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青山 高士; Choudhary, S.*; Pandaleon, A.*; Burns, J. T.*; Kokaly, M.*; Restis, J.*; Ross, J.*; Kelly, R. G.*
Corrosion, 81(6), p.609 - 621, 2025/06
This study presents a new test method for inducing controlled corrosion damage within simulated fastener holes of aluminum alloys, aimed at pretreating fatigue test specimens. The method involves insulating the outer surface while exposing the fastener hole surface to electrolytes containing 0.66 M NaCl + 0.1 M AlCl 
with varying concentrations of K 
S O 
. The evolution of corrosion damage within the fastener hole was examined as a function of exposure duration, electrolyte composition, and volume, as well as the effect of galvanic coupling with a SS316 cathode. Results indicate that fissure depth increases with an increase in K S O concentration but does not progress further after 24-48 hours of exposure in the chemical, or freely-corroding, exposure test. In contrast, galvanic coupling with a SS316 plate significantly accelerates corrosion, leading to much deeper fissures in a shorter time. The importance of electrolyte replenishment has been explored using electrochemical measurements, revealing the impact of evolving electrolyte chemistry. Beyond its application in fatigue specimen pretreatment, this method provides a simple yet effective approach for studying localized corrosion and evaluating mitigation strategies for fastener holes in aerospace structures.
Birkholzer, J. T.*; Graupner, B. J.*; Harrington, J.*; Jayne, R.*; Kolditz, O.*; Kuhlman, K. L.*; LaForce, T.*; Leone, R. C.*; Mariner, P. E.*; McDermott, C.*; et al.
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 42, p.100685_1 - 100685_17, 2025/06
被引用回数：0The DECOVALEX initiative is an international research collaboration (www.decovalex.org), initiated in 1992, for advancing the understanding and modeling of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes in geological systems. DECOVALEX stands for "DEvelopment of COupled Models and VALidation against EXperiments". DECOVALEX emphasizes joint analysis and comparative modeling of the complex perturbations and coupled processes in geologic repositories and how these impact long-term performance predictions. More than fifty research teams associated with 17 international DECOVALEX partner organizations participated in the comparative evaluation of eight modeling tasks covering a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, geological formations, and coupled processes. This Virtual Special Issue on DECOVALEX-2023 provides an in-depth overview of these collaborative research efforts and how these have advanced the state-of-the-art of understanding and modeling coupled THMC processes. While primarily focused on radioactive waste, much of the work included here has wider application to many geoengineering topics.
Go, G.*; Goli, D. P.*; 江崎 蘭世; Tserkovnyak, Y.*; Kim, S. K.*
Physical Review Research (Internet), 7(2), p.L022066_1 - L022066_7, 2025/06
It remains an open question whether or not the scalar spin chirality itself can exhibit a Hall-type transport. In this work, we show that the answer is yes: The scalar spin chirality is Hall-transported in Kagome ferromagnets and antiferromagnets under an external bias, engendering a phenomenon which we dub the scalar spin chirality Nernst effect. Our findings call for the need to lift the conventional assumption that the scalar spin chirality is a static quantity in order to discover the active roles of the scalar spin chirality in transport properties.
西 剛史*; 松本 早織*; 山野 秀将; 林 喜一郎*; 遠藤 理恵*; Bell
, M. R.*; Neubert, L.*; Volkova, O.*
Steel Research International, 96(5), p.2300766_1 - 2300766_6, 2025/05
被引用回数：4 パーセンタイル：70.74(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)ニッケル基超合金について、密度は最大気泡圧法、粘度はるつぼ振動法、表面張力は最大気泡圧法により、測定データを得た。
Neubert, L.*; Bell, M. R.*; 山本 泰生*; 西 剛史*; 山野 秀将; Ahrenhold, F.*; Volkova, O.*
Steel Research International, 96(5), p.202400237_1 - 202400237_8, 2025/05
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：36.18(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)Density, surface tension, and viscosity of various liquid electrical steels are measured at different temperatures, varying in their silicon content between 3 and 6mass%.
hydridosilicate at high pressures; A Bridge to BaSiH
polyhydrideBeyer, D. C.*; Spektor, K.*; Vekilova, O. Y.*; Grins, J.*; Barros Brant Carvalho, P. H.*; Leinbach, L. J.*; Sannemo-Targama, M.*; Bhat, S.*; Baran, V.*; Etter, M.*; et al.
ACS Omega (Internet), 10(15), p.15029 - 15035, 2025/04
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)SiH八面体部位を特徴とするヒドリドケイ酸塩は、水素貯蔵と水素化物イオン伝導に関連する潜在的な性質を持つかなり新しい化合物のクラスである。ここでは、Zintl相水素化物BaSiH
を4GPa以上の圧力でH
流体と反応させ、その後常圧まで減圧して得られた新しい代表的なBaSiHについて報告する。SiH
イオンはBa
対イオンによって八面体に配位している。Ba原子とSi原子の配置は理想的なfcc NaCl構造からわずかにずれている。IRとラマンスペクトルからSiHの屈曲と伸縮モードがそれぞれ800-1200と1400-1800cm
の範囲で観測された。BaSiHは95
Cまで熱的に安定であり、それ以上ではBaHとSiに分解する。DFT計算により、直接バンドギャップは2.5eVであることが示された。BaSiHの発見により、ギガパスカル圧力(10GPa以下)のシリサイドの水素化反応からアクセス可能なヒドリドケイ酸塩の化合物クラスが固まった。BaSiHの構造的性質は、超伝導ポリハイドライドBaSiHを予測されるより高い圧力で水素化するための中間体(あるいは前駆体)であることを示唆している。
Thennakoon, A.*; 横倉 涼雅*; Yang, Y.*; 梶本 亮一; 中村 充孝; 林 真弘*; 道岡 千城*; Chern, G.-W.*; Broholm, C.*; 植田 浩明*; et al.
Nature Communications (Internet), 16, p.3939_1 - 3939_13, 2025/04
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Multidisciplinary Sciences)The pursuit of quantum spin liquid (QSL) states in condensed matter physics has drawn attention to kagome antiferromagnets (AFM) where a two-dimensional corner-sharing network of triangles frustrates conventional magnetic orders. While quantum kagome AFMs based on Cu (
, 
) ions have been extensively studied, there is so far little work beyond copper-based systems. Here we present our bulk magnetization, specific heat and neutron scattering studies on single crystals of a new titanium fluorides CsRbKTi
F
where Ti
(
, ) ions form a modulated quantum kagome antiferromagnet that does not order magnetically down to 1.5 K. Our comprehensive map of the dynamic response function 
acquired at 1.5 K where the heat capacity is 
-linear reveals a dispersive continuum emanating from soft lines that extend along (100). The data indicate fractionalized spinon-like excitations with quasi-one-dimensional dispersion within a quasi two-dimensional spin system.
crystals高取 沙悠理*; Pimon, M.*; Pollitt, S.*; Bartokos, M.*; Beeks, K.*; Gr
neis, A.*; 平木 貴宏*; 本間 徹生*; Hosseini, N.*; Leitner, A.*; et al.
New Journal of Physics (Internet), 27(4), p.043024_1 - 043024_10, 2025/04
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Physics, Multidisciplinary)フッ化カルシウム単結晶中の低エネルギートリウム-229(
Th)核異性体のレーザー励起に関する最近の報告は、この系が原子核時計の有望な候補であることを示している。しかし、ドープされたTh周辺の微視的なイオン配列とその電子状態は実験的に調べられていない。Th周辺のイオン配列と電子状態は、原子核時計の遷移を正確に制御し、その性能を評価するために極めて重要である。本研究では、Th:CaFのX線吸収微細構造分光を用いて、ドープされたThの電荷状態と配位環境を調べた。その結果、ThはCaイオンの置換サイトに4+価でドープされており、Thに隣接する格子間サイトにある2個のF
イオンによって電荷が補償されていることがわかった。
elik, Y.*; Stankovskiy, A.*; 岩元 大樹; 岩元 洋介; Van den Eynde, G.*
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 212, p.111048_1 - 111048_12, 2025/03
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：51.66(Nuclear Science & Technology)The MCNP, PHITS, and FLUKA are general-purpose Monte Carlo radiation transport codes that are widely used for many real-world shielding problems at accelerator facilities around the world. For high beam energy and high beam current accelerator applications, neutron emission through the vacuum pipe along the reverse direction of incident proton beam is an important factor for a shielding design in order to correctly assess the dose rates for workers and the structural materials of the accelerator and handle with the waste activated by the backscattered neutron fluxes. In this work, neutron-production cross sections and thick target yield predictions from MC codes relying on physics models and nuclear data libraries are benchmarked against the experimental data, in order to assess their accuracy in predicting neutron emission and furthermore to assess the corresponding impact on shielding design. The results of this study demonstrate that the nuclear data libraries and physics models, which are not expected to give good results at lower energies (
MeV) but are used anyhow when there is no nuclear data available or above the energy range where the data tables end in the so-called "mix-and-match" strategy, need further improvements. Among the investigated proton induced nuclear data libraries, JENDL-4.0/HE produces the most satisfactory agreement to experimental data for all target materials, but may still benefit from refinement. Concerning the physics models of the codes, FLUKA V4-4.0 has the best performance in terms of reproducibility of the experimental values. It is also shown that all discrepancies between the calculations and the experiments for the energy range 
MeV are up to factor of two. This might be considered as an acceptable figure as it is equivalent to a normal safety margin (
) considered in shielding calculations of accelerator facilities around the world.
Sb
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
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)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.
mesons in proton-nucleus reactions from a transport approachGubler, P.; 市川 真也; Song, T.*; Bratkovskaya, E.*
Physical Review C, 111(3), p.034908_1 - 034908_12, 2025/03
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：90.19(Physics, Nuclear)Production and in-medium modification of hidden strange mesons are studied in proton-nucleus reactions: p+C, p+Cu, and p+Pb at 12 GeV/c, partially measured by the KEK E325 Collaboration via the dilepton decay mode. This work is based on the off-shell microscopic parton-hadron-string dynamics transport approach, and especially makes it possible to simulate in-medium off-shell dynamics of the meson in the reactions studied. Different in-medium scenarios for the modification of the meson spectral function in nuclear matter are investigated: (i) dropping pole mass, (ii) collisional broadening, and (iii) simultaneous dropping pole mass and collisional broadening. Even though the meson production in p+A reactions occurs only at densities around or below normal nuclear matter density 
, we find visible modifications of the generated dilepton spectra for the in-medium scenarios compared to the vacuum distribution.
Papadopoulos, A.*; Kyriakou, I.*; 松谷 悠佑; Corts-Giraldo, M. A.*; Galocha-Oliva, M.*; Plante, I.*; Steward, R. D.*; Tran, N. H.*; Li, W.*; Daglis, I. A.*; et al.
Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 64(1), p.117 - 135, 2025/03
生物学的影響を決定する放射線の線質は、一般的に微視的線量付与(特に線量平均線エネルギーy
)に関連付けられる。y値の計算には、洗練されたモンテカルロ飛跡構造シミュレーション(MCTS)コードや経験的な解析モデルの使用が有効であるが、MCTSコードや解析モデルの種類により、y推定値は変化する。本研究では、放射線防護、宇宙応用、放射線治療などで重要とされる1MeVから1GeV陽子線を対象とし、様々なMCTSコード(PHITS, RITRACK, Geant4-DNA)や解析モデル(改良Xapsosモデル)等により計算される液相水中のy値と、その値により計算される放射線防護品質係数Q値を比較した。その結果、各MCTSコードや改良Xapsosモデルにより推定されたy値は10から20%未満のレベルで良い一致を示し、改良Xapsosモデルにより推定されるQ値もMCTSに基づく予測値と良い一致を示した。これらの知見により、解析モデルは膨大な時間とCPUを必要とするMCTSの代替として使用され、実用的かつ高精度に線質係数とリスク評価を進めることができることがわかった。
Brumm, S.*; Gabrielli, F.*; Sanchez Espinoza, V.*; Stakhanova, A.*; Groudev, P.*; Petrova, P.*; Vryashkova, P.*; Ou, P.*; Zhang, W.*; Malkhasyan, A.*; et al.
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 211, p.110962_1 - 110962_16, 2025/02
被引用回数：6 パーセンタイル：94.85(Nuclear Science & Technology)The completed Horizon-2020 project on "Management and Uncertainties of Severe Accidents (MUSA)" has reviewed uncertainty sources and Uncertainty Quantification methodology for the purpose of assessing Severe Accidents (SA). The key motivation of the project has been to bring the advantages of the Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty approach to the field of Severe Accident. The applications brought together a large group of participants that set out to apply uncertainty analysis (UA) within their field of SA modelling expertise, in particular reactor types, but also SA code used (ASTEC, MELCOR, etc.), uncertainty quantification tools used (DAKOTA, RAVEN, etc.), detailed accident scenarios, and in some cases SAM actions. This paper synthesizes the reactor-application work at the end of the project. Analyses of 23 partners are sorted into different categories, depending on whether their main goal is/are (i) uncertainty bands of simulation results; (ii) the understanding of dominating uncertainties in specific sub-models of the SA code; (iii) improving the understanding of specific accident scenarios, with or without the application of SAM actions; or, (iv) a demonstration of the tools used and developed, and of the capability to carry out an uncertainty analysis in the presence of the challenges faced. The partners' experiences made during the project have been evaluated and are presented as good practice recommendations. The paper ends with conclusions on the level of readiness of UA in SA modelling, on the determination of governing uncertainties, and on the analysis of SAM actions.
Naeem, M.*; Ma, Y.*; Tian, J.*; Kong, H.*; Romero-Resendiz, L.*; Fan, Z.*; Jiang, F.*; Gong, W.; Harjo, S.; Wu, Z.*; et al.
Materials Science & Engineering A, 924, p.147819_1 - 147819_10, 2025/02
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)Face-centered cubic (fcc) medium-/high-entropy alloys (M/HEAs) typically enhance strength and ductility at cryogenic temperatures via stacking faults, twinning, or martensitic transformation. However, in-situ neutron diffraction on VCoNi MEA at 15 K reveals that strain hardening is driven solely by rapid dislocation accumulation, without these mechanisms. This results in increased yield strength, strain hardening, and fracture strain. The behavior, explained by the Orowan equation, challenges conventional views on cryogenic strengthening in fcc M/HEAs and highlights the role of dislocation-mediated plasticity at low temperatures.
Chung, J.-H.*; Kwangwoo, S.*; Yokoo, Tetsuya R.; 植田 大地*; 今井 正樹; Kim, H.-S.; Kiem, D. H.; Han, M. J.*; 社本 真一
Scientific Reports (Internet), 15, p.5978_1 - 5978_10, 2025/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Two dimensional honeycomb ferromagnets host massless Dirac magnons which are a bosonic analogue of Dirac fermions in graphene. The Dirac magnons may become massive and topological when the time-reversal symmetry breaks and an energy gap opens up at the Dirac point, which was experimentally observed in Cr-based van der Waals magnets. Here, we investigate the spin wave excitations in the 
magnetic oxide FeTiO with Fe electrons (
). Using inelastic neutron scattering, we observe two magnon bands separated by a 1.2-meV gap at the Dirac points indicating that its Dirac magnons are massive. Using the linear spin-wave and density functional theory calculations, we find that the spin-orbit-coupled antisymmetric Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya exchanges can best account for the observed Dirac gap opening. The associated Berry curvature and Chern number (
) indicate that FeTiO hosts topological spin excitations via time-reversal symmetry breaking of Dirac magnons.
Bell, M. R.*; Neubert, L.*; Sherstneva, A.*; 山本 泰生*; 西 剛史*; 山野 秀将; Weinberg, M.*; Volkova, O.*
Steel Research International, p.2400252_1 - 2400252_10, 2025/00
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：0.00(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)低硫黄マンガンボロン鋼について、異なる温度域でボロンと硫黄の含有量を変えて、物性値を測定した。
CrNHFine, L.*; Lav
n, R.*; Wei, Z.*; 津森 竜也*; 陰山 洋*; 梶本 亮一; Jimenz-Ruiz, M.*; Koza, M. M.*; Karlsson, M.*
Chemistry of Materials, 37(1), p.489 - 496, 2024/12
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Chemistry, Physical)We report results on the configuration and vibrational dynamics of hydride-ions (H) in the novel nitridehydride catalyst CaCrNH, by means of variable temperature inelastic neutron scattering (INS) experiments, harmonic phonon calculations, and machine-learning molecular dynamics (MLMD) calculations. The combined analyses of experimental and theoretical data show that the vibrational dynamics of H are manifested as a broad, asymmetric vibrational band between 80 and 130 meV. Crucially, these modes are polarized along the crystallographic 
axis, and their dispersive character reveals significant interactions between neighbouring H in the material. We find that most H are surrounded by two other H and that the H sites of the studied sample have an occupancy of at least 95%. We argue that this high H occupancy may be related to the material's high efficiency as a catalyst for ammonia synthesis.
福田 将眞; 岡本 晃*; Kohn, B.*; 新正 裕尚*; 末岡 茂; 田上 高広*
フィッション・トラックニュースレター, (37), p.8 - 10, 2024/12
四国山地はフィリピン海プレートの沈み込み帯に平行に分布する非火山性の隆起帯であり、その山地形成過程の解明は南海トラフにおける長期の歪の蓄積・解放メカニズムの制約に資すると期待される。本研究では、地殻浅部(2-6km深度)の熱史・削剥史を推定可能な熱年代法であるアパタイト・ジルコン(U-Th)/He(それぞれ、AHe, ZHe)法およびアパタイトフィッション・トラック(AFT)法を用い、四国山地に分布するペルム紀から中新世の花崗岩類計9点について熱年代分析を試みた。AHeおよびZHe年代測定はメルボルン大学で、AFT年代測定は東濃地科学センターで実施した。年代測定の結果として、8点のAHe年代は約55-7Ma、5点のAFT年代は約90-70Ma、9点のZHe年代は約200-70Maの範囲を示した。これらの値は各手法の閉鎖温度を考えると整合的な関係を示した。また、既往研究で報告されているZFT年代、黒雲母K-Ar年代、およびAHe年代・AFT年代・ZHe年代とも概ね整合的である。
佐久間 一幸; 操上 広志; Wainwright, Haruko*; 谷森 奏一郎*; 長尾 郁弥; 越智 康太郎; 眞田 幸尚; 斎藤 公明
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 280, p.107554_1 - 107554_11, 2024/12
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：53.16(Environmental Sciences)本研究では航空機サーベイ、走行サーベイ、歩行サーベイ、定点サーベイといった複数タイプの測定結果を用いて、2011年から2022年を対象に福島地区の空間線量率統合マップを作成した。福島内の避難指示解除区域を考慮しつつ、Wainwright et al. (2017, 2019)で開発されたベイズ地球統計学手法を福島第一原子力発電所から80km圏内及び福島県全域へ適用した。統合マップは森林域の空間線量率の過小評価を修正し、既往の研究に比べ、より広範かつ複数年を対象に再現性の高いマップを作成することができた。本研究の結果は一般公衆への詳細な被ばく評価に使われることが期待される。
東海林 瑞希*; 栗原 健輔*; Lobzenko, I.; 都留 智仁; 芹澤 愛*
軽金属, 74(12), p.535 - 545, 2024/12
Al-Cu合金では時効処理中に板状のGuinier-Preston (GP)ゾーンが形成されるのに対し、Al-Mg-Si合金では時効処理の初期段階で球状のナノクラスタが形成される。よく知られたAl-CuのGP(I)ゾーンとは異なり、Al-Mg-Siのナノクラスタ内に特定の構成は存在しない。しかし、溶質濃度と局所的な配置がその後の析出物形成に決定的な役割を果たすはずである。本研究では、Al-Cu合金とAl-Mg-Si合金におけるGPゾーンとクラスタの形成過程における安定な形状を決定する因子を第一原理計算と機械学習ポテンシャルを用いて評価した。Al-Cuの三体結合の形成エネルギーは、結合角90
のCu-Cu-Cu三重項が最も安定であった。実際に、機械学習ポテンシャルを用いたモンテカルロ(MC)シミュレーションを行った結果、結合角90で形成されるCu原子の偏析がより多く観測された。一方、Al-Mg-Si合金の3体クラスタは、特定の方向異方性がなく結合角度が60のときが最も安定であり、その結果、MC計算で球状のナノクラスタの形成が確認された。これらの結果は、局所的な結合の安定性という本質的な特徴が、GPゾーンとナノクラスタの形状を支配することを示している。
