Impact of the ground-state 4 symmetry for anisotropic hybridization in the heavy-fermion superconductor CeNiGe

Fujiwara, Hidenori*; Nakatani, Yasuhiro*; Aratani, Hidekazu*; Kanai-Nakata, Yuina*; Yamagami, Kohei*; Hamamoto, Satoru*; Kiss, Takayuki*; Yamasaki, Atsushi*; Higashiya, Atsushi*; Imada, Shin*; et al.

Physical Review B, 108(16), p.165121_1 - 165121_10, 2023/10

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.165121

Evidence for momentum-dependent heavy fermionic electronic structures; Soft X-ray ARPES for the superconductor CeNiGe in the normal state

Nakatani, Yasuhiro*; Aratani, Hidekazu*; Fujiwara, Hidenori*; Mori, Takeo*; Tsuruta, Atsushi*; Tachibana, Shoichi*; Yamaguchi, Takashi*; Kiss, Takayuki*; Yamasaki, Atsushi*; Yasui, Akira*; et al.

Physical Review B, 97(11), p.115160_1 - 115160_7, 2018/03

AA2018-0003.pdf:1.65MB

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.115160

Electronic structures of ferromagnetic CeAgSb; Soft X-ray absorption, magnetic circular dichroism, and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopies

Saito, Yuji; Fujiwara, Hidenori*; Yamaguchi, Takashi*; Nakatani, Yasuhiro*; Mori, Takeo*; Fuchimoto, Hiroto*; Kiss, Takayuki*; Yasui, Akira*; Miyawaki, Jun*; Imada, Shin*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 85(11), p.114713_1 - 114713_7, 2016/11

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.85.114713

We report on the electronic structures of ferromagnetic CeAgSb using soft X-ray absorption (XAS), magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD), and angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) spectroscopies. The Ce XAS spectra show very small satellite structures, reflecting a strongly localized character of the Ce 4 electrons. The linear dichroism effects in the Ce XAS spectra demonstrate the ground-state Ce 4 symmetry of , the spatial distribution of which is directed along the -axis. Nevertheless, ARPES spectra at the Ce 3-4 resonance show the momentum dependence of the intensity ratio between Ce 4 and 4 peaks in a part of the Brillouin zone, suggesting the non negligible momentum-dependent hybridization effect between the Ce 4 and the conduction electrons. This is associated with the moderate mass enhancement in CeAgSb.

Valence state in Ce-based heavy fermion compounds at high magnetic fields

Matsuda, Yasuhiro*; Her, J.-L.*; Michimura, Shinji*; Inami, Toshiya; Ebihara, Takao*; Amitsuka, Hiroshi*

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 3, p.011044_1 - 011044_6, 2014/06

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.3.011044

Synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy of CeRhSi has been performed in pulsed high magnetic fields of up to 32 T. The Ce valence is slightly larger than 3+ at 5 K and decreases with increasing magnetic above 20 T. The field-induced valence change seems to correspond to the metamagnetic transition in the magnetization process. This phenomena is similar to our previous result on CeRuSi and seems to be common in Ce-based heavy fermion compounds.

Evaluation of jet breakup behavior by the lattice Boltzmann HCZ model, 2; Effect of ambient fluid field on jet breakup

Iwasawa, Yuzuru*; Abe, Yutaka*; Matsuo, Eiji*; Ebihara, Kenichi; Kaneko, Akiko*; Sakaba, Hiroshi*; Koyama, Kazuya*

Dai-18-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu, p.77 - 78, 2013/06

When supposing a core distractive accident (CDA) in a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR), it is necessary to understand the breakup behavior of the molten core material jet into coolant. In order to examine the effect of ambient fluid around the jet, the surface and fragmentation behavior was investigated using the lattice Boltzmann (LB) HCZ model. As a result, it was confirmed that the mechanism of the jet breakup behavior is one proposed by Epstein when hydrodynamic fragmentation is the dominant phenomenon for the jet break up.

Applicability of redundant pairs of SOI transistors for analog circuits and their applications to phase-locked loop circuits

Makihara, Akiko*; Yokose, Tamotsu*; Tsuchiya, Yoshihisa*; Miyazaki, Yoshio*; Abe, Hiroshi; Shindo, Hiroyuki*; Ebihara, Tsukasa*; Maru, Akifumi*; Morikawa, Koichi*; Kuboyama, Satoshi*; et al.

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 60(1), p.230 - 235, 2013/02

https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2012.2237039

no abstracts in English

Irradiation history of Itokawa regolith material deduced from noble gases in the Hayabusa samples

Nagao, Keisuke*; Okazaki, Ryuji*; Nakamura, Tomoki*; Miura, Yayoi*; Osawa, Takahito; Bajo, Kenichi*; Matsuda, Shintaro*; Ebihara, Mitsuru*; Ireland, T.*; Kitajima, Fumio*; et al.

Science, 333(6046), p.1128 - 1131, 2011/08

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1207785

A steroid surface materials record regolith processes and a history of cosmic-ray irradiation. Noble gas isotopes in three rocky grains from Itokawa have been determined. High concentrations of solar He, Ne, and Ar, as high as those in lunar soils, are released at variable temperatures from each sample. The isotopic compositions are essentially identical to those of solar wind but distinguishable in He relative abundance. These noble gas characteristics can be explained by repeated implantation and preferential loss of solar He by removal of weathered He-rich rim on the grain surface through friction among regolith grains on Itokawa. Residence time of regolith materials on Itokawa is alculated to be shorter than 10 Myr, suggesting that regolith materials of small asteroids would escape easily to space.

Numerical simulation of irradiation-induced grain-boundary phosphorous segregation in reactor pressure vessel steels using rate theory model with first-principles calculations

Ebihara, Kenichi; Yamaguchi, Masatake; Nishiyama, Yutaka; Onizawa, Kunio; Matsuzawa, Hiroshi*

Proceedings of 2009 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference (PVP 2009) (CD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2009/07

We incorporate the parameters obtained from first-principles calculations into the rate theory model which was developed for bcc lattice, and apply it to the simulation of irradiation-induced phosphorous segregation in bcc iron. We evaluate the grain boundary phosphorous coverage and discuss its dependence on dose-rate and irradiation temperature by comparing our results with previously reported results and experimental data. As results, we find that dose-rate does not affect the grain boundary phosphorous coverage within the range of our simulation condition and that the dependence on irradiation temperature differs remarkably from the previous results.

Study of effect of carbon on irradiation-induced grain-boundary phosphorous segregation in reactor pressure vessel using first-principles-based rate theory model

Ebihara, Kenichi; Yamaguchi, Masatake; Nishiyama, Yutaka; Onizawa, Kunio; Matsuzawa, Hiroshi*

no journal, , 

The experimental results on neutron-irradiated reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels have revealed grain boundary (GB) segregation of phosphorous(P) causing GB embrittlement. Since the dependence of the segregation on dose and dose-rate is unclear due to the lack of experimental database, the estimation of the irradiation-induced GB P segregation by the rate theory model is desired. In this presentation, we incorporated the effect of carbon(C) into the model by considering C as the trap of vacancies(Vs) and self-interstitial atoms (SIAs), and evaluated the GB P coverage in the RPV steels. As a result, by selecting the proper sink strength of V and SIA, the simulation reproduced the experimental GB P coverage. It was confirmed that C hardly influences the dose rate dependency of the GB P coverage. It was found that C influences the GB P coverage by mainly slowing the V migration. Therefore it is considered that V is necessary for simulating GB P coverage even though V hardly transports P.

Model inter-comparison of atmospheric Cs-137 from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Kitayama, Kyo*; Morino, Yu*; Takigawa, Masayuki*; Nakajima, Teruyuki*; Hayami, Hiroshi*; Nagai, Haruyasu; Terada, Hiroaki; Saito, Kazuo*; Shimbori, Toshiki*; Kajino, Mizuo*; et al.

no journal, , 

For the evaluation of the validity and variability of atmospheric transport model results, we compared results of seven models submitted for the model inter-comparison project of Science Council of Japan to simulate Cs released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Model reproducibility was assessed with the observed hourly atmospheric concentrations of Cs in Tohoku and Kanto regions. Among nine plumes from 12 to 21 in March 2011, performance of the models was the best for the plume which dispersed over the Kanto region in 15 March. The models generally reproduced the observed Cs concentrations in plumes which widely spread inland of Tohoku or Kanto regions. By contrast, the models largely underestimated the observed Cs concentrations for the case which passed coastal areas of Japan. Ensemble average of seven models showed reasonable performance for most of plumes, and no individual models reproduced better than the ensemble average.