Quantum critical behavior of the hyperkagome magnet MnCoSi

Yamauchi, Hiroki; Sari, D. P.*; Yasui, Yukio*; Sakakura, Terutoshi*; Kimura, Hiroyuki*; Nakao, Akiko*; Ohara, Takashi; Honda, Takashi*; Kodama, Katsuaki; Igawa, Naoki; et al.

Physical Review Research (Internet), 6(1), p.013144_1 - 013144_9, 2024/02

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013144

Temporal change of radiocesium loss in a decontaminated deciduous broad-leaved forest

Watanabe, Takayoshi; Sasaki, Yoshito; Niizato, Tadafumi; Mitachi, Katsuaki*; Ito, Satomi

KEK Proceedings 2019-2, p.114 - 119, 2019/11

no abstracts in English

Translocation of radiocesium released by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in Japanese chestnut and chestnut weevil larvae

Sasaki, Yoshito; Ishii, Yasuo; Abe, Hironobu; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Niizato, Tadafumi

The Horticulture Journal, 86(2), p.139 - 144, 2017/04

http://doi.org/10.2503/hortj.MI-132

To examine the translocation of radiocesium (Cs) scattered by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident that occurred in March 2011 to the Japanese chestnut, we investigated the autoradiography and radiocesium concentration in each part of the Japanese chestnut. The Japanese chestnut fruit has a thin skin between the kernel (cotyledons) and shell; the kernel of the fruit is edible. Cs concentration in each part of the fruit was found to be almost the same at about 1.010 Bqkg. Radiocesium concentration in chestnut weevil larvae found on the fruit was approximately one-seventh of that in the kernel.

Input and output budgets of radiocesium concerning the forest floor in the mountain forest of Fukushima released from the TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Niizato, Tadafumi; Abe, Hironobu; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Sasaki, Yoshito; Ishii, Yasuo; Watanabe, Takayoshi

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 161, p.11 - 21, 2016/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.04.017

Estimations of radiocesium input and output budgets concerning the forest floor in a mountain forest region have been conducted in the north and central part of the Abukuma Mountains of Fukushima, after 2 to 3 year period following the TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. The radiocesium input and output associated with surface washoff, throughfall, stemflow, and litterfall processes at the experimental plots have been monitored on a forest floor of evergreen Japanese cedar and deciduous Konara oak forests. The results at both monitoring locations show the radiocesium input to be 4-50 times higher than the output during the rainy season in Fukushima. These results indicate that the radiocesium tend to be preserved in the forest ecosystem due to extremely low output ratios. Thus, the associated fluxes throughout the circulation process are key issues for the projecting the environmental fate of the radiocesium levels.

Antiferromagnetic bipolar semiconductor LaMnPO with ZrCuSiAs-type structure

Yanagi, Hiroshi*; Watanabe, Takumi*; Kodama, Katsuaki; Iikubo, Satoshi*; Shamoto, Shinichi; Kamiya, Toshio*; Hirano, Masahiro*; Hosono, Hideo*

Journal of Applied Physics, 105(9), p.093916_1 - 093916_8, 2009/05

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3124582

Electronic and magnetic properties of a layered compound LaMnPO are examined in relation to a newly discovered iso-structural superconductor LaFeAs(P)O. Neutron diffraction measurements, together with temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility, clarify that LaMnPO is an antiferromagnet at least up to 375 K. The spin moment of a Mn ion is determined to be 2.26 at room temperature, and the spin configuration is antiparallel in the Mn-P plane and parallel to between the Mn-P planes, which is rather different from that of LaFeAsO. Optical absorption spectra, photoemission spectra, and temperature dependent electrical conductivity indicate that LaMnPO is a semiconductor. Furthermore, nominally undoped LaMnPO exhibits -type conduction while the conduction type is changed by doping of Cu or Ca to the La sites, indicating that LaMnPO is a bipolar conductor. Density functional calculation using the GGA+U approximation supports the above conclusions; the electronic band structure has an open band gap and the antiferromagnetic spin configuration is more stable than the ferromagnetic one.

Resonance absorption spectroscopy for laser-ablated lanthanide atom, 1; Optimized experimental conditions for isotope-selective absorption of gadolinium (Contract research)

Miyabe, Masabumi; Oba, Masaki; Iimura, Hideki; Akaoka, Katsuaki; Maruyama, Yoichiro; Wakaida, Ikuo; Watanabe, Kazuo

JAEA-Research 2008-056, 24 Pages, 2008/06

JAEA-Research-2008-056.pdf:5.1MB

For remote isotope analysis of low-decontaminated TRU fuel, we are developing an analytical technique on the basis of the resonance absorption spectroscopy for the laser-ablation plume. To improve isotopic selectivity and detection sensitivity of this technique, we measured absorption spectra of Gd atom with various conditions. As a result, high resolution spectrum was obtained from the observation of slow component of the plume produced under low-pressure rare-gas ambient. The observed narrowest linewidth of about 0.85 GHz was found to be close to the Doppler width estimated for Gd atom of room temperature. Furthermore, relaxation rate of higher meta-stable state was found to be faster than that of ground state, suggesting that use of the transition arising from ground state or lower meta-stable state is preferable for highly sensitive isotope analysis.

Mineralogical characterization of colloidal materials suspended in the deep groundwater from the Toki Granite, central Japan

Watanabe, Katsuaki*; Yamamoto, Yuhei; Aosai, Daisuke; Mizuno, Takashi; Takeno, Naoto*; Kogure, Toshihiro*; Suzuki, Yohei*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Forest investigation; Monitoring of surface runoff and downward movement of soil (soil loss), 2

Abe, Hironobu; Ishii, Yasuo; Niizato, Tadafumi; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Sasaki, Yoshito

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Estimates of a sediment yield sedimentation rate and a outflow variation of radioactive Cs in an erosion control dam with 3D laser scanner

Watanabe, Takayoshi; Oyama, Takuya; Ishii, Yasuo; Niizato, Tadafumi; Abe, Hironobu; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Sasaki, Yoshito; Kitamura, Akihiro

no journal, , 

For an estimate of movement from forest to living spheres, it is important to understand value of movement of soil and radioactive Cs from forest. We measured volumes of deposit with 3D laser scanner in an erosion control dam in Namie town, Fukushima prefecture on August 29, 2013 and December 3, 2014. As a result of measurement, an amount of increase of sediment for 15 months is 0.5 m. A denudation rate is 0.02 mm/year. This value is on the same level with denudation rates in meadows and forest, 10 10 mm/year (Fujiwara et al, 1999). And it is estimated that a variation of radioactive Cs is Cs-137: 200 MBq, Cs-134: 80 MBq.

Changes in the concentrations of radioactive cesium outflowed from the steep mountainous forest of Abukuma Mountains, released by Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Ishii, Yasuo; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Oyama, Takuya; Sasaki, Yoshito; Abe, Hironobu; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Niizato, Tadafumi

no journal, , 

Mountainous forest is currently one of the most important sources of radioactive cesium released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in Fukushima prefecture, which was covered approximately 70% of the land area by the forest. This study reports the changes in concentrations of radioactive cesium in sediments outflowed from the steep mountainous forest of the Abukuma Mountains, Fukushima, during September - December 2015.