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TANAKA, Hiroyuki Professor Earthquake Research Institute Office: -2-209 TEL: +81-3-5841-5789 FAX: +81-3-5802-3390 E-mail: HP:
Research Field High Energy Geophysics Current Research For the purpose of radiography, recent developments in muon and neutrino detectors make it possible to detect the muon and neutrino particles with high statistics and therefore in great detail. Because of their relevance for a variety of related fields of research, neutrino and muon physics will be a major focus in geophysical research. It is likely that several crucial questions concerning geodynamics and related fields such as volcanology and tectonics will be answered. The successful operation of such detectors, therefore, may very well represent the birth of a new technique for the study of fundamental issues in these fields. Representative Publications 1. Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka, Tomohisa Uchida, Manobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Shinohara, Cosmic-ray muon imaging of magma in a conduit: Degassing process of Satsuma-Iwojima Volcano, Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L01304, 2009 2. Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka,Tomohisa Uchida, Manobu Tanaka, Minoru Takeo, Jun Oikawa, Takao Ohminato, Yosuke Aoki, Etsuro Koyama and Hiroshi Tsuji, Detecting a mass change inside a volcano by cosmic-ray muon radiography (muography): First results from measurements at Asama volcano, Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L17302, 2009 3. M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia, Francis Halzen, Michele Maltoni, and Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, Radiography of Earth’s Core and Mantle with Atmospheric Neutrinos, Physical Review Letters, 100, 061802, 2008

TANAKA, Hiroyuki

Professor
Earthquake Research Institute

Office: -2-209
TEL: +81-3-5841-5789
FAX: +81-3-5802-3390
E-mail:
HP:

Research Field

High Energy Geophysics

Current Research

For the purpose of radiography, recent developments in muon and neutrino detectors make it possible to detect the muon and neutrino particles with high statistics and therefore in great detail. Because of their relevance for a variety of related fields of research, neutrino and muon physics will be a major focus in geophysical research. It is likely that several crucial questions concerning geodynamics and related fields such as volcanology and tectonics will be answered. The successful operation of such detectors, therefore, may very well represent the birth of a new technique for the study of fundamental issues in these fields.

Representative Publications

1. Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka, Tomohisa Uchida, Manobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Shinohara, Cosmic-ray muon imaging of magma in a conduit: Degassing process of Satsuma-Iwojima Volcano, Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L01304, 2009
2. Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka,Tomohisa Uchida, Manobu Tanaka, Minoru Takeo, Jun Oikawa, Takao Ohminato, Yosuke Aoki, Etsuro Koyama and Hiroshi Tsuji, Detecting a mass change inside a volcano by cosmic-ray muon radiography (muography): First results from measurements at Asama volcano, Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L17302, 2009
3. M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia, Francis Halzen, Michele Maltoni, and Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, Radiography of Earth’s Core and Mantle with Atmospheric Neutrinos, Physical Review Letters, 100, 061802, 2008