The 14th AONSA Neutron School/The 9th Neutron and Muon School
We are pleased to announce The 14th AONSA Neutron School/The 9th Neutron and Muon School in 2025.
Neutrons and muons are powerful probes in materials research. Notable experimental techniques include determining the crystal and magnetic structures of materials using neutron elastic scattering and observing lattice vibrations and magnetic excitations via inelastic scattering. Neutrons can also be used for imaging measurements utilizing their large penetration depths and for analyzing surfaces and interfaces through reflectometry. Muons act as highly sensitive local probes capable of detecting magnetic order and its dynamics in bulk and thin-film samples.
In this school, participants will learn about the characteristics of neutrons and muons and their experimental methods through lectures by leading researchers active worldwide. Furthermore, participants will apply the theories to actual experiments through hands-on training using the instruments in the J-PARC MLF.
We invite applications from graduate students and young researchers from both Japan and abroad who are interested in materials research using neutrons and muons. We also encourage laboratory heads who are already using neutron and muon beams (or considering their future use) to utilize this school as an educational opportunity for students and young researchers and to support their participation.
14th AONSA Neutron School/The 9th Neutron and Muon School is cooperated and supported by the organizations listed here.
Application
- Applications are now closed.
Application deadline: 1st August 2025, 23:59 JST (UTC+9)- View details
Contact
School office: nm-school[at]cross.or.jp (Please replace “[at]” with “@“)
Host organizations
Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Association (AONSA)
The Japanese Society for Neutron Science (JSNS)
Society of Muon and Meson Science of Japan (JMMS)
J-PARC Center (KEK&JAEA)
Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility, J-PARC Center (J-PARC MLF)
Materials Sciences Research Center, JAEA (MSRC)
Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (IMSS)
The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo (ISSP)
Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society (CROSS)
Industrial Users Society for Neutron Application (IUSNA)
Ibaraki Prefecture
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ibaraki University
Organizers
School Principal:
- Yoshie Otake (RIKEN/President of JSNS)
Organizing Committee:
- Tadashi Adachi (Sophia University/President of JMMS)
- Matahiro Komuro (CROSS/IUSNA)
- Toshiya Otomo (J-PARC Center, KEK)
- Yukinobu Kawakita (J-PARC Center, JAEA)
- Mitsuhiro Shibayama (CROSS)
- Kenji Nakajima (J-PARC Center, JAEA)
- Taku J Sato (ISSP, University of Tokyo)
- Makoto Matsuda (JAEA)
- Sonoko Komatsuzaki (Ibaraki Pref.)
- Ichiro Tanaka (Ibaraki University)
- Toyotaka Osakabe (MSRC, JAEA)
Local Organizing Committee
Chair:
- Shinichi Machida (CROSS)
Committee Member:
- Takuro Kawasaki (J-PARC Center, JAEA/JSNS)
- Takehito Nakano (Ibaraki University/JMMS)
- Daichi Ueta(J-PARC Center, KEK)
- Motonobu Tampo (J-PARC Center, KEK)
- Yusuke Tsuchikawa (J-PARC Center, JAEA)
- Ken-ichi Funakoshi (CROSS)
- Takayoshi Ito (CROSS)
- Masato Hagihara (MSRC, JAEA)
- Taro Nakajima (ISSP, University of Tokyo)
- Yuuta Gunji (Ibaraki Pref.)
- Kazuaki Iwasa (Ibaraki University)
- Kenji Ohyama (Ibaraki University)
