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Nb isotopes; Evidence for shape coexistence in 
=58 
NbKumar, V.*; Chapman, R.*; O'Donnell, D.*; Ollier, J.*; Orlandi, R.; Smith, J. F.*; Spohr, K.-M.*; Torres, D. A.*; 他13名*
Physical Review C, 108(4), p.044313_1 - 044313_19, 2023/10
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.02(Physics, Nuclear)The nuclear structure of neutron-rich niobium isotopes 
Nb were studied at the Legnaro National Laboratories using 
-ray spectroscopy. The isotopes were produced in two different experiments, either using multi-nucleon transfer reactions of 
Zr 530-MeV beam onto a 
Sn target, or via fusion-fission of 
S on 
Yb. The level schemes of these isotopes were extended respectively up to excitation energies of 4545, 5409, and 3814 keV. The structure of the low-lying states in these isotopes was interpreted and discussed in the context of shell-model calculations. In particular, for the Nb isotope (
=41, =58), the results indicate the presence of shape-coexistence at low-energies, which was observed for the first time in this isotope.
Martin, P. G.*; Jones, C. P.*; Bartlett, S.*; Ignatyev, K.*; Megson-Smith, D.*; 佐藤 志彦; Cipiccia, S.*; Batey, D. J.*; Rau, C.*; 末木 啓介*; et al.
Scientific Reports (Internet), 10, p.22056_1 - 22056_17, 2020/12
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：7.05(Multidisciplinary Sciences)The structural form and elemental distribution of material originating from different Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors (Units 1 and 3) is hereby examined to elucidate their contrasting release dynamics and the current in-reactor conditions to influence future decommissioning challenges. Complimentary computed X-ray absorption tomography and X-ray fluorescence data show that the two suites of Si-based material sourced from the different reactor Units have contrasting internal structure and compositional distribution. The known event and condition chronology correlate with the observed internal and external structures of the particulates examined, which suggest that Unit 1 ejecta material sustained a greater degree of melting than that likely derived from reactor Unit 3. In particular, we attribute the near-spherical shape of Unit 1 ejecta and their internal voids to there being sufficient time for surface tension to round these objects before the hot (and so relatively low viscosity) silicate melt cooled to form glass. In contrast, a more complex internal form associated with the sub-mm particulates invoked to originate from Unit 3 suggest a lower peak temperature, over a longer duration. Using volcanic analogues, we consider the structural form of this material and how it relates to its environmental particulate stability and the bulk removal of residual materials from the damaged reactors. We conclude that the brittle and angular Unit 3 particulate are more susceptible to further fragmentation and particulate generation hazard than the round, higher-strength, more homogenous Unit 1 material.
Zheng, X.; Mandelli, D.*; Alfonsi, A.*; Smith, C.*; 杉山 智之
Proceedings of 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (ESREL 2020 and PSAM-15) (Internet), p.2176 - 2183, 2020/11
The paper introduces a simulation-based Level 2 probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) of a multi-unit nuclear power plant. We propose the methodology by quantifying risk for a station-blackout accident scenario, initialized by a loss-of-offsite-power event. Contrary to classical PRA that applies static models such as event-tree/fault-tree, the analysis is seamlessly integrated with mechanistic simulation and PRA models, including: (1) a simplified thermal-hydraulic code for simulating system behaviors; (2) a Markovian model for the failure mechanism of decay-heat-removal systems, to investigate the interaction between mechanistic simulation and reliability analysis; and (3) classical containment event trees for evaluating containment performances and hydrogen-explosion risk under severe accident conditions. All dynamic and static models, including plant dependencies, are unified within the RAVEN computational framework, applying RAVEN components, External Model, Ensemble Model, and PRA Plugins. The study demonstrates an integrated assessment of risks by considering accident progression and inter-unit system interactions, both time dependent. Statistical data analysis is used to quantifying risk metrics, including core damage frequencies, large early release frequencies and plant damage status. The methodology pertains to modern risk-analysis methodologies such as risk-informed safety margin characterization (RISMC) and dynamic PRA.
Dimitriou, P.*; Basunia, S*; Bernstein, L.*; Chen, J.*; Elekes, Z.*; Huang, X.*; Hurst, A.*; 飯村 秀紀; Jain, A. K.*; Kelley, J.*; et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 239, p.15004_1 - 15004_4, 2020/09
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.1(Nuclear Science & Technology)評価済み核構造データファイル(Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File: ENSDF)は、原子核構造と崩壊に関する様々な実験データを全ての核種について集めて、それらの実験データの評価値を与えてある世界唯一のデータファイルである。ENSDFは定期的に更新されており、そのための評価作業は各国の評価者で分担している。評価作業を速やかに行うために、IAEAの援助の下に評価者の国際的なネットワークが組織されている。この発表では、ネットワークの最近の活動のうち、ENSDFの処理コードの開発、測定が必要とされているデータのリストの作成、インターネット版核図表の利用の拡充などについて報告する。また、核構造・崩壊データの需要が増大しているにもかかわらず、評価者が減っている問題についても述べる。
-decay branching ratio of 
PtCubiss, J. G.*; Harding, R. D.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Althubiti, N.*; Andel, B.*; Antalic, S.*; Barzakh, A. E.*; Cocolios, T. E.*; Day Goodacre, T.*; Farooq-Smith, G. J.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 101(1), p.014314_1 - 014314_4, 2020/01
被引用回数：5 パーセンタイル：52.72(Physics, Nuclear)Ptの基底状態から娘核Osの基底状態への崩壊分岐比を0.52(5)%と、過去の値と比較してより高精度で再決定した。PtはCERN-ISOLDE実験施設においてHgを単離し、その
崩壊孫核種として生成した。今回の結果を用いて導出した崩壊の換算崩壊幅は、中性子欠損Pt同位体の崩壊幅の系統性について新しい描像を与えることとなった。
Hg, 
Hg, 
Hg and 
HgWrzosek-Lipska, K.*; Rezynkina, K.*; Bree, N.*; Zieli
ska, M.*; Gaffney, L. P.*; Petts, A.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Bastin, B.*; Bender, M.*; Blazhev, A.*; et al.
European Physical Journal A, 55(8), p.130_1 - 130_23, 2019/08
被引用回数：11 パーセンタイル：74.44(Physics, Nuclear)The neutron-deficient mercury isotopes serve as a classical example of shape coexistence, whereby at low energy near-degenerate nuclear states characterized by different shapes appear. The electromagnetic structure of even-mass 
Hg isotopes was studied using safe-energy Coulomb excitation of neutron-deficient mercury beams delivered by the REX-ISOLDE facility at CERN. The population of 0
, 2, and 4
states was observed in all nuclei under study. Reduced 
matrix elements coupling populated yrast and non-yrast states were extracted, including their relative signs. These are a sensitive probe of shape coexistence and may be used to validate nuclear models. The experimental results are discussed in terms of mixing of two different configurations and are compared with three different model calculations: the Beyond Mean Field model, the Interacting Boson Model with configuration mixing and the General Bohr Hamiltonian. Partial agreement with experiment was observed, hinting to missing ingredients in the theoretical descriptions.
Sn and spin-orbit splitting in neutron-rich nucleiOrlandi, R.; Pain, S. D.*; Ahn, S.*; Jungclaus, A.*; Schmitt, K. T.*; Bardayan, D. W.*; Catford, W. N.*; Chapman, R.*; Chipps, K. A.*; Cizewski, J. A.*; et al.
Physics Letters B, 785, p.615 - 620, 2018/10
被引用回数：7 パーセンタイル：53.6(Astronomy & Astrophysics)Low-lying neutron-hole states in Sn were populated via the 
Sn(d,t) reaction at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The triton angular distributions were compared to DWBA calculations and revealed spectroscopic factors compatible with a single-hole nature of the states populated. The data permit to determine the spin-orbit splitting of the strongly bound 
and 
neutron orbits below the shell gap, which was compared to the splitting of the weakly bound 3
and 2
orbits above the gap. The comparison revealed a smaller energy splitting of the 3 orbits. All splittings were reproduced using Woods-Saxon calculations, and the lower splitting of the 3 orbits was explained to arise from the large radial extent of the wavefunction and small value of the amplitude at the surface. This result is important to understand at a fundamental level the spin-orbit interaction, and its effects on neutron-rich nuclei.
和田 有希*; Bowers, G. S.*; 榎戸 輝揚*; 鴨川 仁*; 中村 佳敬*; 森本 健志*; Smith, D.*; 古田 禄大*; 中澤 知洋*; 湯浅 孝行*; et al.
Geophysical Research Letters, 45(11), p.5700 - 5707, 2018/06
被引用回数：31 パーセンタイル：81.84(Geosciences, Multidisciplinary)An on-ground observation program for high energy atmospheric phenomena in winter thunderstorms along Japan Sea has been performed via lightning measurements of -ray radiation, atmospheric electric field and low-frequency radio band. On February 11, 2017, the radiation detectors recorded -ray emission lasting for 75 sec. The -ray spectrum extended up to 20 MeV and was reproduced by a cutoff power-law model with a photon index of 1.36
, being consistent with a Bremsstrahlung radiation from a thundercloud (as known as a -ray glow). Then the -ray glow was abruptly terminated with a nearby lightning discharge. The low-frequency radio monitors, installed 
50 km away from Noto School, recorded intra/inter-cloud discharges spreading over 60km area with a 300 ms duration. The timing of the -ray termination coincided with the moment when a sequence of intra/inter-cloud discharges passed 0.7 km horizontally away from the radiation monitors. The atmospheric electric-field measurement presented that negative charge was located in the cloud base and not neutralized by the lightning discharge. This indicates that the -ray source was located at an higher region than the cloud base.
-spectroscopy at an intense cold neutron beam facilityJentschel, M.*; Blanc, A.*; de France, G.*; K
ster, U.*; Leoni, S.*; Mutti, P.*; Simpson, G.*; Soldner, T.*; Ur, C.*; Urban, W.*; et al.
Journal of Instrumentation (Internet), 12(11), p.P11003_1 - P11003_33, 2017/11
被引用回数：38 パーセンタイル：84.92(Instruments & Instrumentation)A highly efficient array of high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors was developed and operated at the cold neutron beam facility PF1B of the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) to carry out nuclear structure studies, via measurements of -rays following neutron-induced capture and fission reactions. The setup consisted of a collimation system producing a pencil beam with a thermal capture equivalent flux of about 10
ns
cm
at the target position and negligible neutron halo. The target was surrounded by an array of eight to ten anti-Compton shielded EXOGAM Clover detectors, four to six anti-Compton shielded large coaxial GASP detectors and two standard Clover detectors. For a part of the campaign the array was combined with 16 LaBr
:(Ce) detectors from the FATIMA collaboration.
Smith, E. D. B.*; 田中 佳織*; 永井 佑紀
Physical Review B, 94(6), p.064515_1 - 064515_13, 2016/08
被引用回数：13 パーセンタイル：52.49(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)銅酸化物高温超伝導体に代表される非従来型超伝導体は、様々な産業への応用が期待され世界中で盛んに研究されている。特に、高い超伝導転移温度を持つ有力な機能デバイス候補物質を探索することは、基礎応用どちらの面においても非常に重要である。本論文発表では、二次元トポロジカル超伝導体と呼ばれるスピン軌道相互作用の強い系において磁場を印加して生じる磁束格子相における電子状態を調べ、この超伝導体におけるカイラリティが磁束中の電子状態に顕著に反映されることがわかった。なお、上記課題の解決にあたり、磁場下の超伝導体を精度よく取り扱うための多項式展開手法を用いた並列シミュレーションコードの開発を行い、自己無撞着に安定に電子状態を計算することに成功した。本論文発表では、新しい機能デバイス候補物質である界面トポロジカル超伝導体の磁場下での特性を調べることができた。これらの結果は、磁場下でも安定なデバイス開発に資する成果であり、広く原子力分野のためのシミュレーション基盤開発にも資する成果である。
Gaffney, L. P.*; Robinson, A. P.*; Jenkins, D. G.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Bender, M.*; Blazhev, A.*; Bree, N.*; Bruyneel, B.*; Butler, P.*; Cocolios, T. E.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 91(6), p.064313_1 - 064313_11, 2015/06
被引用回数：8 パーセンタイル：50.7(Physics, Nuclear)Radioactive ion beams of 
Rn were studied by means of low-energy Coulomb excitation at REX-ISOLDE, CERN. The electric-quadrupole (E2) matrix elements connecting the first excited 2
to the ground state of these nuclei was extracted, which permits to determine the collectivity of these isotopes, which in both cases is deduced to be weak, as expected from the low-lying level-energy scheme. Comparisons were also made with beyond-mean-field model calculations and the magnitude of the transitional quadrupole moments are well reproduced.
Ni; Spectroscopy of the N=49 isotope 
ZnOrlandi, R.; M
cher, D.*; Raabe, R.*; Jungclaus, A.*; Pain, S. D.*; Bildstein, V.*; Chapman, R.*; De Angelis, G.*; Johansen, J. G.*; Van Duppen, P.*; et al.
Physics Letters B, 740, p.298 - 302, 2015/01
被引用回数：29 パーセンタイル：85.36(Astronomy & Astrophysics)Single-neutron states in Zn have been populated using the reaction Zn(d,p) at REX-Isolde, CERN. The analysis reveals that the lowest excited states in Zn lie at approximately 1 MeV, and involve neutron orbits above the N=50 shell gap. A 5/2
configuration was assigned to the 983-keV state. Comparison with large-scale shell model calculations supports a robust neutron N=50 shell closure for Ni. These data constitute an important step towards the understanding the magicity of Ni and the structure of nuclei in the region.
value in 
KrR
gis, J.-M.*; Jolie, J.*; Saed-Samii, N.*; Warr, N.*; Pfeiffer, M.*; Blanc, A.*; Jentschel, M.*; Kster, U.*; Mutti, P.*; Soldner, T.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 90(6), p.067301_1 - 067301_4, 2014/12
被引用回数：23 パーセンタイル：80.23(Physics, Nuclear)A smooth onset of collectivity in 
Kr has been determined from reported and E(2
) values. This is in contrast to the sudden onset in even-even Zr, Mo, and Sr isotopes. Our objective was to complete the systematics by determining the value in Kr, which was produced by cold-neutron-induced fission of 
U. The lifetime of the 2 state in Kr was measured via the electronic 
timing technique using the EXILL and FATIMA spectrometers. Based on the measured mean lifetime of 
= 15(10) ps, the value of 13
W.u. in Kr is determined for the first time and the smooth onset of deformation in the even-even Kr isotopes beyond neutron number N=50 is confirmed.
Pu nuclear magnetic resonance安岡 弘志; Koutroulakis, G.*; 中堂 博之; Richmond, S.*; Veirs, D. K.*; Smith, A. I.*; Bauer, E. D.*; Thompson, J. D.*; Jarvinen, G. D.*; Clark, D. L.*
Science, 336(6083), p.901 - 904, 2012/05
被引用回数：47 パーセンタイル：85.78(Multidisciplinary Sciences)The spin-1/2 plutonium-239 (Pu) nucleus should in principle be active in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. However, its signal has eluded detection for the past fifty years. Here, we report observation of a Pu resonance from a solid sample of plutonium dioxide, PuO
, subjected to a wide scan of external magnetic field values (
to 8T) at a temperature of 4 Kelvin. By mapping the external field dependence of the measured resonance frequency, we determined the nuclear gyromagnetic ratio 
(PuO)/2
to be 2.856 
0.001 MHz/T. Assuming a free-ion value for the Pu
hyperfine coupling constant, we estimated a bare /2 value of approximately 2.29 MHz/T, corresponding to a nuclear magnetic moment of 
0.15 
(where is the nuclear magneton).
Chadwick, M. B.*; Herman, M.*; Oblo
insk
, P.*; Dunn, M. E.*; Danon, Y.*; Kahler, A. C.*; Smith, D. L.*; Pritychenko, B.*; Arbanas, G.*; Arcilla, R.*; et al.
Nuclear Data Sheets, 112(12), p.2887 - 2996, 2011/12
被引用回数：2036 パーセンタイル：100(Physics, Nuclear)原子力科学・技術の利用分野ための評価済み核データライブラリーENDF/B-VII.1を公開した。米国核データ評価委員会が中心となって評価・整備したこの最新ライブラリーは、前バージョン(ENDF/B-VII.0)公開以後に得られた原子核理論や実験に関する知見を反映した中性子断面積,共分散,核分裂収率や崩壊データ等を格納している。ライブラリーの主な更新内容は、核種数の拡大、共分散データの拡充、R行列理論に基づく軽核の共鳴パラメータ評価、中重核やアクチノイドデータの改訂等である。核外輸送コードMCNPによるベンチマーク解析を行った結果、臨界予測性能等のパフォーマンスが向上した。
Smith, M. S.*; Lingerfelt, E. J.*; Scott, J. P.*; Nesaraja, C. D.*; Chae, K.*; 小浦 寛之; Roberts, L. F.*; Hix, W. R.*; Bardayan, D. W.*; Blackmon, J. C.*
Proceedings of Science (Internet), 28, p.180_1 - 180_5, 2010/12
「天体核物理のためのコンピュータインフラストラクチャー」は、これまで天体物理シミュレーションにおける最新の核物理データの包含を能率化するように開発された。この「インフラストラクチャー」はnucastrodata.orgで自由にオンライン利用可能なコンピュータコードの集まりで、プラットホームに依存しないように構成されている。今回、原子核質量模型の可視化ツールにおいて反応・崩壊Q値、安定核種、魔法数、r過程経路などの表示/非表示など、新しい機能を追加し、利便性をより高めた。
MgDaecon, A. N.*; Smith, J. F.*; Freeman, S. J.*; Janssens, R. V. F.*; Carpenter, M. P.*; Hadinia, B.*; Hoffman, C. R.*; Kay, B. P.*; Lauritsen, T.*; Lister, C. J.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 82(3), p.034305_1 - 034305_7, 2010/09
被引用回数：23 パーセンタイル：77.33(Physics, Nuclear)Mgは、中性子数20の魔法数が消滅する「逆転の島」と呼ばれている領域の境界にあたり、その詳しい核構造は興味が持たれている。この研究では、アルゴンヌ国立研究所においてMgの励起状態を
C(
O,2)反応にて生成し、そこからの脱励起線を観測することによってエネルギー準位を構築した。その結果、励起エネルギー2-4MeV領域に魔法数消滅が起きないことを前提とした理論計算では得られない状態が複数観測された。モンテカルロ殻模型による大規模計算と比較したところ、これらの状態は、2個の中性子が中性子数20の殻ギャップを超えて励起した状態と対応させることができた。すなわち、Mgではかなり低い励起エネルギーに殻ギャップを超えた励起状態が存在することが明らかとなり、「逆転の島」の境界に属することがはっきりした。
U nuclear relaxation rates in an itinerant antiferromagnet USbBaek, S.-H.*; Curro, N. J.*; 酒井 宏典; Bauer, E. D.*; Cooley, J. C.*; Smith, J. L.*
Physical Review B, 81(5), p.054435_1 - 054435_5, 2010/02
被引用回数：5 パーセンタイル：26.3(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)U nuclear spin-lattice (
) and spin-spin (
) relaxation rates in the itinerant antiferromagnet USb are reported as a function of temperature in zero field. The heating effect from the intense rf pulses that are necessary for the U NMR results in unusual complex thermal recovery of the nuclear magnetization which does not allow measuring directly. By implementing an indirect method, however, we successfully extracted of the U. We find that the temperature dependence of for both U and 
Sb follows the power law (
) with the small exponent 
= 0.3 suggesting that the same relaxation mechanism dominates the on-site and the ligand nuclei, but an anomaly at 5 K was observed, possibly due to the change in the transferred hyperfine coupling on the Sb site.
Smith, M. S.*; Lingerfelt, E. J.*; Scott, J. P.*; Nesaraja, C. D.*; Hix, W. R.*; Chae, K.*; 小浦 寛之; Meyer, R. A.*; Bardayan, D. W.*; Blackmon, J. C.*; et al.
AIP Conference Proceedings 847, p.470 - 472, 2006/07
インターネット上で利用可能な天体核物理に関するコンピュータシステムのサイトを再構築した。これは、天体物理のシミュレーションを最新の原子核物理の結果を用いて行うように作成されたシステムで、URL: nucastrodata.orgから無料で利用可能である。Java言語を用いて作成されたシステムであり、Windows, Macintosh, Unixといったプラットホームに依存せず、数回のマウス操作で中性子捕獲反応率、原子核質量等といった核データの可視化や、p過程やr過程といった元素合成計算の結果をアニメーション動画として表示することを平易に行うことが可能である。今回の再構築で特に原子核質量の可視化及びr過程元素合成の動画化のシステムを新たに開発した。
前川 藤夫; Verzilov, Y.M.*; Smith, D. L.*; 池田 裕二郎
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 283-287(Part.2), p.1448 - 1452, 2000/12
被引用回数：5 パーセンタイル：37.66(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)核融合炉のトリチウム増殖材であるリチウムは、14-MeV中性子照射ではトリチウム以外に放射能は生成しないとされている。しかし実際に照射を行うと、ベリリウム-7を生成する。これは、14-MeV中性子反応により生成した陽子や重陽子がさらにリチウム-6やリチウム-7と反応(シーケンシャル反応)してベリリウム-7を生成するためである。そこで、原研FNSのD-T中性子源で酸化リチウム、炭酸リチウム及び水酸化リチウムを照射し、これらの化合物中における実効ベリリウム-7生成断面積を測定した。酸化リチウムの場合の実効断面積は約0.05mbであった。この結果は、SiC等の低放射化構造材料を用いる核融合炉の炉停止後のブランケット中の生成誘導放射能を評価するうえで、シーケンシャル反応によるベリリウム-7生成を十分に考慮しなければならないことを示している。
