Experimental research of the advanced functionalization and the enlargement of sensitive area of cosmic dust instrumentation using piezoelectric PZT element

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25400302
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
• Research Institution: Chiba Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Kobayashi Masanori 千葉工業大学, 惑星探査研究センター, 上席研究員 (70312080)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MIYACHI Takashi 千葉工業大学, 惑星探査研究センター, 研究員 (20013401)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 宇宙ダスト観測 / 大面積化 / 真偽判定 / 装置開発 / 圧電素子

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We implemented an experimental research of the advanced functionalization and the enlargement of sensitive area for the instrumentation that detects cosmic dusts by the use of piezoelectricity PZT element. As a result, the following concrete results were achieved; (1) a technique for distinguishing true event and false event when dust with a speed of >1km/s and a size of less than several microns is detected for advanced functionalization, and (2) a technique of the polyimide membrane with the piezoelectric element as pick up sensor for the enlargement of sensitive area.

Free Research Field

惑星探査