Validation of the multinucleon transfer method for the determination of the fission barrier height

Kean, K. R.; 西尾 勝久; 廣瀬 健太郎; Vermeulen, M. J.; 牧井 宏之; Orlandi, R.; 塚田 和明; Andreyev, A. N.; Tsekhanovich, I.*; 千葉 敏*

Physical Review C, 100(1), p.014611_1 - 014611_6, 2019/07

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.100.014611

The validity of the multinucleon transfer (MNT) approach for deduction of fission barrier heights was investigated in an experiment carried out at the JAEA tandem accelerator facility. By using the O+Np reaction, fission barrier heights were inferred from fission probabilities of the nuclei Np and Pu produced in the and transfer channels, respectively. The deduced values of fission barriers agree well with the literature data, thus demonstrating the potential of the MNT reactions for obtaining fission-barrier data for nuclei not accessible for fission studies via neutron- or light charged particle-induced reactions.

Improvement of gross theory of beta-decay on single particle treatment

小浦 寛之; 吉田 正*; 橘 孝博*; 千葉 敏*

JAEA-Conf 2017-001, p.205 - 210, 2018/01

https://doi.org/10.11484/jaea-conf-2017-001

「崩壊の大局的理論」の核構造的な詳細に伴う変化、具体的には基底状態のパリティ変化に対応する改良を行った。大局的理論ではこれまで核構造的な詳細の伴う変化は取り入れられておらず、例えば、G. Lorusso et al., PRL114, 192501 (2015)においてその点が指摘されている。今回、崩壊の核行列要素においてK-Y (小浦-山田)ポテンシャル+KTUY (小浦-橘-宇野-山田)質量模型からの核構造情報を用いることにより許容遷移において選択則的な抑制を与えた。その結果核図表上の広い範囲において、Ca, Zn, Sn近辺といった、周期的に過小評価していた領域に対して系統的な改善が見られた。

Four-dimensional Langevin approach to low-energy nuclear fission of U

石塚 知香子*; Usang, M. D.*; Ivanyuk, F. A.*; Maruhn, J. A.*; 西尾 勝久; 千葉 敏

Physical Review C, 96(6), p.064616_1 - 064616_9, 2017/12

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.064616

We developed a four-dimensional (4D) Langevin model, which can treat the deformation of each fragment independently and applied it to low-energy fission of U, the compound system of the reaction n + U. The potential energy is calculated with the deformed two-center Woods-Saxon (TCWS) and the Nilsson-type potential with the microscopic energy corrections following the Strutinsky method and BCS pairing. The transport coefficients are calculated by macroscopic prescriptions. It turned out that the deformation for the light and heavy fragments behaves differently, showing a sawtooth structure similar to that of the neutron multiplicities of the individual fragments (A). Furthermore, the measured total kinetic energy TKE(A) and its standard deviation are reproduced fairly well by the 4D Langevin model based on the TCWS potential in addition to the fission fragment mass distributions. The developed model allows a multi-parametric correlation analysis among, e.g., the three key fission observables, mass, TKE, and neutron multiplicity, which should be essential to elucidate several longstanding open problems in fission such as the sharing of the excitation energy between the fragments.

Study of fission using multi-nucleon transfer reactions

西尾 勝久; 廣瀬 健太郎; Vermeulen, M. J.; 牧井 宏之; Orlandi, R.; 塚田 和明; 浅井 雅人; 豊嶋 厚史; 佐藤 哲也; 永目 諭一郎; et al.

EPJ Web of Conferences (Internet), 163, p.00041_1 - 00041_6, 2017/11

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716300041

We are promoting a study of fission using multi-nucleon transfer (MNT) reactions, where excited states in neutron-rich actinide nuclei, which cannot be accessed by particle capture and/or fusion reactions, are populated. Also, the excited states in the fissioning nucleus are widely populated by the MNT reactions, from which effects of excitation energy on fission properties can be investigated. Experiments were carried out at the JAEA tandem facility in Tokai, Japan. We studied reactions using the O beam and several actinide target nuclei such as Th, U, Np, Cm. Ejectile nucleus was identified by a silicon E-E telescope to identify transfer channel and hence the compound nucleus. Fission fragments were detected by multi-wire proportional counters, and fission fragment mass distributions (FFMDs) were measured for each isotope. Measured FFMDs are reproduced by a calculation based on the fluctuation-dissipation model, and importance of multi-chance fission concept is investigated. Fission fragment angular distribution relative to the recoil direction suggested the increase of the spin of the fissioning nucleus with the number of transferred nucleons.

核データ研究の最前線; たゆまざる真値の追及、そして新たなニーズへ応える為に,1; 多様化する原子核工学と核データのニーズ

須山 賢也; 国枝 賢; 深堀 智生; 千葉 豪*

日本原子力学会誌, 59(10), p.598 - 602, 2017/10

核データとは狭義には原子核と中性子の反応の確率であるが、一般的に言えば、原子核の物理的変化や反応の様子を表現するデータの事である。我が国が原子力開発に着手して以来、核データの開発は重要な技術開発のテーマであり、現在我が国の核データライブラリJENDLは世界で最も高い精度と完備性を兼ね備えた核データファイルの一つとして国際的に認知されている。本連載講座では、原子力開発に関係している方々を対象とし、核データ開発の意義、核データの開発の最新の状況、国際的な動向、そして今後の開発の方向性を解説する。

Improvement of gross theory of beta-decay for application to nuclear data

小浦 寛之; 吉田 正*; 橘 孝博*; 千葉 敏*

EPJ Web of Conferences (Internet), 146, p.12003_1 - 12003_4, 2017/09

BB2016-0950.pdf:0.33MB

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714612003

A theoretical study of decay and delayed neutron has been carried out with a global -decay model: the gross theory. In a fissioning nucleus, neutrons are produced by the decay of neutron-rich fission fragments. This is known as delayed neutrons. The gross theory of the decay is based on a consideration of the sum rule of the -strength function, and gives reasonable results of -decay rates and delayed neutron in the entire nuclear mass region. We re-analyze and improve the theory on the strength functions and one-particle level densities. We focus on the spin-parity of decaying nucleus, and a hindrance treatment is introduced for the allowed transition on parity-mismatching nuclei. By using the improved gross theory, the ability of theoretically reproduction (and also prediction) on -decay rates, delayed-neutron emission probabilities, decay heat, will be discussed. In the process, we make a new code of the gross theory of - decay including the improved parts. We will show the code, which can be distributed for the nuclear data community.

Simultaneous measurement of neutron-induced fission and capture cross sections for Am at neutron energies below fission threshold

廣瀬 健太郎; 西尾 勝久; 牧井 宏之; 西中 一朗*; 太田 周也*; 永山 達郎*; 田村 信行*; 後藤 真一*; Andreyev, A.; Vermeulen, M. J.; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 856, p.133 - 138, 2017/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.021

Fission and capture reactions were simultaneously measured in the neutron-induced reactions of Am at J-PARC. Data were taken with the TOF method in = 0.120 eV. The fission events were observed by detecting prompt fission neutrons using liquid organic scintillators. The capture reaction was measured by detecting rays from the compound nuclei using the same detectors, where the prompt fission neutrons and capture rays were separated by a pulse shape analysis. The cross sections were obtained by normalizing the relative yields at the first resonance to evaluations or other experimental data. The ratio of the fission to capture cross sections at each resonance is compared with those from an evaluated nuclear data library and other experimental data. Some differences were found between the present values and the library/literature values at several resonances.

Measurement of the isomer production ratio for the Cd()Cd reaction using neutron beams at J-PARC

早川 岳人*; 藤 暢輔; Huang, M.; 静間 俊行*; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 原田 秀郎; 岩本 信之; 千葉 敏*; 梶野 敏貴*

Physical Review C, 94(5), p.055803_1 - 055803_6, 2016/11

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.055803

The astrophysical origin of a rare isotope Sn has remained still an open question. An isomer (=14.1 y) in Cd is an s-process branching point from which a nucleosynthesis flow reaches to Sn. The -process abundance of Sn depends on the isomer production ratio in the Cd()Cd reaction. However, the ratio has not been measured in an energy region higher than the thermal energy. We have measured rays following neutron capture reactions on Cd using two cluster HPGe detectors in conjunction with a time-of-flight method at J-PARC. We have obtained the result that the relative -ray intensity ratio of the isomer is almost constant in an energy region of up to 5 keV. This result suggests that the -process contribution to the solar abundance of Sn is negligibly small. We have found that the ratio of a resonance at 737 eV shows about 1.5 times higher than other ratios. This enhancement can be explained by a -wave neutron capture. This result suggests measurements of decay rays to isomers are effective to assign the spin and parity for neutron capture resonances.

Overview of JENDL-4.0/HE and benchmark calculations

国枝 賢; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 湊 太志; 岡本 力; 佐藤 達彦; 中島 宏; 岩元 洋介; 岩元 大樹; 北谷 文人; et al.

JAEA-Conf 2016-004, p.41 - 46, 2016/09

https://doi.org/10.11484/jaea-conf-2016-004

加速器を用いた種々のアプリケーションを開発・設計するための基礎データとして、中性子や陽子入射の高エネルギー核データを整備する必要がある。本研究では、光学モデルや前平衡モデル計算における最新の知見を投入してJENDL/HE-2007の見直しを行うと共に、特に医療分野で需要の高いLiやBe等の核種を新たに加えて、約130核種に対する200MeVまでの中性子・陽子核データライブラリJENDL-4.0/HEを完成させた。本発表においては、ライブラリの概要を説明すると共に、粒子輸送計算コードPHITSやMCNPXを用いた中性子透過計算等における積分検証結果を中心に報告する。

Development of a measurement system for the determination of () cross-sections using multi-nucleon transfer reactions

牧井 宏之; 太田 周也*; 石井 哲朗; 若林 泰生*; 古高 和禎; 西尾 勝久; 西中 一朗; 千葉 敏; 井頭 政之*; Czeszumska, A.*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 797, p.83 - 93, 2015/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.05.005

中性子捕獲断面積を間接的に導出するための、線測定用のコンプトン抑止型LaBr(Ce)検出器と荷電粒子測定用のシリコン-検出器から構成される、新しい測定装置の開発を行った。原子力機構タンデム加速器からのエネルギー153MeVの酸素18ビームをGd及び、Gd標的に照射して発生する線と荷電粒子の同時測定を行うことにより、開発した装置の特性試験を行った。大型(直径4インチ、長さ5インチ)のLaBr(Ce)検出器を用いることにより、Gd(O, O)Gd反応及び、Gd(O, O)Gd反応で生成される複合核からの線の測定に成功した。得られた結果から新たに開発した測定装置が多核子移行反応を用いた中性子捕獲断面積の導出に極めて有効であることを見出した。