PSTEP: Project for solar-terrestrial environment prediction

Kusano, Kanya*; Ichimoto, Kiyoshi*; Ishii, Mamoru*; Miyoshi, Yoshizumi*; Yoden, Shigeo*; Akiyoshi, Hideharu*; Asai, Ayumi*; Ebihara, Yusuke*; Fujiwara, Hitoshi*; Goto, Tadanori*; et al.

Earth, Planets and Space (Internet), 73(1), p.159_1 - 159_29, 2021/12

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-021-01486-1

The PSTEP is a nationwide research collaboration in Japan and was conducted from April 2015 to March 2020, supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. It has made a significant progress in space weather research and operational forecasts, publishing over 500 refereed journal papers and organizing four international symposiums, various workshops and seminars, and summer school for graduate students at Rikubetsu in 2017. This paper is a summary report of the PSTEP and describes the major research achievements it produced.

Magnetic properties of single crystalline YbFeO

Yoshii, Kenji; Mizumaki, Masaichiro*; Matsumoto, Keisuke*; Mori, Shigeo*; Endo, Naruki; Saito, Hiroyuki; Matsumura, Daiju; Kambe, Takashi*; Ikeda, Naoshi*

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 428, p.012032_1 - 012032_5, 2013/04

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/428/1/012032

We have investigated a single crystal of multiferroic YbFeO. Its magnetic transition temperature was 250 K. The magnetization along the c-axis was much larger than that within the ab plane, indicating the Ising character of this system. The field-cooled magnetization became negative below 10 K. This was explained in terms of an antiparallel coupling between Yb and Fe moments. Magnetocaloric effects were also observed. The change of entropy was found to show a broad peak with a width of 100 K, which is favorable to application.

Collapsing processes of charge ordered structure in charge- and spin- frustrated ferrite YbFeO

Matsumoto, Keisuke*; Koyama, Tsukasa*; Mori, Shigeo*; Yoshii, Kenji; Ikeda, Naoshi*

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 320, p.012085_1 - 012085_5, 2011/09

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/320/1/012085

In order to clarify the stability of charge ordered structure (CO) in charge- and spinfrustrated ferrite YbFeO, we have investigated changes of the CO structure by partial substitution of Mn for Fe in YbFeO by a transmission electron microscope (TEM), incombination with conventional dielectric measurement. It is revealed that subtle substitution of Mn for Fe in YbFeO destroyed drastically the CO structure with the wave vector of q=1/3 1/3 1/2 and, instead, induced polar clustering structure characterized by honeycomb shaped diffuse scatterings in the reciprocal space. The formation of polar clustering structure should be responsible for the characteristic dielectric dispersion.

Status of assessment tools on the performance guarantee contents of buffer material

Tanai, Kenji; Jintoku, Takashi*; Kikuchi, Hirohito*; Nishimura, Mayuka; Matsumoto, Kazuhiro*; Aoyanagi, Shigeo; Yui, Mikazu

JAEA-Research 2006-035, 32 Pages, 2006/06

JAEA-Research-2006-035.pdf:3.46MB

In order to contribute to the safety standards and guidelines which a regulator decides, state-of the art assessment method is investigated and summarized in the table about performance guarantee contents of buffer material related to the mechanical support and protection of the overpack and rock matrix, and the retardation of radionuclide. In addition, examples of the assessment tool are described. In this report, summary of (1) basic properties of bentonite, including swelling properties, mechanical properties and hydraulic properties, (2) long-term behavior of bentonite, including creep deformation, penetration into host rock, erosion and alteration, (3) gas permeability, (4) colloid filtration and (5) mechanical stability of the near-field is described. Check points, assessment methods (based on the data obtained from the experimental results, the estimation value obtained from empirical equations and database, and the modeling calculations) and latest results of these R&D programs were also summarized.

Study of long-term behavior of engineered and geological barrier system

Aoyanagi, Shigeo; Oda, Yoshihiro; Sasamoto, Hiroshi; Shibata, Masahiro; Tanai, Kenji; Taniguchi, Naoki; Nishimura, Mayuka; Fujisaki, Kiyoshi; Kikuchi, Hirohito*; Matsumoto, Kazuhiro*

Hoshasei Haikibutsu Anzen Kenkyu Nenji Keikaku (Heisei-13-NendoHeisei-17-Nendo) Kenkyu Seika Hokokushu, p.179 - 203, 2006/03

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Overview of the 3rd phase crossover research on migration of radionuclides in biosphere

Uchida, Shigeo*; Amano, Hikaru; Takahashi, Tomoyuki*; Chiba, Masaru*; Hisamatsu, Shunichi*; Enomoto, Shuichi*; Matsumoto, Shiro*

JAERI-Conf 2003-010, p.25 - 31, 2003/09

https://jopss.jaea.go.jp/pdfdata/JAERI-Conf-2003-010.pdf

In the 3rd Stage Crossover Research (1998 to 2003), a project on Development of a dynamic transfer model of radionuclides in the soil ecosphere,is currently being promoted. The following five researches are carried out in this project. 1) Research into the forms of existence of nuclides and their change in the soil (NIRS and JAERI), 2) Research into the transition behavior of radionuclides in plants (IES, RIKEN and NIRS), 3) Research into the relation to the microorganism and on environmental remediation (RIKEN, JAERI and NIRS), 4) Research on the migration of radionuclides from atmosphere to soil and plant (MRI and JAERI), and 5) Database construction on transfer parameters (JAERI, NIRS and MRI). JAERI, MRI and NIRS are working on the development of a dynamic transfer model such as MOGRA for radionuclides on the basis of a gained knowledge about the environmental behavior through cooperation with universities, etc. This model is also capable of the predicting the behavior of materials that are harmful to the environment such as hazardous heavy metals discharged in the soil ecosphere. In this presentation, we will overview the ourcome of the 3rd stage research.

Magnetic/dielectric properties and charge ordering phenomenain YbFeMnO, 2

Matsumoto, Keisuke*; Hoshiyama, Takuya*; Oishi, Daisuke*; Akahama, Hiroshi*; Yoshii, Kenji; Kano, Jun*; Hanasaki, Noriaki*; Kambe, Takashi*; Ikeda, Naoshi*; Mori, Shigeo*

no journal, , 

We have investigated the physical properties of YbFeMnO, a derivative system of the electronic ferroelectric RFeO (R: rare earths). Electron diffraction measurements showed taht long-range charge ordering of the Fe-3d charges was observed at room temperature for x=0; this ordering is the origin of ferroelectricity. The x=0.1 oxide showed diffuse scattering patterns at room temperature, instead of the charge-ordered pattern. Thus, 5% Mn substitution can collapse the long-range charge ordering. We will also present the correlation between the magnetic/dielectric properties and the crystal structure.