Neutron spectroscopy study on crystalline electric field excitations in NdB

山内 宏樹; 目時 直人; 綿貫 竜太*; Hong, T.*; Fernandez-Baca, J. A.*; 萩原 雅人; 益田 隆嗣*; 吉沢 英樹*; 伊藤 晋一*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 94(5), p.054705_1 - 054705_8, 2025/04

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.94.054705

The -electron states of NdB were determined by observing crystalline electric field (CEF) excitations with inelastic neutron scattering experiments. Our analysis yields CEF excitation energies of 2.8, 12.4, 17.2, and 25.4 meV. The -electron states are simply described by one of -multiplets with negligibly small mixing. The ground state is the pseudo-quartet consist of the ground doublet dominated by and the first excited doublet dominated by at 2.8 meV, which is consistent with magnetic specific heat and entropy reported in earlier study. The simple -electron states in NdB are the consequence of the strong uniaxial and in-plane isotropic CEF potential due to the local structure of Nd ions with point symmetry .

東海再処理施設周辺の環境放射線モニタリング結果; 2023年度

國分 祐司; 細見 健二; 永岡 美佳; 瀬谷 夏美; 井上 和美; 小池 優子; 内山 怜; 佐々木 一樹; 前原 勇志; 松尾 一樹; et al.

JAEA-Review 2024-054, 168 Pages, 2025/03

JAEA-Review-2024-054.pdf:2.73MB

核燃料サイクル工学研究所では、「日本原子力研究開発機構核燃料サイクル工学研究所再処理施設保安規定、第IV編環境監視」に基づき、再処理施設周辺の環境放射線モニタリングを実施している。本報告書は、2023年4月から2024年3月までの間に実施した環境放射線モニタリングの結果、及び大気、海洋への放射性物質の放出に起因する周辺公衆の線量算出結果について、取りまとめたものである。なお、上記の環境放射線モニタリングの結果において、2011年3月に発生した東京電力株式会社(2016年4月1日付けで東京電力ホールディングス株式会社に変更)福島第一原子力発電所事故で放出された放射性物質の影響が一部の項目でみられた。また、環境監視計画の概要、測定方法の概要、測定結果及びその経時変化、気象統計結果、放射性廃棄物の放出状況、平常の変動幅の範囲を外れた値の評価について付録として収録した。

Spontaneous magnetic field and disorder effects in BaPtAsSb with a honeycomb network

足立 匡*; Ogawa, Taiki*; 小宮山 陽太*; 須村 拓也*; Saito-Tsuboi, Yuki*; Takeuchi, Takaaki*; Mano, Kohei*; Manabe, Kaoru*; 川端 幸樹*; 今津 毅士*; et al.

Physical Review B, 111(10), p.L100508_1 - L100508_6, 2025/03

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.L100508

Chiral superconductivity exhibits the formation of novel electron pairs that breaks the time-reversal symmetry and has been actively studied in various quantum materials in recent years. However, despite its potential to provide definitive information, effects of disorder in the crystal structure on the chiral superconductivity has not yet been clarified, and therefore the investigation using a solid-solution system is desirable. We report muon-spin-relaxation (SR) results of layered pnictide BaPtAsSb with a honeycomb network composed of Pt and (As, Sb). We observed an increase of the zero-field SR rate in the superconducting (SC) state at the Sb end of , suggesting the occurrence of a spontaneous magnetic field due to the time-reversal symmetry breaking in the SC state. On the other hand, a spontaneous magnetic field was almost and completely suppressed for the As-Sb mixed samples of and 0.2, respectively, suggesting that the time-reversal symmetry-breaking SC state in is sensitive to disorder. The magnetic penetration depth estimated from transverse-field SR measurements at and 0.2 behaved like weak-coupling -wave superconductivity. These seemingly incompatible zero-field and transverse-field SR results of BaPtAsSb with could be understood in terms of chiral -wave superconductivity with point nodes on the three-dimensional Fermi surface.

Multiple metamagnetic transitions in the helical antiferromagnet CeVGe

Jin, H.*; Choi, E. S.*; Wu, H.-C.*; Curro, N. J.*; 那波 和宏*; 佐藤 卓*; 鬼柳 亮嗣; 大原 高志; Klavins, P.*; Taufour, V.*

Physical Review B, 111(3), p.035103_1 - 035103_7, 2025/01

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.035103

We report on neutron diffraction, magnetoresistance, magnetization and magnetic torque measurements under high magnetic field in the helical antiferromagnet CeVGe. This compound exhibits Kondo lattice coherence and helical antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering at ambient pressure, similar to the well-studied CeRhIn. Our measurements reveal that CeVGe undergoes a magnetic transition from an incommensurate (ICM) AFM state to an up-up-down-down commensurate (CM) AFM structure, followed by a transition to a novel phase at higher fields. A quantum phase transition occurs around 21.3 T. This rich magnetic field phase diagram closely resembles that of CeRhIn. Furthermore, angle-dependent magnetoresistance measurements reveal that all transitions in CeVGe occur from the field component along the ab plane. These findings highlight the intricate interplay among exchange interactions, crystal field effects, ground state properties, and crystalline symmetries.

Application of the spectral determination method to unified -, - and X-ray spectra

大島 真澄*; 後藤 淳*; 早川 岳人*; 浅井 雅人; 篠原 宏文*; 鈴木 勝行*; Shen, H.*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 10 Pages, 2025/00

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2024.2439921

スペクトル定量法(SDM)は、線や線のスペクトル全体の形を、標準線及び線スペクトルを用いて最小自乗フィッティング解析することで放射能を定量する方法である。本論文では、Ge検出器と液体シンチレーション検出器で測定された2つのスペクトルを統合した統合スペクトルに対して新しくSDMを適用した。統合スペクトルを解析することで、放射能の値の不確かさを改善することができた。40核種が等しい強度で含まれる統合スペクトルを解析し、それぞれの放射能の値を正しく求めることができた。

Pulsed muon facility of J-PARC MUSE

下村 浩一郎*; 幸田 章宏*; Pant, A. D.*; 砂川 光*; 藤森 寛*; 梅垣 いづみ*; 中村 惇平*; 藤原 理賀; 反保 元伸*; 河村 成肇*; et al.

Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.31_1 - 31_6, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-024-01863-8

J-PARC Muon Facility: MUSE (Muon Science Establishment) is responsible for the inter-university user program and the operation, maintenance, and construction of the muon beamlines, namely D-line, S-line, U-line, and H-line, along with the muon source at J-PARC Materials and Life Science Facility (MLF). In this paper, recent developments are briefly presented.

Unique magnetic transition process demonstrating the effectiveness of bond percolation theory in a quantum magnet

Zheng, X.-G.*; 山内 一宏*; 萩原 雅人; 西堀 英治*; 河江 達也*; 渡邊 功雄*; 内山 智貴*; Chen, Y.*; Xu, C.-N.*

Nature Communications (Internet), 15, p.9989_1 - 9989_12, 2024/11

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54335-6

Like the crystallization of water to ice, magnetic transition occurs at a critical temperature after the slowing down of dynamically fluctuating short-range correlated spins. Here, we report a unique type of magnetic transition characterized by a linear increase in the volume fraction of unconventional static short-range-ordered spin clusters, which triggered a transition into a long-range order at a threshold fraction perfectly matching the bond percolation theory in a new quantum antiferromagnet of pseudo-trigonal Cu(OH)Cl. Static short-range order appeared in its Kagome lattice plane below Ca. 20 K from a pool of coexisting spin liquid, linearly increasing its fraction to 0.492(8), then all Kagome spins transitioned into a stable two-dimensional spin order at ____$. The unconventional static nature of the short-range order was inferred to be due to a pinning effect by the strongly correlated coexisting spin liquids. This work presents a unique magnetic system to demonstrate a complete bond percolation process toward the critical transition. Meanwhile, the unconventionally developed magnetic order in this chemically clean system should shed new light on spin-liquid physics.

Gas entrainment simulation for fast reactors using freesurface lattice Boltzmann method

Sitompul, Y.; 杉原 健太; 小野寺 直幸; 井戸村 泰宏

EPJ Web of Conferences, 302, p.05004_1 - 05004_10, 2024/10

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202430205004

高速炉の設計では、自由表面渦によるガス巻き込み現象を回避することが極めて重要である。数値解析は、これらの現象を理解するための重要な手法の一つである。しかしながら、従来の数値解析手法では計算効率や精度に課題があったため、計算効率と複雑な流れのシミュレーション能力で知られる格子ボルツマン法(LBM)を代替手法として採用する。本研究では、ガス巻込み解析を高速化するために自由表面流LBMを実装し、従来の手法と比較して精度を維持しながら計算コストを大幅に削減した。LBMを用いたシミュレーション結果は実験データとよく一致し、将来の高速炉設計における解析の高速化に有望な手段を提供する。

Design policy of pilot plant for accelerator-driven system

西原 健司; 菅原 隆徳; 福島 昌宏; 岩元 大樹; 方野 量太; 阿部 拓海

Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle (GLOBAL2024) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2024/10

マイナーアクチニド核変換用の熱出力800MWの鉛ビスマス冷却ADSのスケールダウン版として、加速器駆動システムのパイロットプラントを提案する。本発表では、パイロットプラントの設計方針について述べる。

Application of diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) for the dynamic speciation of radioactive cesium in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

田中 琢朗*; 福岡 将史*; 戸田 賀奈子*; 中西 貴宏; 寺島 元基; 藤原 健壮; 庭野 佑真*; 加藤 弘亮*; 小林 奈通子*; 田野井 慶太朗*; et al.

ACS ES&T Water (Internet), 4(8), p.3579 - 3586, 2024/08

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00453

Radioactive cesium released by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011 remains in the forest environment and is being transported to the ocean via residential areas by runoff into river systems. Most of the Cs in river water exists as suspended forms, being strongly fixed by micaceous clay minerals. If this fraction can change its form into dissolved forms, this results in additional input of bioavailable Cs. In this study, in-situ sampling of Cs at multiple rivers in Fukushima Prefecture was conducted using the DGT (diffusive gradient in thin film) devices to investigate the dynamics of radioactive cesium in river environments. At almost all sampling points, the DGT Cs concentrations exceeded dissolved Cs concentrations, revealing the existence of a flux from the suspended to the dissolved forms. This additional input was found to have higher Cs/ Cs ratios, compared those of Cs in the dissolved form. This study demonstrates that the bioavailability of Cs can be underestimated by assessing only the dissolved form due to Cs flux from the suspended particles likely caused by their dissolution.