RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science (RNC)
Director: Hiroyoshi Sakurai (D.Sc.)
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 QCD programs using high-energy protons and heavy-ions available at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States.
Main Research Fields
- Complex Systems
- Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering
- Mathematical & Physical Sciences
- Chemistry
- Engineering
Keywords
- Accelerator science
- Nuclear physics
Organization
- Accelerator Group
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Director: Osamu Kamigaito (D.Sc.)
Deputy Group Director: Nobuhisa Fukunishi (D.Sc.)
Deputy Group Director: Hiroki Okuno (D.Sc.) -
- Accelerator R&D Team
- Hiroki Okuno (D.Sc.)
- Ion Source Team
- Osamu Kamigaito (D.Sc.)
- RILAC Team
- Yoshihide Higurashi (D.Sc.)
- Cyclotron Team
- Naruhiko Sakamoto (D.Sc.)
- Beam Dynamics and Diagnostics Team
- Nobuhisa Fukunishi (D.Sc.)
- Cryogenic Technology Team
- Hiroki Okuno (D.Sc.)
- Infrastructure Management Team
- Masanori Kidera (D.Sc.)
- Research Instruments Group
- Nobuhisa Fukunishi (D.Sc.)
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- Automated Operation Technology Team
- Nobuhisa Fukunishi (D.Sc.)
- BigRIPS Team
- Nobuhisa Fukunishi (D.Sc.)
- SAMURAI Team
- Hideaki Otsu (D.Sc.)
- Data System Team
- Hidetada Baba (Ph.D.)
- Detector Team
- Hiromi Sato (D.Sc.)
- Instrumentation Development Group
- Tetsuya Ohnishi (Ph. D.)
- Radioactive Isotope Physics Group
- Hiroyoshi Sakurai (D.Sc.)
- Nuclear Dynamics Research Group
- Tomohiro Uesaka (D.Sc.)
- Superheavy Element Research Group
- Hiromitsu Haba (D.Sc.)
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- Superheavy Element Device Development Team
- Kouji Morimoto (D.Sc.)
- Meson Science Laboratory
- Masahiko Iwasaki (D.Sc.)
- Few-body Systems in Physics Laboratory
- Emiko Hiyama (D.Sc.)
- Cosmic Radiation Laboratory
- Toru Tamagawa (D.Sc.)
- Astro-Glaciology Laboratory
- Yuko Motizuki (D.Sc.)
- Nuclear Many-body Theory Laboratory
- Masaaki Kimura (D.Sc.)
- RHIC Physics Research Laboratory
- Yasuyuki Akiba (D.Sc.)
- Nuclear Transmutation Data Group
- Hiroyoshi Sakurai (D.Sc.)
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- Slow RI Data Team
- Toshiyuki Sumikama (Ph.D.)
- Nuclear Transmutation Technology Group
- Hiroki Okuno (D.Sc.)
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- High-Gradient Cavity R&D Team
- Naruhiko Sakamoto (D.Sc.)
- Ion Beam Breeding Group
- Tomoko Abe (D.Agr.)
- Nuclear Chemistry Group
- Hiromitsu Haba (D.Sc.)
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- Industrial Application Research Team
- Atsushi Yoshida (D.Sc.)
- Safety Management Group
- Kanenobu Tanaka (D.Sc.)
- RIKEN BNL Research Center
- Robert Tribble (Ph.D.)
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- Theory Group
- Yoshitaka Hatta (Ph.D.)
- Experimental Group
- Yasuyuki Akiba (D.Sc.)
- Computing Group
- Taku Izubuchi (D.Sc.)
Recent Research Results
Jul. 20, 2023
Probing the properties of vacuum in nuclei
Mar. 27, 2023
Stuffing sodium nuclei with neutrons
Mar. 10, 2023
Neutron-rich nuclei reveal how heavy elements form
Publications
Related Links
Contact Information
Nishina Bldg.
2-1 Hirosawa
Wako, Saitama
351-0198 Japan
Tel: +81-(0)50-3500-5331
Email: nishina-center [at] riken.jp