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Superheavy Element Device Development Team

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Laboratory Head
Koji MORIMOTO D.Sci.
  • 1991年大阪市立大学理学部物理学科 卒業
  • 1996年立教大学理学研究科原子物理学専攻後期博士課程 修了
  • 1996年立教大学 博士(理学) 取得
  • 1996年東京大学宇宙線研究所教務補佐員、立教大学非常勤講師
  • 1997年科学技術振興事業団研究員
  • 1998年理化学研究所研究員(2007年より先任研究員、2008年より専任研究員)
  • 2009年同 仁科加速器研究センター超重元素分析装置チーム チームリーダー(現在に至る)

Staff

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Research Areas

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

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Research Subject

  1. Maintenance and development of a recoil separator.

  2. Development of detectors for superheavy element research.

  3. Development of rapid chemistry devices.

List of Selected Publications

  1. Kaji, D., Morimoto, K., Haba, H., Wakabayashi, Y., Takeyama, M., Yamaki, S., Komori, Y., Yanou, S., Goto, S., and Morita, K.:
    "Decay Measurement of 283Cn Produced in the 238U(48Ca,3n) Reaction Using GARIS-II"
    Journal of Physical Society of Japan, 86, 085001 (2017)
  2. Kaji, D., Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Haba, H., Asai, M., Fujita, K., Gan, Z., Geissel, H., Hasebe, H., Hofmann, S., Huang, M., Komori, Y., Ma, L., Maurer, J., Murakami, M., Takeyama, M., Tokanai, F., Tanaka, T., Wakabayashi. Y., Yamaguchi, T., Yamaki, S., and Yoshida, A.,:
    "Study of the Reaction 48Ca + 248Cm → 296Lv* at RIKEN-GARIS"
    Journal of Physical Society of Japan, 86, 034201(2017)
  3. Kaji, D., and Morimoto, K.,:
    "Double-layered target and identification method of individual target correlated with evaporation residues"
    Nuclear Inst. And Methods in Physics Research, A, Vol. 792, p. 11-14 (2015)
  4. Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Kaji, D., Haba, H., Ozeki, K., Kudou, Y., Sumita, T., Wakabayashi, Y., Yoneda, A., Tanaka, K., Yamaki, S., Sakai, R., Akiyama, T., Goto, S., Hasebe, H., Huang, M., Huang, T., Ideguchi, E., Kasamatsu, Y., Katori, K., Kariya, Y., Kikunaga, H., Koura, H., Kudo, H., Mashiko, A., Mayama, K., Mitsuoka, S., Moriya, T., Murakami, M., Murayama, H., Namai, S., Ozawa, A., Sato, N., Sueki, K., Takeyama, M., Tokanai, F., Yamaguchi, T., and Yoshida, A.,:
    "New result in the Production and Decay of an Isotope, 278113, of the 113th Element"
    Journal of Physical Society of Japan, 81, 103201(2012)
  5. 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).
  6. 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).
  7. 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).
  8. 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).
  9. 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).
  10. 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).