Superheavy Element Research Device Development Team

Development and maintenance of devices related to study of the superheavy elements.

Research Subjects

• Maintenance and development of a recoil separator.
• Development of detectors for superheavy element research.
• Development of rapid chemistry devices.

Publications

1. Kaji, D., Morimoto, K., Sato, N. Ichikawa, T., Ideguchi, E., Ozeki, K., Haba, H., Koura, H., Kudou, Y., Ozawa, A., Sumita, T., Yamaguchi, T., Yoneda, A., Yoshida, A.,and Morita, K.:
   "Production and Decay Properties of ²⁶³Hs."
   Journal of Physical Society of Japan, 78, 035003(2009).
2. Kaji, D., Morimoto, K., Yoneda, A. Hasebe, H., Yoshida, A., Goto. S., Kudo, H.,and Morita, K.:
   "Target for the heaviest element production at RIKEN."
   Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 590 (198) (2008).
3. Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Kaji, D., Akiyama, T., Goto, S., Haba, H., Ideguchi, E., Katori, K., Koura, H., Kikunaga, H., Kudo, H., Ohnishi, T., Ozawa, A., Sato, N., Suda, T., Sueki, K., Tokanai, F., Yamaguchi, T., Yoneda, A., and Yoshida, A.:
   "Observation of Second Decay Chain from ²⁷⁸113."
   Journal of Physical Society of Japan, 76, 045001(2007).
4. Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Kaji, D., Akiyama, T., Goto, S., Haba, H., Ideguchi, E., Katori, K., Koura, H., Kudo, H., Ohnishi, T., Ozawa, A., Suda, T., Sueki, K., Tokanai, F., Yamaguchi, T., Yoneda, A., and Yoshida, A.:
   "Experiment on Synthesis of an Isotope ²⁷⁷112 by ²⁰⁸Pb + ⁷⁰Zn Reaction."
   Journal of Physical Society of Japan, 76, 043201(2007).
5. Haba, H., Kaji, D., Kikunaga, H., Akiyama, T., Sato, N., Morimoto, K., Yoneda, A., Morita, K., Takabe, T., and Shinohara, A.:
   "Development of Gas-jet Transport System Coupled to the RIKEN Gas-filled Recoil Ion Separator GARIS for Superheavy Element Chemistry."
   J. Nucl. Radiochem. Sci. 8, 55-58 (2007).
6. Haba, T., Akiyama, D., Kaji, H., Kikunaga, T., Kuribayashi, K., Morimoto, K., Morita, K., Ooe, N., Sato, A., Shinohara, T., Takabe, Y., Tashiro, A., Toyoshima, A., Yoneda., and Yoshimura, T.:
   "Startup of Superheavy Element Chemistry at RIKEN."
   Eur. Phys. J. D 45 81-86 (2007).
7. Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Kaji, D., Akiyama, T., Goto, S., Haba, H., Ideguchi, E., Kanungo, R., Katori, K., Koura, H., Kudo, H., Ohnishi, T., Ozawa, A., Suda, T., Sueki, K., Xu, H., Yamaguchi, T., Yoneda, A., Yoshida, A., and Zhao, Y.-L.:
   " Experiment on the Synthesis of Element 113 in the Reaction ²⁰⁹Bi(⁷⁰Zn,n)²⁷⁸113."
   Journal of Physical Society of Japan, 73, 2593-2596(2004).
8. Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Kaji, D., Haba, H., Ideguchi, E., Peter, J. C., Kanungo, R., Katori, K., Koura, H., Kudo, H., Ohnishi, T., Ozawa, A., Suda, T., Sueki, K., Tanihata, I., Xu, H., Yeremin, A. V., Yoneda, A., Yoshida, A., Zhao, Y.-L., Zheng, T., Goto, S., and Tokanai, F.:
   "Production and Decay Properties of ²⁷²111 and its Daughter Nuclei."
   Journal of Physical Society of Japan, 73, 1738-1744 (2004).
9. Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Kaji, D., Haba, H., Ideguchi, E., Kanungo, R., Katori, K., Koura, H., Kudo, H., Ohnishi, T., Ozawa, A., Suda, T., Sueki, K., Tanihata, I., Xu, H., Yeremin, A. V., Yoneda, A., Yoshida, A., Zhao, Y.-L., and Zheng, T.:
   "Production and decay of the isotope ²⁷¹Ds (Z = 110)."
   European Physical Journal, A21, 257-263(2004).
10. Morimoto, K., Morita, K., Kaji, D., Goto, S., Haba, H., Ideguchi, E., Kanungo, R., Katori, K., Koura, H., Kudo, H., Ohnishi, T., Ozawa, A., Peter, JC., Suda, T., Sueki, K., Tanihata, I., Tokanai, F., Xu, H., Yeremin, AV., Yoneda, A., Yoshida, A., Zhao, TL., Zheng, T.:
    "Status of super heavy element research using GARIS at RIKEN."
    Nuclear Physics A, 738, 129(2004).