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Nguyen, T. T. H.*; 岩本 信之; 佐波 俊哉*
JAEA-Conf 2024-002, p.139 - 143, 2024/11
Photonuclear data are essential for electron accelerator shielding design and possibly nuclear transmutation. So far, photonuclear cross-sections of various target materials have been evaluated up to a photon energy of 200 MeV within the nuclear data libraries, such as JENDL-5. Almost all data in JENDL-5 have been evaluated based on the experimental reaction cross-section data. Unfortunately, the photonuclear cross-section cannot provide all information about the emitted secondary particles, for instance, their energy distributions. Recently, the photoneutron energy spectra on the Bi target at 13 and 17 MeV photon energies have been measured. The 13 and 17 MeV photon beams are nearly monoenergetic and have high intensity. Given that
Bi is one of the standard target materials, we re-evaluated the photonuclear data of this target according to (
), (
), and (
) reaction cross-section data by I. Gheorghe et al. The evaluation procedure was conducted on the CCONE code system. The photo-absorption cross-sections were evaluated with the giant dipole resonance (GDR) and quasi-deuteron (QD) models. The emission of photoneutrons is described by the exciton model for the preequilibrium process and the statistical model for the compound process. The photoneutron energy spectra have been compared to the experimental data to find the connection between the theoretical reaction models and experiment.
岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 多田 健一; 片渕 竜也*
核データニュース(インターネット), (139), p.1 - 7, 2024/10
OECD/NEA/NSCが主催するWPEC(Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Co-operation)の第36回会合、傘下の専門家グループ(EG)及びサブグループ(SG)会合が2024年5月13日から18日にNEA本部とオンラインのハイブリッド形式で開催された。日本からは岩本(修)が現地で参加し、岩本(信之)、多田、片渕がオンラインで参加した。核データの測定や評価及びEGやSGの活動報告、新SGの提案がなされた。これらの概要については報告する。
遠藤 駿典; 安部 亮太*; 藤岡 宏之*; 猪野 隆*; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 河村 しほり*; 木村 敦; 北口 雅暁*; 小林 龍珠*; et al.
European Physical Journal A, 60(8), p.166_1 - 166_10, 2024/08
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.00(Physics, Nuclear)Measurements of -ray circular polarization emitted from neutron capture reactions provide valuable information for nuclear physics studies. The spin and parity of excited states can be determined by measuring the circular polarization from polarized neutron capture reactions. Furthermore, the
-ray circular polarization in a neutron capture resonance is crucial for studying the enhancement effect of parity nonconservation in compound nuclei. The
-ray circular polarization can be measured using a polarimeter based on magnetic Compton scattering. A polarimeter was constructed, and its performance indicators were evaluated using a circularly polarized
-ray beam. Furthermore, as a demonstration, the
-ray circular polarization was measured in
S(n,
)
S reactions with polarized neutrons.
Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 藤 暢輔; 瀬川 麻里子; 前田 亮; 片渕 竜也*
European Physical Journal A, 60(5), p.120_1 - 120_14, 2024/05
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.00(Physics, Nuclear)The neutron capture cross section of I and
I were measured from the thermal to the keV energy region with the NaI(Tl) spectrometer of the Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument beamline in the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. The neutron capture yield was determined by means of the total energy detection principle with the pulse-height weighting technique. The present cross section results for
I were normalized using the saturated resonance method with a thick-enough
Au and provide good agreement with JENDL-5 from thermal to about 500 keV. A resonance analysis with the REFIT code was performed and the resonance parameters for
I below 310 eV are presented in this work. In the case of
I, the three largest resonances of
I were employed for the cross section normalization. The present results for
I are the first experimental data for the neutron region between thermal and 20 eV. The present data display a different energy dependence than that in the JENDL-5 and JEFF-3.3 and much similar to that in ENDF/B-VIII.0. Notwithstanding, good agreement was found at the thermal region between the present measurement of 31.6
1.3 b and both evaluated and most experimental data.
佐々木 悠人*; 佐野 亜々留; 佐々木 新治; 岩本 信之; 大内 和希; 北辻 章浩; 高木 直行*; 前田 茂貴
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(4), p.509 - 520, 2024/04
被引用回数:4 パーセンタイル:83.63(Nuclear Science & Technology)Acは医薬品向け
放出核種として注目されており、今後需要が増えることが見込まれる。創薬分野の研究開発のみならず経済安全保障の観点でも国産化が急務である。「常陽」では、
Ac製造の技術基盤を確立するため、「常陽」に隣接するPIE施設への照射装置の迅速な払出し技術の確立、
Raの中性子照射による
Ac製造量評価、
Raから
Acを効率的に回収するための分離プロセスを検討している。本発表では、「常陽」での照射からPIE施設への移送、化学処理の経過時間による減衰並びに核反応断面積及び解析の不確かさを考慮しても十分な
Ac製造が可能なこと及びDGAレジンを吸着材として用いることにより、Ra及び照射により生成が予想される不純物を除去しAcを単離できる見通しについて報告する。また、医療側のニーズを踏まえた製造量についても報告する。
Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 片渕 竜也*; 児玉 有*; 中野 秀仁*; 佐藤 八起*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(4), p.459 - 477, 2024/04
被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:35.82(Nuclear Science & Technology)The neutron capture cross-section of Am was measured from 10 meV to about 1 MeV using the NaI(Tl) spectrometer of the Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) beamline in the Materials and Life Science (MLF) facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The total energy detection principle was applied in conjunction with the pulse-height weighting technique to derive the neutron capture yield. The present cross-section results were normalized using a
Au sample measurement by applying the saturated resonance method. The thermal cross section was measured to be 708
22 b, in agreement within uncertainties to the present evaluation in JENDL-5 of 709 b. Moreover, the results of a shape resonance analysis of the resolved resonance region are also provided in the present dissertation.
遠藤 駿典; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 藤 暢輔; 瀬川 麻里子; 前田 亮
Nuclear Science and Engineering, 198(4), p.786 - 803, 2024/04
被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:35.82(Nuclear Science & Technology)The neutron transmission ratio and capture yield for Ta were measured in J-PARC MLF ANNRI to improve the accuracy of resonance parameters. The total cross section was determined from the transmission ratio in the energy range from 0.2 to 150 eV. The capture cross section was obtained from the capture yield using the pulse height weighting technique (PHWT) in the energy range from thermal to 150 eV. The obtained transmission ratio and capture cross-section were fitted by the resonance analysis code, REFIT, and the resonance parameters were determined below 150 eV. It was also discussed the correlations caused by fitting based on statistical uncertainty and correlations for systematic uncertainty based on sample thickness in the transmission measurements.
Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 藤 暢輔; 瀬川 麻里子; 前田 亮; 片渕 竜也*
JAEA-Conf 2023-001, p.74 - 79, 2024/02
Measurements to measure the neutron capture cross section of I and
I were performed in the Accurate Neutron Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) at the Materials and Life Science Facility (MLF) of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The time-of-flight (TOF) methodology was employed to determine the neutron capture cross section from thermal to about 100 keV. The results from
I were used to normalize the
I cross section. Preliminary results of a resonance analysis below 100 eV for
I are also presented.
片渕 竜也*; 佐藤 八起*; 武部 花凛*; 井頭 政之*; 梅澤 征悟*; 藤岡 諒*; 齋藤 辰宏*; 岩本 信之
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(2), p.224 - 229, 2024/02
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)Measurements of the neutron capture cross section of Re have been limited in the keV energy region. In addition, existing measured data have discrepancies. In this study, the neutron time-of-flight method was employed to measure the capture cross section of
Re at Tokyo Institute of Technology. The capture
-rays were detected with a large volume NaI(Tl) detector. The pulse-height weighting technique was applied to obtain the capture yield. The present results were corrected for neutron scattered effects and impurities in the sample. The measured cross sections were determined with the standard capture cross section of gold in the energy range from 15 to 90 keV, and compared with measured and evaluated data. The results of the measurement provided improved accuracy relative to previous studies in the keV energy range.
佐々木 悠人; 岩本 信之; 高木 直行*; 前田 茂貴
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(2), p.251 - 260, 2024/02
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)Acは、標的アルファ療法の有望なアルファ放出核種である。しかし、現在の
Ac供給能力は世界で約63GBq/yであり、これは主にいくつかの研究所に貯蔵されている
Acジェネレータである
Thの保有量に依存している。このため、代替の
Ac製造方法が強く望まれている。加速器と原子炉を使用して
Raと
Thをターゲットとする
Acとその親核種の製造方法の研究開発は、世界中で活発に進められている。著者らは、高速実験炉「常陽」の利活用として、高速中性子スペクトルを用いた
Ra(n,2n)
Ra法に着目した。本研究では、
Ac生成のターゲットである
Raの核データライブラリを調査し、さまざまな核データライブラリで
Acの製造量を評価し、その違い、影響を評価した。共分散データを含む核反応断面積はTENDL-2021、JEFF-3.3、およびEAF-2010に格納されたが、主要な核データライブラリであるENDFまたはJENDLには格納されていなかった。また、核データライブラリ間に有意な差があり、
Raの生成量が有意に異なっており、核データの再評価、共分散データの整備などをJENDLへ提言した。
遠藤 駿典; 河村 しほり*; 奥平 琢也*; 吉川 大幹*; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之
European Physical Journal A, 59(12), p.288_1 - 288_12, 2023/12
被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:35.91(Physics, Nuclear)ランタン(La)-139の断面積と共鳴パラメータは、原子力分野への応用や基礎核物理の研究にとって重要である。本論文では、大強度陽子加速器施設(J-PARC)のANNRIにてLaの中性子全断面積と捕獲断面積を測定した。Negative共鳴を含む4つの共鳴の共鳴パラメータを、共鳴解析コードREFITを用いて求めた。その結果いくつかの共鳴パラメータにおいて、評価済み核データライブラリとの不一致が見られた。さらに全断面積を再現するために、スピン依存する散乱半径もフィットした。得られた散乱半径は、評価済み核データライブラリで記録されたものよりも大きいことがわかった。
岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 木村 敦; 多田 健一; 横山 賢治
核データニュース(インターネット), (136), 6 Pages, 2023/10
OECD/NEA/NSC主催のWPEC(Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Co-operation)の本会合及び関連するサブグループ(SG)、専門家グループ(EG)会合が、2023年5月15日5月17日の日程で、NEA本部とWebでのハイブリッド形式によって実施された。日本からは2名(岩本(修)、多田)が対面で、その他がオンラインで参加した。日本を含め、米国や欧州、中国、IAEA、NEAから出席があり、対面でのWPEC本会合への参加は30名程度であった。以下に、核データ測定、評価及びEG、SGの活動状況について報告する。
片渕 竜也*; 井頭 政之*; 鎌田 創*; 田近 道英*; 岩本 信之; 河野 俊彦*
Physical Review C, 108(3), p.034610_1 - 034610_12, 2023/09
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.00(Physics, Nuclear)The neutron capture cross section and the capture -ray spectrum of
Sr were measured in the keV energy regions. Above 34 keV, the present data are larger than evaluated cross sections which are based on a set of resonance parameters measured in past experiments. To investigate the impact of the present results to the stellar nucleosynthesis, the Maxwellian averaged neutron capture cross section (MACS) was calculated using the present experimental results. The calculated MACS was about 10% smaller than the values widely used in stellar nucleosynthesis calculations and it is found that this difference arises from a problem in calculating the direct capture process in the previous study. In fact, the present and previous MACS become in good agreement when the contribution from the direct neutron capture process that has been theoretically calculated is removed from the previous MACS. This indicates that the previous work overestimated the contribution of the direct capture process. The present experimental capture
-ray spectrum shows that primary transition intensities to the low-lying states of
Sr drastically changes with the neutron energy.
岩本 信之; 小迫 和明*; 深堀 智生
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(8), p.911 - 922, 2023/08
被引用回数:4 パーセンタイル:83.63(Nuclear Science & Technology)Nuclear reactions of gamma-rays with materials have attracted much attention for various application fields. To allow the use in those fields, JENDL photonuclear data file was updated from former JENDL/PD-2004 and were opened as JENDL/PD-2016 in 2017. The nuclear data were revised by adopting resonance analysis-like method for light nuclides and applying nuclear reaction models to the evaluations for heavier nuclides. In JENDL/PD-2016, standard and expanded versions are provided up to an incident energy of 140 MeV, covering 181 and 2681 nuclides, respectively. The evaluated results show better reproducibility to measured data, relative to JENDL/PD-2004. JENDL/PD-2016 is freely available from a website.
木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 原田 秀郎; 片渕 竜也*; 寺田 和司*; 堀 順一*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(6), p.678 - 696, 2023/06
被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:35.75(Nuclear Science & Technology)Neutron total and capture cross-section measurements of Gd and
Gd were performed in the ANNRI at the MLF of the J-PARC. The neutron total cross sections were determined in the energy region from 5 to 100 meV. At the thermal neutron energy, the total cross sections were obtained to be 59.4
1.7 and 251.9
4.6 kilobarn for
Gd and
Gd, respectively. The neutron capture cross sections were determined in the energy region from 3.5 to 100 meV with an innovative method by taking the ratio of the detected capture event rate between thin and thick samples. At the thermal energy, the capture cross sections were obtained as 59.0
2.5 and 247.4
3.9 kilobarn for
Gd and
Gd, respectively. The present total and capture cross sections agree well within the standard deviations. The results for
Gd were found to be consistent with the values in JENDL-4.0 and the experimental data given by Mastromarco et al. and Leinweber et al. within one standard deviation. Moreover, the present results for
Gd agreed with the evaluated data in JENDL-4.0 and the experimental data by M
ller et al. within one standard deviation and agreed with the data by Mastromarco et al. within 1.4 standard deviations. However, they disagree (11% larger) with the experimental result by Leinweber et al.
Goux, P.*; Glessgen, F.*; Gazzola, E.*; Singh Reen, M.*; Focillon, W.*; Gonin, M.*; 田中 智之*; 萩原 開人*; Ali, A.*; 須藤 高志*; et al.
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Internet), 2023(6), p.063H01_1 - 063H01_15, 2023/06
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.00(Physics, Multidisciplinary)We investigated the angular correlation of two -rays emitted in neutron capture at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of J-PARC. The 14 Ge crystals in a cluster detector and one coaxial Ge crystal were employed. We obtained angular correlation functions for two
-rays emerging in the electromagnetic transitions of the capture reactions on
Gd and
Gd. We found mild angular correlations for the strong, but rare transitions from the resonance state to two excited levels with known spin and parities. In contrast, angular correlations was negligibly small for arbitrary pairs of two
-rays produced in the majority of transitions in continuum states.
岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 国枝 賢; 湊 太志; 中山 梓介; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 長家 康展; 多田 健一; et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 284, p.14001_1 - 14001_7, 2023/05
被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:74.05(Nuclear Science & Technology)Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library version 5 (JENDL-5) was released in 2021. JENDL-5 is intended to extend its generality from JENDL-4.0 by covering a wide variety of nuclear data for applications not only to nuclear design and decommissioning, but also to radiation-related fields. Overview of JENDL-5 and a future plan for the next of JENDL-5 are presented. JENDL-5 includes up-to-date neutron reaction cross sections incorporating other various types of data such as newly evaluated nuclear decay, fission yield, and thermal neutron scattering law. The neutron induced reaction cross sections especially on minor actinides in the resonance regions are improved by the experimental data measured at ANNRI. The extensive benchmark analyses on neutron nuclear data were made and the performance of JENDL-5 was confirmed by benchmark tests of ICSBEP and IRPhEP as well as fast reactors, radiation shielding calculations, and so on. So far, several JENDL special-purpose files have been developed for various applications. The data cover neutron, charged particles, and photon induced reactions. As the neutron induced reaction files, two special purpose files of JENDL/AD-2017 and JENDL/ImPACT-2018 were released to meet needs of nuclear backend applications including activation evaluation for nuclear facilities and nuclear transmutations of high-level radioactive wastes of long-lived fission products, respectively. Furthermore, the photon, proton and deuteron data were released as JENDL/PD-2016.1, JENDL-4.0/HE and JENDL/DEU-2020, respectively, for accelerator applications. With updating the data, they were incorporated in JENDL-5 as sub-libraries for facilitation of usability of JENDL. As the next step of JENDL-5, provision of the proper and sufficient covariance will be a major challenge, where cross correlations across different reactions or data-types may play a significant role in connection with data assimilation for various applications.
Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 片渕 竜也*; 児玉 有*; 中野 秀仁*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(5), p.489 - 499, 2023/05
被引用回数:3 パーセンタイル:50.01(Nuclear Science & Technology)The neutron capture cross-section of Am was measured in the keV neutron range using the recently implemented neutron filtering system of the Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) beamline in the Materials and Life Science (MLF) facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). Filter arrays consisting of 20 cm of
Fe and
Si were employed in separate measurements to provide filtered neutron beams with averaged neutron energies of 23.5 (Fe), 51.5 and 127.7 (Si) keV. The present
Am results were obtained relative to the
Au neutron capture yield by applying the total energy detection principle together with the pulse-height weighting technique. The
Am neutron capture cross section was determined as 2.72
0.29 b at 23.5 keV, 2.14
0.26 b at 51.5 keV and 1.32
0.10 b at 127.7 keV with total uncertainties in the range of 8 to 12
, much lower in comparison to the latest time-of-flight experimental data available.
片渕 竜也*; 岩本 修; 堀 順一*; 木村 敦; 岩本 信之; 中村 詔司; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 遠藤 駿典; 芝原 雄司*; 寺田 和司*; et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 281, p.00014_1 - 00014_4, 2023/03
Long-lived minor actinides (MA) in nuclear waste from nuclear power plants are a long-standing issue to continue nuclear energy production. To solve the issue, researchers have suggested nuclear transmutation, in which long-lived radionuclides are transmuted into stable or shorter-life nuclides via neutron-induced nuclear reactions. Development of nuclear transmutation systems as an accelerator-driven system requires accurate neutron nuclear reaction data. The present research project entitled "Study on accuracy improvement of fast-neutron capture reaction data of long-lived MAs for development of nuclear transmutation systems" have been conducted as a joint collaboration, including Tokyo Tech, Japan Atomic Energy Agency and Kyoto University. This project focuses on the neutron capture reaction of MAs, especially Np,
Am and
Am, in the fast neutron energy region. The final goal of this project is to improve the accuracies of the neutron capture cross sections of
Np,
Am and
Am employing a high-intensity neutron beam from a spallation source of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) that reduces uncertainties of measurement. To achieve the goal, a neutron beam filter system in J-PARC, sample characteristic assay, and theoretical reaction model study were developed. In this contribution, the overview and results of the project will be presented.
遠藤 駿典; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; Rovira Leveroni, G.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 281, p.00012_1 - 00012_5, 2023/03
In resonance analysis, experimental uncertainties affect the accuracy of resonance parameters. A resonance analysis code REFIT can consider the statistical uncertainty of the experimental data in evaluation of the resonance parameter uncertainty. On the other hand, since the systematic uncertainties of the sample thickness and normalization, which is proportional to the cross-section, are not independent at each measurement point, they must be treated differently from the statistical uncertainty. However, their treatment has not been discussed in detail so far. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the systematic uncertainties of experimental data on deduced resonance parameters by varying sample-thickness values used for the REFIT code. Covariance of resonance parameters ascribed to systematic uncertainties were evaluated from the neutron transmission data of natural zinc measured at the J-PARC MLF ANNRI. We will introduce this evaluation method and discuss the feature of obtained correlations.