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 2007, RIKEN will commemorate the 70th year since Dr. Yoshio Nishina's cyclotron, the first in Japan, began operation in 1937. In the Nishina spirit, RIKEN has made many long, successful strides in cyclotron history, and the commissioning of the RI Beam Factory (RIBF) will truly represent a new dimension to this proud tradition.
In 2006, 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 (RNC) was established to comprehensively support and promote accelerator-based research at this world-class top performing facility.
RIBF has been made available to the worldwide user community since 2007. Its superconducting ring cyclotron will exhibit a much higher level of heavy-ion acceleration power than any in cyclotron history, and in combination with the superconducting RI-beam separator, will single-handedly expand the world of nuclear research to a presently unreachable horizon. The new capabilities and capacities it offers will no doubt fascinate and attract a large number of nuclear experimentalists and theorists from all over the world.
RNC has as its core mission the development, implementation, and the research use of forefront accelerator technology towards the fundamental science into the origin and properties of matter, and the potential application of such findings to the key challenges facing society today in health, economic well-being, and a sustainable environment.
| 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 | Philip KING (Ph.D.) | ||
| 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.) | ||