| In recognition of his outstanding contribution to nuclear and particle physics, Dr. Shoji Nagamiya, the Director of J-PARC Center, has been honored with an invitation to the Emperor's Spring Garden Party to be held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on the 17th of April 2012. |
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| ●J-PARC Staff Members Receive Prestigious Accolade! |
| J-PARC is delighted to announce that four staff members have been recognized under the "Science and Technology Awards Program" of the Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Dr. Masatoshi Arai, Dr. Mitsutaka Nakamura and Dr. Ryoichi Kajimoto were co-recipients of the Research Award for their ground-breaking work in materials science using pulsed neutron. Mr. Kunihiro Suzuki was recognized his efforts and achievements in science outreach and communications. The awards were formally presented at a ceremony at the Ministry in Tokyo on the 17th of April 2012.
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| ●The 4 SEASONS Chopper Spectrometer at BL01 of MLF |
| The research for which Drs. Arai, Nakamura and Kajimoto were honored derived from their work designing, constructing and commissioning the 4 SEASONS chopper spectrometer located at beamline BL01 of the J-PARC's Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF). The novel techniques developed there have significantly increased the efficiency of atomic and spin dynamics measurements that reveal the mechanism of phenomena such as high-temperature superconductivity.
For more information about the 4 SEASONS, please contact with Dr. Ryoichi Kajimoto of CROSS-Tokai (r_kajimoto@cross.or.jp)
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| ●Special Report - A New Neutron Beamline at the MLF |
| < BL11: PLANET - High Pressure Neutron Diffractometer >
PLANET is designed to study the physical properties of materials under extremely high temperature and pressure conditions (up to 2000℃ and 30 GPa) such as those found in the Earth's mantle. Neutron scattering is particularly useful in understanding the distribution of water in mantle materials, and the internal structure of icy planets. The very high-intensity proton beam produced at J-PARC facilitates the detection of very weak signals from tiny sample volumes.
PLANET is currently in commissioning and is expected to accept its first user experiments in early 2013.
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| ●Accelerators |
| Work is continuing to prepare the J-PARC accelerators in preparation for the planned increase in beam power over the coming years. For latest information on the current operating status and future operating schedule, please visit http://j-parc.jp/en/operation.html.
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| ●MLF |
| Commissioning activities are continuing on BL09 (SPICA), BL11 (PLANET) and BL18 (SENJU). For BL19 (TAKUMI), the experimental environment facilities have been upgraded and a new device for sample compression has been installed. In the first muon experiment area, testing of a rotate target for muon production with high proton beam powers is on going. In the second muon experiment area, a catwalk and experimental cabin have been constructed.
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| ●Hadron |
| North Experimental Area: The solid-state scintillation detector has been tested in the K1.8BR area. The operating parameter of a particle detector for the SKS spectrometer have been optimized for future experiment.
South Experimental Area: Assembly and testing instruments for the KOTO experiments are continuing. In the K1.1BR beamline area, realignment of the electromagnets and replacement of the shielding blocks have been completed.
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| ●Other Awards to J-PARC Staff Members |
| Dr. Shunsuke Makimura, a KEK engineer who works in the Muon Section of the MLF, has been awarded the "Young Researcher Encouragement Prize" by the Society of Muon and Meson Science of Japan. The award was in recognition of his work on "Muon Production Targets for High Intensity Proton Beams" conducted for the M2 line of the MLF muon experimental area.
On the 17th of April, Dr. Toru Ogitsu, a Leader of Low Temperature Section of J-PARC and a Professor of KEK, and Dr. Yasuhiro Makida, a Sub-leader of the same section and an Associate Professor of KEK have been awarded the "Superconductivity of Science and Technology Prize" for their research titled "The Development and Steady Operation of the Superconductivity Magnet System for Neutrino Beamline at J-PARC".
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