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Nanami Kawada

Section

Research Center for Neutrino Science

Job title

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor(Research)

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https://researchmap.jp/ZCzWApN38KQcVeHnmKL4

J-GLOBAL ID

202301010294662557

e-Rad No.

50981396

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2350-2786

Research History 3

2023/04 - Present

Tohoku University　Research Center for Neutrino Science
2022/10 - 2023/03

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2022/04 - 2022/09

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Education 3

Tohoku University　Graduate School of Science　Department of Physics

2020/04 - 2022/09
Tohoku University　Graduate School of Science　Department of Physics

2018/04 - 2020/03
Tohoku University　Faculty of Science　Department of Physics

2014/04 - 2018/03

Professional Memberships 5

CRC

2023/07 - Present
Geochemical Society

2022/11 - Present
Astronomical Society of Japan

2021/06 - Present
Japan Association of High Energy Physicists

2020/05 - Present
Japan Physics Society

2018/07 - Present

Research Interests 5

neutrinoless double beta decay
Majorana
geoscience
neutrino
particle physics

Research Areas 1

Natural sciences / Particle, nuclear, cosmic-ray, and astrophysics - experiment / neutrino physics, neutrino astronomy, neutrino geoscience

Awards 6

第18回(2023年度)宇宙線物理学奨励賞

2024/03　宇宙線研究者会議
Young Scientist Award of the Physics Society of Japan

2024/03　The Physics Society of Japan　Spectroscopic measurement of geoneutrinos from uranium and thorium with KamLAND
25th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award

2023/10　Japan Association of High Energy Physicists　Spectroscopic measurement of geoneutrinos from uranium and thorium with KamLAND
N/A

2022/10　Japan Physics Society
SNP Incentive Prize

2019/09　Search for neutrinos related with solar flare at KamLAND
POSTER AWARD

2019/03　International Symposium on "Revealing the history of the universe with underground particle and nuclear research"　A search for neutrinos correlated with solar flare using KamLAND

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Papers 16

Limits on the Low-energy Electron Antineutrino Flux from the Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst of All Time

S. Abe, T. Araki, S. Chauhan, K. Chiba, T. Eda, M. Eizuka, Y. Funahashi, A. Furuto, A. Gando, Y. Gando, S. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, K. Ichimura, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, M. Koga, A. Marthe, Y. Matsumoto, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, D. Morita, R. Nakajima, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, J. Nakane, T. Ono, H. Ozaki, K. Saito, T. Sakai, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, A. Suzuki, K. Tachibana, K. Tamae, H. Watanabe, K. Watanabe, S. Kurosawa, Y. Urano, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, K. Kotera, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, J. G. Learned, J. Maricic, Z. Fu, S. Ghosh, J. Smolsky, L. A. Winslow, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, S. Dell'Oro, T. O'Donnell, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski, K. M. Weerman, C. Grant, O. Penek, H. Song, A. Li, S. N. Axani, M. Garcia, M. Sarfraz

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL　981　(2)　2025/03/10

DOI： 10.3847/1538-4357/ad9c36 　

ISSN： 0004-637X

eISSN： 1538-4357
Combined Pre-supernova Alert System with KamLAND and Super-Kamiokande

S. Abe, M. Eizuka, S. Futagi, A. Gando, Y. Gando, S. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, M. Koga, M. Kurasawa, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, D. Morita, T. Nakahata, R. Nakajima, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, J. Nakane, H. Ozaki, K. Saito, T. Sakai, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, R. Shoji, A. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, H. Watanabe, K. Watanabe, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, K. Kotera, Y. Urano, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, J. G. Learned, J. Maricic, Z. Fu, J. Smolsky, L. A. Winslow, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, S. Dell’Oro, T. O’Donnell, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski, K. M. Weerman, C. Grant, H. Song, A. Li, S. N. Axani, M. Garcia, K. Abe, S. Abe, C. Bronner, Y. Hayato, K. Hiraide, K. Hosokawa, K. Ieki, M. Ikeda, J. Kameda, Y. Kanemura, R. Kaneshima, Y. Kashiwagi, Y. Kataoka, S. Miki, S. Mine, M. Miura, S. Moriyama, M. Nakahata, Y. Nakano, S. Nakayama, Y. Noguchi, K. Sato, H. Sekiya, H. Shiba, K. Shimizu, M. Shiozawa, Y. Sonoda, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeda, Y. Takemoto, H. Tanaka, T. Yano, S. Han, T. Kajita, K. Okumura, T. Tashiro, T. Tomiya, X. Wang, S. Yoshida, P. Fernandez, L. Labarga, N. Ospina, B. Zaldivar, B. W. Pointon, E. Kearns, J. L. Raaf, L. Wan, T. Wester, J. Bian, N. J. Griskevich, M. B. Smy, H. W. Sobel, V. Takhistov, A. Yankelevich, J. Hill, M. C. Jang, S. H. Lee, D. H. Moon, R. G. Park, B. Bodur, K. Scholberg, C. W. Walter, A. Beauchêne, O. Drapier, A. Giampaolo, Th. A. Mueller, A. D. Santos, P. Paganini, B. Quilain, R. Rogly, T. Nakamura, J. S. Jang, L. N. Machado, J. G. Learned, K. Choi, N. Iovine, S. Cao, L. H. V. Anthony, D. Martin, N. W. Prouse, M. Scott, Y. Uchida, V. Berardi, N. F. Calabria, M. G. Catanesi, E. Radicioni, A. Langella, G. De Rosa, G. Collazuol, M. Feltre, F. Iacob, M. Mattiazzi, L. Ludovici, M. Gonin, L. Périssé, G. Pronost, C. Fujisawa, S. Horiuchi, M. Kobayashi, Y. M. Liu, Y. Maekawa, Y. Nishimura, R. Okazaki, R. Akutsu, M. Friend, T. Hasegawa, T. Ishida, T. Kobayashi, M. Jakkapu, T. Matsubara, T. Nakadaira, K. Nakamura, Y. Oyama, K. Sakashita, T. Sekiguchi, T. Tsukamoto, A. Portocarrero Yrey, N. Bhuiyan, G. T. Burton, F. Di Lodovico, J. Gao, A. Goldsack, T. Katori, J. Migenda, R. M. Ramsden, Z. Xie, S. Zsoldos, A. T. Suzuki, Y. Takagi, Y. Takeuchi, H. Zhong, J. Feng, L. Feng, J. R. Hu, Z. Hu, M. Kawaue, T. Kikawa, M. Mori, T. Nakaya, R. A. Wendell, K. Yasutome, S. J. Jenkins, N. McCauley, P. Mehta, A. Tarrant, M. J. Wilking, Y. Fukuda, Y. Itow, H. Menjo, K. Ninomiya, Y. Yoshioka, J. Lagoda, M. Mandal, P. Mijakowski, Y. S. Prabhu, J. Zalipska, M. Jia, J. Jiang, W. Shi, C. Yanagisawa, M. Harada, Y. Hino, H. Ishino, Y. Koshio, F. Nakanishi, S. Sakai, T. Tada, T. Tano, T. Ishizuka, G. Barr, D. Barrow, L. Cook, S. Samani, D. Wark, A. Holin, F. Nova, S. Jung, B. S. Yang, J. Y. Yang, J. Yoo, J. E. P. Fannon, L. Kneale, M. Malek, J. M. McElwee, M. D. Thiesse, L. F. Thompson, S. T. Wilson, H. Okazawa, S. M. Lakshmi, S. B. Kim, E. Kwon, J. W. Seo, I. Yu, A. K. Ichikawa, K. D. Nakamura, S. Tairafune, K. Nishijima, A. Eguchi, K. Nakagiri, Y. Nakajima, S. Shima, N. Taniuchi, E. Watanabe, M. Yokoyama, P. de Perio, S. Fujita, C. Jesús-Valls, K. Martens, K. M. Tsui, M. R. Vagins, J. Xia, S. Izumiyama, M. Kuze, R. Matsumoto, K. Terada, R. Asaka, M. Ishitsuka, H. Ito, Y. Ommura, N. Shigeta, M. Shinoki, K. Yamauchi, T. Yoshida, R. Gaur, V. Gousy-Leblanc, M. Hartz, A. Konaka, X. Li, S. Chen, B. D. Xu, A. Q. Zhang, B. Zhang, M. Posiadala-Zezula, S. B. Boyd, R. Edwards, D. Hadley, M. Nicholson, M. O’Flaherty, B. Richards, A. Ali, B. Jamieson, S. Amanai, Ll. Marti, A. Minamino, R. Shibayama, S. Suzuki

The Astrophysical Journal　973　(2)　140-140　2024/09/26
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI： 10.3847/1538-4357/ad5fee 　

ISSN： 0004-637X

eISSN： 1538-4357

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Abstract Preceding a core-collapse supernova (CCSN), various processes produce an increasing amount of neutrinos of all flavors characterized by mounting energies from the interior of massive stars. Among them, the electron antineutrinos are potentially detectable by terrestrial neutrino experiments such as KamLAND and Super-Kamiokande (SK) via inverse beta decay interactions. Once these pre-supernova (pre-SN) neutrinos are observed, an early warning of the upcoming CCSN can be provided. In light of this, KamLAND and SK, both located in the Kamioka mine in Japan, have been monitoring pre-SN neutrinos since 2015 and 2021, respectively. Recently, we performed a joint study between KamLAND and SK on pre-SN neutrino detection. A pre-SN alert system combining the KamLAND detector and the SK detector was developed and put into operation, which can provide a supernova alert to the astrophysics community. Fully leveraging the complementary properties of these two detectors, the combined alert is expected to resolve a pre-SN neutrino signal from a 15 M _⊙ star within 510 pc of the Earth at a significance level corresponding to a false alarm rate of no more than 1 per century. For a Betelgeuse-like model with optimistic parameters, it can provide early warnings up to 12 hr in advance.
Search for charged excited states of dark matter with KamLAND-Zen Peer-reviewed

S. Abe, M. Eizuka, S. Futagi, A. Gando, Y. Gando, S. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, K. Hosokawa, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, M. Koga, M. Kurasawa, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, D. Morita, T. Nakahata, R. Nakajima, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, J. Nakane, H. Ozaki, T. Sakai, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, R. Shoji, A. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, H. Watanabe, K. Watanabe, S. Obara, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, K. Kotera, Y. Urano, A. Ichikawa, B.E. Berger, B.K. Fujikawa, J.G. Learned, J. Maricic, S.N. Axani, Z. Fu, J. Smolsky, L.A. Winslow, Y. Efremenko, H.J. Karwowski, D.M. Markoff, W. Tornow, S. Dell'Oro, T. O'Donnell, J.A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M.P. Decowski, K.M. Weerman, C. Grant, A. Li, H. Song

Physics Letters B　855　138846-138846　2024/08
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI： 10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138846 　

ISSN： 0370-2693
RFSoC-based front-end electronics for pulse detection Peer-reviewed

S.N. Axani, S. Futagi, M. Garcia, C. Grant, K. Hosokawa, S. Ieki, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, N. Kawada, Y. Matsumoto, T. Nakahata, K. Nakamura, R. Shouji, H. Song, L.A. Winslow

Journal of Instrumentation　19　(03)　P03013-P03013　2024/03/22
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI： 10.1088/1748-0221/19/03/p03013 　

eISSN： 1748-0221

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Abstract Radiation measurement relies on pulse detection, which can be performed using various configurations of high-speed analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). For optimal power consumption, design simplicity, system flexibility, and the availability of DSP slices, we consider the Radio Frequency System-on-Chip (RFSoC) to be a more suitable option than traditional setups. To this end, we have developed custom RFSoC-based electronics and verified its feasibility. The ADCs on RFSoC exhibit a flat frequency response of 1–125 MHz. The root-mean-square (RMS) noise level is 2.1 ADC without any digital signal processing. The digital signal processing improves the RMS noise level to 0.8 ADC (input equivalent 40 μV_rms). Baseline correction via digital signal processing can effectively prevent photomultiplier overshoot after a large pulse. Crosstalk between all channels is less than -55 dB. The measured data transfer speed can support up to 32 kHz trigger rates (corresponding to 750 Mbps). Overall, our RFSoC-based electronics are highly suitable for pulse detection, and after some modifications, they will be employed in the Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector (KamLAND).
Measurement of cosmic-ray muon spallation products in a xenon-loaded liquid scintillator with KamLAND

S. Abe, S. Asami, M. Eizuka, S. Futagi, A. Gando, Y. Gando, T. Gima, A. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, K. Hosokawa, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, M. Koga, M. Kurasawa, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, T. Nakahata, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, H. Ozaki, T. Sakai, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, A. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, H. Watanabe, Y. Yoshida, S. Obara, A. K. Ichikawa, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, K. Kotera, Y. Urano, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, J. G. Learned, J. Maricic, S. N. Axani, Z. Fu, J. Smolsky, L. A. Winslow, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, S. Dell'Oro, T. O'Donnell, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski, K. M. Weerman, C. Grant, A. Li, H. Song

Physical Review C　107　(5)　2023/05/22
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI： 10.1103/physrevc.107.054612 　

ISSN： 2469-9985

eISSN： 2469-9993
First measurement of the strange axial coupling constant using neutral-current quasielastic interactions of atmospheric neutrinos at KamLAND Peer-reviewed

S. Abe, S. Asami, M. Eizuka, S. Futagi, A. Gando, Y. Gando, T. Gima, A. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, M. Koga, M. Kurasawa, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, T. Nakahata, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, H. Ozaki, T. Sakai, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, A. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, H. Watanabe, Y. Yoshida, S. Obara, A. K. Ichikawa, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, K. Kotera, Y. Urano, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, J. G. Learned, J. Maricic, S. N. Axani, Z. Fu, J. Smolsky, L. A. Winslow, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski, C. Grant, A. Li, H. Song, S. Dell’Oro, T. O’Donnell

Physical Review D　107　(7)　2023/04/19
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI： 10.1103/physrevd.107.072006 　

ISSN： 2470-0010

eISSN： 2470-0029
Search for the Majorana Nature of Neutrinos in the Inverted Mass Ordering Region with KamLAND-Zen Peer-reviewed

S. Abe, S. Asami, M. Eizuka, S. Futagi, A. Gando, Y. Gando, T. Gima, A. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, S. Hayashida, K. Hosokawa, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, M. Koga, M. Kurasawa, N. Maemura, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, T. Nakahata, K. Nakamura, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, H. Ozaki, T. Sakai, H. Sambonsugi, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, A. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, K. Ueshima, H. Watanabe, Y. Yoshida, S. Obara, A. K. Ichikawa, D. Chernyak, A. Kozlov, K. Z. Nakamura, S. Yoshida, Y. Takemoto, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, K. Kotera, Y. Urano, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, J. G. Learned, J. Maricic, S. N. Axani, J. Smolsky, Z. Fu, L. A. Winslow, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, S. Dell’Oro, T. O’Donnell, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski, C. Grant, A. Li, H. Song

Physical Review Letters　130　(5)　2023/01/30
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI： 10.1103/physrevlett.130.051801 　

ISSN： 0031-9007

eISSN： 1079-7114
KamLAND’s search for correlated low-energy electron antineutrinos with astrophysical neutrinos from IceCube Peer-reviewed

S. Abe, S. Asami, M. Eizuka, S. Futagi, A. Gando, Y. Gando, T. Gima, A. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, K. Hosokawa, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, T. Kinoshita, M. Koga, M. Kurasawa, N. Maemura, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, T. Nakahata, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, H. Ozaki, T. Sakai, H. Sambonsugi, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, A. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, H. Watanabe, Y. Yoshida, S. Obara, A.K. Ichikawa, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, K. Kotera, Y. Urano, B.E. Berger, B.K. Fujikawa, J.G. Learned, J. Maricic, S.N. Axani, J. Smolsky, J. Lertprasertpong, L.A. Winslow, Z. Fu, J. Ouellet, Y. Efremenko, H.J. Karwowski, D.M. Markoff, W. Tornow, A. Li, J.A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M.P. Decowski, C. Grant, H. Song, T. O’Donnell, S. Dell’Oro

Astroparticle Physics　143　102758-102758　2022/10
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI： 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2022.102758 　

ISSN： 0927-6505
Abundances of Uranium and Thorium Elements in Earth Estimated by Geoneutrino Spectroscopy Peer-reviewed

S. Abe, S. Asami, M. Eizuka, S. Futagi, A. Gando, Y. Gando, T. Gima, A. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, K. Hosokawa, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, M. Koga, M. Kurasawa, N. Maemura, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, T. Nakahata, K. Nakamura, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, H. Ozaki, T. Sakai, H. Sambonsugi, I. Shimizu, Y. Shirahata, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, A. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, H. Watanabe, Y. Yoshida, S. Obara, A. K. Ichikawa, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, K. Kotera, Y. Urano, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, J. G. Learned, J. Maricic, S. N. Axani, Z. Fu, J. Smolsky, L. A. Winslow, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, A. Li, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski, C. Grant, H. Song, T. O’Donnell, S. Dell’Oro

Geophysical Research Letters　49　(16)　e2022GL099566　2022/08/16
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI： 10.1029/2022gl099566 　

ISSN： 0094-8276

eISSN： 1944-8007

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Abstract The decay of the primordial isotopes ²³⁸U, ²³⁵U, ²³²Th, and ⁴⁰K has contributed to the terrestrial heat budget throughout the Earth's history. Hence, the individual abundance of those isotopes are key parameters in reconstructing contemporary Earth models. The geoneutrinos produced by the radioactive decays of uranium and thorium have been observed with the Kamioka Liquid‐Scintillator Antineutrino Detector (KamLAND). Those measurements have been improved with more than 18‐year observation time, and improvement in detector background levels mainly with an 8‐year nearly reactor‐free period, which now permit spectroscopy with geoneutrinos. Our results yield the first constraint on both uranium and thorium heat contributions. The KamLAND result is consistent with geochemical estimations based on elemental abundances of chondritic meteorites and mantle peridotites. The High‐Q model is disfavored at 99.76% C.L. and a fully radiogenic model is excluded at 5.2σ assuming a homogeneous heat producing element distribution in the mantle.
Search for Supernova Neutrinos and Constraint on the Galactic Star Formation Rate with the KamLAND Data Peer-reviewed

S. Abe, S. Asami, M. Eizuka, S. Futagi, A. Gando, Y. Gando, T. Gima, A. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, K. Hosokawa, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, M. Koga, M. Kurasawa, N. Maemura, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, T. Nakahata, K. Nakamura, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, H. Ozaki, T. Sakai, H. Sambonsugi, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, A. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, H. Watanabe, Y. Yoshida, S. Obara, A. Ichikawa, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, K. Kotera, Y. Urano, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, J. G. Learned, J. Maricic, S. N. Axani, L. A. Winslow, Z. Fu, J. Smolsky, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, A. Li, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski, C. Grant, H. Song, T. O’Donnell, S. Dell’Oro

The Astrophysical Journal　934　(1)　85-85　2022/07/01
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI： 10.3847/1538-4357/ac7a3f 　

ISSN： 0004-637X

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Abstract We present the results of a search for core-collapse supernova neutrinos, using long-term KamLAND data from 2002 March 9 to 2020 April 25. We focus on the electron antineutrinos emitted from supernovae in the energy range of 1.8–111 MeV. Supernovae will make a neutrino event cluster with the duration of ∼10 s in the KamLAND data. We find no neutrino clusters and give the upper limit on the supernova rate to be 0.15 yr⁻¹ with a 90% confidence level. The detectable range, which corresponds to a >95% detection probability, is 40–59 kpc and 65–81 kpc for core-collapse supernovae and failed core-collapse supernovae, respectively. This paper proposes to convert the supernova rate obtained by the neutrino observation to the Galactic star formation rate. Assuming a modified Salpeter-type initial mass function, the upper limit on the Galactic star formation rate is <(17.5–22.7) M_⊙ yr⁻¹ with a 90% confidence level.
A Search for Correlated Low-energy Electron Antineutrinos in KamLAND with Gamma-Ray Bursts Peer-reviewed

S. Abe, S. Asami, A. Gando, Y. Gando, T. Gima, A. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, K. Hosokawa, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, T. Kinoshita, M. Koga, N. Maemura, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, K. Nakamura, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, H. Ozaki, T. Sakai, H. Sambonsugi, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, A. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, M. Eizuka, M. Kurasawa, T. Nakahata, S. Futagi, H. Watanabe, Y. Yoshida, S. Obara, A. K. Ichikawa, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, J. G. Learned, J. Maricic, S. N. Axani, J. Smolsky, C. Laber-Smith, L. A. Winslow, Z. Fu, J. Ouellet, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, A. Li, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski, C. Grant, H. Song, T. O’Donnell, S. Dell’Oro

The Astrophysical Journal　927　(1)　69-69　2022/03/01
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI： 10.3847/1538-4357/ac4e7e 　

ISSN： 0004-637X

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Abstract We present the results of a time-coincident event search for low-energy electron antineutrinos in the KamLAND detector with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) from the Gamma-ray Coordinates Network and Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor. Using a variable coincidence time window of ±500 s plus the duration of each GRB, no statistically significant excess above the background is observed. We place the world’s most stringent 90% confidence level upper limit on the electron antineutrino fluence below 17.5 MeV. Assuming a Fermi–Dirac neutrino energy spectrum from the GRB source, we use the available redshift data to constrain the electron antineutrino luminosity and effective temperature.
Search for Solar Flare Neutrinos with the KamLAND Detector Peer-reviewed

S. Abe, S. Asami, A. G, o, Y. G, o, T. Gima, A. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, S. Hayashida, K. Hosokawa, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, T. Kinoshita, M. Koga, N. Maemura, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, K. Nakamura, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, H. Ozaki, T. Sakai, H. Sambonsugi, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, A. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, K. Ueshima, Y. Wada, H. Watanabe, Y. Yoshida, S. Obara, A. K. Ichikawa, A. Kozlov, D. Chernyak, Y. Takemoto, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, K. Z. Nakamura, M. Yoshida, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, J. G. Learned, J. Maricic, S. N. Axani, L. A. Winslow, Z. Fu, J. Ouellet, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, A. Li, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski, C. Grant, T. O'Donnell, S. Dell'Oro

The Astrophysical Journal　924　(2)　103-103　2022/01/10
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI： 10.3847/1538-4357/ac35d1 　

ISSN： 0004-637X 1538-4357

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Limits on Astrophysical Antineutrinos with the KamLAND Experiment Peer-reviewed

S. Abe, S. Asami, A. Gando, Y. Gando, T. Gima, A. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, S. Hayashida, K. Hosokawa, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, T. Kinoshita, M. Koga, N. Maemura, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, K. Nakamura, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, H. Ozaki, T. Sakai, H. Sambonsugi, I. Shimizu, Y. Shirahata, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, A. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, K. Ueshima, Y. Wada, H. Watanabe, Y. Yoshida, S. Obara, A. K. Ichikawa, A. Kozlov, D. Chernyak, Y. Takemoto, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, S. Hirata, K. Z. Nakamura, M. Yoshida, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, J. G. Learned, J. Maricic, S. N. Axani, L. A. Winslow, Z. Fu, J. Ouellet, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, A. Li, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski, C. Grant, T. O’Donnell, S. Dell’Oro

The Astrophysical Journal　925　(1)　14-14　2022/01/01
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI： 10.3847/1538-4357/ac32c1 　

ISSN： 0004-637X

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Abstract We report on a search for electron antineutrinos (${\bar{\nu } }_{e}$) from astrophysical sources in the neutrino energy range 8.3–30.8 MeV with the KamLAND detector. In an exposure of 6.72 kton-year of the liquid scintillator, we observe 18 candidate events via the inverse beta decay reaction. Although there is a large background uncertainty from neutral current atmospheric neutrino interactions, we find no significant excess over background model predictions. Assuming several supernova relic neutrino spectra, we give upper flux limits of 60–110 cm⁻² s⁻¹ (90% confidence level, CL) in the analysis range and present a model-independent flux. We also set limits on the annihilation rates for light dark matter pairs to neutrino pairs. These data improve on the upper probability limit of ⁸B solar neutrinos converting into ${\bar{\nu } }_{e}$, ${P}_{ { \nu }_{e}\to {\bar{\nu } }_{e } }\lt 3.5\times {10}^{-5}$ (90% CL) assuming an undistorted ${\bar{\nu } }_{e}$ shape. This corresponds to a solar ${\bar{\nu } }_{e}$ flux of 60 cm⁻² s⁻¹ (90% CL) in the analysis energy range.
The nylon balloon for xenon loaded liquid scintillator in KamLAND-Zen 800 neutrinoless double-beta decay search experiment Peer-reviewed

Y. Gando, A. Gando, T. Hachiya, S. Hayashida, K. Hosokawa, H. Ikeda, T. Mitsui, T. Nakada, S. Obara, H. Ozaki, J. Shirai, K. Ueshima, H. Watanabe, S. Abe, K. Hata, A. Hayashi, Y. Honda, S. Ieki, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, S. Ishikawa, Y. Kamei, K. Kamizawa, Y. Karino, N. Kawada, T. Kinoshita, M. Koga, S. Matsuda, H. Miyake, K. Nakamura, K. Nemoto, A. Ono, N. Ota, S. Otsuka, Y. Shibukawa, I. Shimizu, Y. Shirahata, K. Soma, A. Suzuki, A.A. Suzuki, T. Takai, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, Y. Teraoka, Y. Wada, D. Chernyak, A. Kozlov, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, Y. Takemoto, K. Fushimi, S. Hirata, C. Grant, A. Li, J.G. Learned, J. Maricic, B.E. Berger, B.K. Fujikawa, S. Fraker, A. Herman, E. Krupczak, G.L. Pease, L.A. Winslow, Y. Efremenko, H.J. Karwowski, D.M. Markoff, W. Tornow, T. O'Donnell, S. Dell'Oro, J.A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M.P. Decowski

Journal of Instrumentation　16　(08)　P08023-P08023　2021/08/01
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI： 10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/p08023 　

eISSN： 1748-0221
Search for Low-energy Electron Antineutrinos in KamLAND Associated with Gravitational Wave Events Peer-reviewed

S. Abe, S. Asami, A. Gando, Y. Gando, T. Gima, A. Goto, T. Hachiya, K. Hata, S. Hayashida, K. Hosokawa, K. Ichimura, S. Ieki, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, Y. Kishimoto, T. Kinoshita, M. Koga, N. Maemura, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, K. Nakamura, K. Nakamura, R. Nakamura, H. Ozaki, T. Sakai, H. Sambonsugi, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, K. Shiraishi, A. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, K. Ueshima, Y. Wada, H. Watanabe, Y. Yoshida, S. Obara, A. Kozlov, D. Chernyak, Y. Takemoto, S. Yoshida, S. Umehara, K. Fushimi, A. K. Ichikawa, K. Z. Nakamura, M. Yoshida, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, J. G. Learned, J. Maricic, S. N. Axani, L. A. Winslow, Z. Fu, J. Ouellet, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, A. Li, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski, C. Grant, T. O’Donnell, S. Dell’Oro

The Astrophysical Journal　909　(2)　116-116　2021/03/01
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI： 10.3847/1538-4357/abd5bc 　

ISSN： 0004-637X

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Abstract We present the results of a search for MeV-scale electron antineutrino events in KamLAND coincident with the 60 gravitational wave events/candidates reported by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration during their second and third observing runs. We find no significant coincident signals within a ±500 s timing window from each gravitational wave and present 90% C.L. upper limits on the electron antineutrino fluence between 10⁸ and 10¹³ cm⁻² for neutrino energies in the energy range of 1.8–111 MeV.
Kamland-zen

S. Abe, A. Gando, Y. Gando, T. Hachiya, S. Hayashida, K. Hosokawa, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, Y. Kamei, N. Kawada, T. Kinoshita, M. Koga, T. Mitsui, H. Miyake, K. Nakamura, S. Obara, A. Ohno, N. Ohta, S. Ohtsuka, H. Ozaki, T. Sato, I. Shimizu, Y. Shirahata, J. Shirai, A. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, K. Tamae, K. Ueshima, Y. Wada, H. Watanabe, A. Kozlov, D. Chernyak, Y. Takemoto, S. Umehara, S. Yoshida, K. Fushimi, S. Hirata, B. E. Berger, B. K. Fujikawa, L. A. Winslow, J. Ouellet, E. Krupczak, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, T. O’Donnell, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski

Neutrino 2018 - 28th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Conference Proceedings　2018

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カムランドによる地球ニュートリノ観測でひもとく地球熱史 Invited Peer-reviewed

川田七海

日本物理学会誌　79　(3)　117-122　2024/03

DOI： 10.11316/butsuri.79.3_117 　
Spectroscopic measurement of geoneutrinos from uranium and thorium with KamLAND Peer-reviewed

N. Kawada for the KamLAND Collaboration

Giornale di Fisica　2023/09

DOI： 10.1393/gdf/i2023-10524-5 　
Low-energy astrophysics with KamLAND Peer-reviewed

Nanami Kawada, Shuhei Obara, Koji Ishidoshiro, Seisho Abe, Sachihiro Asami, Azusa Gando, Yoshihito Gando, Tomomi Gima, Anna Goto, Takahiko Hachiya, Kazumi Hata, Shingo Hayashida, Keishi Hosokawa, Koichi Ichimura, Sei Ieki, Haruo Ikeda, Kunio Inoue, Yuto Kamei, Yasuhiro Kishimoto, Tatsuya Kinoshita, Masayuki Koga, Naoya Maemura, Tadao Mitsui, Haruhiko Miyake, Kengo Nakamura, Kosuke Nakamura, Rikuo Nakamura, Hideyoshi Ozaki, Taichi Sakai, Hiroto Sambonsugi, Itaru Shimizu, Junpei Shirai, Kensuke Shiraishi, Atsuto SUZUKI, Yuya Suzuki, Atsuto Takeuchi, Kyoko Tamae, Kota Ueshima, Yoshiki Wada, Hiroko Watanabe, Yuki Yoshida, Atsuko Ichikawa, Alexandre Kozlov, Dmitry CHERNYAK, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Sei Yoshida, Saori Umehara, Ken-Ichi Fushimi, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Masashi Yoshida, Bruce Edmond Berger, Brian Kurt Fujikawa, John Gregory Learned, Jelena Maricic, Spencer N. Axani, Lindley Anne Winslow, Zhenghao Fu, Jonathan Ouellet, Yuri Efremenko, Hugon J. Karwowski, Dian M. Markoff, Werner Tornow, Aobo Li, Jason A. Detwiler, Sanshiro Enomoto, Patric Decowski, Chistopher Grant, Thomas O'Donnell, Stefano Dell'Oro

Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2021)　2021/07/29
Publisher: Sissa Medialab
DOI： 10.22323/1.395.1163 　
Development of new trigger system for KamLAND2-Zen Peer-reviewed

Atsuto Takeuchi, Nanami Kawada

Journal of Physics: Conference Series　1468　(1)　012155-012155　2020/02/01
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI： 10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012155 　

ISSN： 1742-6588

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Abstract KamLAND2-Zen is the future plan for the existing KamLND-Zen experiment, which will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay. In this experiment, muon spallation products are expected to be the main background. Spallation backgrounds can be tagged by delayed coincidence with neutrons emitted in spallation. Therefore, it is important to detect neutrons with high efficiency. However, enhancement of light yield will increase after-pulses and fake triggers due to them resulting in DAQ deadtime and low detection efficiency of neutrons. To solve this problem, a new trigger scheme which uses simultaneous hit of neighboring PMTs was developed. According to a simulation performed with real PMT waveforms, this scheme is expected to improve neutron detection efficiency from 54% to 89%. Consequently 99% of ¹⁰C background events can be tagged.

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Progress and future of neutrino-less double-beta decay search by the KamLAND-Zen experiment

Nanami Kawada, for, he KamLAND-Zen collaboration

XXXI International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics　2024/06/18
カムランドによるウラン・トリウムに由来する地球ニュートリノの分離測定 Invited

川田七海

日本物理学会2024年春季大会　2024/03/20
Latest result and future of neutrinoless double-beta decay search by KamLAND-Zen Invited

Nanami Kawada for the KamLAND-Zen collaboration

Workshop on Xenon Detector 0νββ Searches: Steps Towards the Kilotonne Scale　2023/10/26
Latest result of geoneutrino measurement with KamLAND

Nanami Kawada, for, he, KamLAND collaboration

XVIII International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics 2023　2023/08/28
Latest result of geoneutrino measurement with KamLAND Invited

Nanami Kawada, for, he, KamLAND collaboration

The 29th international workshop on weak interactions and neutrinos　2023/07/04
Latest result of neutrinoless double-beta decay search by KamLAND-Zen Invited

Nanami Kawada for, KamLAND-Zen collaboration

The 29th international workshop on weak interactions and neutrinos　2023/07/04
Spectroscopic measurement of geoneutrinos from uranium and thorium with KamLAND Invited

Nanami Kawada, KamLAND collaboration

Passion for Earth　2022/10/27
KamLANDによる地球ニュートリノ観測結果の報告

川田七海

日本物理学会2022年秋季大会　2022/09
Report on the measurement of geoneutrinos by KamLAND in the reactor-off period in Japan

Nanami Kawada

Goldschmidt 2022　2022/07/13
KamLANDによる地球ニュートリノ観測の現状

川田七海

日本物理学会第77回年次大会　2022/03
KamLANDによる太陽フレアニュートリノの探索

川田七海

日本天文学会2021年秋季大会　2021/09
Low-energy astrophysics with KamLAND

Nanami Kawada

The 37th international Cosmic Ray Conference 2021　2021/07/21
KamLANDによる太陽フレアニュートリノの探索

川田七海

日本物理学会第76回年次大会　2021/03
KamLANDによる太陽フレアニュートリノの探索

川田七海

日本物理学会2020年秋季大会　2020/09
Improvement of Energy Resolution in KamLAND-Zen by Implementing Signal Amplifier in Low-Gain PMTs

Nanami Kawada

NEUTRINO2020　2020/06/27
KamLAND-Zen実験における低ゲインPMT回復のための信号増幅器導入に関する研究

川田七海

日本物理学会第75回年次大会　2020/03
Development of new trigger system for KamLAND2-Zen

Atsuto Takeuchi, Nanami Kawada, KamLAND Collaboration

TAUP2019　2019/09/11
Search for neutrinos related with solar flare at KamLAND

Nanami Kawada

International School for Strangeness Nuclear Physics　2019/09/07
KamLANDの低ゲインPMTのためのフロントエンド回路改修に関する研究

川田七海

日本物理学会2019年秋季大会　2019/09
A search for neutrinos correlated with solar flare using KamLAND

Nanami Kawada on behalf of the KamLAND collaboration

International Symposium on "Revealing the history of the universe with underground particle and nuclear research"　2019/03/08
KamLANDのためのPMT preampの開発

川田七海

日本物理学会第74回　2019/03
KamLANDへの最新型電子回路MoGURA2導入による中性子タギング効率向上についての研究

川田七海

第5回極低放射能研究会　2019/03
KamLANDによる太陽フレア関連ニュートリノの探索

川田七海

第5回超新星ニュートリノ研究会　2019/01
KamLANDのためのPMT preampの開発

川田七海

物理学会2018年秋季大会　2018/09
新電子回路MoGURAによる解析精度の向上

川田七海

第4回極低放射能技術研究会　2018/03/08

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大型液体シンチレータ検出器で探る物質粒子の起源

石徹白晃治, 尾崎秀義, 川田七海

Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

System: 科学研究費助成事業

Category: 学術変革領域研究(A)

Institution: 東北大学

2024/04 - 2029/03
ニュートリノ到来方向を用いた地球ニュートリノ観測による地球原始物質の解明

川田七海

Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

System: 科学研究費助成事業

Category: 若手研究

Institution: 東北大学

2024/04/01 - 2027/03/31
世界最高精度での地球ニュートリノ観測による原始地球組成の解明

川田七海

Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

System: 科学研究費助成事業

Category: 研究活動スタート支援

Institution: 東北大学

2023/08/31 - 2025/03/31
世界最高精度での地球ニュートリノ観測によるマントル対流構造の解明

川田七海

Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

System: 科学研究費助成事業特別研究員奨励費

Category: 特別研究員奨励費

Institution: 東北大学

2022/04 - 2024/03

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Estimating Uranium and Thorium Abundance with Geoneutrinos

AGU　Eos.　https://eos.org/research-spotlights/estimating-uranium-and-thorium-abundance-with-geoneutrinos

2022/08

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