Published December 16, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Design and construction of the ultra-slow muon beamline at J-PARC/MUSE

  • 1. Muon Science Laboratory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 (Japan)
  • 2. Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), 2-4 Shirane Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195 (Japan)
  • 3. Ion Source Team, Accelerator Group, RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, Hirosawa-2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan)
  • 4. Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Takeda 4-3-11, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511 (Japan)

Description

At the J-PARC Muon Science Facility (MUSE), a new Ultra-Slow Muon beamline is being constructed to extend the μSR technique from bulk material to thin films, thus empowering a wide variety of surface and nano-science studies, and also a novel 3D imaging with the ultra-slow muon microscope. Ultra-slow muons will be produced by the re-acceleration of thermal muons regenerated by the laser resonant ionization of muonium atoms evaporated from a hot tungsten foil, a method that originated from the Meson Science Laboratory at KEK. The design parameters, construction status and initial beam commissioning are reported

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/551/1/012065

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
551
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
13. International Conference on Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation and Resonance
Dates
1-6 Jun 2014
Place
Grindelwald (Switzerland)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47010335
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMMISSIONING; CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN; IONIZATION; JAPANESE ORGANIZATIONS; J-PARC; LASERS; MICROSCOPES; MUON BEAMS; MUONIC ATOMS; MUONS; THIN FILMS; TUNGSTEN
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; ATOMS; BEAMS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; FILMS; LEPTON BEAMS; LEPTONS; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; REFRACTORY METALS; SYNCHROTRONS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS