Reserch activities

Development of muon detection technology

  • calorimeter
  • MPPC
  • Signal communication, low power consumption circuit
  • Battery-driven detector
  • Nuclear emulsion
  • imaging plate

Observation of internal structure in the seismic fault

  • Fossa Magna
  • La Palma 1949 fault, Canary Islands, Spain

Volcano observation

  • Sakurajima, Japan
  • Satsuma-Iwojima, Japan
  • Kirishima, Japan
  • Asama, Japan
  • Usu, Japan
  • Showa-shinzan, Japan
  • Unzen Heisei-shinzan, Japan
  • Vesuvius, Italy
  • Stromboli, Italy
  • Teide, Canary Islands, Spain

industry-academia collaboration

  • chemical plant
  • blast furnace
  • nuclear plant
  • electric power genaration plant

Observation of Earth's interior

  • IceCube
  • Hyper-K
  • PINGU

Observation of planets and satellite's interior

  • Mars
  • Ganymede

electron beam

  • Magma material analysis