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Harada, Masahide; Sekijima, Mitsuaki*; Morikawa, Noriyuki*; Masuda, Shiho; Kinoshita, Hidetaka; Sakai, Kenji; Kai, Tetsuya; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Muto, Giichi*; Suzuki, Akio*; et al.
JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 33, p.011099_1 - 011099_6, 2021/03
In MLF at J-PARC, a unified mercury radioactivity monitor (UHAM) is installed to find an indication of failure of the mercury target and loop system by detecting radioactive materials leaked from the system with a -ray energy analysis with Germanium semi-conductor detectors (Ge detectors). It is composed of three units of sampling port and radiation monitors: (1) HAM for interstitial helium gas layer between the mercury vessel and surrounding water shroud of the mercury target, (2) CAM for atmosphere in the hot cell where the target loop is operated and (3) VAM for helium gas in the helium vessel where the target vessel is installed. Once any leakages of radioactive materials are detected, an alarm signal is issued immediately to the accelerator control system to stop beam operation. Software and hardware have been upgraded yearly. For example, two Ge detectors are used for HAM for redundancy, NaI Scintillation detectors are also used as supplemental for the Ge detector to keep availability of the system for high counting rate event. In April 2015, the UHAM activated when a small water coolant leakage from the water shroud of the mercury target occurred. VAM detected an abnormal increase of the counting rate in the helium vessel. It was also indicated that the measured radioactive nuclides were generated from the activation of the coolant (water) in the water shroud and not from the mercury.
Haga, Yoshinori; Homma, Yoshiya*; Aoki, Dai*; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Arai, Yasuo; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Ikeda, Shugo*; Sakai, Hironori; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 81(Suppl.B), p.SB007_1 - SB007_4, 2012/12
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Haga, Yoshinori; Aoki, Dai*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Ikeda, Shugo*; Sakai, Hironori; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; Shiokawa, Yoshinobu*; Onuki, Yoshichika
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 80(Suppl.A), p.SA109_1 - SA109_3, 2011/07
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Ikeda, Shugo*; Sakai, Hironori; Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Aoki, Dai*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; Shiokawa, Yoshinobu*; Ota, Yuki*; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 78(11), p.114704_1 - 114704_10, 2009/11
Times Cited Count:12 Percentile:59(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Kambe, Shinsaku; Sakai, Hironori; Tokunaga, Yo; Chudo, Hiroyuki; Yasuoka, Hiroshi; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Haga, Yoshinori; Ikeda, Shugo; Nakamura, Akio; Yamamoto, Etsuji; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 385(1), p.1 - 3, 2009/03
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:10.22(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)In 5f-electron systems, exotic magnetism and unconventional superconductivity appear at low temperatures owing to strong electron correlations and orbital degeneracy. For example, we have investigated the unconventional superconducting states of recently synthesized NpPdAl (=5K) and PuRhGa (=9K) in terms of both macroscopic (staticsusceptibility, specific heat, resistivity) and microscopic (NMR) probes. The relation between magnetic fluctuations and unconventional superconductivity in f-electron systems is also discussed. Another exciting topic concerns the series AnO (An; U, Np, Pu, Am). Besides the importance of AnO as a nuclear fuel, the magnetic properties of these compounds at low temperatures are particularly interesting. On the basis of O-NMR studies, multipolar ordered states have been identified in UO (dipolar + quadrupolar ordering) and NpO (quadrupolar + octupolar ordering), in contrast with the non-magnetic ground state of PuO.
Sakai, Kazuya*; Kobayashi, Hiroyuki*; Shimizu, Masatoshi*; Oshima, Akio*; Kato, Shigeaki*; Sato, Katsuya; Narumi, Issei
JAEA-Review 2008-055, JAEA Takasaki Annual Report 2007, P. 85, 2008/11
no abstracts in English
Haga, Yoshinori; Aoki, Dai*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Ikeda, Shugo; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Sakai, Hironori; Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Dung, N. D.*; Nakamura, Akio; et al.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 464(1-2), p.47 - 50, 2008/09
Times Cited Count:19 Percentile:66.95(Chemistry, Physical)Tokunaga, Yo; Homma, Yoshiya*; Kambe, Shinsaku; Aoki, Dai*; Sakai, Hironori; Chudo, Hiroyuki; Ikushima, Kenji*; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; Shiokawa, Yoshinobu*; et al.
Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 10(7), p.1663 - 1665, 2008/07
Multipolar degrees of freedom characteristic of -electrons bring rich and complex physics to rare-earth and actinide compounds. In the present work, we demonstrate that microscopic investigation of multipole order parameters is also possible by means of NMR through the hyperfine interactions. Our O NMR study performed on a single crystal of NpO provide definitive support for the proposed longitudinal triple- type antiferro-octupolar ordering below 26 K. We shall also provide our O NMR results on UO and PuO. The microscopic NMR clearly indicates the different nature of the magnetic ground states among three actinide dioxides.
Ikeda, Shugo; Sakai, Hironori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Nakamura, Akio; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Aoki, Dai*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Shiokawa, Yoshinobu*; Hedo, Masato*; et al.
Physica B; Condensed Matter, 403(5-9), p.893 - 894, 2008/04
Times Cited Count:6 Percentile:30.34(Physics, Condensed Matter)Single crystals of paramagnetic semiconductor -US with the orthorhombic () crystal structure were grown by chemical transport method. We measured the electrical resistivity under high pressure, and magnetization. With increasing pressure, the temperature dependence of approaches to semimetallic behavior and a kink anomaly appears at . shifts to higher temperature with increasing pressure. From the comparison with ferromagnetic semimetal UTeS having the same crystal structure, it seems that is a ferromagnetic transition.
Sakai, Kazuya*; Kobayashi, Hiroyuki*; Oshima, Akio*; Kato, Shigeaki*; Sato, Katsuya; Narumi, Issei
JAEA-Review 2007-060, JAEA Takasaki Annual Report 2006, P. 95, 2008/03
no abstracts in English
Tokunaga, Yo; Aoki, Dai*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Sakai, Hironori; Chudo, Hiroyuki; Kambe, Shinsaku; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Ikeda, Shugo; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 77(Suppl.A), p.211 - 213, 2008/00
Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:27.6(Physics, Multidisciplinary)P-NMR measurements have been performed on a single crystal of NpFeP which is the first crystallized transuranium filled-skutterudite compound. The field-orientation dependence of the hyperfine interaction has been measured using the single crystal, and the results compared with those obtained previously in isostructural compounds UFeP and PrFeP. We have also measured the field and temperature dependence of the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate in several fields between 1.8 and 8 T at temperatures between 4.2 and 300 K. The results are discussed on the basis of a localized picture for the 5f electrons.
Ikeda, Shugo*; Sakai, Hironori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Aoki, Dai*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Nakamura, Akio; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Shiokawa, Yoshinobu*; Hedo, Masato*; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 77(Suppl.A), p.359 - 361, 2008/00
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:11.66(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The ferromagnet UTeS was studied by measurement the resistivity under high pressure. The Curie temperature rapidly increases from 87 K to 166 Kat 8 GPa. The result suggests that there is a correlation between the electrical conductivity and magnetic transition temperature, implying the strong hybridization.
Aoki, Dai*; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Ikeda, Shugo*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Sakai, Hironori; Shiokawa, Yoshinobu*; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 77(Suppl.A), p.159 - 164, 2008/00
Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:27.6(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Superconducting properties are investigated on the new neptunium-based superconductor NpPdAl. The large electronic specific heat, anisotropy of magnetic as well as superconducting properties and strong paramagnetic effect implies spin-singlet pairing with anisotropic superconducting gap.
Sakai, Hironori; Kambe, Shinsaku; Tokunaga, Yo; Fujimoto, Tatsuya; Walstedt, R. E.*; Yasuoka, Hiroshi; Aoki, Dai*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; et al.
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 68(11), p.2103 - 2106, 2007/11
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:7.46(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)A lot of attention is currently focused on Pu-based superconductors. These systems have relatively high superconducting (SC) transition temperatures, 18 K for PuCoGa and 9 K for PuRhGa. Both compounds crystallize in the tetragonal HoCoGa (115) structure, which is well known for the heavy-fermion SC systems CeIn (=Co, Rh, Ir)with 2 K at most. Recently, NMR and NQR experiments have been reported for PuCoGa by Curro et al. and for PuRhGa by our group. In both cases, measurements of using NQR have revealed that the Pu115 superconductors show unconventional superconductivity with an anisotropic gap. Now we have measured the more detailed data of for NQR lines in PuRhGa, especially focusing on the low-lying magnetic excitation in the normal state. From the viewpoint of spin-fluctuations, we will discuss the difference between PuRhGa and PuCoGa and between superconducting Pu115 and non-superconducting An115 series.
Tokunaga, Yo; Walstedt, R. E.*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Aoki, Dai*; Kambe, Shinsaku; Sakai, Hironori; Fujimoto, Tatsuya; Ikeda, Shugo; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; et al.
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 68(11), p.2016 - 2019, 2007/11
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:13.02(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)In this paper, we report a comprehensive study of O nuclear spin-lattice relaxation in NpO for a wide range of fields and temperatures. In both the paramagnetic and ordered-state regions, a strong, field-dependent Np -O nuclei cross-relaxation process is observed in addition to the expected background rate. The cross relaxation process, driven by the Np spins, is conveyed to the O via a greatly enhanced indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling which is described and reported here for the first time. The magnitude and temperature dependence of the indirect coupling are in reasonable accord with a simple theoretical model. The magnitude and temperature dependence of the Np process are also deduced from the data obtained.
Tokunaga, Yo; Sakai, Hironori; Fujimoto, Tatsuya; Kambe, Shinsaku; Walstedt, R. E.*; Ikushima, Kenji*; Yasuoka, Hiroshi; Aoki, Dai*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Haga, Yoshinori; et al.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 444-445, p.241 - 245, 2007/10
Times Cited Count:19 Percentile:68.81(Chemistry, Physical)In this paper, we present our recent NMR works on Neptunium and Plutonium compounds. In order to elucidate the nature of the exotic multipolar ordered phase of NpO, we have initiated the first NMR measurements on this system. We have shown that direct observation of multipole order parameters is possible by means of NMR. Our NMR results provide further insight into the microscopic nature of multipole phase transitions in f-electron systems. We have also performed Ga NMR/NQR studies on a single crystal of PuRhGa. From the temperature dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation rate (), we have found that PuRhGa is an unconventional superconductor having an anisotropic superconducting (SC) gap 2=5. Furthermore, we have confirmed the Knight shift to be decreased below . This gives strong evidence for spin singlet SC pairing.
Aoki, Dai*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Shiokawa, Yoshinobu*; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Ikeda, Shugo; Sakai, Hironori; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; et al.
Kotai Butsuri, 42(9), p.569 - 580, 2007/09
The first neptunium superconductor was discovered in NpPdAl. Unconventional superconductivity of NpPdAl is realized before onset of the heavy fermion state, which is compared with superconducting properties of CeCoIn and PuRhGa (PuCoGa).
Homma, Yoshiya*; Aoki, Dai*; Haga, Yoshinori; Sakai, Hironori; Ikeda, Shugo; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; Shiokawa, Yoshinobu*; Onuki, Yoshichika
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 76(7), p.074715_1 - 074715_6, 2007/07
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:10.86(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Sakai, Hironori; Kambe, Shinsaku; Tokunaga, Yo; Fujimoto, Tatsuya*; Walstedt, R. E.*; Yasuoka, Hiroshi; Aoki, Dai*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; et al.
Physical Review B, 76(2), p.024410_1 - 024410_14, 2007/07
Times Cited Count:19 Percentile:62.15(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR)experiments have been performed on a single crystal of NpCoGa with a Nel temperature =47 K. Knight shift, electric field gradient (EFG), frequency, and asymmetry parameter of the EFG are deduced for each site. These parameters are confirmed by NQR measurements in zero field. Hyperfine tensors for each site are deduced. Antiferromagnetic NMR spectra in zero field were also observed. A sharp anisotropy for spin fluctuations in NpCoGa has also been demonstrated.
Aoki, Dai*; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Ikeda, Shugo; Homma, Yoshiya*; Sakai, Hironori; Shiokawa, Yoshinobu*; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 76(6), p.063701_1 - 063701_4, 2007/06
Times Cited Count:105 Percentile:93.38(Physics, Multidisciplinary)We succeeded in growing a new transuranium compound NpPdAl with the tetragonal crystal structure by the Pb-flux method, and measured the electrical resistivity, specific heat, magnetic susceptibility and magnetization. NpPdAl is found to be a paramagnetic heavy-fermion superconductor with strong coupling. The upper critical field H at 0 K is large and highly anisotropic.