Ion tracks in silicon formed by much lower energy deposition than the track formation threshold

Amekura, Hiroshi*; Toulemonde, M.*; Narumi, Kazumasa*; Li, R.*; Chiba, Atsuya*; Hirano, Yoshimi*; Yamada, Keisuke*; Yamamoto, Shunya*; Ishikawa, Norito; Okubo, Nariaki; et al.

Scientific Reports (Internet), 11(1), p.185_1 - 185_11, 2021/01

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80360-8

We report the track formation of 10 nm in diameter in silicon irradiated with 6 MeV C, i.e., much lower energy than the previously reported energy threshold.

Ecological and genomic profiling of anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea in a deep granitic environment

Ino, Kohei*; Hernsdorf, A. W.*; Konno, Yuta*; Kozuka, Mariko*; Yanagawa, Katsunori*; Kato, Shingo*; Sunamura, Michinari*; Hirota, Akinari*; Togo, Yoko*; Ito, Kazumasa*; et al.

ISME Journal, 12(1), p.31 - 47, 2018/01

https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.140

In this study, we found the dominance ofanaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea in groundwater enriched in sulfate and methane from a 300-m deep underground borehole in granitic rock.

Deep microbial life in high-quality granitic groundwater from geochemically and geographically distinct underground boreholes

Ino, Kohei*; Konno, Yuta*; Kozuka, Mariko*; Hirota, Akinari*; Togo, Yoko*; Fukuda, Akari*; Komatsu, Daisuke*; Tsunogai, Urumu*; Tanabe, Akifumi*; Yamamoto, Satoshi*; et al.

Environmental Microbiology Reports (Internet), 8(2), p.285 - 294, 2016/04

https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12379

To understand the subsurface biosphere, borehole investigation was conducted for 300-m deep granitic rocks at the Mizunami underground research laboratory, Japan. The initial biomass was the highest with the flourish of aerobic H-oxidizing Hydrogenophaga spp., whereas an uncultivated lineage of the phylum Nitrospirae became predominant after three years with decreasing biomass. The common occurrence of many species of Nitrospirae and Chlorobi phyla at the geographically distinct sites and the exclusive detection of their phylogenetically related environmental sequences from deep groundwaters and terrestrial hot springs, suggest that these bacteria are indigenous and potentially adapted to the deep terrestrial subsurface.

Biogeochemical signals from deep microbial life in terrestrial crust

Suzuki, Yohei*; Konno, Yuta*; Fukuda, Akari*; Komatsu, Daisuke*; Hirota, Akinari*; Watanabe, Katsuaki*; Togo, Yoko*; Morikawa, Noritoshi*; Hagiwara, Hiroki; Aosai, Daisuke*; et al.

PLOS ONE (Internet), 9(12), p.e113063_1 - e113063_20, 2014/12

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113063

We present multi-isotopic evidence of microbially mediated sulfate reduction in a granitic aquifer, a representative of the terrestrial crust habitat. Deep groundwater of meteoric origin was collected from underground boreholes drilled into the Cretaceous Toki granite, central Japan. A large sulfur isotopic fractionation of 20-60 permil diagnostic to microbial sulfate reduction is associated with the investigated groundwater containing sulfate below 0.2 mM. In contrast, a small carbon isotopic fractionation ( 30 permil) is not indicative of methanogenesis. Our results demonstrate that the deep biosphere in the terrestrial crust is metabolically active and playing a crucial role in the formation of reducing groundwater even under low energy fluxes.

Transmission secondary ion mass spectrometry using 5 MeV C ions

Nakajima, Kaoru*; Nagano, Kengo*; Suzuki, Motofumi*; Narumi, Kazumasa; Saito, Yuichi; Hirata, Koichi*; Kimura, Kenji*

Applied Physics Letters, 104(11), p.114103_1 - 114103_4, 2014/03

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4868655

Quantitative evaluation of charge-reduction effect in cluster constituent ions passing through a foil

Chiba, Atsuya; Saito, Yuichi; Narumi, Kazumasa; Yamada, Keisuke; Kaneko, Toshiaki*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 315, p.81 - 84, 2013/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.04.077

The average charge of the constituent ions resulting from foil-induced dissociation of cluster ion is smaller than that of the single ion passing through the foil at same speed. This charge reduction effect is one of the most important phenomena for understanding the interaction of cluster ions with electrons in a solid, and the theories suggested that it strongly depends on the internuclear distance of the constituent ions. However, the relationship between the internuclear distance and the charge state has still not been shown quantitatively. We developed a method to evaluate the relationship by analyzing the divergence angle of the constituent ions after foil penetration using Coulomb explosion imaging technique. As a result for 6-MeV C, it was shown quantitatively that the charge reduction effect decreases with increasing the internuclear distance of the constituent ion in the solid.

Surface effect on ion track formation in amorphous SiN films

Morita, Yosuke*; Nakajima, Kaoru*; Suzuki, Motofumi*; Narumi, Kazumasa; Saito, Yuichi; Ishikawa, Norito; Hojo, Kiichi; Tsujimoto, Masahiko*; Isoda, Shoji*; Kimura, Kenji*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 315, p.142 - 145, 2013/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.03.043

Quantitative evaluation of charge state for internuclear distance of constituent ions dissociated from C ion moving in a solid

Chiba, Atsuya; Saito, Yuichi; Narumi, Kazumasa; Yamada, Keisuke; Kaneko, Toshiaki*

JAEA-Review 2012-046, JAEA Takasaki Annual Report 2011, P. 161, 2013/01

https://jopss.jaea.go.jp/pdfdata/JAEA-Review-2012-046.pdf

An average charge of the constituent ions resulting from the foil-induced dissociation of cluster ions is smaller than that of monatomic ions at the same speed. It is considered that such a charge reduction effect in cluster ion bombardments depend strongly on the internuclear distance between constituent ions moving in a solid. However, there are few reports in which average charges of the constituent ions had been quantitatively evaluated in terms of their internuclear distance increasing by the screened Coulomb repulsion. Therefore, we developed a method which evaluate quantitatively the average charge for internuclear distance of constituent ions in solid through the measurements of the divergence angle of the constituent ions after foil penetration. The achieved results are approximately equal to the theoretical value derived from model considering the cluster effect in average charge.

Ion induced luminescence from sapphire irradiated with swift cluster ion beams; Cluster ion size and energy dependences

Shibata, Hiromi*; Saito, Yuichi; Chiba, Atsuya; Yamada, Keisuke; Narumi, Kazumasa; Taguchi, Mitsumasa

JAEA-Review 2012-046, JAEA Takasaki Annual Report 2011, P. 162, 2013/01

https://doi.org/10.11484/jaea-review-2012-046

Visualization of a single cluster particle track in polystyrene films

Asano, Atsushi*; Takano, Katsuyoshi*; Chiba, Atsuya; Saito, Yuichi; Marui, Hiromi*; Omichi, Masaaki*; Maeyoshi, Yuta*; Honsho, Yoshito*; Saeki, Akinori*; Yamada, Keisuke; et al.

JAEA-Review 2012-046, JAEA Takasaki Annual Report 2011, P. 163, 2013/01

https://doi.org/10.11484/jaea-review-2012-046