Delocalization of the electron in CeLaRuSi; The de Haas-van Alphen effect measurement

Matsumoto, Yuji; Kimura, Noriaki*; Komatsubara, Takemi*; Aoki, Haruyoshi*; Kurita, Nubuyuki*; Terashima, Taichi*; Uji, Shinya*

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 391, p.012042_1 - 012042_4, 2012/12

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/391/1/012042

CeRuSi is a paramagnetic heavy fermion compound with the electronic specific heat coefficient of 350 mJ/mol K. When a magnetic field is applied along the [001] direction of its tetragonal ThCrSi structure, it exhibits metamagnetic transition at 7.7 T. On the other hand, when a magnetic field is applied in the (001) plane, metamagnetic transition does not occur. This magnetic anisotropy is maintained to lower Ce concentration samples. By replacing Ce with La, CeRuSi changes to antiferromagnet at 0.91 and finally to normal paramagnet of LaRuSi. In very low Ce concentration samples, the impurity Kondo effect is observed. The Kondo temperature of the = 0.02 sample is about 1 K. We have successfully observed all the dHvA oscillations in the dilute Ce concentration samples with fields in the (001) plane. Moreover, we have observed the variation of the dHvA oscillations with temperature crossing the Kondo temperature.

Development of facility for in-situ observation during slow strain rate test for irradiated materials

Nakano, Junichi; Tsukada, Takashi; Tsuji, Hirokazu; Terakado, Shogo; Koya, Toshio; Endo, Shinya

JAERI-Tech 2003-092, 54 Pages, 2004/01

JAERI-Tech-2003-092.pdf:14.05MB

Irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC) is a degradation phenomenon caused by synergy of neutron radiation, aqueous environment and stress on in-core materials, and it is an important issue in accordance with increase of aged light water reactors. Isolating crack initiation stage from crack growth stage is very useful for the evaluation of the IASCC behavior. Hence facility for in-situ observation during slow strain rate test (SSRT) for irradiated material was developed. As performance demonstrations of the facility, tensile test with in-situ observation and SSRT without observation were carried out using unirradiated type 304 stainless steel in 561 K water at 9 MPa. The following were confirmed from the results. (1) Handling, observation and recording of specimen can be operated using manipulators in the hot cell. (2) In-situ observation can be performed in pressurized high temperature water and flat sheet type specimen is suitable for the in-situ observation. (3) Test condition can be kept constantly and data can be obtained automatically for long test period.

Change of Fermi surface properties in dilute Ce concentration of CeLaRuSi system, 3

Matsumoto, Yuji; Kimura, Noriaki*; Komatsubara, Takemi*; Aoki, Haruyoshi*; Kurita, Nubuyuki*; Terashima, Taichi*; Uji, Shinya*

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We have performed the de Haas - van Alphen (dHvA) effect measurements in CeLaRuSi with magnetic fields in the (001) plane. All the oscillations corresponding to those in LaRuSi can be observed in low Ce concentration samples and the evolution of the Fermi surface properties with x is found to depend strongly on the Fermi surface sheet. We will argue that the evolution can be attributed to anisotropic hybridization of the f electron with conduction electrons and resultant delocalization of the f electron.

Development on immobilization/solidification of waste salt arising from pyroprocessing, 4; Evaluation of physical properties and chemical durability of iron phosphate glass

Kofuji, Hirohide; Yano, Tetsuji*; Myochin, Munetaka; Matsuyama, Kanae*; Okita, Takeshi*; Miyamoto, Shinya*

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no abstracts in English

Analysis of uranium in environmental samples by micro X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy using transition edge sensors

Yomogida, Takumi; Yamada, Shinya*; Ichinohe, Yuto*; Sato, Toshiki*; Hayakawa, Ryota*; Okada, Shinji*; Toyama, Yuichi*; Hashimoto, Tadashi; Noda, Hirofumi*; Isobe, Tadaaki*; et al.

no journal, , 

Biotite is known as a host phase that retains uranium (U) in uranium deposits at Ningyo-Toge and Tono, and it is expected that the distribution of U in biotite will provide insight into the concentration and long-term immobilization of U. However, biotite contains rubidium (Rb), which interferes with X-ray fluorescence analysis, making it difficult to accurately determine the distribution of U-Rb in biotite by measurement using a conventional solid state detector (SSD). In this study, we developed a method to use a transition edge sensor (TES) as a detector in microbeam X-ray fluorescence analysis, which enables us to detect X-ray fluorescence with an energy resolution of about 20 eV and to obtain a Rb K line at 13.373 keV and a U L line at 13.612 keV can be completely separated. Therefore,the developed method enables us to accurately determine the distribution of U-Rb in biotite.