Silver halide emulsion and silver halide photosensitive material

A silver halide photosensitive material comprising a silver halide emulsion that comprises silver halide particles, wherein a content of a silver chloride is at least 89 mol %, and wherein

• the silver halide particles comprising at least one of
• (i) at least one phase selected from the group consisting of
• a laminar phase containing silver bromide and a six-coordinate complex in which all of six ligands are made of Cl, Br or I and Jr is a central metal, and having a maximum point where a silver bromide content ratio is at a maximum value, which maximum point is inside the silver halide particles, and a content of the silver bromide in the surroundings of the maximum point decreases in a direction from the maximum point toward the surface of the silver halide particles and the direction from the maximum point toward the inside of the silver halide particles, and
• a laminar phase comprising silver iodide and a six-coordinate complex having H2O, OH, O, OCN, thiazol.e or substituted thiazole as a ligand and containing Ir as a central metal, and
• (ii) a phase comprising silver iodide and a phase comprising silver bromide, which phase comprising silver bromide is disposed further inside of the silver halide particles than the phase comprising silver iodide, wherein the phase (ii) satisfies either of the conditions of the phase comprising silver bromide is a laminar phase and having a maximum point where a silver bromide content ratio is at a maximum value, which maximum point is inside the silver halide particles, and a content of the silver bromide in the surroundings of the maximum point decreases in a direction from the maximum point toward the surface of the silver halide particles and the direction from the maximum point toward the inside of the silver halide particles, or
• at least one of the phase comprising silver iodide and the phase comprising silver bromide comprises a six-coordinate complex having H2O, OH, O, OCN, thiazole or substituted thiazole as a ligand and containing ft as a central metal.

A silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide particles, wherein a content of silver chloride in the silver halide particles is at least 89 mol %, and wherein

• the silver halide particles comprising at least one of
• (i) a laminar phase comprising silver iodide and a six-coordinate complex having H2O, OH, O, OCN, thiazole or substituted thiazole as a ligand and containing Ir as a central metal, wherein the six-coordinate complex is contained in a position outside 90% of silver halide particle volume, and
• (ii) a phase comprising silver iodide and a phase comprising silver bromide, which phase comprising silver bromide is disposed further inside of the silver halide particles than the phase comprising silver iodide, wherein the phase (ii) satisfies either of the conditions wherein
• the phase comprising silver bromide is a laminar phase having a maximum point where a silver bromide content ratio is at a maximum value, which maximum point is inside the silver halide particles, and a content of the silver bromide in the surroundings of the maximum point decreases in a direction from the maximum point toward the surface of the silver halide particles and the direction from the maximum point toward the inside of the silver halide particles, or
• at least one of the phase comprising silver iodide and the phase comprising silver bromide comprises a six-coordinate complex having H2O, OH, O, OCN, thiazole or substituted thiazole as a ligand and containing Ir as a central metal, wherein the six-coordinate complex is contained in a position outside 90% of silver halide particle volume.

A silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide particles, wherein

• a content of silver chloride in the silver halide particles is at least 89 mol %,
• the silver halide particles comprise a laminar phase comprising silver bromide and a laminar phase comprising silver iodide,
• the laminar phase comprising silver bromide has a maximum point where a silver bromide content is at a maximum value, which maximum point is inside the silver halide particles, and the silver bromide content in the surroundings of the maximum point decreases in a direction from the maximum point toward the surface of the silver halide particles and the direction from the maximum point toward the inside of the silver halide particles, and
• the phase containing silver bromide is disposed further inside of the silver halide particle than the phase comprising silver iodide.