RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science (RNC)
Director: Hiroyoshi Sakurai (D.Sci.)
Promoting science and technology related to "element transmutation" founded by Dr. Yoshio Nishina more than 80 years ago, RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science challenges two ultimate questions: "How are elements created in the universe?" and "Can human beings freely transmute elements?" By returning the research results obtained to society, we are trying to solve the environmental, energy and resource problems faced by humankind.
The Nishina Center operates the RI Beam Factory (RIBF), the world's highest performing heavy ion accelerator facility where radioisotopes that do not exist in nature are artificially created. The Nishina Center promotes researches on the synthesis of superheavy elements with one prime example being nihonium, researches in the fields of magic numbers, nucleosynthesis in the universe, and reducing radioactive waste, as well as theoretical research linking these fields. The RIBF is also utilized for medical, agricultural, and IT purposes such as nuclear medicine, breeding, and semiconductor developments. The Nishina Center also conducts nucleon physics and condensed matter researches using high-energy protons and muons available at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the United Kingdom, respectively.
Main Research Fields
- Complex Systems
- Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering
- Mathematical & Physical Sciences
- Chemistry
- Engineering
Keywords
- Accelerator science
- Nuclear physics
Organization
- Quantum Hadron Physics Laboratory
- Masahiko Iwasaki (D.Sci.)
- Strangeness Nuclear Physics Laboratory
- Emiko Hiyama (D.Sci.)
- Radiation Laboratory
- Hideto Enyo (D.Sci.)
- Meson Science Laboratory
- Masahiko Iwasaki (D.Sci.)
- Radioactive Isotope Physics Laboratory
- Hiroyoshi Sakurai (D.Sci.)
- Spin Isospin Laboratory
- Tomohiro Uesaka (D.Sci.)
- Nuclear Spectroscopy Laboratory
- Hideki Ueno (D.Sci.)
- High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory
- Toru Tamagawa (D.Sci.)
- Accelerator Group
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Director: Osamu Kamigaito (D.Sci.)
Deputy Group Director: Nobuhisa Fukunishi (D.Sci.)
Deputy Group Director: Hiroki Okuno (D.Sci.) -
- 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 and Diagnostics Team
- Nobuhisa Fukunishi (D.Sci.)
- Cryogenic Technology Team
- Hiroki Okuno (D.Sci.)
- Infrastructure Management Team
- Osamu Kamigaito (D.Sci.)
- Superheavy Element Research Group
- Kosuke Morita (D.Sci.)
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- Superheavy Element Production Team
- Hiromitsu Haba (D.Sci.)
- Superheavy Element Device Development Team
- Kouji Morimoto (D.Sci.)
- Astro-Glaciology Research Group
- Yuko Motizuki (D.Sci.)
- Nuclear Transmutation Data Research Group
- Hiroyoshi Sakurai (D.Sci.)
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- Fast RI Data Team
- Hideaki Otsu (D.Sci.)
- Slow RI Data Team
- Toshiyuki Sumikama (Ph.D.)
- Muon Data Team
- Hiroyoshi Sakurai (D.Sci.)
- High-Intensity Accelerator R&D Group
- Osamu Kamigaito (D.Sci.)
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- High-Gradient Cavity R&D Team
- Naruhiko Sakamoto (D.Sci.)
- High-Power Target R&D Team
- Hiroki Okuno (D.Sci.)
- Instrumentation Development Group
- Masanori Wakasugi (D.Sci.)
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- SLOWRI Team
- Hironobu Ishiyama (D.Sci)
- Rare RI-Ring Team
- Masanori Wakasugi (D.Sci.)
- SCRIT Team
- Masanori Wakasugi (D.Sci.)
- Research Instruments Group
- Tomohiro Uesaka (D.Sci.)
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- BigRIPS Team
- Koichi Yoshida (D.Sci.)
- SAMURAI Team
- Hideaki Otsu (D.Sci.)
- Computing and Network Team
- Hidetada Baba (Ph.D.)
- Detector Team
- Hiromi Sato (D.Sci.)
- Beam Mutagenesis Group
- Tomoko Abe (D.Agr.)
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- Ion Beam Breeding Team
- Tomoko Abe (D.Agr.)
- Plant Genome Evolution Research Team
- Tomoko Abe (D.Agr.)
- RI Application Research Group
- Hiromitsu Haba (D.Sci.)
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- Nuclear Chemistry Research Team
- Hiromitsu Haba (D.Sci.)
- Industrial Application Research Team
- Atsushi Yoshida (D.Sci.)
- Safety Management Group
- Kanenobu Tanaka (D.Sci.)
- User Liaison Group
- Hideki Ueno (D.Sci.)
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- RIBF User Liaison Team
- Ken-ichiro Yoneda (D.Sci.)
- Outreach Team
- Hideki Ueno (D.Sci.)
- RIKEN BNL Research Center
- Hideto Enyo (D.Sci.)
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- Theory Group
- Dmitri E. Kharzeev (Ph.D.)
- Experimental Group
- Yasuyuki Akiba (D.Sci.)
- Computing Group
- Taku Izubuchi (D.Sci.)
- RIKEN Facility Office at RAL
- Philip King (Ph.D.)
Recent Research Results
May 28, 2020
A single proton can make a heck of a difference
Oct. 30, 2019
Scientists confirm a new “magic number” for neutrons
Dec. 31, 2015
It’s official! Element 113 was discovered at RIKEN
Oct. 10, 2013
Evidence for a new nuclear ‘magic number’
Publications
Related Links
Contact Information
Nishina Bldg.
2-1 Hirosawa
Wako, Saitama
351-0198 Japan
Tel: +81-(0)48-467-9451
Fax: +81-(0)48-461-5301
Email: nishina-center [at] riken.jp