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.

Muon spin relaxation in mixed perovskite (LaAlO)(SrAlTaO) with

伊藤 孝; 髭本 亘; 幸田 章宏*; 中村 惇平*; 下村 浩一郎*

Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.25_1 - 25_7, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-024-01866-5

We report on muon spin relaxation (SR) measurements in a mixed perovskite compound, (LaAlO)(SrAlTaO) with (LSAT), which is widely used as a single-crystalline substrate for thin film deposition. In zero applied field (ZF), muon depolarization due to the distribution of nuclear dipole fields was observed in the temperature range from 4 K to 270 K. Interestingly, SR time spectra in ZF maintained a Gaussian-like feature over the entire range, while the depolarization rate exhibited a monotonic decrease with increasing temperature. This behavior may be attributed to the thermally activated diffusion of muons between a few adjacent sites within a confined space of the angstrom scale, where the motionally averaged local field that each muon experiences can remain non-zero and result in maintaining the Gaussian-like line shape. The spatial distribution of electrostatic potential at lattice interstices evaluated via density functional theory calculations suggests that such a restriction of muon diffusion paths can be caused by the random distribution of cations with different nominal valences in the mixed perovskite lattice.

Development of end-plug joint for SiC cladding and its evaluation during a severe accident

石橋 良*; 廣坂 和馬*; 山名 貴志*; 柴田 昌利*; 佐々木 政名*; 根本 義之; 檜木 達也*

Proceedings of TopFuel 2024 (Internet), 9 Pages, 2024/09

As a cladding material for accident tolerant fuel, SiC is expected to have an advantage in elevated temperature resistance compared to other candidate materials. End-plug joints are exposed to elevated temperature by heat-upped fuel pellets and loading by difference in internal and external pressure of cladding during a severe accident. For performing sufficient strength against severe accident conditions, we are developing an end-plug joint consisted of mechanical fastening and brazing and evaluation methods for its joint strength. Objectives in this study are to evaluate strength and deformation behavior of the joint using tensile testing and to analyze the deformation mechanism based on estimated loading and temperature conditions during a severe accident. The evaluation results using tensile testing provided information for evaluating the joint by inter pressure testing in the next stage.

HTTR1次ヘリウム循環機フィルタの差圧上昇事象,2; フィルタ付着物の調査と再発防止対策

根本 隆弘; 藤原 佑輔; 荒川 了紀; 長山 侑矢; 長住 達; 長谷川 俊成; 横山 佳祐; 渡部 雅; 大西 貴士; 川本 大樹; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2024-003, 17 Pages, 2024/06

JAEA-Technology-2024-003.pdf:1.91MB

RS-14サイクルに発生した1次ヘリウム循環機フィルタの差圧上昇の原因を調査するため、フィルタ付着物を調査した。調査の結果、フィルタエレメント表面にシリコンオイルに起因する付着物を確認した。この結果から、フィルタ差圧上昇の原因は、1次ヘリウム純化設備ガス循環機のチャコールフィルタの性能劣化により、1次系内にシリコンオイルが混入したためであることが明らかとなった。また、この再発防止対策として、従来の1次ヘリウム純化設備ガス循環機の運転時間による管理に加え、チャコールフィルタの交換頻度を3年毎とする定期交換計画を新たに策定した。

Understanding muon diffusion in perovskite oxides below room temperature based on harmonic transition state theory

伊藤 孝; 髭本 亘; 下村 浩一郎*

Physical Review B, 108(22), p.224301_1 - 224301_11, 2023/12

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.224301

In positive muon spin rotation and relaxation (SR) spectroscopy, positive muons () implanted into solid oxides are conventionally treated as immobile spin-probes at interstitial sites below room temperature. This is because each is thought to be tightly bound to an oxygen atom in the host lattice to form a muonic analogue of the hydroxy group. On the basis of this concept, anomalies in SR spectra observed in oxides have been attributed in most cases to the intrinsic properties of host materials. On the other hand, global diffusion with an activation energy of 0.1~eV has been reported in some chemically-substituted perovskite oxides at cryogenic temperatures, although the reason for the small activation energy despite the formation of the strong O bond has not yet been quantitatively understood. In this study, we investigated interstitial diffusion in the perovskite oxide lattice using KTaO cubic perovskite as a model system. We used the SR method and density functional theory calculations along with the harmonic transition state theory to study this phenomenon both experimentally and theoretically. Experimental activation energies for global diffusion obtained below room temperature were less than a quarter of the calculated classical potential barrier height for a bottleneck transfer path. The reduction in the effective barrier height could be explained by the harmonic transition state theory with a zero-point energy correction; a significant difference in zero-point energies for at the positions in the O bonding equilibrium state and a bond-breaking transition state was the primary cause of the reduction. This suggests that the assumption of immobile in solid oxides is not always satisfied since such a significant decrease in diffusion barrier height can also occur in other oxides.

Iron-induced association between selenium and humic substances in groundwater from deep sedimentary formations

寺島 元基; 遠藤 貴志*; 紀室 辰伍; 別部 光里*; 根本 一昭*; 天野 由記

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(4), p.374 - 384, 2023/04

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2022.2111376

For better understanding of impact of natural organic matters (NOM) on facilitating migration of Se in underground environments, association mechanism between Se and humic substance (HS) in groundwater was investigated by incubation experiments using groundwater sample under abiotic and biotic conditions and speciation analyses by an isolation technique with DAX-8 resin and a size exclusion chromatography coupled on-line to UV-Vis and ICP-MS detection (SEC-UV-ICP-MS). Selenite added into the groundwater was reduced to elemental Se only when microbial activity was stimulated by a nutrient. The speciation analysis by the isolation technique showed the presence of Se associated with HS and that proportion of the associate to total dissolved Se is highest in the reducing condition. The SEC-UV-ICP-MS analyses of alkaline extracts from the DAX-8 resin showed that Se was coeluted with Fe as well as HS, regardless of microbial activity and redox conditions. Logarithmic peak areas of Se and Fe coeluted with HS in the SEC chromatograms was linearly correlated in the moderately oxidizing condition (r = 0.947, p 0.01 with addition of Se; r = 0.995, p 0.01 without the addition of Se). The SEC chromatogram of Se coeluted with HS in the reducing condition was well matched with those of Se-Fe-HS ternary complex in the moderately oxidizing condition. Therefore, these suggest that the association between Se and HS in groundwaters can be dominated by a formation of Se-Fe-HS ternary complex.

Present status of J-PARC MUSE

下村 浩一郎*; 幸田 章宏*; Pant, A. D.*; 名取 寛顕*; 藤森 寛*; 梅垣 いづみ*; 中村 惇平*; 反保 元伸*; 河村 成肇*; 手島 菜月*; et al.

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 2462, p.012033_1 - 012033_5, 2023/03

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2462/1/012033

At J-PARC MUSE, since the SR2017 conference and up to FY2022, there have been several new developments at the facility, including the completion of a new experimental area S2 at the surface muon beamline S-line and the first muon beam extraction to the H1 area in the H-line, mainly to carry out high-statistics fundamental physics experiments. Several new studies are also underway, such as applying negative muon non-destructive elemental analysis to the analysis of samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu in the D2 area of the D-line. This paper reports on the latest status of MUSE.

Two-step Mott transition in Ni(S,Se); SR studies and charge-spin percolation model

Sheng, Q.*; 金子 竜也*; Yamakawa, Kohtaro*; Guguchia, Z.*; Gong, Z.*; Zhao, G.*; Dai, G.*; Jin, C.*; Guo, S.*; Fu, L.*; et al.

Physical Review Research (Internet), 4(3), p.033172_1 - 033172_14, 2022/09

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033172

A pyrite system NiSSe exhibits a bandwidth controlled Mott transition via (S,Se) substitutions in a two-step process: the antiferromagnetic insulator (AFI) to antiferromagnetic metal (AFM) transition at 0.45 followed by the AFM to paramagnetic metal (PMM) transition at 1.0. Among a few other Mott systems which exhibit similar two-step transitions, Ni(S,Se) is of particular interest because a large intermediate AFM region in the phase diagram would provide unique opportunities to study the interplay between the spin and charge order. By comparing and combining our muon spin relaxation studies and previous neutron scattering studies, here we propose a picture where the spin order is maintained by the percolation of "nonmetallic" localized and dangling Ni moments surrounded by S, while the charge transition from AFI to AFM is caused by the percolation of the conducting paths generated by the Ni-Se-Ni bonds.

Magnetic Bragg peak enhancement under ultrasound injection

社本 真一*; 赤津 光洋*; 松浦 直人*; 河村 聖子; 針井 一哉*; 小野 正雄*; Chang, L.-J.*; 伊藤 孝; 根本 祐一*; 家田 淳一

Physical Review Research (Internet), 4(1), p.013245_1 - 013245_7, 2022/03

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.013245

イットリウム鉄ガーネットの磁気ブラッグピークに対する超音波注入効果を、準弾性中性子散乱によって研究した。磁気ブラッグピークは、温度の低下とともに大幅に強化さる。エネルギー幅は、超音波注入によって引き起こされる試料温度上昇の平方根に比例して増加した。磁気ブラッグピークは格子振動によって増強されることから、この増強はスピン-格子結合と密接に関連していると予想される。縦波モードで100Kを超えると観測された急激な散乱信号の低下は、スピン-格子結合の劣化を示唆している。これは、温度が100Kを超えるとスピンゼーベック効果が低下することと一致しており、スピン-格子結合による劣化メカニズムに証明を与えている。

High-temperature antiferromagnetism in Yb based heavy fermion systems proximate to a Kondo insulator

鈴木 慎太郎*; 田久保 耕*; 久我 健太郎*; 髭本 亘; 伊藤 孝; 冨田 崇弘*; 志村 恭通*; 松本 洋介*; Bareille, C.*; 和達 大樹*; et al.

Physical Review Research (Internet), 3(2), p.023140_1 - 023140_12, 2021/05

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.023140

本論文では常圧において転移温度が20Kに達するYb化合物の発見について報告している。価数揺動物質-YbAlBのAlサイトをMnに置換することで、反強磁性転移温度が極めて高くなるだけでなく、重い電子状態から近藤半導体に近い抵抗の大きな金属状態へと変わることが見出された。