Research field (1):
Particle, nuclear, cosmic-ray, and astrophysics - experiment
Research keywords (3):
Cosmic ray imaging
, Cosmic ray
, Nuclear emulsion
Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2020 - 2023 International Joint Research to Discover Royal Tombs of Maya Civilization Using Muon Fluoroscopy
2020 - 2022 Development of a tree diagnostic method using cosmic rays
2016 - 2019 大口径検出器を用いた超高解像ミュオグラフィによる火山噴火メカニズムの解明
Papers (11):
Sébastien Procureur, Kunihiro Morishima, Mitsuaki Kuno, Yuta Manabe, Nobuko Kitagawa, Akira Nishio, Hector Gomez, David Attié, Ami Sakakibara, Kotaro Hikata, et al. Precise characterization of a corridor-shaped structure in Khufu’s Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons. Nature Communications. 2023
Tadaaki Tani, Akira Nishio, Takayuki Uchida, Kunihiro Morishima. Latent image stabilization in nuclear emulsions for cosmic-ray imaging. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2020. 975. 164163-164163
Akira Nishio, Kunihiro Morishima, Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Tetsuo Yoshida, Takeshi Funakubo, Nobuko Kitagawa, Mitsuaki Kuno, Yuta Manabe, Mitsuhiro Nakamura. Nuclear emulsion with excellent long-term stability developed for cosmic-ray imaging. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2020. 966. 163850-163850
Kunihiro Morishima, Mitsuaki Kuno, Akira Nishio, Nobuko Kitagawa, Yuta Manabe, Masaki Moto, Fumihiko Takasaki, Hirofumi Fujii, Kotaro Satoh, Hideyo Kodama, et al. Discovery of a big void in Khufu's Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons. NATURE. 2017. 552. 7685. 386-+
Mitsuaki Kuno, Kunihiro Morishima, Akira Nishio, Yuta Manabe, Nobuko Kitagawa. Development of analysis method using GEANT4 for cosmic ray radiography. Proceedings of Science. 2017