Mixing by using accelerator neutrino beams

2010 Fiscal Year Self-evaluation Report

• Project/Area Number: 20674004
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (S)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAYA Tsuyoshi Kyoto University, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (50314175)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2011
• Keywords: 素粒子(実験) / ニュートリノ / ニュートリノ振動 / ニュートリノ質量

Research Abstract

ニュートリノ混合現象の究明とニュートリノ質量差の精密測定を目標に、加速器ニュートリノビームを活用し、ニュートリノ実験SciBooNEとT2Kを実施している。SciBooNE実験で世界最高精度でニュートリノ・原子核反応を測定し、そのデータを活用し、T2K実験で世界最高感度でニュートリノ振動の研究を実施する。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Measurement of inclusive charged current interactions on carbon in a few-GeV neutrino beam (2011)
  • Author(s): Y.Nakajima, T.Nakaya, 他
  • Journal Title: Phys.Rev.D 83 Pages: 012005
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Design and performance of the muon monitor for the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment (2010)
  • Author(s): K.Matsuoka, T.Nakaya, 他
  • Journal Title: Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A Pages: 591-600
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Performance of Multi-Pixel Photon Counters for the T2K near detectors (2010)
  • Author(s): M.Yokoyama, T.Nakaya, 他
  • Journal Title: Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 622 Pages: 567-573
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Improved measurement of neutral current coherent pi0 production on carbon in a few-GeV neutrino beam (2010)
  • Author(s): Y.Kurimoto, T.Nakaya, 他
  • Journal Title: Published in Phys.Rev.D 81 Pages: 111102
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Measurement of Inclusive Neutral Current Neutral pi0 Production on Carbon in a Few-GeV Neutrino Beam (2010)
  • Author(s): Y.Kurimoto, T.Nakaya, 他
  • Journal Title: Phys.Rev.D 81 Pages: 033004
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Search for Charged Current Coherent Pion Production on Carbon in a Few-GeV Neutrino Beam (2008)
  • Author(s): K.Hiraide, T.Nakaya, 他
  • Journal Title: Phys.Rev.D 78 Pages: 112004
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Long-baseline neutrino experiments (2010)
  • Author(s): T.Nakaya
  • Organizer: The 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics
  • Place of Presentation: Paris, France.
  • Year and Date: 20100722-20100728
• [Presentation] Photodetectors R&D for cost effective PMs, MPPC (2009)
  • Author(s): T.Nakaya
  • Organizer: European Strategy for Future Neutrino Physics
  • Place of Presentation: CERN.
  • Year and Date: 20091001-20091003
• [Presentation] New results from the FNAL SciBooNE neutrino experiment (2009)
  • Author(s): T.Nakaya
  • Organizer: FOURTEENTH LOMONOSOV CONFERENCE ON ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS
  • Place of Presentation: Moscow.
  • Year and Date: 20090819-20090825
• [Presentation] Multi-Pixel Photon Detectors (2008)
  • Author(s): T. Nakaya
  • Organizer: Pixel 2008 International Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Fermilab, Batavia, IL, USA.
  • Year and Date: 20080923-0926
• [Presentation] Experimental status of neutrino scattering physics and needed measurements (2008)
  • Author(s): T.Nakaya
  • Organizer: The 10th International Workshop on Neutrino Factories, Super beams and Beta beams (NuFact08)
  • Place of Presentation: Valencia-Spain
  • Year and Date: 20080630-20080705
• [Remarks] 成果のホームページ
  • URL: http://www-he.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research/Neutrino/index.html
• [Remarks] 新聞発表
• [Remarks] "サイエンス「宇宙の誕生の謎に迫る」-ニュートリノの大規模実験進む-"日本経済新聞、2009年5月24日.
• [Remarks] "ニュートリノを飛ばす岐阜←茨城300キロ"、東京新聞Web版、2009年8月11日
• [Remarks] "ニュートリノ初検出J-PARC実験施設"、茨木新聞本誌朝刊、2009年11月25日.