Shin-ichiro Meigo

On-site background measurements for the J-PARC E56 experiment: A search for the sterile neutrino at J-PARC MLF

The J-PARC E56 experiment aims to search for sterile neutrinos at the J-PARC Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF). In order to examine the feasibility of the experiment, we measured the background rates of dierent detector candidate sites, which are located at the third oor of the MLF, using a detector consisting of plastic scintillators with a ducial

Proton-induced activation cross section measurement for aluminum with proton energy range from 0.4 to 3 GeV at J-PARC

We have started an experimental program to measure activation cross sections systematically in the proton-induced spallation reaction in structural materials commonly used in high-intensity proton ...

Present Status of the Laser Charge Exchange Test Using the 3-MeV Linac in J-PARC

The Accelerator-driven System (ADS) is one of the candidates for transmuting long-lived nuclides, such as minor actinide (MA), produced by nuclear reactors. For efficient transmutation of the MA, a precise prediction of neutronics of ADS is required. In order to obtain the neutronics data for the ADS, the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) has a plan to build the Transmutation Physics Experimental Facility (TEF-P), in which a 400-MeV negative proton (H) beam will be delivered from the J-PARC linac. Since the TEF-P requires a stable proton beam with a power of less than 10 W, a stable and meticulous beam extraction method is required to extract a small amount of the proton beam from the high power beam using 250 kW. To fulfil this requirement, the Laser Charge Exchange (LCE) method has been developed. The LCE strips the electron of the H beam and neutral protons will separate at the bending magnet in the proton beam transport. To demonstrate the charge exchange of the H, a preliminary LCE experiment was conducted using a linac with energy of 3 MeV in JPARC. As a result of the experiment, a charge-exchanged H beam with a power of about 5 W equivalent was obtained under the J-PARC linac beam condition, and this value almost satisfied the power requirement of the proton beam for the TEF-P.