RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science
Director
Hideto EN' YO (D.Sci.)
In 1931, Dr. Yoshio Nishina's laboratory was established in RIKEN. For 80 years since then, RIKEN has continued to promote accelerator-based science in Japan and maintained its position as the world's front runner in the field.
In 2006, the RI-beam factory (RIBF) with its world's first superconducting ring cyclotron, SRC, and superconducting RI-beam separator, BigRIPS, started a full-scale operation. RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science was established to comprehensively support and promote accelerator-based research at this world-class top performing facility.
The primary mission of Nishina Center is to unravel the mystery of the genesis of the elements by investigating the nature of nuclei and their constituents. The center also aims to explore the potential industrial application of its research on nuclei and elementary particles to agriculture, medicine and other such fields. Incorporating RIKEN's strength as a multidisciplinary research institute for natural science, Nishina Center promotes a wide range of cutting-edge research and development, a path pioneered by Dr. Nishina in his days. Nishina Center was named after him to honor the spirit of this great scientist.
The Completion of RIBF heralds a new era in the field of nuclear physics. By producing a large number of unstable nuclei, studying their properties and finding the ultimate picture of the nuclei, we will be able to uncover the process by which the heavy elements were formed in the universe. The powerful heavy ions beams will not only be used for nuclear physics research but also various applications purposes.
Nishina Center also has overseas research facilities such as the RIKEN BNL Research Center which conducts research to recreate and study the condition of the beginning of the universe as well as to investigate the internal structure of proton, the constituting element of atomic nucleus, and the RIKEN Muon Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the U.K. to promote muon science research.
| Theoretical Research Division | |||
| Quantum Hadron Physics Laboratory | Tetsuo HATSUDA (D.Sci.) | ||
| Theoretical Nuclear Physics Laboratory | Takashi NAKATSUKASA (D.Sci.) | ||
| Strangeness Nuclear Physics Laboratory | Emiko HIYAMA (D.Sci.) | ||
| Mathematical Physics Laboratory | Koji HASHIMOTO (D.Sci.) | ||
| Sub Nuclear System Research Division | |||
| Radiation Laboratory | Hideto EN'YO (D.Sci.) | ||
| Advanced Meson Science Laboratory | Masahiko IWASAKI (D.Sci.) | ||
| RIKEN BNL Research Center | Nicholas P. SAMIOS (Ph.D.) | ||
| Theory Group | Larry MCLERRAN (Ph.D.) | ||
| Computing Group | Taku IZUBUCHI (D.Sci.) | ||
| Experimental Group | Yasuyuki AKIBA (D.Sci.) | ||
| RIKEN Facility Office at RAL | Teiichiro MATSUZAKI (D.Sci.) | ||
| RIBF Research Division | |||
| Radioactive Isotope Physics Laboratory | Hiroyoshi SAKURAI (D.Sci.) | ||
| Spin isospin Laboratory | Tomohiro UESAKA (D.Sci.) | ||
| Superheavy Element Laboratory | Kosuke MORITA (D.Sci.) | ||
| High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory | Toru TAMAGAWA (D.Sci.) | ||
| Astro-Glaciology Research Unit | Yuko MOTIZUKI (D.Sci.) | ||
| Accelerator Group |
Director: Osamu KAMIGAITO (D.Sci.)
Deputy Director: Hiroki OKUNO (Intensity Upgrade), Nobuhisa FUKUNISHI (Stable and Efficient Operation) |
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| Accelerator R&D Team | Hiroki OKUNO (D.Sci.) | ||
| Ion Source Team | Takahide NAKAGAWA (D.Sci.) | ||
| RILAC Team | Eiji IKEZAWA | ||
| Cyclotron Team | Naruhiko SAKAMOTO (D.Sci.) | ||
| Beam Dynamics & Diagnostics Team | Nobuhisa FUKUNISHI (D.Sci.) | ||
| Cryogenic Technology Team | Hiroki OKUNO (D.Sci.) | ||
| Infrastructure Management Team | Masayuki KASE | ||
| Instrumentation Development Group | Masanori WAKASUGI (D.Sci.) | ||
| SLOWRI Team | Michiharu WADA (D.Sci.) | ||
| Polarized RI Beam Team | Hideki UENO (D.Sci.) | ||
| Rare RI-ring Team | Masanori WAKASUGI (D.Sci.) | ||
| SCRIT Team | Masanori WAKASUGI (D.Sci.) | ||
| Research Instruments Group | Toshiyuki KUBO (D.Sci.) | ||
| GARIS Team | Kouji MORIMOTO (D.Sci.) | ||
| BigRIPS Team | Koichi YOSHIDA (D.Sci.) | ||
| SAMURAI Team | Tohru MOTOBAYASHI (D.Sci.) | ||
| Computing and Network Team | Takashi ICHIHARA (D.Sci.) | ||
| Detector Team | Atsushi TAKETANI (D.Sci.) | ||
| Accelerator Applications Research Group | Tomoko ABE (D.Agr.) | ||
| Radiation Biology Team | Tomoko ABE (D.Agr.) | ||
| RI Applications Team | Hiromitsu HABA (D.Sci.) | ||
| User Liaison and Industrial Cooperation Group |
Director: Hideyuki SAKAI (D.Sci.)
Deputy Director: Hideki UENO (D.Sci.) (User Support) |
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| User Support Office | Hideki UENO (D.Sci.) | ||
| Industrial Cooperation Team | Atsushi YOSHIDA (D.Sci.) | ||
| Safety Management Group | Yoshitomo UWAMINO (D.Eng.) | ||