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Negative muon induced elemental analysis by muonic X-ray and prompt gamma-ray measurements

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When a negatively charged muon stopped in a material, muonic atom, which has one muon in place of an electron in the atomic system, is formed. After muon deexcitation process with muonic X-ray emission, the muon reaches to the muonic 1 s state, and the muon is absorbed in the nucleus. As a result, highly excited nucleus is produced, and the nucleus emits neutrons and gamma-rays. In this work, we determined elemental depth profiling of gold concentrations on archeological sample, an old Japanese coin, by measuring gamma-ray intensities emitted from activated nucleus with various incident muon energies.

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This research was supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B (JSPS KAKENHI, Japan: Grant Number 26800213).

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  1. Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan

    K. Ninomiya, M. Inagaki & A. Shinohara

  2. College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-0015, Japan

    M. K. Kubo

  3. Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan

    T. Nagatomo, N. Kawamura, P. Strasser, K. Shimomura & Y. Miyake

  4. Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan

    W. Higemoto

  5. J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan

    S. Sakamoto

  6. National Museum of Japanese History, Sakura, Chiba, 285-8502, Japan

    T. Saito

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Ninomiya, K., Inagaki, M., Kubo, M.K. et al. Negative muon induced elemental analysis by muonic X-ray and prompt gamma-ray measurements. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 309, 65–69 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4772-y

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