Speaker
Shinya Sawada
Description
The Hadron Experimental Facility (HEF) of Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, J-PARC, started its operation in 2009. The most distinguishing feature of J-PARC its high proton intensity, and J-PARC has been improving the proton intensity continuously; HEF achieved 101 kW proton operation in April, 2026. As the proton beam intensity has been increased, research at the HEF has evolved from experiments using pion beams to the current full-scale execution of experiments utilizing kaon beams. This presentation provides an overview of the experiments conducted at the HEF to date and discusses future prospects.