A Systematic approach for the adequacy analysis of a set of experimental databases: Application in the framework of the ATRIUM activity

Baccou, J.*; Glantz, T.*; Ghione, A.*; Sargentini, L.*; Fillion, P.*; Damblin, G.*; Sueur, R.*; Iooss, B.*; Fang, J.*; Liu, J.*; et al.

Nuclear Engineering and Design, 421, p.113035_1 - 113035_16, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2024.113035

In the Best-Estimate Plus Uncertainty (BEPU) framework, the use of best-estimate code requires to go through a Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification process (VVUQ). The relevance of the experimental data in relation to the physical phenomena of interest in the VVUQ process is crucial. Adequacy analysis of selected experimental databases addresses this problem. The outcomes of the analysis can be used to select a subset of relevant experimental data, to encourage designing new experiments or to drop some experiments from a database because of their substantial lack of adequacy. The development of a specific transparent and reproducible approach to analyze the relevance of experimental data for VVUQ still remains open and is the topic of this contribution. In this paper, the concept of adequacy initially introduced in the OECD/NEA SAPIUM (Systematic APproach for model Input Uncertainty quantification Methodology) activity is formalized. It is defined through two key properties, called representativeness and completeness, that allows considering the multifactorial dimension of the adequacy problem. A new systematic approach is then proposed to analyze the adequacy of a set of experimental databases. It relies on the introduction of two sets of criteria to characterize representativeness and completeness and on the use of multi-criteria decision analysis method to perform the analysis. Finally, the approach is applied in the framework of the new OECD/NEA ATRIUM activity which includes a set of practical IUQ exercises in thermal-hydraulics to test the SAPIUM guideline in determining input uncertainties and forward propagating them on an application case. It allows evaluating the adequacy of eight experimental databases coming from the Super Moby-dick, Sozzi-Sutherland and Marviken experiments and identifying the most adequate ones.

Magnetoelastic anisotropy in Heusler-type MnCoGa films

窪田 崇秀*; 高野 大地*; 小田 洋平*; Mohanty, S.*; 伊藤 啓太*; 松木 充弘*; 林田 誠弘*; Sun, M.*; 竹田 幸治; 斎藤 祐児; et al.

Physical Review Materials (Internet), 6(4), p.044405_1 - 044405_12, 2022/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.044405

This study focuses on an inverse-type Heusler alloy, MnCoGa (MCG), with a small off-stoichiometry (), showing perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA). We observed a relatively large uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy constant () on the order of 10 J/m at room temperature in the MCG films with a small tetragonal distortion of a few percent. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) was employed to get insight into the origin for the PMA. Negligible angular variation of the orbital magnetic moment evaluated using the XMCD spectra suggested a minor role of the so-called Bruno's term to . The origin of the PMA was discussed based on the second-order perturbation theory in terms of the spin-orbit coupling, and first principles calculations, claiming that the mixing of the occupied - and the unoccupied -spin states is responsible for the PMA of the MCG films.

Dynamical response of transition-edge sensor microcalorimeters to a pulsed charged-particle beam

奥村 拓馬*; 東 俊行*; Bennet, D. A.*; Caradonna, P.*; Chiu, I.-H.*; Doriese, W. B.*; Durkin, M. S.*; Fowler, J. W.*; Gard, J. D.*; 橋本 直; et al.

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 31(5), p.2101704_1 - 2101704_4, 2021/08

https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2021.3067793

超伝導転移端センサー(TES)マイクロ熱量計は、優れたエネルギー分解能と高い効率を持った、加速器施設での実験に理想的なX線検出器である。高強度パルス荷電粒子ビームを用いたTES検出器の性能を研究するために、日本の陽子加速器研究施設(J-PARC)でパルスミュオンビームを用いてX線スペクトルを測定した。X線エネルギーの実質的な時間的シフトがパルスミュオンビームの到着時間と相関していることを発見した。これは、最初のパルスビームからのエネルギー粒子の入射によるパルスパイルアップによって合理的に説明された。

Spin-orbit-induced Ising ferromagnetism at a van der Waals interface

松岡 秀樹*; Barnes, S. E.*; 家田 淳一; 前川 禎通; Bahramy, M. S.*; Saika, B. K.*; 竹田 幸治; 和達 大樹*; Wang, Y.*; 吉田 訓*; et al.

Nano Letters, 21(4), p.1807 - 1814, 2021/02

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04851

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy, a key ingredient for establishing long-range order in a magnetic material down to the two-dimensional (2D) limit, is generally associated with spin-orbit interaction (SOI) involving a finite orbital angular momentum. Here we report strong out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy without orbital angular momentum, emerging at the interface between two different van der Waals (vdW) materials, an archetypal metallic vdW material NbSe possessing Zeeman-type SOI and an isotropic vdW ferromagnet VSe. We found that the Zeeman SOI in NbSe induces robust out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy in VSe down to the 2D limit with a more than 2-fold enhancement of the transition temperature. We propose a simple model that takes into account the energy gain in NbSe in contact with a ferromagnet, which naturally explains our observations. Our results demonstrate a conceptually new magnetic proximity effect at the vdW interface, expanding the horizons of emergent phenomena achievable in vdW heterostructures.

Nature of the Dirac gap modulation and surface magnetic interaction in axion antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBiTe

Shikin, A. M.*; Estyunin, D. A.*; Klimovskikh, I. I.*; Filnov, S. O.*; Kumar, S.*; Schwier, E. F.*; 宮本 幸治*; 奥田 太一*; 木村 昭夫*; 黒田 健太*; et al.

Scientific Reports (Internet), 10, p.13226_1 - 13226_13, 2020/08

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70089-9

Modification of the gap at the Dirac point (DP) in axion antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBiTe and its electronic and spin structure have been studied by angle- and spin-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) under laser excitation at various temperatures, light polarizations and photon energies. We have distinguished both large and reduced gaps at the DP in the ARPES dispersions, which remain open above the Nel temperature of = 24.5 K. We propose that the gap above remains open due to a short-range magnetic field generated by chiral spin fluctuations. Spin-resolved ARPES, XMCD and circular dichroism ARPES measurements show a surface ferromagnetic ordering for the large gap sample and apparently significantly reduced effective magnetic moment for the reduced gap sample.

Conceptual study on parasitic low-energy RI beam production with in-flight separator BigRIPS and the first stopping examination for high-energy RI beams in the parasitic gas cell

園田 哲*; 片山 一郎*; 和田 道治*; 飯村 秀紀; Sonnenschein, V.*; 飯村 俊*; 高峰 愛子*; Rosenbusch, M.*; 小島 隆夫*; Ahn, D. S.*; et al.

Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Internet), 2019(11), p.113D02_1 - 113D02_12, 2019/11

AA2019-0315.pdf:1.37MB

https://doi.org/10.1093/ptep/ptz120

理化学研究所の不安定核ビーム施設(RIBF)では、入射核破砕反応や核分裂で生成される多くの核種からインフライト分離装置(BigRIPS)を用いて実験対象の核種を分離している。しかるに、分離された残りの核反応生成物の中にも核構造から興味深い多くの不安定核が含まれている。これらをBigRIPSから取り出して研究することができれば、RIBFの有効利用につながる。そこで、BigRIPS内に設置したガスセル中で核反応生成物を停止させてレーザーでイオン化して引き出す装置(PALIS)を開発中である。開発の一環として、RIBFのKrビームの破砕反応により生成するSe近傍の不安定核をガスセル中で停止させる実験を行なった。実験結果は破砕反応の模型計算の予測とよく一致し、ガスセル中での停止効率は約30%と評価された。この結果を基に、次のステップとして、停止した核反応生成物をガスセルから引き出すことを行う。

Enhancement of element production by incomplete fusion reaction with weakly bound deuteron

Wang, H.*; 大津 秀暁*; 千賀 信幸*; 川瀬 頌一郎*; 武内 聡*; 炭竃 聡之*; 小山 俊平*; 櫻井 博儀*; 渡辺 幸信*; 中山 梓介; et al.

Communications Physics (Internet), 2(1), p.78_1 - 78_6, 2019/07

https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-019-0165-1

陽子(あるいは中性子)過剰核の効率的な生成経路を探索することは、原子核反応研究の主な動機のひとつである。本研究では、Pdに対する核子当たり50MeVの陽子および重陽子入射による残留核生成断面積を逆運動学法によって測定した。その結果、重陽子入射ではAgやPd同位体の生成断面積が大きくなることを実験的に示した。また、理論計算による解析から、この生成断面積の増大は重陽子の不完全融合反応に起因することを示した。これらの結果は、陽子過剰核の生成において重陽子のような弱束縛核の利用が有効であることを示すものである。

Dirac gap opening and Dirac-fermion-mediated magnetic coupling in antiferromagnetic Gd-doped topological insulators and their manipulation by synchrotron radiation

Shikin, A. M.*; Estyunin, D. A.*; Surnin, Yu. I.*; Koroleva, A. V.*; Shevchenko, E. V.*; Kokh, K. A.*; Tereshchenko, O. E.*; Kumar, S.*; Schwier, E. F.*; 島田 賢也*; et al.

Scientific Reports (Internet), 9(1), p.4813_1 - 4813_17, 2019/03

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41137-w

A new kind of magnetically-doped antiferromagnetic (AFM) topological insulators (TIs), BiGdSbTe, has been studied by angle-resolved photoemission, superconducting magnetometry (SQUID) and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). It has been shown that this TI is characterized by the Dirac gap at the Fermi level. In the paramagnetic phase, a surface magnetic layer is supposed to develop, where the coupling between the Gd magnetic moments is mediated by the topological surface states (TSSs). This assumption can be confirmed by opening a gap at the Dirac point indicated by the surface-sensitive ARPES, a weak hysteresis loop measured by SQUID, the XMCD showing a surface magnetic moment and the temperature dependence of electrical resistance demonstrating a mid-gap semiconducting behavior, which correlates with the temperature dependence of the surface magnetization and confirms the conclusion that only TSSs are located at the Fermi level.

Observation of a -decaying millisecond isomeric state in Cd

Jungclaus, A.*; Grawe, H.*; 西村 俊二*; Doornenbal, P.*; Lorusso, G.*; Simpson, G. S.*; Sderstrm, P.-A.*; 炭竃 聡之*; Taprogge, J.*; Xu, Z. Y.*; et al.

Physics Letters B, 772, p.483 - 488, 2017/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.006

A new high-spin isomer in the neutron-rich nucleus Cd was populated in the projectile fission of a U beam at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory at RIKEN. A half-life of T = 6.3(8) ms was measured for the new state which was tentatively assigned a spin/parity of (15). The isomeric state decays via the emission of a 309-keV ray with multipolarity. The experimental results are compared to shell model calculations performed using state-of-the-art realistic effective interactions and to the neighbouring nucleus Cd. The comparison with calculations shows that adjustments of the pairing and multipole parts of the effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential are required in order to describe the properties of nuclei in the region around Sn.

Vacuum chromatography of Tl on SiO at the single-atom level

Steinegger, P.*; 浅井 雅人; Dressler, R.*; Eichler, R.*; 金谷 佑亮*; 水飼 秋菜*; 永目 諭一郎; Piguet, D.*; 佐藤 哲也; Schdel, M.; et al.

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(13), p.7122 - 7132, 2016/04

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12033

超重元素の吸着エンタルピー測定のため、真空クロマトグラフィーという新しい実験手法の開発を行い、短寿命タリウム同位体を用いて実証実験を行った。原子力機構タンデム加速器を用いて短寿命タリウム同位体を合成し、オンライン同位体分離装置を用いてイオン化・質量分離したタリウムイオンビームを真空等温クロマトグラフィー装置に導入し、SiO表面に対するタリウム原子の吸着の温度依存性を測定した。その結果から吸着エンタルピーを158KJ/molと決定した。タリウムは113番元素の同族元素であり、本研究で開発した真空クロマトグラフィー法は、半減期1秒オーダーの超重元素の化学研究を可能にすると期待される。