Azimuthal correlations of electrons from heavy-flavor decay with hadrons in and Au+Au collisions at = 200 GeV

Adare, A.*; Afanasiev, S.*; Aidala, C.*; Ajitanand, N. N.*; Akiba, Yasuyuki*; Al-Bataineh, H.*; Alexander, J.*; Aoki, Kazuya*; Aphecetche, L.*; Aramaki, Y.*; et al.

Physical Review C, 83(4), p.044912_1 - 044912_16, 2011/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.83.044912

Measurements of electrons from the decay of open-heavy-flavor mesons have shown that the yields are suppressed in Au+Au collisions compared to expectations from binary-scaled collisions. Here we extend these studies to two particle correlations where one particle is an electron from the decay of a heavy flavor meson and the other is a charged hadron from either the decay of the heavy meson or from jet fragmentation. These measurements provide more detailed information about the interaction between heavy quarks and the quark-gluon matter. We find the away-side-jet shape and yield to be modified in Au+Au collisions compared to collisions.

Development of elevated temperature structural design method for fast reactor vessels, 5; Effect of ratcheting strain on 316FR fatigue strength

Okajima, Satoshi; Date, Shingo*; Kawasaki, Nobuchika; Kikuchi, Koichi*; Isobe, Nobuhiro*; Kasahara, Naoto

Nihon Kikai Gakkai M&M 2009 Zairyo Rikigaku Kanfarensu Koen Rombunshu (CD-ROM), p.537 - 538, 2009/07

no abstracts in English

Annual report on the effluent control of low level liquid waste in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories FY2005

Takeishi, Minoru; Miyagawa, Naoto; Uezu, Yasuhiro; Nakano, Masanao; Koarashi, Jun; Mizutani, Tomoko; Kono, Takahiko; Hiyama, Yoshinori*; Fujii, Yoshiyuki*; Kikuchi, Masaaki*; et al.

JAEA-Review 2006-024, 133 Pages, 2006/09

JAEA-Review-2006-024.pdf:6.69MB

Based on the regulations (the safety regulation of Tokai reprocessing plant, the safety regulation of nuclear fuel usage facilities, radiation safety rule, the regulation about prevention from radiation hazards due to radioisotopes, which are related with the nuclear reguratory acts, and the local agreement concerning with security and environment conservation around nuclear facilities, the water pollution control law, and byelaw of Ibaraki prefecture), this report describes the effluent control results of low level liquid waste discharged from the JAEA's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories in the fiscal year 2005, from 1st April 2005 to 31th March 2006. In this period, the concentrations and the quantities of the discharged radioactive materials from the reprocessing plant, the plutonium fuel fabrication facilities, and the other facilities were much lower than the authorized limits of the above regulations.

Development of elevated temperature structural design method for fast reactor vessels, 2; Creep-fatigue evaluation method of intermediate hold type

Kawasaki, Nobuchika; Kato, Shoichi; Yamauchi, Masafumi*; Nagae, Yuji; Kikuchi, Koichi*; Kasahara, Naoto

no journal, , 

To apply commercialized fast reactor, JSFR, creep fatigue evaluation method is developing to consider holding position during creep. In general thermal transients, creep hold position is intermediate position in the strain range. To consider holding position in the evaluation method, uni-axial intermediate hold type creep fatigue tests were performed and verified the evaluation method.

Phonon modes in a molecular dimer-Mott insulator -(BEDT-TTF)ICl studied by inelastic neutron scattering

Kawamura, Seiko; Matsuura, Masato*; Iguchi, Satoshi*; Sasaki, Takahiko*; Taniguchi, Hiromi*; Kubota, Aiko*; Sato, Kazuhiko*; Inamura, Yasuhiro; Kikuchi, Tatsuya; Nakajima, Kenji

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Recently it has been reported that a molecular dimer-Mott insulator -(BEDT-TTF)ICl is a candidate of a new type of ferroelectric system which shows a relaxor-like dielectric response. The system exhibits a glassy ferroelectric state below = 62 K and long-range antiferromagnetic order below = 22 K. We have performed inelastic neutron scattering experiments on this system by using a chopper spectrometer AMATERAS installed at BL14 in MLF. The phonon intensity at 18 and 21 meV decreases with lowering temperature, while that at 13.5 meV increases. We have already found that a period-doubled optical phonon mode at 4.2 meV is enhanced below around and then is suppressed below , indicating significant relationship to both charge and spin dynamics. In sharp contrast to this low-energy mode, the intensity of the optical mode at 18 meV decreases below to reach a constant value at a low temperature.

Phonon modes of -(BEDT-TTF)ICl coupled with charge and spin studied by inelastic neutron scattering

Kawamura, Seiko; Matsuura, Masato*; Iguchi, Satoshi*; Sasaki, Takahiko*; Taniguchi, Hiromi*; Kubota, Aiko*; Sato, Kazuhiko*; Inamura, Yasuhiro; Kikuchi, Tatsuya*; Nakajima, Kenji

no journal, , 

-(BEDT-TTF)ICl is an organic dimer-Mott insulator which exhibits a glassy ferroelectric state below = 62K and an antiferromagnetic order below = 22K. It is expected in such molecule-based materials that low-energy phonon modes lie in the energy region of charge and spin, and then the lattice is expected to couple with charge and spin degrees of freedom. To observe such phonon modes in this system, we have performed inelastic neutron scattering study using a chopper spectrometer AMATERAS installed at J-PARC MLF. The system shows the lowest-energy optical phonon mode at = 4.2 meV. which is significantly related to the charge degree of freedom. Analyzing the data more in detail, the intensity of the 4.2 meV-mode monotonically increases with lowering temperature toward , becomes constant below and drastically increases below . The behavior of the optical phonons at some representative positions are reported.

Mechanism of the function expression caused by disordered structure

Kawakita, Yukinobu; Li, B.; Kawasaki, Takuro; Kikuchi, Tatsuya*; Kiyanagi, Ryoji; Inamura, Yasuhiro; Ohara, Takashi; Shibata, Kaoru; Kofu, Maiko; Nakamura, Mitsutaka; et al.

no journal, , 

Research results obtained in JAEA Project Research "Mechanism of the function expression caused by disordered structure" will be focused in this presentation. The purpose of this project is to reveal mechanism of the function expression of functional materials where randomness involved in crystalline structure plays an key role, by applying the method and analyses frequently used in random material physics. We will report the results of liquid bismuth with complex structure which was investigated by time-space correlation function, and low thermal conductivity in layered thermoelectric material and next-generation solar cell which was investigated by neutron inelastic scattering measurements.

Understanding atomic diffusion by neutron scattering experiment; Prospects toward real time and real space analysis

Kawakita, Yukinobu; Kikuchi, Tatsuya*; Matsuura, Masato*; Kawasaki, Takuro; Kofu, Maiko; Tahara, Shuta*

no journal, , 

Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) at J-PARC gives opportunities to use pulsed neutron beam to material science including fast ionic diffusion phenomena. DNA and AMATERAS spectrometers in MLF are quite useful to study atomic diffusion directly by quasielastic neutron scattering. We will focus relatively new analysis and experimental methods in this presentation such as mode distribution analysis and deduction of time-space correlation function which are both model free analysis, and possibility to detect an ionic channel in single crystal, with a few examples.