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We are developing a neutron detector with a position resolution better than 3 mm to study the single particle properties of nuclei by the knockout ( p , pn ) reaction at intermediate energies. We constructed a prototype detector consisting of scintillating fibers and multi-anode photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). A test experiment using 70-MeV proton and 68- and 50-MeV neutron was performed for characterizing its performance. In preliminary results, a position resolution of about 3 mm, is realized, as designed. The resulting separation-energy resolution would be 1 MeV, when using this system at a distance of 2 m from the target for measuring the ( p , pn ) reaction.

We have performed an inclusive spectroscopy of 122 Sn(d , 3 He) reaction near the pion emission threshold at an incident energy of Td = 250 MeV/nucleon. The first experiment aims as devloping the high precision spectroscopy of pionic atoms at the RI beam factory (RIBF) of RIKEN, which leads to a new project, pionic Atom Factory project (piAF) to measure pionic atoms for a wide range of elements. We report the analysis status of the pilot experiment.

14th International Workshop on Meson Production, Properties and Interaction, Cracow, Poland, 2 Jun 2016 - 7 Jun 2016; The European physical journal / Web of Conferences Web of Conferences : proceedings proceedings 130, 01017 (2016). doi:10.1051/epjconf/201613001017, We conduct an experimental project to make spectroscopy of deeply bound pionic atoms systematically over wide range of nuclei. We aim at studying the strong interaction in the low energy region, which has close connection to spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and its partial restoration in nuclear matter. First experimental results show improved spectral resolution and much better statistical sensitivity than previous experiments. Present status of the experiment is reported., Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis