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2019 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

Dark matter direct search with a negative-ion time-projection-chamber

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H02189
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

身内 賢太朗  神戸大学, 理学研究科, 准教授 (80362440)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 波場 直之  島根大学, 学術研究院理工学系, 教授 (00293803)
濱口 幸一  東京大学, 大学院理学系研究科(理学部), 准教授 (80431899)
高田 淳史  京都大学, 理学研究科, 助教 (90531468)
長尾 桂子  岡山理科大学, 理学部, 講師 (90707986)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Keywords暗黒物質 / 地下実験 / 低放射能技術 / TPC
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

未知の素粒子「暗黒物質」と原子核との弾性散乱による反跳原子核を検出する手法は「直接探索」と呼ばれ、ここ数年で大質量検出器による制限が大きく進んだ一方で、14サイクルの季節変動を報告しているDAMAの結果も依然として残っている。到来方向に有感な手法など、確度の高い手法によるDAMA領域やその先の探索は急務である。本研究では、大型陰イオンガスTPCを製作・地下実験を行い、方向感度実験による暗黒物質の制限について1桁以上の更新を目指す。平成31年度は、地下実験・検出器製作・IC性能評価について順調に研究が進んだ。
<地下実験>小型のチェンバーで行った方向に感度のある暗黒物質探索実験の解析を進め、感度を1桁以上更新した。結果を国際会議で口頭発表するとともに、論文として発表した。
<検出器製作>ドリフト距離の測定を可能としながらも、ガスゲインを得にくいSF6ガスを用いるためのキーデバイスが、MPGD(微細加工技術を用いたガス検出器)である。平成31年度は、これまでの研究をまとめた陰イオンガスTPCを稼働させ、世界初となる三次元飛跡検出とドリフト方向の絶対位置測定を実証した。この結果を論文として投稿した。また、MEMを用いた高性能MPGDの基礎開発も進めた。
<IC性能評価>KEKと共同で開発している、ICの性能評価を行った。低ノイズ化を進めたノイズ改良型IC「LTARS2018」の評価を進め、1チップを搭載したボードで、デザイン通りの挙動をしめすことを確認した後、システム化を見据えた2チップ搭載ボードを完成させた。
<理論的研究>方向に感度を持つ検出器による銀河内での暗黒物質の運動に対する感度の評価、中性子星に堆積した暗黒物質の検出、さらに標準模型を超える新しい物理を暗黒物質やニュートリノの極微質量などを手がかりとして探求する研究、といった複数の論文を発表した。

Research Progress Status

令和元年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

令和元年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

  • Research Products

    (44 results)

All 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (5 results) Journal Article (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 13 results,  Open Access: 8 results) Presentation (22 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 16 results,  Invited: 13 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (2 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] シェフィールド大学(英国)

    • Country Name
      UNITED KINGDOM
    • Counterpart Institution
      シェフィールド大学
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ハワイ大学/ニューメキシコ大学/ウェルズリー大学(米国)

    • Country Name
      U.S.A.
    • Counterpart Institution
      ハワイ大学/ニューメキシコ大学/ウェルズリー大学
  • [Int'l Joint Research] LPSCグルノーブル(フランス)

    • Country Name
      FRANCE
    • Counterpart Institution
      LPSCグルノーブル
  • [Int'l Joint Research] GSSI(イタリア)

    • Country Name
      ITALY
    • Counterpart Institution
      GSSI
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ANU(オーストラリア)

    • Country Name
      AUSTRALIA
    • Counterpart Institution
      ANU
  • [Journal Article] Results of a directional dark matter search from the NEWAGE experiment2020

    • Author(s)
      Ikeda T.、Miuchi K.、Hashimoto T.、Ishiura H.、Nakamura T.、Shimada T.、Nakamura K.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics: Conference Series

      Volume: 1468 Pages: 012042~012042

    • DOI

      10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012042

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] CYGNUS2020

    • Author(s)
      Miuchi Kentaro、Baracchini Elisabetta、Lane Gregory、Spooner Neil J. C.、Vahsen S. E.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics: Conference Series

      Volume: 1468 Pages: 012044~012044

    • DOI

      10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012044

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Probing GHz gravitational waves with graviton?magnon resonance2020

    • Author(s)
      Ito Asuka、Ikeda Tomonori、Miuchi Kentaro、Soda Jiro
    • Journal Title

      The European Physical Journal C

      Volume: 80 Pages: 1~5

    • DOI

      10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7735-y

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Alpha-ray imaging chamber based on a micro-TPC in a low radioactivity structure2020

    • Author(s)
      Ito Hiroshi、Miuchi Kentaro、Kobayashi Kazuyoshi、Takeuchi Yasuo、Nakamura Kiseki D.、Ikeda Tomonori、Ishiura Hirohisa
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics: Conference Series

      Volume: 1468 Pages: 012233~012233

    • DOI

      10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012233

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Measurement of ambient neutrons in an underground laboratory at Kamioka Observatory and future plan2020

    • Author(s)
      Mizukoshi Keita、Taishaku Ryosuke、Hosokawa Keishi、Kobayashi Kazuyoshi、Miuchi Kentaro、Naka Tatsuhiro、Takeda Atsushi、Tanaka Masashi、Wada Yoshiki、Yorita Kohei、Yoshida Sei
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics: Conference Series

      Volume: 1468 Pages: 012247~012247

    • DOI

      10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012247

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Discrimination of anisotropy in dark matter velocity distribution with directional detectors2020

    • Author(s)
      Nagao Keiko I.、Ikeda Tomonori、Yakabe Ryota、Naka Tatsuhiro、Miuchi Kentaro
    • Journal Title

      Physics of the Dark Universe

      Volume: 27 Pages: 100426~100426

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.dark.2019.100426

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Development of an alpha-particle imaging detector based on a low radioactivity micro-time-projection chamber2020

    • Author(s)
      Ito H.、Hashimoto T.、Miuchi K.、Kobayashi K.、Takeuchi Y.、Nakamura K.D.、Ikeda T.、Ishiura H.
    • Journal Title

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

      Volume: 953 Pages: 163050~163050

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.nima.2019.163050

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Gravitational waves from phase transition in minimal SUSY U(1)B?L model2020

    • Author(s)
      Haba Naoyuki、Yamada Toshifumi
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D

      Volume: 101 Pages: 1~14

    • DOI

      10.1103/PhysRevD.101.075027

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] θ23 octant measurement in 3+1 neutrino oscillations in T2HKK2020

    • Author(s)
      Haba Naoyuki、Mimura Yukihiro、Yamada Toshifumi
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D

      Volume: 101 Pages: 1~15

    • DOI

      10.1103/PhysRevD.101.075034

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Development of a time projection chamber with a sheet-resistor field cage2019

    • Author(s)
      Miuchi Kentaro、Ikeda Tomonori、Ishiura Hirohisa、Nakamura Kiseki D、Takada Atsushi、Homma Yasuhiro、Abe Ko、Ichimura Koichi、Ito Hiroshi、Kobayashi Kazuyoshi、Nakamura Takuma、Ueno Ryuichi、Shimada Takuya、Hashimoto Takashi、Yakabe Ryota、Ochi Atsuhiko
    • Journal Title

      Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics

      Volume: 2019 Pages: 1~12

    • DOI

      10.1093/ptep/ptz048

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Proton lifetime upper bound in non-SUSY SU(5) GUT2019

    • Author(s)
      Haba Naoyuki、Mimura Yukihiro、Yamada Toshifumi
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D

      Volume: 99 Pages: 1~10

    • DOI

      10.1103/PhysRevD.99.075018

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Detectable dimension-6 proton decay in SUSY SO(10) GUT at Hyper-Kamiokande2019

    • Author(s)
      Haba Naoyuki、Mimura Yukihiro、Yamada Toshifumi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of High Energy Physics

      Volume: 2019 Pages: 1~14

    • DOI

      10.1007/JHEP07(2019)155

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Dark matter heating vs. rotochemical heating in old neutron stars2019

    • Author(s)
      Hamaguchi Koichi、Nagata Natsumi、Yanagi Keisuke
    • Journal Title

      Physics Letters B

      Volume: 795 Pages: 484~489

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.physletb.2019.06.060

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Discrimination of Dark Matter Mass and Velocity Distribution by Directional Detection2020

    • Author(s)
      Keiko Nagao
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Neutrinos and Dark Matter
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Anisotropy of dark matter velocity distribution and directional detection2020

    • Author(s)
      Keiko Nagao
    • Organizer
      NCTS Dark Physics Workshop
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 方向感度をもつ暗黒物質の直接検出実験による軽い暗黒物質の検証2020

    • Author(s)
      長尾桂子
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会第75回年次大会
  • [Presentation] Direct Dark Matter Detection Review2019

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Miuchi
    • Organizer
      The 29th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Topics from "Tokyo workshop Dark matter searches in the 2020s At the crossroads of the WIMP"2019

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Miuchi
    • Organizer
      Magnificent CEvNS 2019
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] CYGNUS2019

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Miuchi
    • Organizer
      16th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics(TAUP2019)
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] CYGNUS / NEWAGE(invited)2019

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Miuchi
    • Organizer
      KUBEC International Workshop on Dark Matter Searches 2019
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] MPGD and negative-ion gas(invited)2019

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Miuchi
    • Organizer
      KUBEC International Workshop on Dark Matter Searches 2019
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] CYGNUS negative ion gas study2019

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Miuchi
    • Organizer
      CYGNUS 2019 seventh workshop on directional dark matter searches
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Status of NEWAGE/CYGNUS-KM2019

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Miuchi
    • Organizer
      CYGNUS 2019 seventh workshop on directional dark matter searches
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Direction-sensitive dark matter detection with gaseous tracking detectors2019

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Miuchi
    • Organizer
      2019 Joint Workshop of FKPPL and TYL/FJPPL
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 方向感度のあるDM直接探索2019

    • Author(s)
      身内賢太朗
    • Organizer
      2019年度 第1回 CRC将来計画タウンミーティング
  • [Presentation] 暗黒物質探索実験と量子エレクトロニクス2019

    • Author(s)
      身内賢太朗
    • Organizer
      応用物理学会・量子エレクトロニクス研究会「宇宙量子エレクトロニクス」
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 方向に感度をもった暗黒物質直接探索2019

    • Author(s)
      身内賢太朗
    • Organizer
      新学術領域「地下から解き明かす宇宙の歴史と物質の進化」領域研究会
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Discriminating WIMP Mass and Anisotropy with Directional Detector2019

    • Author(s)
      Keiko Nagao
    • Organizer
      NCTS Annual Theory Meeting 2019: Particles, Cosmology and Strings
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Discrimination of Dark Matter Mass and Velocity Distribution by Directional Detection2019

    • Author(s)
      Keiko Nagao
    • Organizer
      16th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics(TAUP2019)
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Limit on Axion from the Cooling Neutron Star in Cassiopeia A2019

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Hamaguchi
    • Organizer
      22nd_International Conference From the Planck Scale to the Electroweak Scale
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 暗黒物質理論2019

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Hamaguchi
    • Organizer
      ダークマターの懇談会2019
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Discussion: Astrophysical signatures of / bounds on axions2019

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Hamaguchi
    • Organizer
      Axions in the Lab and in the Cosmos
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Dark Matter Heating vs. Rotochemical Heating in Old Neutron Stars2019

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Hamaguchi
    • Organizer
      Summer Institute 2019
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 物質の起源を解明する新たな素粒子模型と初期宇宙進化の理論研究2019

    • Author(s)
      濱口幸一
    • Organizer
      新学術「地下宇宙研究会」
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Dark Matter Heating vs. Rotochemical Heating in Old Neutron Stars2019

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Hamaguchi
    • Organizer
      IBS-Busan Workshop 2019
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] 宇宙物理学ハンドブック2020

    • Author(s)
      高原文郎、家正則、小玉英雄、高橋忠幸 (5.6.1 暗黒物質直接探査 の項執筆(p762-767))
    • Total Pages
      912
    • Publisher
      朝倉書店
    • ISBN
      978-4-254-13127-7
  • [Remarks] NEWAGE

    • URL

      http://ppwww.phys.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp/~newage/newage_j.html

  • [Remarks] 身内賢太朗

    • URL

      http://ppwww.phys.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp/~miuchi/work/work.htm

  • [Funded Workshop] KUBEC Workshop on Dark Matter Searches 20192019

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Published: 2021-01-27  

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