UTTAC-85, 2016

UTTAC
ANNUAL REPORT 2015

TANDEM ACCELERATOR COMPLEX
Research Facility Center for Science and Technology
University of Tsukuba

http://www.tac.tsukuba.ac.jp/

UTTACANNUAL REPORT 2015
April 1, 2015 – March 31, 2016

UTTAC-85, 2016

Editors : Tetsuaki Moriguchi, Kimikazu Sasa,Yoshihiro Yamato, Masumi Matsumura,
Masao Sataka, Hiroshi Naramoto, and Hiroshi Kudo

UTTAC ANNUAL REPORT is a series of issues, which include annual reports of
Tandem Accelerator Complex, Research Facility Center
for Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba.
Copyright © 2015 by Tandem Accelerator Complex, Research Facility Center
for Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba and individual contributors.
All reports are written on authors’ responsibility and thus the editors are not liable
for the contents of the report.

Tandem Accelerator Complex, Research Facility Center for Science and Technology,
University of Tsukuba
Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japanannual@tac.tsukuba.ac.jp

PREFACE
This annual report covers research carried out at the University of Tsukuba Tandem
Accelerator Complex (UTTAC) during the fiscal year 2015 (1 April 2015 ∼ 31 March
2016), using the 1 MV Tandetron accelerator and radiation source experiments. Additionally,
we report on the operation and performance of the new 6 MV tandem-type accelerator, as wellas on the test experiments for applied use of the new accelerator.
The main part of the old 12UD Pelletron accelerator was destroyed by the Great East Japan
Earthquake on March 11, 2011. Immediately, the government decided to compensate us andwe started to plan a new version. The new accelerator was designed by the National
Electrostatics Corporation in Middleton, Wisconsin, USA and it arrived in mid-March 2014 at
the UTTAC. Before starting to operate the new accelerator, we needed to finish the removal
procedure for the damaged accelerator. The procedure was completed with the help of theuniversity office and finally the accelerator operation was started at the beginning of March2016.
At the end of this fiscal year, The Open Advanced Facilities Initiative supported by the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has been ended.
We have very much appreciated this long term government assistance. We would like tocontinue a similar open facility system by ourselves without financial support. We are looking
forward to reporting on our achievements with the new 6 MV accelerator.
Finally, Professor A. Uedono has succeeded the director of UTTAC, effective on 1 April
2016.
Eiji KITA
Director-i-CONTENTS

1. ACCELERATOR AND RELATED FACILITIES
1.1 Accelerator operation 2015 ···········································································

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1.2 Decommissioning of the 12UD Pelletron Tandem Accelerator···································

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1.3 First beam transport through the ion microbeam line from the 6MV tandem accelerator····7

2. NUCLEAR AND ATOMIC PHYSICS
2.1 Measurements of magnetic moments for unstable nuclei in AVF, RCNP·······················
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2.2 Production of unstable nuclei Al and P via resonant proton-capture reactions ············

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2.3 Target thickness dependence of convoy electron yield observed in fast cluster ion
bombardment on thin foils ············································································

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3. ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
3.1 Detection tests of rare particles by the 6 MV tandem accelerator mass spectrometry system
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Ca-AMS measurement in UTTAC AMS system·················································

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3.3 Environmental impact of the Fukushima accident on iodine-129 levels in rainwater ········

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3.4 Decrease of iodine isotopic ratio observed in the crater lake and the geothermal area at
Zao volcano ·····························································································

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4. BEAM AND ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
4.1 Micro-PIXE analyses of melt inclusions in olivine crystals from Allende meteorite··········

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4.2 Improvement of coincidence detection system of ion and secondary electron in HERDA···25

4.3 Vacancies in InxGa1−xN/GaN multiple quantum wells fabricated on m-plane GaN probed
by a monoenergetic positron beam ···································································
4.4 Analysis of low Z elements in solids employing non-Rutherford backscattering ·············

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4.5 Performance of superconducting magnet for Mössbauer study (part 1)·························

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4.6 Performance of superconducting magnet for Mössbauer study (part 2)·························

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4.7 High magnetic field Mössbauer study on (Mg)Fe3O4 nano-particles····························

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4.8 Effect of annealing temperatures on crystal structure of CuFe2O4 nanoparticles studied
with Mössbauer spectroscopy·········································································
4.9 PIXE measurements for light elements in inorganic materials by a silicon drift detector
with a thin Si3N4 window ··············································································- iii -

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5. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
5.1 Journals ··································································································

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5.2 Proceedings······························································································

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5.3 Reviews··································································································

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5.4 Books·····································································································

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5.5 International conferences··············································································

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5.6 Presentation at academic meetings···································································

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6. THESES ·······································································································

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7. LIST OF PERSONNEL···················································································

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1.
ACCELERATOR AND RELATED FACILITIES1.1

Accelerator operation 2015

K. Sasa, S. Ishii, H. Oshima, Y. Tajima, T. Takahashi, Y. Yamato, D. Sekiba, T. Moriguchi, E. Kita
The decommissioning procedure of the 12UD Pelletron tandem accelerator, which was seriously
damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 [1], was completed on March 2016 [2]. A newhorizontal-type 6 MV Pelletron tandem accelerator was designed and developed by the National
Electrostatics Corp., USA in collaboration with the University of Tsukuba. The official inspection of therelevant radiation facility has finished without any problem on March 1, 2016.
In this year, we operated and maintained the 1 MV Tandetron accelerator and the apparatus utilizing
radio-isotopes, together with the 6 MV Pelletron tandem accelerator mentioned above. Figure 1 shows aschematic layout of the experimental apparatus at UTTAC. The total service time for facility was 83 daysin the fiscal year (FY) 2015.

Fig. 1. Schematic layout of the experimental apparatus at UTTAC.
1 MV Tandetron accelerator
The 1 MV Tandetron accelerator has two negative ion sources and four beam lines. It has a permission to
apply the terminal voltage up to 1.1 MV. However, the maximum voltage has been limited to below 0.95
MV because of the aged equipment. This also caused the recent instability of the terminal voltage. On
November 2015, we replaced RF oscillating pair tubes in the Cockcroft-Walton circuits for thehigh-voltage generator in order to resolve the voltage instability. The terminal voltage up to 0.95 MV wasstabilized after the replacement.

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The operating time and the experimental beam time of the 1 MV Tandetron accelerator were 673.7 and
275.8 hours, respectively, during the total service time in FY 2015. Totally 52 research programs werecarried out and 552 researchers used the 1 MV Tandetron accelerator. Figure 2 shows the percentage ofaccelerated ions for the 1 MV Tandetron accelerator. Figure 3 shows the percentage of research fields forthe 1 MV Tandetron accelerator.
Education
3.9%

H
22.8 %RBS/ERDA
43.5 %

O
41.1%
Developments(Instruments
and Detectors)

37.9%

C
1.8%

He
34.3%

NuclearPhysics
1.4%

NRA
5.3%

PIXE
8.0%

Fig. 2. Percentage of accelerated ions for the

Fig. 3. Percentage of research fields for the

1 MV Tandetron accelerator in FY 2015.

1 MV Tandetron accelerator in FY 2015.

6 MV Pelletron tandem accelerator
Table 1 indicates specifications of the 6 MV Pelletron tandem accelerator installed in the spring of 2014
at UTTAC. We have constructed incidental equipment, infrastructure and beam lines for the 6 MV
Pelletron tandem accelerator since 2014. The facility of the 6 MV Pelletron tandem accelerator is shown in
Fig. 4. The 6 MV Pelletron tandem accelerator is used for AMS, IBA, microbeam applications,high-energy ion irradiation and nuclear physics [3].
Table 1. Specifications of the 6 MV Pelletron
tandem accelerator.
・Model: 6 MV Pelletron Tandem(18SDH−2, National Electrostaics Corp., USA)
Length: 10.5 m
・Accelerator Tank Size:
Diameter: 2.74 m
Line Height: 1.78 m
Weight： 20,865 kg
・Terminal Voltage: 1.0 − 6.5 MV・Voltage Ripple:≤ 750 V p−p at 6.0 MV
・Voltage Control: GVM & Slit Current Feedback System
・Maximum Beam Current:
H : 3 μA
Heavy ions: ~50 μA
・Terminal Stripper: Gas (Ar or N2)
Foil Unit (80 Foil Holders)・Insulation Gas:
SF6 (0.6 MPa)・Beam Courses : 12 Lines and Vertical Transport Line・Ion Sources:
Cs Sputtering Negative Ion Sources
NEC SNICS II
NEC MC-SNICS
NEC CO2 Gas Type MC-SNICS
RF Ion Source (NEC Alphatross)Lamb-shift Polarized Negative Ion Source
・Mass Energy Product (ME/Z2): 15 amu MeV (LEBT)
176 amu MeV (HEBT)

Fig. 4. Photograph of the facility of the 6 MV
Pelletron tandem accelerator.

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We got an authorization of management change for the radiation facility from the Nuclear Regulation
Authority on Sept. 2015. After the adjustment of training and operation, we got a permission to use the 6
MV Pelletron tandem accelerator from the Nuclear Safety Technology Center on January 2016. Routine
beam delivery for experiments has started on March 1, 2016. The electric generator operates up to theterminal voltages of 6.5 MV. Its stability is estimated to be better than 1 kV at a 6.0 MV terminal voltage.
Maximum beam currents are expected to be up to 3.0 μA for protons and 50 μA for heavy ions.
The operating time and the experimental beam time of the 6 MV Pelletron tandem accelerator were725.9 and 62.4 hours, respectively, during the total service time in FY2015. Figure 5 shows the beam time
histogram with respect to the terminal voltage. Totally 9 research programs were carried out and 60
researchers used the 6 MV Pelletron tandem accelerator on March 2016. Total experimental time was 17days in FY 2015. Figure 6 shows the percentage of accelerated ions. The percentage of research fields forthe 6 MV Pelletron tandem accelerator is shown in Fig. 7.

Terminal Voltage (MV)

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5
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2
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0

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10

15

20

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Beam Time (hours)

Fig. 5. Beam time histogram as a function of the terminal voltage for the 6 MV Pelletron
tandem accelerator in FY 2015.
Education
19%

He
13%
C
37%

IBA
20%

AMS
8%

Microbeam
7%

H
28%

Nuclear physics
10%

Developments(Instruments
and Detectors)
13%

Cl
22%

Radiation Effects on
Semiconductor Devices
for Space Applications
23%

Fig.6. Percentage of accelerated ions for the 6 MV

Fig. 7. Percentage of research fields for the 6 MV

Pelletron tandem accelerator in FY 2015.

Pelletron tandem accelerator in FY 2015.

References[1] K. Sasa, AIP Conf. Proc.1533 (2013) 184-188.
[2] T. Moriguchi et al., this annual report.
[3] K. Sasa et al., JACoW, Proceedings of HIAT2015 (2015) 285-287.

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1.2

Decommissioning of the 12UD Pelletron Tandem Accelerator

T. Moriguchi, K. Sasa, H. Oshima, S. Ishi, T. Takahashi, Y. Tajima, Y. Yamato, D. Sekiba, E. Kita,
A. Uedono
Since 1975, the 12UD Pelletron tandem accelerator has been in operation for researches and student’s
education at University of Tsukuba. This machine, however, was damaged seriously by the Great East
Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 [1], so that we decided to shut down this accelerator. This is partly
because it has already been replaced by a new accelerator. For shutdown of the accelerator, it is necessary
to treat radioactivated materials legally under the law (Act on Prevention of Radiation Hazards due toRadioisotopes). This is due to the law revision enforced on 1st April 2012. In this revision, “radioactivatedmaterials” were added to the law as control subjects. We proceeded to the decommission procedure of the
12UD Pelletron tandem accelerator under the revised law.
Firstly, we performed calculations by using the Monte Carlo simulation code PHITS and DCHAIN-SPin order to investigate the range of induced radioactivity [2]. In this calculation, we assumed theaccelerator’s condition for maximum activation. Protons and deuterons were employed as projectile ionsin the calculation. The irradiation time in the calculation was referenced from the operation log books of
the accelerator. The terminal voltage was set to 10.5 MV, which is the actual maximum voltage. Durationof the accelerator operation was set to 39 years from 1976 to 2014, as well as no operation for the four
years from 2011 to 2014. Figure 1 shows the produced nuclei and these radioactivity obtained by thecalculation both in the SUS frame, which supports electron stripper foils made of carbon, and the beam
duct in the accelerator tank. Bold bars in Fig. 1 indicate the clearance levels of the nuclides determined by
the law. The values in the brackets in Fig. 1 indicate the sum of the ratio between the radioactivity
obtained by the calculation and the clearance level. If this value of one object is higher than unity, weregarded it as a radioactivated material in the present calculation. With this criterion, the SUS frame wasregarded as a radioactivated material, but the beam duct was not, as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 1. Radioactivity obtained by the calculation (see the text for details).

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Secondly, we confirmed the results of calculation by measurements with a NaI surveymeter(TCS-172B). The time constant of the survey meter, measurement time and distance between the survey
meter and an object were set to ten seconds, thirty seconds and five mm, respectively [3]. In order to judge
whether an object is activated or not, we employed the counting rate of the detection limit as follows.


K K
Nd =  +2  ts2
 1 1  K  + 4 N b  +  
 t s t b  
 ts 
t s : Measurement time of the sample

N d : Counting rate of the detection limit
K : Coefficient of standard deviation ( K = 3)
N b : Counting rate of the backgroundt b : Measurement time of the backgroundIf the counting rate of one object after subtracting that of the background is higher than Nd, we regarded it
as a radioactivated material. Objects regarded as radioactivated materials by the calculation were
measured by a germanium detector for nuclide identification.
Table 1 shows summary of the calculation and the measurement for nineteen objects in the accelerator
room, the analyzing magnet room and the measurement room. In the cases of slits, Faraday cups and beam
stopper, we disassembled one object into two parts; one is a part irradiated directly by beams, the other is aremaining part. For example, “Object slit” and “Object slit (duct)” in Table 1 indicate four elements which
are irradiated directly by beams and the remaining part, respectively, as shown in Fig. 2. As shown in
Table 1, the results of calculation are confirmed by measurements except for the SUS frames. In the caseof the SUS frames, they are thought to be less irradiated, and accordingly, less activated than expectedfrom the calculation. Radioactivated materials including the SUS frames were packed properly anddelivered to Japan Radioisotope Association. Since the flanges of switching magnet were reused as an
object of the beam line of a new accelerator, nuclide identification using a germanium detector was not
performed. From calculations and measurements, we found that objects irradiated indirectly by beams
were activated, but the other parts were not activated in the case of the 12UD Pelletron tandem accelerator.
Finally, after removing the radioactivated materials, we confirmed with survey meters that floors, walls
and beamlines in the accelerator building were not activated. The 3rd to 7th floors of the accelerator
building were excluded from the radiation controlled area.
So far, there are few cases of decommissioning of accelerators on the revised law, like in the present
case. This is a useful example to be referred in future.

Fig. 2. Pictures of the object slit. (a)Before disassembling. (b)Four elements. (c)Measurement of radioactivity
for the assembly after removing four elements.

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Table 1. Summarized results of radioactivity evaluation based on calculation and measurements.
Room
Accelerator room

ObjectMaterial#01 SUS frame
Stainless steel#02 Beam duct (up)Stainless steel#03 Beam duct (down)
Stainless steel#04 Terminal shell
Stainless steel#05 Tank (center)
Steel#06 Tank (bottom)
Steel
Analyzing magnet room #07 Object slit
Copper#08 Object slit (duct)
Stainless steel#09 Image slit
Tantalum#10 Image slit (duct)
Stainless steel#11 Faraday cup
Tantalum#12 Faraday cup (duct)
Stainless steel#13 Flange of switching magnet Stainless steel
Measurement room
#14 Course slit 1
Copper#15 Course slit 1 (duct)
Stainless steel#16 Course slit 2
Copper#17 Course slit 2 (duct)
Stainless steel#18 Beam stopper
Tantalum#19 Beam stopper (duct)
Stainless steel

Calculation
ResultActivated
No activatedNo activatedNo activatedNo activatedNo activated
Activated
No activated
Activated
No activated
Activated
No activated
Activated
Activated
No activated
Activated
No activated
Activated
No activatedNuclide57
Co, 54Mn, 60Co
60
Co, 65Zn
179
Ta, 181W
179
Ta, 181W
57
Co, 54Mn, 60Co, 55Fe
60
Co, 65Zn
60
Co, 65Zn
181
W-

Measurement
ResultNo activatedNo activatedNo activatedNo activatedNo activatedNo activated
Activated
No activated
Activated
No activated
Activated
No activated
Activated
Activated
No activated
Activated
No activated
Activated
No activated

References[1] K. Sasa et al., UTTAC Annual Report 2010 (2011) 1.
[2] T. Sato et al., J. Nucl. Sci. Technol. 50:9 (2013) 913.
[3] Y. Uwamino, Japanese Journal of Radiation Safety Management 12:1 (2013) 36.

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NuclideCo, 54Mn, 60Co
60
Co, 65Zn, 22Na
210
Pb, 22Na
181
W, 210Pb, 22Na
57

60

Co, 65Zn, 22Na

60

Co, 65Zn

182

Ta, 181W, 210Pb

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1.3

First beam transport through the ion microbeam line from the 6 MV
tandem accelerator

A. Yamazaki, K. Sasa, S. Ishii, M. Kurosawa, S. Tomita, A. Uedono, E. Kita
Some characteristics of inorganic materials are strongly affected by light elements contained. Therefore, observation of these elements is important for research and development of new materials. With thisas a background, setup of apparatus to observe or even visualize light elements in a material is widely
required.
Ion beam analysis techniques are powerful tools for characterizing elemental concentration quantitatively. Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) is one of useful methods for elemental analysis andis in particular suitable for detecting trace elements. This is due to the high signal-to-background ratio,
compared with the case of electron-induced emission. Combining PIXE with a microbeam scanning technology, we can obtain two-dimensional maps of trace elements in a sample material. Setup of microbeam
PIXE apparatus should provide a useful as well as powerful tool for materials research and development.
In UTTAC, a new 6 MV tandem accelerator has been installed in the early 2015, and succeedingly
several beam lines have been constructed. One of them is the ion microbeam irradiation line and its construction has been completed in February 2016. This has been connected to the 0 degree beam course after
the switching magnet of the 6 MV tandem accelerator beam line. A submicron microbeam scanning end
stage OM-2000 (Oxford Microbeams Ltd., UK) has been installed at the end of this line. This end stage
consists of beam defining slits, ferrite cored pre-lens deflector coils for X-Y scan, a triplet of magnetic
quadrupole lenses and a target irradiation chamber with a three-axis target positioning device.
Test experiments for transporting and focusing ion beam have started in March 2016. A 3 MeV proton
beam was transported from the 6MV tandem accelerator to the microbeam line and collimated by a double
collimator slits. The distance between the two slits is 7820 mm and that from the first slit to the target
position is 8730 mm. The collimated proton beam was focused by the quadrupole magnetic lenses andwas irradiated onto a CaF2 crystal with the thickness of 0.5 mm positioned at the center of the irradiationchamber. The working distance (distance from the end of the quadrupole lenses to the target) is 180 mm.
A photograph of the ion microbeam line is shown in Fig. 1.
A fluorescence caused by the irradiation of the CaF2 crystal was observed by a CCD camera witha high-power lens from the opposite side of the beam irradiation surface. After optimization of beamtransporting parameters and precise alignment of the quadrupole triplet lenses, we obtained a square beam
spot with about 100 µ m wide and an ellipsoidal spot with about 30 µ m wide. We are going to obtain an
ion beam of 1 µ m in diameter on target by the end of FY2016.
Acknowledgement
The authors would like to thank technical experts H. Iso and Y. Higuchi of Neos Tech Co., Ltd. fortheir valuable advice and various technical supports. This work is supported by Cross-Ministerial Strategic
Innovation Promotion Program - Unit D66 - Innovative measurement and analysis for structural materials(SIP-IMASM) operated by the cabinet office.

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Fig. 1. Photograph of the ion microbeam line at UTTAC.

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2.
NUCLEAR AND ATOMIC PHYSICS

2.1

Measurements of magnetic moments for unstable nuclei in AVF,
RCNP

Y. Ishibashi, D. Nagae1 , Y. Abe1 , Y. Ichikawa, T. Moriguchi, S. Suzuki, Y. Tajiri, A. Ozawa, H. Ueno1
The nuclear moment is one of the most important observables of the nuclear structure. For the measurements of the nuclear magnetic dipole moment (µ ) of unstable nuclei, β -ray-detected nuclear magnetic
resonance (β -NMR) method [1] is effectively used. In this work, we report a target study on the measurement of µ moment of 40 Sc by means of the β -NMR method at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics,
Osaka University. In the β -NMR method, unstable nuclei must be spin-polarized. A spin-polarized 40 Sc−
nucleus was produced in the 40 Ca(→p ,n)40 Sc reaction. In the reaction, the polarization of the beam particles−
is transferred to each nucleus. A →p beam was produced using a polarized ion source [2], and accelerated
at E = 72 MeV using AVF cyclotron. The polarized protons were irradiated on a CaS, a CaO, and a CaF2
targets to produce the polarized 40 Sc. The targets were placed at the center of the β -NMR apparatus atroom temperature.
The higher the purity of 40 Sc, the more efficiently it can be measured; therefore, we performed purity
measurement and comparison of the three targets. The β -rays emitted from 40 Sc were detected withplastic scintillator telescopes located above and below the targets. In order to deduce the purity of the
40 Sc, half-lives were measured using three targets. Figure 1(a), 1(b), and 1(c) are β -decay time spectra

obtained using CaS, CaO, and CaF2 targets, respectively. The time spectra obtained from the accumulated

β rays in the 40 Sc experiment were fitted with two or three exponential functions in addition to a constantbackground arising from the long-lived impurities. The least squares method was applied to the analysis.
The results of the fitting analysis are shown in Fig. 1(a), 1(b), and 1(c). The observed half-lives wereslightly longer than the reported half-life of 182.3(7) ms. The estimated contaminations of 32 Cl(T1/2 =298 ms), 29 P(T1/2 = 4.142 s), 13 N(T1/2 = 9.965 m), and 37 K(T1/2 = 1.225 s) have much longer half-lives−
than that of 40 Sc. Thus, the 40 Sc isotopes were correctly produced in the 40 Ca(→p ,n)40 Sc reaction. The+33
purities of the 40 Sc are obtained to be 23+36−23 %, 23−23 %, and 37±4% using CaS, CaO, and CaF2 targets,

respectively.
From the half-life measurements, the purity of the 40 Sc using CaF2 was determined to be the highest.
Thus, we applied a CaF2 target for the measurement of the µ moment of 40 Sc by the β -NMR method. Inorder to maintain the spin polarization, a static magnetic field B = 543 mT was applied. The up/down ratio
R of the β -ray counts is written as R0 ∼ a(1 + Aβ P)/(1 − Aβ P), where a, Aβ , and P denote a constantfactor representing asymmetries in counter solid angle and efficiencies, the β -ray asymmetry parameter,
and the degree of spin-polarization, respectively. An oscillating magnetic field perpendicular to the static
field was applied to the CaF2 target using an rf coil. If the frequency of the rf field corresponds to theresonance field for the spin-polarized 40 Sc, the direction of the spin polarization is changed by the NMR.
Then, the ratio changes to R ∼ a(1 − Aβ P)/(1 + Aβ P). The β -ray asymmetry Aβ P is written as Aβ P =√√(R0 /R) − 1/ (R0 /R) + 1. The µ moment is derived from the frequency of the observed peak or dip in
the Aβ P spectrum. The analysis is in progress.
1 RIKEN Nishina Center

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Time [ ms ]Fig. 1. β decay spectra for 40 Sc in different three targets (CaS, CaO and CaF2 .)References[1] K. Sugimoto et al., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 21 (1966) 213.
[2] K. Hatanaka et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. 217 (1983) 397.

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2.2

Production of unstable nuclei 25Al and 30P via resonant proton-capture
reactionsT. Matsumoto, K. Hiraishi, A. Ozawa, Y. Ichikawa, T. Moriguchi, S. Suzuki, Y. Tajiri
The proton-capture reactions have been investigated for long time for various stable nuclei and in thevarious energy range. In the point of production of unstable nuclei, the resonant proton-capture reactions
are attractive. In the UTTAC, Lamb-shift type polarized ion source, where polarized proton beams areavailable, is installed. If the polarized protons are captured, reaction products will be highly polarized. If
the products are unstable nuclei, we may obtain highly polarized unstable nuclei and can determine
nuclear moments for these nuclei by using β-NMR method.
Thus, by the above motivation, we started investigation of resonant proton-capture reactions at UTTAC[1]. In this fiscal year, we investigated following two reactions by using natural Mg and Si targets,
respectively;

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Mg(p,γ)25Al(I=5/2+, T1/2=7.1 s) and29

Si(p,γ)30P(I=1+, T1/2=150 s). The resonant

proton-capture reactions for 25Al and 30P have been well investigated [2, 3]. Purposes of the present
experiment were to check effective yields and contaminants. We used proton beams of Ep=860 keV
accelerated in 1 MV tandem accelerator. We used natural Mg target for 25Al production, and natural Si
target for 30P production. Thicknesses of the targets were 0.32 mm (Mg) and 0.51 mm (Si), respectively. A
typical proton-beam current was 1 μA. γ-rays from reaction products were measured by two HP-Ge
detectors. We calibrated energy and detection efficiencies for the Ge detectors by using 152Eu source. We
irradiated the protons for about 1500 and 1800 s to Mg and Si targets, respectively.
Since the target is thick enough to stop the proton beams, for 24Mg in the Mg target, three resonances(Er: resonance energy) Er=223, 419 and 823 keV can be observed [2]. On the other hand, for 29Si in the Sitarget, four resonances Er=333, 414, 695 and 730 keV can be observed [3]. In each resonance, from theproduced corresponding excited-states specific γ-rays are injected. For example, for 24Mg in the Mg target,Eγ=2610 keV can be observed for the resonance with Er=823 keV, as shown in Fig. 1. We integrated eventsin the peak, taking into account detection efficiencies for the Ge detectors. Thus, we evaluated the yieldfor 25Al in this resonance. As mentioned before, since three resonances can occur for 24Mg in the Mg target,
we summed the yields for the three resonances. The same procedure was done for 30P.
Estimated total production yields for 25Al and 30P are about 1800 cps/μA and 160 cps/μA, respectively.
For the 30P case, natural abundance of 29Si is only 4.7 %, thus contaminants from 28Si (92.0%) and 30Si
(3.0%) should be considered. In Ep = 860 keV, one resonance (Er=327 keV) can occur for 28Si and fiveresonances (Er=500, 625, 675 775 and 840 keV) can occur for 30Si. We also observed γ-rays related tothese resonances. We estimated total production yields for 29P and 31P from the observed γ-rays. The total
production yields for 29P and 31P are about 30 and 380 cps/μA, respectively. It is noted that 31P is a stable
nucleus but 29P has β-radioactivity (I=1/2+) with T1/2=4.1 s. For the 25Al case, natural abundance of 24Mg is79.0 %. We considered contaminants from 25Mg (10.0%) and 26Mg (11.0%). At Ep= 860 keV, many
resonances can occur since there are many excited states in 26Al and 27Al, respectively. It is noted that in26

Al there is an isomer (26mAl, Ex=228 keV, I=0+) with T1/2=6.3 s. We observed several γ-rays related to the11excited states in both nuclei (Eγ=1843, 1622 and 829 keV for 26mAl, Eγ=417 keV for 26Al and Eγ=8036,
6821, 3957, 2982, 1015 and 844 keV for 27Al). Thus, we can estimate production yields (lower limit) for
these nuclei. Presently observed production yields are 350 cps/μA (26mAl), 540 cps/μA (26Al) and 2100
cps/μA (27Al), respectively.
From the observed production yields and contaminants for 25Al and 30P, we noticed that determinationof nuclear moments by β-NMR method for these nuclei are quite feasible. Since the electric quadrupole
moment of 25Al and the magnetic dipole moment of 30P are unknown, we will measure the moments byusing the resonant proton capture reactions with polarized proton beams at UTTAC.

Fig. 1. γ-ray spectrum of Eγ=2610 keV observed in the present experiment with the Mg
target in Ep=860 keV. This γ-ray corresponds to that injected from the excited state with
Ex=3062 keV in 25Al produced by the resonant 24Mg(p,γ)25Al reaction.
References[1] A.Ozawa et al., UTTAC Annual Report 2014 (2015) 12.
[2] D.C. Powell et al., Nucl. Phys. A 660 (1999) 349 and references therein.
[3] J.P.L. Reinecke et al., Nucl. Phys. A 435 (1985) 333 and references therein.

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2.3

Target thickness dependence of convoy electron yield observed in fast
cluster ion bombardment on thin foils

Y. Shiina, R. Kinoshita, M. Matsuda1, M. Imai2, K. Kawatsura3, M. Sataka, K. Sasa, S. Tomita
Electronic excitation due to penetration of swift cluster ions through solids are different from that of
atomic ions in some ways. For example, it is reported that convoy electron yields per constituent atom
increase proportionally to the size of impinging clusters under 0.5 MeV/atom Cn+ ion bombardment(n=1-4) on thin C foils [1]. On the other hand, low-energy secondary electron yields in cluster ion
bombardments are suppressed by about 20-50% compared with those in bombardments of equal-velocity
atomic ions. These previous studies suggest that the electron transport mechanism inside the material isaffected by multiple projectile ions which are closely spaced with each other. In this work, thin C foils
were bombarded with 3.5 MeV/atom Cn+ cluster ions to investigate target thickness dependence of convoy
electron yields.
Our experiments were performed at the 20-MV tandem accelerator in the Nuclear Science ResearchInstitute of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). A schematic diagram of the experimental setup is
shown in fig. 1. The Cn+ ions (n=1-3) were accelerated to an energy of 3.5 MeV/atom and impinged on
amorphous carbon foils. Thicknesses of carbon foils were 3.1, 4.8, 10.5, 19.5 and 29.7 μg/cm2. Theenergies of electrons emitted to the beam direction were analyzed by a tandem-type 45° parallel-plateelectrostatic spectrometer with the pass energy fixed to 50 eV. The relative energy resolution of thespectrometer is 3.2%, which corresponds to 1.6 eV in absolute energy. The beam current was monitored
by a Faraday cup placed behind the spectrometer to normalize electron energy spectra.
Target thickness dependence of convoy electron yields is shown in fig. 2. For all targets, convoy
electron yields increased with larger cluster size, agreeing qualitatively with our previous results on 0.5
MeV/atom Cn+ bombardments [1]. In atomic ion bombardments, convoy electron yields slightly increased
with thicker target foil, probably owing to normalization using the Faraday cup. In C2+ and C3+
bombardments, convoy electron yield decreases as target thickness increases from 3.1 to 10.5 μg/cm2. C3+
ion bombardments are more significant, where the convoy electron yield decreases by about 40% as target
thickness increases from 4.8 to 10.5 μg/cm2. Moreover, the attenuation length of convoy electrons isevidently longer for C3+ ions than for C2+ ions. Attenuation length of convoy electrons is reported longer
than that of free electrons due to frequent transition between continuum and discrete states [2]. The present
result may suggest that low-energy electrons in the projectile rest frame are delocalized and affected bymultiple projectile ions simultaneously.

1 Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
2 Kyoto University
3 Theoretical Radiation Research Laboratory

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Fig.1. A schematic diagram of the experimental setup.

Fig.2. Target thickness dependence of convoy electron yield in 3.5 MeV/atom C+(circles), C2+ (squares), C3+ (triangles) bombardments on thin C foils.
References[1] S. Tomita, S. Yoda, R. Uchiyama, S. Ishii, K. Sasa, T. Kaneko and H. Kudo, Phys. Rev. A 73 (2006)
060901.
[2] J. Burgdorfer, Lecture Notes in Physics 294 (1988) 344.

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3.
ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY

3.1

Detection tests of rare particles by the 6 MV tandem accelerator mass
spectrometry system

K. Sasa, T. Takahashi, T. Matsunaka, M. Matsumura, S. Hosoya, K. Sueki, M. Stodola1, M. Sundquist1
The rare-particle detection system on the 6 MV Pelletron tandem accelerator (Tsukuba 6 MV AMS
system) was designed and constructed for the high-sensitivity detection of 10Be, 14C, 26Al, 36Cl, 41Ca, and129

I, and is also expected to measure other radioisotopes 32Si and 90Sr [1]. It has two Cs sputtering negative

ion sources: a 40-sample MC-SNICS for the routine measurement of all nuclides and a hybrid source witha 39-sample MC-SNICS equipped with a CO2 gas introduction system with either graphite or CO2 samples
for 14C AMS. The main accelerator (model 18SDH-2 Pelletron accelerator developed by NEC, USA) has along gas stripper tube assembly and a foil changer with 80 foil holders for equilibrium stripping ions.
Carbon stripper foils will be mainly used for 36Cl and 41Ca AMS to obtain highly-charged positive ions.
The rare-particle detection system has a 22.5° ESA (3.81 m radius) with a resolution of E/ΔE = 200. A
five-electrode gas ionization detector [2, 3] is installed on the end station of the rare-particle detection
system. Figure 1 shows a schematic view of the Tsukuba 6 MV AMS system.
55°bending
magnetHE:
ME/Z2 = 176 amu MeV

90°analyzer
magnetR = 1.27 m−20°
Gas ionization detector(5 anodes type)22.5°ESA Triplet
R = 3.81 m Q-magnet

Three 90°rotational
Electrostatics Spherical
Analyzers (ESAs)

SNICS

CO2 gas type
MC-SNICS

Alphatros

MC-SNICS

SwitchingmagnetRare-particle detection line

40°switchingmagnetSF6 gashandling system

AMS injection

TripletQ-magnet

5m

Offset-FCs

TripletQ-magnet

Einzel lens

90°sequential
injection magnet
Offset-FCs Beamattenuator
LE:
ME/Z2 = 15 amu MeV

TripletQ-magnet

2nd stripper foil
Terminal with gas and foil stripper

6 MV Pelletron tandem accelerator

Electrostatics-Q

105°analyzer
magnetR = 1.27 m

Fig.1. Schematic view of the Tsukuba 6 MV AMS system.
The first experiment of multi-nuclide AMS such as 14C and 36Cl was performed on March 2016. The
background of the system for 14C measurements using the 4+ charge state at 5.0 MV was reached to
14

C/12C = 4.0 × 10-16 (0.04 pMC). 36Cl measurement was performed with carbon foil stripping into the 7+

1

National Electrostatics Corp., USA

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charge state at 6.0 MV. 48.0-MeV 36Cl7+ was injected into the gas ionization detector. We used a
75-nm-thick Si3N4 foil for the entrance window of the gas ionization detector, and the optimal isobutane
gas pressure is estimated to be 28 Torr for 36Cl/Cl. The 36Cl was clearly separated from the 36S in the gas
ionization detector. Figure 2 shows a 2-dimentional spectrum for 36Cl AMS with a standard sample of36

Cl/Cl = 1.00 × 10-11 [4]. The background of 36Cl reached as low as 36Cl/Cl = ~10-15. Results of the firsttest are summarized in Table 1, which demonstrates isobar separation performances of the Tsukuba 6 MV
AMS system for 14C and 36Cl AMS.

isobtane 28 Torr, AgBr

dE4+dE5 (ch)

100.0

36 7+

S

150

80.00
60.00
40.00
20.00

100

36

Cl7+

50
260

280

300

320

340

360

380

dE1+dE2 (ch)Fig.2.

36

Cl AMS spectrum with a standard sample of 36Cl/Cl = 1.00 × 10-11. A

total of 6,600 counts for 36Cl is detected during the measurement time of 3 min.
Table 1. Performances of the Tsukuba 6 MV AMS system in the trial measurements of 14C and 36Cl.
14Isotopes
TargetInjected ion
Injectable ion current (μA)
Detected ion/stripper
Terminal voltage (MV)Beam Energy (MeV)
Transmission (%)
Background
Precision (%)

CGraphite
C−
50
14 4+
C (Gas)5.0
25.060
4.0 × 10−16
0.2

References[1] K. Sasa et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 361 (2015) 124-128.
[2] C. Maden et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 59 (2007) 131-139.
[3] S. Hosoya et al., this annual report.
[4] P. Sharma et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 52 (1990) 410-415.

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36

Cl
AgCl
Cl−
30
36 7+
Cl (Foil)
6.0
48.0
5
~ 2 × 10−15
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3.2

41

Ca-AMS measurement in UTTAC AMS system

Seiji Hosoya, Kimikazu Sasa, Tetsuya Matsunaka, Masumi Matsumura, Tsutomu Takahashi,Mark Sundquist 1, Mark Stodola 1, Keisuke Sueki
Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is an ultra-sensitive technique to measure rare isotopes. We havepreviously measured 14C, 26Al, and 36Cl using the 12UD Pelletron tandem accelerator at UTTAC [1]. Afterrenewing the tandem accelerator [2], we are trying to develop multi-nuclide AMS measurement, forexample 10Be, 14C, 26Al, 36Cl, 41Ca and 129I. 41Ca is a long-lived radionuclide (T1/2 = 1.04 × 105 yr), and canbe mainly formed by neutron capture reaction of 40Ca(n, γ)41Ca with secondary cosmic ray. 41Ca is one ofLong-Lived Radio Nuclides (LLRN) to clarify the concentration in nuclear waste for their long-term
management. The radiological characterization of nuclear waste is essential for managing storage sites.
41

Ca is also useful as a biological tracer for bone resorption [3] and as cosmogenic nuclide tracers for theenvironmental research. However, 41Ca AMS is difficult because of interference by its isobar 41K. It isnecessary to suppress isobaric interference by various methods. One such method is the optimization of
the detector to separate the 41K contribution from that of 41Ca. Usually, the gas counter detector has only
one anode plate to identify the atomic number (Z), because the energy loss of heavy ions depends on Z.
However, it is difficult to separate species with similar Z. A multi-plate gas counter can measure theenergy loss at each plate, enabling a two-dimensional plot to be constructed by combining two regions ofenergy loss. This allows identification of species with similar Z. Changing the gas pressure in the detector
can alter the separation between the 41K and 41Ca spectra. Therefore, we investigated the appropriate gaspressure using the PHITS [4].
A five-anode-type gas-ionization detector (Fig. 1) is used for the new 6 MV AMS system of UTTAC.
The PHITS simulation gave an optimum
isobutane pressure range of 18-25 Torr.
Figure 2 shows measurement results in
isobutane at different pressure, 24 and 11
Torr. Regarding the peak top as the energy
loss, M was calculated as the energy loss
separation between 41Ca and 41K. Moreoverdefined separation ability M’ as M’ = M /(WCa + WK), where WCa and WK indicatesthe FWHM for respective section’s energy
loss. A maximum separation ability (M’ =2.2) at isobutane 24 Torr was obtained. In
the cases of poor separation (M’ < 1.0) 41K
entered the41

Ca counting gate area,

Fig. 1. Five-anode type ΔE-E detector.

increasing the background level. The
1

National Electrostatics Corporation, USA

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Fig. 2. 41Ca AMS measured at different isobutane pressure: (a) 24 Torr and(b) 11 Torr. Separation ability M’ is 2.2 in (a) and 0.9 in (b).

background level obviously decreased as the detector gas pressure increased, because there was no 41K inthe 41Ca count gate area. We achieved a background level of 41Ca/Ca ~ 6 × 10-14 at the best separation.
Table 1 gives the characteristics of the 41Ca AMS measurement at UTTAC. However, other facilities
obtained lower backgrounds [5], [6], [7]. The CaF3- current in our case was ~ 100 nA, while otherpublished values are ~ 300 nA [5], [6], [7]. It's pointing out that present measurement was as a test using
the new 6 MV AMS system, therefore we think that higher CaF3- currents and consequently lower
background measurements will be improved by adjusting the ion source and accelerator parameters.
Table 1. Characteristics of the 41Ca AMS measurement by the new 6 MV AMS system at UTTAC.
41
IsotopeCa
TargetCaF2
Injected ion
CaF3Injectable ion current (nA)
~ 100
Transmission (%)~541
Detected ion
Ca7+
StripperCarbon foil (4.8 μg/cm2)
Terminal voltage (MV)
6.0
Total energy (MeV)
44.5
Background level (41Ca/40Ca)~ 6 × 10-14
References[1] Y. Nagashima et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 92 (1994) 55-57.
[2] K. Sasa et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 361 (2015) 124-128.
[3] D. Elmore et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 52 (1990) 531-535.
[4] T. Sato et. al., J. Nucl. Sci. Technol. 50 (2013) 913-923.
[5] K. Welten et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 259 (2007) 653-662.
[6] T. Schulze-Konig et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 268 (2010) 752-755.
[7] S. Akhmadaliev et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 294 (2013) 5-10.

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3.3

Environmental impact of the Fukushima accident on iodine-129 levels
in rainwater

M. Matsumura, K. Sasa, M. Watanabe1, T. Matsunaka, T. Takahashi, K. Sueki, H. Matsuzaki2
In 2011, huge amounts of radionuclides were emitted into the atmosphere after the serious accident at
the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP). Radioactive contaminations spread on the large
terrestrial environment. Rainwater is a primary factor to precipitate atmospheric radionuclides over a longterm. We have measured 129I (half-life: 1.57 × 107 y) deposition in meteoric water samples collected before
and after the FDNPP accident. The measurement was done by using an accelerator mass spectrometry(AMS) system at the Micro Analysis Laboratory Tandem Accelerator (MALT), The University ofTokyo[1]. The bulk precipitation samples were collected monthly at the University of Tsukuba[2],prepared from rainwater located about 170 km southwest of FDNPP.
The AMS results, shown in the Fig. 1, conclude that 129I concentration in the rainwater before theaccident was approximately 108 atoms L–1 at Tsukuba. On the other hand, 129I concentration in March,2011 was higher than that before the accident by approximately three orders of magnitude. It tookapproximately one year to return to the background level before the accident. This suggests that theatmospheric 129I-radioactivity is a sensitive measure for the FDNPP accident. Also, the period of
re-suspension suggesting atmospheric 129I concentration and deposition caused by the FDNPP accident

129

1012
1011

129

I concentration
amount of precipitation
averaged BKG
3σ above BKG

11-Mar-11

1010

1000
800

109

600

108

400

7

10

200

106
105

0

Mar-09 Jan-10 Jan-11

Jan-12

Jan-13

Amount of monthly precipitation [mm]-1

I concentration in rainwater [atoms L ]was approximately one year.

Jan-14

Sampling month
Fig. 1.

The amount of precipitation and 129I concentration in rainwater collected at University of Tsukuba.

References[1] Matsuzaki et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 259 (2007) 721.
[2] Tosaki et al., J. Environ. Rad. 106 (2012) 73.

1
2

Ehime Institute of Industrial Technology
The University Museum, The University of Tokyo

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3.4

Decrease of iodine isotopic ratio observed in the crater lake and thegeothermal area at Zao volcano

T. Matsunaka, K. Sasa, K. Sueki, T. Takahashi, M. Matsumura, A. Goto1, T. Watanabe2, N. Tsuchiya2,
N. Hirano2, M. Kuri3, M. Takahashi4, K. Kazahaya4, I. Miyagi4, H. Matsuzaki5
The volcanic activity has become higher at Zao volcano in Miyagi and Yamagata Prefectures of Japan
since January 2013 after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake. Monthly volcanic earthquakes of up to 319 times
were observed in April 2015, and twice of the white turbidity were found on the surface of crater lake in
October 2014 [1]. Basic water quality of crater lake and geothermal area have been studied by Tohoku
University since the water quality of hydrothermal system in volcano has been confirmed to be correlatedwith the volcanic activity [2]. As a part of this investigation, we have tried to monitor the volcanic activity
using 129I/127I ratios at Zao volcano. In our previous study, 129I/127I ratios in the water samples collected in
October 2013 from the crater lake at Zao volcano were in the range of 1.6−2.2 × 10−9, which were affectedby anthropogenic meteoric water with high 129I/127I ratio (> 9.0 × 10−9) [3]. In terms of the global iodine
cycle, chronologically-old iodine with low 129I/127I ratio (< 1.5×10–12 [4]) was considered to be supplied into
the crater lake and geothermal area from underground corresponding to the volcanic activity, resulting thedecrease in 129I/127I ratio of the crater lake. The present study aims to elucidate the relation between the
129 127

I/ I ratio and volcanic earthquakes through the evaluation of 129I/127I ratio distribution in order tomonitor volcanic activity at Zao volcano.

Fig.1. Map of Japan showing the location of Zao Volcano and sampling sites ofwater in the crater lake (white circles) and the geothermal area (blue diamond).
1 Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University
2 Graduate school of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University
3 International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
4 Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology, AIST
5 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo

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Water samples (2000 ml) were collected 6−7 times from crater lake and geothermal area in easternside of Zao volcano from October 2013 to October 2014 including before and after the white turbidity
phenomena in the lake. After adding 2 mg iodine carrier to the filtered water sample of 1000 ml, the iodine
was isolated and precipitated as AgI. The 129I/127I ratio of AgI target was measured using an accelerator
mass spectrometry (AMS) system at the Micro Analysis Laboratory Tandem Accelerator (MALT), The
University of Tokyo. A terminal voltage of 3.47 MV and a charge state of 5+ were chosen for accelerationand detection. Concentration of 127I in the water was measured by an ICP-MS at the University of Tsukuba.
The original 129I/127I ratios in the water samples were calculated using 127I concentration and 129I/127I ratio.
The 129I/127I ratios of the crater lake increased from 2.2 × 10−9 to 5.6 × 10−9 during October 2013 to
the middle of October 2014 corresponding to the decreased number of the volcanic earthquake, then,abruptly decreased to 4.3 × 10−10 soon after the white turbidity in the lake. While the 129I/127I ratios of thegeothermal area decreased from 5.3 × 10−9 to 1.6 × 10−9 at August 2015 corresponding to the increased
number of the volcanic earthquake. There is a possibility that the 129I/127I ratio in the crater lake is related
to the volcanic activity at Zao volcano. Further investigations are needed to discuss the relationship ofchanges in 129I/127I ratio of the hydrothermal system and the volcanic activity at Zao volcano.

Fig.2. Number of monthly volcanic earthquake (black bars) at Zao volcano in 2013-2015. Also
shown are the temporal changes in 129I/127I ratio of surface water from the crater lake (opencircles) and the geothermal area (blue diamonds). The red remarks indicate the date of thewhite turbidity observed on the lake and the date of warning around the lake.
References[1] Japan Meteorological Agency, Monthly Volcanic Activity Report (2015) (in Japanese).
[2] T. Ohba et al., J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 178 (2008) 131–144.
[3] T. Matsunaka et al., KEK Proceedings 2015-4 (2015) 55–61.
[4] U. Fehn et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 259 (2007) 496–502.

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4.
BEAM AND ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS

4.1

Micro-PIXE analyses of melt inclusions in olivine crystals from Allendemeteorite

M. Kurosawa, D. Miyato, K. Sasa, S. Ishii
Introduction
Chondrules are millimeter-sized spherical particles consisting chiefly of olivine and pyroxene
minerals embedded in matrices of primitive meteorites (chondrites) (Fig. 1a). They are thought to havebeen produced by the melting and sudden quenching of pre-existing silicate materials in the very earlysolar nebular before being accreted to their parent asteroids. They were formed at about 4564.7±0.6
million age (Ma) [1], about 2.5 Ma after the birth of the solar system (4567.4±0.6 Ma, [1]), within 5
astronomical unit (AU) from the proto-Sun as solidified melt droplets freely floating in space before theaccretion [2]. They also constitute up to 80% of the volume of the most chondrites [3] that are believed tobe the building blocks of the planetary system. Thus, an understanding of the formation of chondrules isimportant to elucidate the initial development of the early planetary system. Olivine crystals in chondrules
usually contain tiny inclusions of Ca and Al-rich silicate glasses [2, 4-12] (Fig. 1b). The glasses have been
generally regarded as small volumes of parental chondrule-melt trapped along olivine growth facets
during chondrule formation [5-8, 12]. The chondrule melts are also thought to have reacted with theambient nebular gas during the chondrule formation and to have incorporated the moderately volatileelements, Si, Fe, Cr, Mn, P, K, Na, Cl, Zn, and S from the nebular gas [2, 9-11, 13]. Thus, minerals andglass inclusions in chondrules are enriched in the moderately volatile elements [2, 9-11, 13]. Since theglass inclusions behave as a closed system during secondary alterations in their parent bodies [8-11],
abundances of the moderately volatile elements in the inclusions are a clue to elucidate physico-chemical
conditions in the early solar nebular gas and the chondrule formation processes. For the reason, we
analyzed trace-element contents in glass inclusions from olivine crystals of Allende meteorite by using
micro-PIXE.

(a)

(b)

Sample and Experimental
Allende meteorite is a carbonaceous chondrite
classified as CV3 that is rich in refractory elements

Glass inclusion

like Ca, Al, and Ti, and lacks secondary heating
effects. The meteorite includes three types of olivine
crystals: olivine phenocrysts in chondrules, isolated
olivine crystals in the chondritic matrix, andirregular-shaped holocrystalline olivine aggregates in
the matrix. In this study, glass inclusions in olivine
phenocrysts from porphyritic olivine chondrules
were analyzed. The glass inclusions were isolated orform clusters in the olivines. They were composed of

22

20 μm
Fig.1. Photomicrographs of chondrules in Allendemeteorite (a) and glass inclusions in olivine crystal
within the chondrule (b). (a) Chondrules, bright partsof semicircular fragment (upper left) and spheroidal(lower right); matrix, dark area. (b) Ellipsoidal glass
inclusions with transparent glass and dark shrinkage
bubble.

clear glass plus shrinkage bubble (Fig. 1b) with sizes ranging from 5 to 30 μm. The surfaces of glass
inclusions were exposed on surfaces of the olivine specimens by cutting and polishing and were coatedwith a carbon film to prevent electrostatic charging. Major element compositions of the glass inclusions
were analyzed with a SEM-EDS prior to the PIXE analyses. The glass were rich in SiO2 (50–61 wt%),
Al2O3 (20–26 wt%), CaO (1.2–13.6 wt%) and have high contents of Na2O (8.6 –13.1 wt%).
PIXE analyses were performed at the 1MV Tandetron. A 0.1 to 0.3 nA beam of 1.92-MeV proton was
focused to a 10 × 10 μm spot on the sample using slits and magnetic lenses. The beam incidence wasnormal to the sample surface, and the X-ray measurement take-off angle was 45˚ [14]. The characteristic
X-rays excited by the incident beam were collected by the Si(Li) X-ray-energy detector (Sirius 30+
detector; e2V Scientific Instruments, UK) with a nominal resolution of 139 eV at 5.9 keV. A 55-μm-thick
Mylar film was used to attenuate the intense X-rays from the predominant light elements and to preventthe entry into the detector of protons scattered from samples. The total charge was determined byintegrating the target currents, and all samples were analyzed to the integrated charges of 0.2 to 0.6 μC.
Analytical points were chosen based on optical viewing using a CCD camera mounted on the microscope.
Quantification was performed based on the model of Kurosawa et al. [14].
Results and Discussion

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10

PIXE spectra of glass inclusions in theCaolivinecrystals consisted of K X-ray peaks from Ai,
2). All the glass inclusions in the olivines
demonstrated the similar X-ray spectra. Element
concentrations of the glass inclusions, determined
by PIXE, were as follows: 22.7 to 25.9 wt.% for Si,
6.7‒12.3 wt.% for Al, 3.4‒9.8 wt.% for Ca,

4

10

Intensities (cts)

Si, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Sr (Fig.

Si

K

Ti Cr Fe

3

10

2

10

S
Al

Ni

Cl

Cu Zn

1

0.2‒1.1 wt.% for Fe, 0.22‒0.47 wt.% for Ti and Cr,

Glass inclusion
in chondrule10

Sr180‒9000 ppm for K and Ni, 600‒960 ppm for S,
and several tens to 400 ppm for P, Sc, Mn, V, Cl,

100

Co, Cu, Sr, and Pb.

5

10

15

X-ray energy (keV)

Contents of the refractory elements, Al, Ti, andFig.2. PIXE spectrum of glass inclusion in olivine
crystal from Allende meteorite.

Ca, were ten times higher than the solar- systemabundances [15] and were comparable to those ofglass inclusions from Kaba CV3 and Renazo CR2 carbonaceous chondrites [9, 10]. Contents of themoderately volatile elements, Si, V, and Cr were almost comparable to the solar-system abundances [15],and contents of S, Zn, and Cl were extremely lower than the solar-system abundances. Such volatility
dependence agreed with those of glass inclusions from other carbonaceous chondrite [9, 10]. However, Na
and K contents were extremely high contents, despite the moderately volatile elements. The high contents
in the glass inclusions indicate their incorporations in extremely Na- and K-enriched conditions. Their
moderately volatile elements may have been concentrated in the primordial nebular gas at the formation23

regions of the Allende chondrite.
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4.2

Improvement of coincidence detection system of ion and secondary
electron in HERDA

T. Tamura, I. Harayama, Y. Watahiki, S. Ishii, D. Sekiba
In the previous annual report (2014) [1], we reported the development of coincidence detection system
for high-resolution elastic recoil detection analysis (HERDA) [2, 3] to reduce the background level
correlated to the dark current in micro-channel plate (MCP) used as the position sensitive detectors (PSDs).
In the system, the H+ ion and secondary electron from the stopper foil are coincidently detected by PSD1and PSD2, respectively as introduced by another group [4, 5]. We previously concluded that the darkcurrent noise in the HERDA spectrum was significantly reduced down to ~ 2% of the original amount,meanwhile the signals of H+ ion were also apparently suppressed down to ~ 10%. In the present report we
describe the recent resolution of this problem of the signal reduction.
We noticed that the problem of the signal reduction is attributed to the system parameter in theelectronics units named “Universal coincidence” shown in Fig. 1. In the previous system, the outputs fromthe “Dual Sum” and “Delay Amp3” were directly sent to “Universal coincidence”. However this
“Universal coincidence” accepts only the TTL signal, so that, when the pulse height of one of the outputs
from “Dual Sum” and “Delay Amp3” was lower than 3 V, “Universal coincidence” did not work. As aresult, “Universal coincidence” often did not create the “gate” of ADC, even though the H+ ion andsecondary electron were detected by PSD1 and PSD2, respectively. This problem happens due to thenon-fixed gain of the MCP. Now we put the “Timing SCA (single channel analyzer)” in front of the“Universal coincidence”, then all the signals can successfully open the gate of ADC.

Fig.1. Schematics of data acquisition system in the coincidence detection system for HERDA.

The HERDA experiment with the new electronics was done at the D-course of 1MV Tandetron at
UTTAC. The sample measured was hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) film deposited on a Si wafer.
The thickness of the a-C:H film is ~ 200 nm and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) was employed. The

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500 keV 16O+ ion was used as an incident beam, and the beam was shaped to 1 mm x 1 mm by a double
slit system. The typical beam current was ~ 10 nA.
Figure 2 shows the HERDA spectra taken on the a-C:H film with (red) and without (blue) improved
coincidence detection system. The yield of dark current (dotted lines) indicates that the dark current noiseis reduced down to ~ 1%. The background at the vacuum region (70~90 ch) is also suppressed by thecoincidence detection system. On the other hand, the reduction of the H+ ion yield (30~60 ch) due to thecoincidence detection system is ~ 75%. This is much better than the previous value of ~ 10%. Taking into
account the detection efficiency of MCP ~ 60%, 75% is very reasonable assuming that the H+ ion
penetration induces emission of one or two secondary electrons. The difference between the backgroundyield and the dark current yield with the coincidence detection system is interpreted by the multiple
scattering of the incident beam.

Fig. 2. HERDA spectra taken on the a-C:H film with (red) and without (blue) coincidence
detection system. The dark current yield was measured without beam incidence.
References[1] T. Tamura, I. Harayama, S. Maeda, S. Ishii, D. Sekiba, UTTAC annual report 2014.
[2] K. Kimura, K. Nakajima, H. Imura, Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 140 (1998) 397-401.
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Res. B 273 (2012) 241-244.

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4.3

Vacancies in InxGa1−xN/GaN multiple quantum wells fabricated on
m-plane GaN probed by a monoenergetic positron beam

A. Uedono, K. Kurihara1, N. Yoshihara, S. Nagao1, S. Ishibashi2
Vacancy-type defects in InxGa1−xN/GaN multiple quantum well (MQW) structures fabricated on m-plane
GaN by metal organic chemical vapor deposition have been studied using a monoenergetic positron beam
[1]. Through measurements of Doppler broadening spectra of the annihilation radiation, vacancy-type
defects in MQW were probed. The positron trapping rate of defects decreased under photon illumination,
which is attributed to the emission of electrons from those defects and/or the suppression of the positron
diffusion by optically active defects. The energy level of the defects was close to the energy ofphotoluminescence emissions. The relationship between the energy width of the photoluminescence line
and the defects is discussed. Results are shown in Figs. 1-5.

Fig. 2. Relationship between S and thephoton energy for m-plane GaN. The PL
spectrum is also shown. An inset shows
the recovery of S after illumination with
HeCd-laser light.

Fig. 1. S parameters as a function ofincident positron energy E for m-plane
GaN. The measurements were done in
the dark (blue symbols) and under theillumination of HeCd-laser light (brownsymbols). An inset shows a schematicband diagram for n-type semiconductor
under illumination. A blue circle and a
red square are an electron and a hole,respectively.

________________________
1 Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
2 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST),

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Fig.
3.
(a)
AtomicpositionsfortheIn0.125Ga0.725N/GaN heterostructure used in thecalculations and (b) those with VGa, where purple,
green, and gray spheres represent In, Ga, and N atoms,
respectively. The planar averaged positron densities
n+ corresponding to the defect-free structure (DF)and the structure with VGa are also shown in (c),respectively.

Fig. 4. S−E curves for the MQW1 and
MQW2 measured in the dark (blue andviolet symbols) and under the illuminationof HeCd-laser light (pink and brownsymbols). An inset shows the depth
distributions of S derived from fittings.

Fig. 5. Relationship between S and the photon energy for (a) MQW1 and(b) MQW2. The PL spectra are also shown.

Reference[1] A. Uedono et al., Appl. Phys. Express 8 (2015) 051002.

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4.4

Analysis of low Z elements in solids employing non-Rutherford
backscattering

H. Naramoto, H. Kudo, M. Sataka, H. Oshima, K. Sasa, A. Uedono1
Interactions of fast ions with atoms in solids have been employed to perform the microstructural
analysis of functional materials. The analytical information with the first priority in such a case is thedepth distributions of relevant elements, which can be realized rather easily for heavy elements in low Z
matrix by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry [1].
On the other hand, non-Rutherford process can be used to perform the sensitive analysis of low Z
elements such as C, N and O in a surface-coating layer and/or compounds of functional materials [2, 3].
This can be realized advantageously, owing to
the performance of the 6 MV tandem
accelerator installed recently at UTTAC [4]. As
the first step of this study, the energy calibrationis performed employing the resonant nuclear
elastic scattering 16O(α, α0)16O around 3.04 MeV.
In non-Rutherford scattering, the differential
cross sections of elastic scattering are strongly
dependent on energy and scattering angle.
Therefore, it is necessary in advance to performthe numerical approaches to such behavior of
the cross sections. Figure 1 shows thenumerically calculated excitation curves of
16O(α, α0)16O

nuclear elastic scattering at

Fig. 1. The numerically calculated excitation curves of
16O(α, α0)16O nuclear resonant scattering at six different
backscattering angles.

different scattering angles [5]. The peak energies are located at about 3.038 MeV. The peak increases from140° up to 170°. One can realize the importance of a choice of scattering angle close to 170° where thecross section becomes larger by an order of magnitude compared with the Rutherford case.
For the energy calibration, naturally oxidized Al plate and single-crystalline α-Al2O3 were prepared.
The energy of incident 4He2+ ions (2 mmΦ in diameter, typically 10 nA) were changed across 3.040 MeV
by small steps (5-20 keV/step), and the backscattered 4He particles were detected with a surface barrier
detector at a scattering angle of 168.5° over a solid angle of 2.76 msr.
Figure 2 shows the backscattering spectra from a naturally oxidized Al plate taken at 168.5° withdifferent incident energies of 4He2+ ions from 3.005 to 3.046 MeV. The thickness of oxidized layer is
expected to be thin enough (several nm), so that the dependence of the resonance peak on the incident
energy is drastic. The peak intensity shows the maximum at 3.045 MeV followed by the intensity drop at
3.046 MeV, which suggests that the resonant energy is around 3.045 MeV. For the quantitative evaluation,

1

Also, Tsukuba Materials Research Co., Ltd.

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α-Al2O3 single crystal with the fixed chemicalcomposition was used as a standard sample. Theenergy width of incident 4He2+ ions cannot be
controlled to remain unchanged when changing
the incident energies, and accordingly theresonance feature was observed as the peak shift
in backscattering spectra.
Figure 3 shows the dependence of the peakenergy on the incident energy for the resonantbackscattering spectra. The flat top region
around 1.192 MeV results from the convolutionof resonant peaks all over the oxide layer, which
includes the effect of energy struggling ofincident 4He2+ ions. The abrupt decrease of peakenergy in the high energy region is caused by theFig. 2. Backscattering spectra of 4He2+ ion from 16O on
naturally oxidized Al surface at 168.5° when the incident
energy is changed from 3.005 MeV to 3.046 MeV.

energy loss of 4He2+ ions backscattered deep
inside. From Fig. 3, it is reasonable to take 3.044
MeV located at the middle in the flat region as
the resonant energy. The resonance energy thus
obtained, 3.044±0.002 MeV, is within the rangeof reported value [6].

This work has been carried out under the
auspices of Open Advanced Facilities
Initiative supported by Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology, Japan.

Fig. 3. The peak energy in resonant backscattering
spectra of 4He2+ ions in α-Al2O3 as a function of theincident energy. The arrow indicates the resonanceenergy determined in this work.

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4.5

Performance of superconducting magnet for Mössbauer study (part 1)

S. Sharmin, H. Alima Latiff, H. Yanagihara, E. Kita
The Mössbauer effect is based on the principle that sometimes a nucleus in a solid matrix can emit andabsorb gamma rays without recoil; this is because when it is in a solid matrix the nucleus is no longer
isolated, but is fixed within the lattice. In general, the Mössbauer effect is optimized for low-energy gamma
rays associated with nuclei strongly bound in a crystal lattice at low temperatures [1]. The applicability ofsuperconducting magnets to studies of the Mössbauer effect stems from several factors. The fields obtainable
are sufficiently large so as to produce useful magnetic hyperfine splittings by direct interaction with thenuclear magnetic moment. This permits the determination of nuclear magnetic moments even innonmagnetic environments. Because the hyperfine fields are usually of the order of 40-50T, the external
fields must often amount to several tesla, to resolve the spectra of the opposite magnetic moments inferrimagnetic materials [2].
The magneto-optical system Spectromag (SM4000), an Oxford Instruments superconducting magnet
capable of generating magnetic fields up to 6 T was set up in 2015-2016 at UTTAC for Mössbauer
spectroscopic study purposes. The magnet is a so-called split-coil system, consisting of two Nb-Ti coils and asmall cancellation coil. This coil produces a zero field at the location of the source. The goal of this design isto minimize the stray field while achieving the homogeneous high magnetic field required. In thisconfiguration, the field is longitudinal, i.e. in the direction of the γ-rays. The whole magnet system is locatedin a cryostat with internal liquid helium and liquid N2 vessel. The split-pair superconducting magnet systemprovides optical access to a sample in a variable horizontal magnetic field and low temperature environment.
A variable temperature insert (VTI) to allow for temperatures ranging from 0.45 to 300K with optical access
was provided. The Spectromag is operated using a standard set of Oxford Instruments electronics andaccessories:i

MercuryiPS-M superconducting magnet power supply

ii Mercury iTC temperature controlleriii ILM liquid helium/nitrogen level meteriv flexible liquid helium transfer tube (siphon).

Fig.1. Setup of the measurement system withsuperconducting magnet.

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Stray fields can seriously affect the normal measurements which are made to effect a velocity calibration of
the spectrometer. In Fig. 2, the stray field distribution of the Spectromag has been presented. The numbers
and arrows indicate the amplitude and direction of the stray fields in Oe units. The linear driver experiences
magnetic field of 83 Oe when it is separated by 36 cm from the edge of the SCM at 50 kOe. Since the shift inthe velocity is proportional to the strength of the stray field, the transducer was kept apart from the dewar. In
addition, as a magnetic shield, soft steel sheets were placed between the dewar and the transducer.

57Co

source for thebackside experimentFig. 2. Stray magnetic field distribution of the Oxford SPECTRO-MAG magnetized at 50 kOe.
The numbers and arrows indicate the amplitude and direction of the stray fields in Oe units.
In order to populate the excited state of a Mössbauer isotope a radioactive isotope is needed which decays
to its excited state. In the case of 57Fe the radioactive isotope 57Co is used. Also, 57Fe(Rh) was used as a hostthroughout. The source can be attached to two vibrating systems (transducers) named LABO and WissEL,
thus providing opportunity for two separate measurements to be conducted simultaneously. Liquid helium
was provided by the Cryogenics Division, Research Facility Center for Science and Technology fromrecovered helium gas, transferred through a pipeline from the laboratory. After the sample was mounted in
the sample space, the extension rod of the 57Co source was attached to the drivers. The transmission of γ rays was checked to see if there was about 20 counts/30 sec in each channel. After repeated evacuation of thesample space, outer vacuum jacket (OVJ), and VTI, the superconducting magnet was ready for use (see Fig.
1).
References[1] D. P. E. Dickson, F. J. Berry, eds., Mössbauer Spectroscopy, Cambridge University Press (1986).
[2] W. Keune, Hyperfine Interactions 204 (2012) 13-45B.

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4.6

Performance of superconducting magnet for Mössbauer study (part 2)

S. Sharmin, H. Alima Latiff, H. Yanagihara, E. Kita
Mössbauer spectroscopy under a high external magnetic field was performed in transmission geometry, inwhich the absorption of the γ-ray is detected. To evaluate the performance of the Mössbauer system with thesuperconducting magnet, a comparison of Mössbauer spectra for standard Fe (8 μm) with and withoutmagnetic field was carried out. It was quite evident that the spectra change with the application of magnetic
field, especially in the case of linewidth (LW), which increases as a magnetic field is applied (Fig. 1).
Hyperfine field (HHF) decreased from 330 kOe for H = 0 to 299 kOe under H = 50 kOe by about 30 kOe. The
2nd and 5th peaks disappeared due to the magnetization alignment parallel to the gamma-ray direction.
In order to double-check if the spectra really represent the Fe and exclude any experimental artifact,
especially on the isomer shift (IS) and calibration factor, spectra of the α-Fe at the back side of the linear
driver were also measured with the SCM charged at H = 0 and H = 5 T setting the another 57Co source at theleft side of the linear driver seen in Fig. 2 (secondary circuit side). These measurements directly test theeffect of SCM magnetic field on the linear drive. Note that the α-Fe foil for the backside measurements was
set with a distance of more than 60 cm from the SCM. Mössbauer spectra were shown in Fig. 2 andparameters are listed in Table 1. It was found that the linewidths for H=0 and H= 5 T were 0.32121 and
0.26247 mm/s respectively, almost equally opposite to the previous measurements where for H = 0 and H = 5
T the linewidths were 0.26057 and 0.33179 mm/s, respectively. If the system has the same velocity
characteristics, then the calibration factors should not change. The calibration factor is 0.04586 for 5 T,
which is almost the same as the zero field value, 0.04593. Therefore, we can say that the systemcharacteristics remain the same and the effect of stray field from SCM on the driver is small.

Fig.2. Mössbauer spectra of standard Fe (8 μm)
Fig.1. Mössbauer spectra of standard Fe (8 μm) at

measured at the backside, (a) H = 0 and (b) H = 50

room temperature (a) H = 0 and (b) H = 50 kOe.

kOe.

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Table 1. Mössbauer parameters of standard Fe 8 μm absorbers measured under/near the external field (H)generated by the Oxford SCM system. Data were collected at room temperature and were analyzed as
standard spectra where hyperfine field (HHF) and isomer shift (IS) were fixed as 330 kOe and 0 mm/s,
respectively, except spectrum recorded under 50 kOe.
H
(kOe)

HHF
(kOe)

IS
(mm/s)

LW(mm/s)

Center Ch.
(channel)Cal fact.
(mm/s/ch)

Exp ID

0330-

0.26057

253.609

0.046012B25

50

298.860.00030.33179

Backside 0330-

0.32121254.7080.045925

A110R

Std

50

330

0.26247254.674

0.045858

A111R

Std

SCM

Std

B27

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Fig 3(a)Fig 3(b)4.7High magnetic field Mössbauer study on (Mg)Fe3O4 nano-particles

S. Sharmin, D. Isaka, H. Alima Latiff, M. Kishimoto, H. Yanagihara, E. Kita
Spinel ferrites exhibit various magnetic properties and have been utilized for many applications such as
high and medium frequency power devices and signal transformers. The basic structure of spinel ferrite
is magnetite, Fe3O4, with an inverse spinel structure where divalent ions are preferably placed on the Bsites. Namely in magnetite, Fe3+ ions occupy A sites and equal amounts of Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions occupy the Bsites of spinel structure. Magnetic structures are mainly determined by the strong antiferromagnetic
interaction between A and B sites. Addition of metallic elements replacing divalent Fe2+ ions can modify
the physical and magnetic properties. For example, Mn and Ni addition improve soft-magnetic properties
and Zn addition can increase saturation magnetization. These features have been used for actual
applications. Furthermore, novel applications have been developed for bio-medicine fields such as drugdelivery and magnetic hyperthermia because ferrite oxides can realize biocompatible materials.
Magnetic nanoparticles of spinel oxides have attracted much attention because of their potential togenerate heat in magnetic hyperthermia and thermoablation for cancer therapy. The origin of magneticallygenerated heat from inductive mediators essentially depends on the size and magnetic properties of theparticles. Hysteresis loss is a dominant mechanism of heat generation for ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic
particles. We have been studying ferromagnetic nanoparticles, especially cobalt-doped magnetite particles,
as high heat generating materials for magnetic hyperthermia and thermoablation. We must consider thebiocompatibility of magnetic materials for their practical use. The biocompatibility of elements other thaniron, cobalt in particular, must be carefully checked, even when they are used as dopants. Since cobalt
toxicity is not fully understood, preparing cobalt-free particles is beneficial for safety aspects. We
synthesized Mg-containing iron oxide particles and reported the basic characteristics of the (Mg)Fe3O4
particles [1]. The magnitude of the coercive forces peaked for the MTH1 sample and then decreased withincreasing Mg content for the other samples.
Mössbauer measurements under an external magnetic field have been used to understand thecharge-state distribution of magnetic ions in ferrimagnetic materials because magnetic fields work in
different directions on Fe ions parallel and anti-parallel to an external field [2]. To understand the Mg ion
distribution, which affect much on the magnetic properties, Mössbauer spectra were measured on the Mg
introduced spinel ferrite nano-particles under the external magnetic field.
Spinel-structured Mg-containing iron oxide nanoparticles, (Mg)Fe3O4, were synthesized byco-precipitation and a hydrothermal process. We have labeled the various nanoparticle samples MTH0
through MTH6 corresponding to the increasing Mg content from 0 to 10.0 at% with respect to the total Fe
content: the concentration of 2 at% in MTH1 corresponds to Mg0.06Fe2.94O4. Characterization of thesample was summarized in the previous report [1]. 57Fe Mössbauer spectra for the MTH1 sample wererecorded at room temperature under 0 kOe and 40 kOe of the external magnetic fields. The spectra werenumerically analyzed using commercially available fitting software, MössWinn 4.0.
The Mössbauer spectra recorded at room temperature are shown in Fig. 1. The spectrum without

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magnetic field (H=0) can fit the combination of two magnetic sub-spectrum with almost the same
parameters as Fe3O4. It is reasonable because only 2 % of Fe was replaced by Mg in the sample. The
sub-spectrum with higher hyperfine field corresponds to Fe3+ on the A sites and the one with lower
hyperfine field corresponds to Fe2.5+ on the B sites. Under the magnetic field of 40 kOe, the spectrum isobviously composed of 3 sub-spectra. The sub-spectrum with highest hyperfine field should correspond to
Fe3+ on the A site. However the other two sub-spectra cannot be understood simply and need to beanalyzed carefully.

Fig. 1. Mössbauer spectra for Mg0.06Fe2.94O4 nano-particles(NP) MTH1 measured
at room temperature under no magnetic field (upper) and 40 kOe (lower).
References[1] D. Isaka, M. Kishimoto, H. Yanagihara, E. Kita, UTTAC Annual report 2012 (2013) 28.
[2] J. Chappert, R.B. Frankel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 19 (1967) 570.

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4.8

Effect of annealing temperatures on crystal structure of CuFe2O4
nanoparticles studied with Mössbauer spectroscopy

Hawa Latiff, M. Kishimoto, S. Sharmin, H. Yanagihara, E. Kita
Among all the spinel ferrites, cobalt ferrite (CFO) can exhibit extraordinarily large anisotropy whentetragonal distortion is introduced in the structure. In a previous study, we reported extraordinarily large
perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in epitaxially strained CFO (001) thin films with Ku of almost 10
Merg/cm3 by introducing a tetragonal distortion (c/a<1) [1]. Substrate-induced epitaxial distortion iscontrolled by the lattice constant mismatch of the substrate and the target. However, this type of distortionis only possible in thin films form of structure. In order for bulk production to be feasible, we propose theintroduction of Jahn-Teller (JT) distortion in the nanoparticle structure. A typical example of the JT effectin spinel ferrite, is the tetragonal phase transformation of copper ferrite (CuFe2O4) observed at room
temperature. In this report, CuFe2O4 particles were synthesized and the crystal structures were analyzed
using Mössbauer spectroscopy.
CuFe2O4 particles were synthesized by coprecipitation and flux methods. Aqueous solutions
containing Cu2+, Fe2+, and Fe3+ were mixed with NaOH aqueous solution to form precipitates. The
precipitates were mixed with KBr flux, and heated at 850℃ for 3 hours. The particles obtained in this way
were then rinsed with water a few times to remove the flux. Finally, the particles were annealed at
700–900°C for 2 h in air and/or in vacuum to investigate effect of annealing conditions on the crystal
structure.
The XRD patterns of the samples, CF1, CFH1, CFH2, CFH3, CFH4, are shown in Fig. 1. For the
as-fluxed particles (CF1) most of the peaks are of cubic spinel with a slight trace of peaks attributable to
CuO. When the CF1 particles were heated to 700–800°C in air, peaks splitting are observed showing themixed phase of cubic and tetragonal CuFe2O4. After heating at 900°C in air, a single phase tetragonal
CuFe2O4 was obtained. On the other hand, when annealing treatment was carried out in vacuum
environment, a cubic structure with fairly narrow line width was obtained. CFH4 has good crystallinity
and no tetragonal distortion was confirmed from the XRD pattern.
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Fe Mössbauer study was performed on CF1, CFH3 and CFH4 samples. The Mössbauer spectra

recorded at room temperature are shown in Fig. 2 and the fitting parameters are tabulated in Table 1. Eachspectrum was fitted to a combination of 1 or 2 sextets and/or 2 paramagnetic components. The values of
Hh.f., I.S., Q.S., and L.W. of bulk CuFe2O4 for both cubic and tetragonal phase were compared withpublished results by Evans et al. [2]. Sample CF1 had a wide line width and the Fe3+ originated spectrum
was unresolved for A and B sites. The Hh.f. value is somewhat larger, whereas the line width is almost thesame as the bulk value.
The magnetic properties for sample CF1, CFH3 and CFH4 are summarized in Table 2. The saturation
magnetization for CF1 and CFH3 were about the same as that of a complete inverse spinel (MS ~2137

emu/g). For CFH4, the value of MS is about double the theoretical value, which suggests that it may
contain 10% of normal spinel (MS ~210 emu/g).

CuFe2O4 (tetra.)o

CuFe2O4 (cubic)

900 C,vac.

CuO

3+

CFH4
CF1
as fluxedoIntensity (arb.)

900 C, air

CFH3

Intensity (arb.)

Fe (A)
3+
Fe (B)
para (I)para (II)o

800 C, air

CFH2o

700 C, air

A

CFH4
cubic

CFH1
CFH3

as fluxed

tetra.

CF1

20

-10

30

40

50

-5

60

0

5

Velocity (mm/s)

2θ (deg.)

Fig. 2. Room temperature 57Fe
Mössbauer spectra of cubic andtetragonal CuFe2O4 particles.

Fig. 1. XRD patterns of CuFe2O4 after
annealing treatment at increasing
temperature in air and/or vacuum.

Table 1. Mössbauer fitting parameters for spectra in Fig. 2.
Sample
CF1

XRD
structure
Cubic

CFH4

Cubic

CFH3

Tetragonal

Fit

Hh.f. (T)Fe3+ (A, B)
Doublet (1)Doublet (2)Fe3+ (A)Fe3+ (B)Fe3+ (A)Fe3+ (B)

50.8
47.31
50.49
47.94
50.76

I. S.
(mm/s)
0.30
0.35
0.35
0.29
0.36
0.27
0.36

Q. S.
(mm/s)
-0.04
0.70
2.5
-0.015-0.158-0.027-0.282L. W.
(mm/s)
1.0
0.38
0.34
0.57
0.35
0.47
0.41

Table 2. Magnetic properties of the CF1, CFH3 and CFH4.
Sample
CF1
CFH3
CFH4

Structure
(XRD)
Cubic
Tetragonal
Cubic

10

DXRD (nm)MS (emu/g)

HC (Oe)

13
36
66

25
26.9
41.2

133
823
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References[1] T. Niizeki et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 103 (2013) 162407.
[2] B. J. Evans et al., J. Phys. Chem. Solid. 29 (1968) 1573.

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Area
(%)
92.76
2.40
4.83
84.61
15.39
61.85
38.15

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PIXE measurements for light elements in inorganic materials by asilicon drift detector with a thin Si3 N4 window

A. Yamazaki, K. Sasa, S. Ishii, M. Kurosawa, S. Tomita, A. Uedono, E. Kita
Light elements such as boron, nitrogen, and oxygen often play important roles in various characteristics of materials. Accordingly, instruments and methods for observing the light elements are indispensable
for materials research. Better detection sensitivity is strongly required for these methods when a trace oflight elements involved in a material is of physical and essential importance.
Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) is one of useful methods for elemental analysis using an ion
beam and is suitable for detecting trace elements because of its relatively large emission cross sectionof inner-shell characteristic X-rays. In addition, PIXE provides data with high signal-to-background ratio because the intensity of the projectile bremsstrahlung, which is one of the causes of the continuous
background, is much less than that induced by electron beams.
In these days, silicon drift detectors (SDDs) are often used for observing characteristic X-rays because
the mounted silicon photodiode with ring electrodes enables high-count-rate measurements. However, it
is difficult to detect the low-energy characteristic X-rays from light elements, which is not only for SDDs
but also ordinary X-ray detectors such as Si(Li) detectors.
In UTTAC, SDD with a thin window is adopted to observe characteristic X-rays emitted from lightelements in the structural materials. The front entrance window is made of silicon nitride (Si3 N4 ) film
coated with aluminum. The thicknesses of the Si3 N4 film and the Al coating are 40 and 30 nm, respectively. Photographs of SDD, XR-100FastSDD (Amptek Inc., US) with pulse processing unit and its front
window are shown in Fig. 1.
In order to examine the performance of the detection of low energy X-rays of several hundred keV,PIXE measurements were performed at the 1MV Tandetron facility. A 1.92 MeV proton beam was provided from the Tandetron accelerator and transported to the C course. A boron nitride (BN) plate and a
Kapton film were placed at the center of the chamber and irradiated by the proton beam. In the vacuum
chamber, SDD was placed at an angle of 150◦ with respect to the beam axis and observed X-rays emitted
from the sample. The distance from the target and SDD was 95 mm and the solid angle of the SDD was
2.2 msr. The typical beam current was 37 pA on target.
Examples of the X-ray energy spectra obtained are shown in Fig. 2. The data accumulation time wasabout 20 minutes. The characteristic X-rays of boron (183 eV), carbon (277 eV), nitrogen (392 eV), andoxygen (525 eV), are clearly shown in Fig. 2. The FWHM of the carbon peak in the Kapton spectrum wasabout 66 eV. It should be noted that the spectra below 100 eV are cut off to prevent enormous electronicnoises from coming into ADC. Suppression of the noises is strongly required for observing characteristic
X-rays emitted from light elements, especially from boron.
Acknowledgement
This work is supported by Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program - Unit D66 Innovative measurement and analysis for structural materials (SIP-IMASM) operated by the cabinet office.

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Fig. 1. Photographs of the silicon drift detector XR-100FastSDD with digital pulse processor (Amptek
Inc., US) (left). An entrance window is made of silicon nitride (Si3 N4 ) with a thickness of 40 nm forobserving characteristic X-rays from light elements (right).

black : BN
red : Kapton

C
4

Yield [counts]

10

N

O

B

2

10

0

10

0

500
Energy [eV]1000

Fig. 2. X-ray energy spectra obtained by SDD with a thin silicon nitride (Si3 N4 ) window.

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

5.1

Journals

ACCELERATOR AND EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES
1.

K. Sasa, T. Takahashi, M. Matsumura, T. Matsunaka, Y. Satou, D. Izumi, K. Sueki, “The new 6 MV
multi-nuclide AMS facility at the University of Tsukuba”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods inPhysics Research B 361 (2015) 124-128.

NUCLEAR PHYSICS
1.

Y. G. Ma, D. Q. Fang, X. Y. Sun, P. Zhou, Y. Togano, N. Aoi, H. Baba, X.Z. Cai, X. G. Cao, J. G.
Chen, Y. Fu, W. Guo, Y. Hara, T. Honda, Z. G. Hu, K. Ieki, Y. Ishibashi, Y. Ito, N. Iwasa, S. Kanno,
T. Kawabata, H. Kimura, Y. Kondo, K. Kurita, M. Kurokawa, T. Moriguchi, H. Murakami, H.
Ooishi, K. Okada, S. Ota, A. Ozawa, H. Sakurai, S. Shimoura, R. Shioda, E. Takeshita, S. Takeuchi,
W.D. Tian, H.W. Wang, J.S. Wang, M. Wang, K. Yamada, Y. Yamada, Y. Yasuda, K. Yoneda, G.Q.
Zhang, and T. Motobayashi, “Different mechanism of two-proton emission from proton-rich nuclei
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2.

Al and 22Mg”, Physics Letters B 743 (2015) 306–309.

S. Omika, T. Yamaguchi, M. Fukuda, A. Kitagawa, S. Matsunaga, D. Nagae, D. Nishimura, T.
Nishimura, A. Ozawa, S. Sato, K. Sawahata, T. Suzuki, and Y. Takeuchi, “Spatial distributions ofphotons in plastic scintillator detected by multi-anode photomultiplier for heavy-ion position
determination” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 797 (2015) 247–254.

3.

S. Momota, I. Tanihata, A. Ozawa, M. Notani, K. Yoshida, K. Morimoto, T. Yamaguchi, T. Onishi,
A. Yoshida, Y. X. Watanabe, Z. Liu, and A. Ono, “Velocity-dependent transverse momentum
distribution of fragments produced from 40Ar+9Be at 95 MeV/nucleon”, Physical Review C 92
(2015) 024608.

4.

Y. Abe, Y. Yamaguchi, M. Wakasugi, T. Uesaka, A. Ozawa, F. Suzaki, D. Nagae, H. Miura, T.
Yamaguchi and Y. Yano, “Isochronous field study of the Rare-RI Ring” Physica Scripta T166, 2015
(2015) 014047.

5.

Y. Yamaguchi, H. Miura, M. Wakasugi, Y. Abe, A. Ozawa, F. Suzaki, A. Tokuchi, T. Uesaka, T.
Yamaguchi and Y. Yano, “Fast-kicker system for rare-RI ring” Physica Scripta T166, 2015 (2015)
014056.

6.

F. Suzaki, Y. Abe, A. Ozawa, T. Suzuki, T. Uesaka, M. Wakasugi, K. Yamada, T. Yamaguchi, Y.
Yamaguchi, J. Zenihiro and the rare-RI Ring collaboration, “A resonant Schottky pick-up for
Rare-RI Ring at RIKEN”, Physica Scripta T166, 2015 (2015) 014059.

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ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
1.

T. Matsunaka, K. Sasa, K. Sueki, T. Takahashi, M. Matsumura, Y. Satou, J. Kitagawa, N. Kinoshita,
H. Matsuzaki, “Pre- and post-accident 129I and 137Cs levels, and 129I/127I and 129I/137Cs ratios in soil
profiles near the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan”, Journal of Environmental
Radioactivity 151 (2015) 209-217.

2.

Y. Miyake, H. Matsuzaki, K. Sasa, T. Takahashi, “Measurement of long-lived radionuclides insurface soil around F1NPP accident site by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry”, Nuclear Instruments
and Methods in Physics Research B 361 (2015) 627-631.

3.

Y. Satou, K. Sueki, K. Sasa, T. Matsunaka, T. Takahashi, N. Shibayama, D. Izumi, N. Kinoshita, H.
Matsuzaki, “Technological developments for strontium-90 determination using AMS”, Nuclear
Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 361 (2015) 233-236.

4.

J. B. Wang, L. P. Zhu, Y. Wang, P. Peng, Q. F. Ma, T. Haberzettl, T. Kasper, T. Matsunaka, and T.
Nakamura, “Variability of the 14C reservoir effects in Lake Tangra Yumco, Central Tibet (China),
determined from recent sedimentation rates and dating of plant fossils”, Quaternary International
2015 (in Press) doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.084 (2016).

BEAM AND ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
1.

M. Kurosawa, K. Sasa, K. C. Shin, S. Ishii, Trace-element compositions and Br/Cl ratios of fluidinclusions in the Tsushima granite, Japan: Significance for formation of granite-derived fluids,
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 182 (2016) 216–239.

2.

S. Tomita, Y. Nakai, S. Funada, H. Tanikawa, I. Harayama, H. Kobara, K. Sasa, J. O. P. Pedersen
and P. Hvelplund, “Oxidation of SO2 and Formation of Water Droplets under Irradiation of 20 MeV
protons in N2/H2O/SO2”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 365 (2015)616-621.

3.

A. Uedono, M. Malinverni, D. Martin, H. Okumura, S. Ishibashi, and N. Grandjean, “Vacancy-type
defects in Mg-doped GaN grown by ammonia-based molecular beam epitaxy probed using amonoenergetic positron beam”, J. Appl. Phys. 119 (2016) 245702 (1-6). [DOI: 10.1063/1.4954288]

4.

A. Uedono, Y. Tsukada, Y. Mikawa, T. Mochizuki, H. Fujisawa, H. Ikeda, K. Kurihara, K. Fujito, S.
Terada, S. Ishibashi, and S. F. Chichibu, “Vacancies and electron trapping centers in acidic

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ammonothermal GaN probed by a monoenergetic positron beam”, J. Cryst. Growth 448 (2016)
117-121. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.05.015]
5.

W. Zhu, B. Mitchell, D. Timmerman, A. Uedono, A. Koizumi, and Y. Fujiwara, “Enhanced
photo/electroluminescence properties of Eu-doped GaN through optimization of the growthtemperature and Eu related defect environment”, APL Mater. 4 (2016) 056103(1-7). [doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4950826]

6.

S. Hooda, S. A. Khan, B. Satpati, A. Uedono, S. Sellaiyan, K. Asokan, D. Kanjilal, and D. Kabiraj,“Nanopores formation and shape evolution in Ge during intense ionizing irradiation”, Microporousand Mesoporous Mat., 225 (2016) 323-330. [doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.01.006]

7.

A. Uedono, M. M. Islam, T. Sakurai, C. Hugenschmidt, W. Egger, R. Scheer, R. Krause-Rehberg,
and K. Akimoto, “Vacancy behavior in Cu(In1−xGax)Se2 layers grown by a three-stage
coevaporation process probed by monoenergetic positron beams”, Thin Solid Films 603 (2016)418-423. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2016.02.057]

8.

K. Kojima, Y. Tsukada, E. Furukawa, M. Saito, Y. Mikawa, S. Kubo, H. Ikeda, K. Fujito, A.
Uedono, and S. F. Chichibu, “Electronic and optical characteristics of an m-plane GaN single
crystal grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy on a GaN seed synthesized by the ammonothermal
method using an acidic mineralizer”, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 55 (2016) 05FA03(1-4). [DOI:
10.7567/JJAP.55.05FA03]

9.

A. Uedono, S. Armini, Y. Zhang, T. Kakizaki, R. Krause-Rehberg, W. Anwand, and A. Wagner,“Surface sealing using self-assembled monolayers and its effect on metal diffusion in porous low-k
dielectrics studied using monoenergetic positron beams”, Appl. Surf. Sci. 368 (2016) 272-276.
[DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.01.267]

10.

K. Tsuji, M. Nakaya, A. Uedono, and A. Hotta, “Enhancement of the gas barrier property ofpolypropylene by introducing plasma-treated silane coating with SiOx-modified top-surface”, Surf.
& Coatings Tech. 284 (2015) 377-383. [10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.10.027]

11.

M. Nakaya, A. Uedono, and A. Hotta, “Recent progress in gas barrier thin film coatings on PET
bottles in food and beverage applications”, Coatings 5 (2015) 987-1001. [10.3390/coatings
5040987]

12.

A. Uedono, S. Takashima, M. Edo, K. Ueno, H. Matsuyama, H. Kudo, H. Naramoto, and S.
Ishibashi, “Vacancy-type defects and their annealing behaviors in Mg-implanted GaN studied by amonoenergetic positron beam”, Phys. Status Solidi B 252 (2015) 2794-2801. [DOI:
10.1002/pssb.201552345]

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13.

T. Selvalakshmi, S. Sellaiyan, A. Uedono, A. C. Bose, “Investigation on photoluminescence,electrical and positron lifetime of Eu3+ activated Gd2O3 phosphors”, Mat. Chem. Phys. 166 (2015)
73-81. [doi:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.09.029]

14.

N. Qi, Z. Q. Chen, and A. Uedono, “Molecular motion and relaxation below glass transition
temperature in poly (methyl methacrylate) studied by positron annihilation”, Rad. Phys. Chem.
108 (2015) 81-86.

15.

A. Sagara, A. Uedono, and S. Shibata, “Thermal behavior of residual defects in low-dose arsenicand boron-implanted silicon after high-temperature rapid thermal annealing”, IEEE Trans. Semi.
Manufacturing 28 (2015) 92-94.

16.

C. Ohrt, K. Rätzke, N. Oshima, Y. Kobayashi, B. E. O’Rourke, R. Suzuki, A. Uedono, and F.
Faupel, “Free volume profiles at polymer−solid interfaces probed by focused slow positron beam”,
Macromolecules 48 (2015) 1493-1498. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00180]

17.

K. Kataoka, M. Kanechika, T. Narita, Y. Kimoto, and A. Uedono, “Positron annihilation andcathodoluminescence study on inductively coupled plasma etched GaN”, Phys. Status Solidi B 252(2015) 913-916. [DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201451498]

18.

K. Kojima, Y. Tsukada, E. Furukawa, M. Saito, Y. Mikawa, S. Kubo, H. Ikeda, K. Fujito, A.
Uedono, and S. F. Chichibu, “Low-resistivity m-plane freestanding GaN substrate with very low
point-defect concentrations grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy on a GaN seed crystal
synthesized by the ammonothermal method”, APEX 8 (2015) 095501(1-5).

19.

A. Uedono, K. Kurihara, N. Yoshihara, S. Nagao, and S. Ishibashi, “Vacancies in InxGa1−xN/GaN
multiple quantum wells fabricated on m-plane GaN probed by a monoenergetic positron beam”,
APEX 8 (2015) 051002(1-4). [doi:10.7567/APEX.8.051002]

20.

H. Latiff, A. Horiuchi, M. Kishimoto, H. Yanagihara, E. Kita, “Effect of reaction temperature on
particle size of iron oxide nanoparticles via heating of platelet α-FeOOH in tetraethylene glycol”
IEEE TransMAG 51 (2015) 5400304.

21.

S. F. Chichibu, K. Kojima, Y. Yamazaki, K. Furusawa, and A. Uedono, “Controlling the carrier
lifetime of nearly threading-dislocation-free ZnO homoepitaxial films by 3d transition-metal
doping”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108 (2016) 021904.

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5.2

Proceedings

1.

S. Ishibashi and A. Uedono, “Computational studies of positron states and annihilation parameters
in semiconductors − vacancy-type defects in group-III nitrides −”, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 674(2016)
012020 (1-10). [doi:10.1088/1742-6596/674/1/012020]

2.

F. Suzaki, Y. Abe, Z. Ge, D. Nagae, S. Naimi, T. Uesaka, T. Watanabe, M. Wakasugi, K. Yamada, Y.
Yamaguchi, J. Zenihiro, Y. Yano, I. Kato, H. Miura, T. Nishimura, S. Omika, T. Suzuki, N. Tadano,
Y. Takeuchi, T. Yamaguchi, K. Hiraishi, Y. Ichikawa, T. Moriguchi, A. Ozawa, S. Suzuki, Y. Tajiri,“PERFORMANCE OF A RESONANT SCHOTTKY PICK-UP IN THE COMMISSIONING OF
RARE-RI RING”, Proceedings of HIAT2015 (2015) 98-100.

3.

H. Miura, Y. Abe, Z. Ge, K. Hiraishi, Y. Ichikawa, I. Kato, T. Moriguchi, D. Nagae, S. Naimi, T.
Nishimura, S. Omika, A. Ozawa, F. Suzaki, S. Suzuki, T.Suzuki, N.Tadano, Y. Tajiri, Y. Takeuchi, T.
Uesaka, M. Wakasugi, T. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamaguchi, PERFORMANCE OF A FAST KICKERMAGNET FOR RARE-RI RING, Proceedings of HIAT2015 (2015) 95-97.

4.

K. Sasa, S. Ishii, H. Oshima, H. Kimura, T. Takahashi, Y. Tajima, Y. Yamato, D. Sekiba, T.
Moriguchi, E. Kita, “STATUS OF THE TANDEM ACCELERATOR COMPLEX AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA (UTTAC)”, Proceedings of the 12th Annual Meeting of Particle
Accelerator Society of Japan (PASJ2015) (2015) 322-324.

5.

K. Sasa, S. Ishii, K. Kita, T. Moriguchi, H. Oshima, D. Sekiba, Y. Tajima, T. Takahashi and Y.
Yamato, “Construction of the 6 MV Tandem Accelerator System for Various Ion Beam
Applications at the University of Tsukuba”, JACoW, Proceedings of the 13th International
Conference on Heavy Ion Accelerator Technology (2015) 285-287.

6.

松中哲也, 笹公和, 末木啓介, 恩田裕一, 石丸隆, 谷口圭輔, 脇山義史, 本多真紀, 高橋努,
松村万寿美, 松崎浩之, 「福島原発事故起源ヨウ素 129 の陸域から海洋環境への移行研究」,
Proceedings of the 16th Workshop on Environmental Radioactivity, High Energy Accelerator
Research Organization (2015) 190-194.

7.

松中哲也, 笹公和, 末木啓介, 高橋努, 松村万寿美, 後藤章夫, 渡邊隆広, 土屋範芳, 平野
伸夫, 松崎浩之, 「蔵王山火口湖ヨウ素同位体比の経時変化と火山活動に関する研究」,
Proceedings of the 16th Workshop on Environmental Radioactivity, High Energy Accelerator
Research Organization (2015) 55-61.

8.

白石智康, 南基泰, 渡邊隆広, 中村俊夫, 朱立平, 松中哲也, 西村弥亜, 「DNAバーコーデ
ィングを利用したチベット高原プマユムツォ湖より採取された約15,000年前の湖底柱状堆
積物中に含まれた植物片の種同定」, DNA多型 Vol.23 (2015) No.1.

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9.

松中哲也, 笹公和, 末木啓介, 高橋努, 松村万寿美, 後藤章夫, 渡邊隆広, 土屋範芳, 平野
伸夫, 松崎浩之, 「蔵王山における火山活動とヨウ素同位体比の変動」, 第17回AMSシン
ポジウム報告集 (2015) 108-111．

10.

松中哲也, 笹公和, 末木啓介, 高橋努, 松村万寿美, 大森貴之, 松崎浩之, 中村俊夫,「GC-AMSの開発と炭素14自動前処理システムの性能評価」, 第17回AMSシンポジウム報
告集 (2015) 51-55

11.

笹公和，高橋，松中哲也，松村万寿美，泉大希，佐藤志彦，本多真紀，坂口綾，末木啓介，「筑波大学6MV AMSシステムの設置状況と将来展望」，第17回AMSシンポジウム報告集(2015) 20-23.

12.

泉大希，笹公和，高橋努，松中哲也，佐藤志彦，松村万寿美，末木啓介，戸崎裕貴，三宅泰斗，松崎浩之，「PHITSを用いた36Cl-AMS測定条件の評価と宇宙線生成核種の測定」，第17回AMSシンポジウム報告集(2015) 61-64.

13.

佐藤志彦，末木啓介，笹公和，松中哲也，柴山尚大，泉大希，高橋努，木下哲一，松崎浩
之，「90Sr-AMSのための古層抽出を用いた試料精製の検討」，第17回AMSシンポジウム報告集(2015) 69.

14.

松村万寿美，笹公和，松中哲也，高橋努，佐藤志彦,末木啓介，松崎浩之，「AMS試料実験
室における129Iの汚染調査」，第17回AMSシンポジウム報告集(2015) 70-73.

15.

本多真紀，末木啓介，松中哲也，坂口綾，笹公和，松崎浩之，「耐圧密閉容器を用いた土壌からの放射性核種抽出法の開発」，第17回AMSシンポジウム報告集(2015) 74-76.

16.

坂口綾，P. Steier，野村知哉，門倉彰伸，渡邊剛，高橋嘉夫，山野博哉，末木啓介，「環日236
本海における U」，第17回AMSシンポジウム報告集(2015) 89-93.

17.

渡邊雅也，末木啓介，笹公和，松中哲也，松村万寿美，高橋努，松崎浩之，五十嵐康人，「つくば地域における129I降下量の変動」第17回AMSシンポジウム報告集(2015) 112-115.

18.

富田涼平，末木啓介，笹公和，松中哲也，本多真紀，佐藤志彦，松村万寿美，高橋努，坂口綾，松崎浩之，「原発事故以降の河川における放射性核種と溶存イオンの挙動」第17回
AMSシンポジウム報告集(2015) 117-120.

19.

M. Matsuo, T. Murayama, K. Koike, S. Sasa, M. Yano, A. Uedono, S. Gonda, R. Ishigami, K.
Kume, and T. Ohtomio, 2015 IEEE Int. Meeting for Future of Elec. Dev. KANSAI (IMFEDK),(2015). [ISBN:978-1-4799-8615-6]

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5.3

Reviews

1.

山口由高, 若杉昌徳, 阿部康志, 洲嵜ふみ, 長江大輔, 大甕舜一朗, 三浦宙, Naimi SARAH,
Ge ZHUANG, 山口貴之, 小沢顕, 上坂友洋, 大西純一, 菊池崇志, 込山美咲, 熊谷桂子, 徳
地明, 藤縄雅, 眞家武士, 山澤秀行, 柳澤善行, 渡邉裕, 矢野安重, 「理研 RI ビームファク
トリー稀少 RI リングの建設」, 日本加速器学会誌「加速器」Vol. 12, No. 3 (2015) 132-141.

2.

大島永康，鈴木良一，上殿明良，「陽電子マイクロプローブとその応用」，放射線と産業 139(2015) 9-12.

3.

上殿明良，「陽電子消滅による半導体デバイス材料中の空孔型欠陥の評価」，応用物理 84(2015) 402-408.

5.4

Books

1.

RI ビーム「放射化学の事典」118~120 ページ（担当 小沢顕）, 日本放射化学会編集, 朝倉書店 2015 年 9 月 25 日初版

2.

T. Matsunaka, K. Sasa, K. Sueki, Y. Onda. K. Taniguchi, Y. Wakiyama, T. Takahashi, M.
Matsumura, H. Matsuzaki, Migration behavior of particulate 129I in the Niida River system,
Chapter 6, Radiological Issues for Fukushima’s Revitalized Future, Springer (2016) 57-63.

3.

S. F. Chichibu, H. Miyake, K. Hiramatsu, and A. Uedono, “Impacts of Dislocations and Point
Defects on the Internal Quantum Efficiency of the Near-Band-Edge Emission in AlGaN-Based
DUV Light-Emitting Materials”, III-Nitride Ultraviolet Emitters: Technology and Applications,
Springer Series in Materials Science 227 (2016) 115-136. [10.1007/978-3-319-24100-5_5]

4.

上殿明良，シリコン結晶技術

第 5.3.6 章 陽電子消滅, 日本学術振興会 技術の伝承プロジ

ェクト編集委員会編 福島企画 (2015) 402-405.

5.5International conferences

1.

K. Sueki, N. Shibayama, R. Tomita, Y. Satou, K. Sasa, T. Takahashi, T. Matsunaka, M.
Matsumura, H. Matsuzaki, M. Murakami, R. Yamashita, H. Takada, Y. Koibuchi, O. Haecong, G.
Mouri, , T. Oki, “Time variation of iodine-129 and radioactive cesium in river water at Ohori
River”, The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, 15-20 December 2015,
Honolulu, USA.

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Y.Satou, K. Adachi, T. Ono, Y. Iizawa, Y. Abe, I. Nakai, Y. Igarashi, K. Sasa, K .Sueki,“Physicochemical characterizations of radioactive particles emitted at the Fukushima Dai-ichi
Nuclear Power Plant accident” The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies,
15-20 December 2015, Honolulu, USA.

3.

R. Tomita , T. Matsunaka, M. Honda, Y. Satou, M. Matsumura, T. Takahasi, A. Sakaguchi, K.
Sasa, K. Sueki and H. Matsuzaki, “Environmental dynamics of dissolved radionuclides and ions inriverine water after the FDNPP accident” The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin
Societies, 15-20 December 2015, Honolulu, USA.

4.

A. Ozawa, “Mass measurements with Rare-RI Ring at RIBF”, 2015 SKLTP-BLTP Joint
Workshop on Physics of Strong Interaction, 30 October-2 November 2015, Ronghu Lake Hotel,
Guilin, China (invited).

5.

K. Sasa, T. Takahashi, M. Matsumura, T. Matsunaka, Y. Satou, M. Honda, D. Izumi, R.Tomita, S.
Hosoya, A. Sakaguchi and K. Sueki, “Construction of the 6 MV tandem accelerator for
multi-nuclide AMS at the University of Tsukuba”, The 6th East Asia Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry Symposium (EA-AMS 6), National Taiwan University, 05-08 October 2015, Taipei,
Taiwan (invited) .

6.

Y. Satou, K. Sueki, K. Sasa, T. Matsunaka, Takahashi, T., Kinoshita, N. and Matsuzaki, H,“Sample preparation for 90Sr-AMS using solid phase extraction”, 6th East Asia AMS Symposium,
05-08 October 2015, Taipei, Taiwan.

7.

M. Honda, K. Sueki, K. Sasa, A. Sakaguchi and H. Matsuzaki, “Developments of analyticalmethods for 36Cl, 129I, 99Tc in soil samples”, 6th East Asia AMS Symposium, 05-08 October 2015,
Taipei, Taiwan.

8.

T. Matsunaka, K. Sasa, K. Sueki, T. Takahashi, M. Matsumura, A. Goto, T. Watanabe, N.
Tsuchiya, N. Hirano and H. Matsuzaki, “Iodine isotopic ratio in crater lake and geothermal area at
Zao volcano, Japan” 6th East Asia AMS Symposium, 05-08 October 2015, Taipei, Taiwan.

9.

T. Matsunaka, K. Sasa, K. Sueki, Y. Onda, K. Taniguchi , Y. Wakiyama, T. Takahasi, M.
Matsumura, and H. Matsuzaki, “Migration behavior and flux of particulate 129I in the river system
of Fukushima.”, 6th East Asia AMS Symposium, 05-08 October 2015, Taipei, Taiwan.

10.

M. Matsumura, M. Watanabe, K. Sasa, T. Matsunaka, T. Takahashi, K. Sueki and H. Matsuzaki,“Environmental impact of the Fukushima accident on iodine-129 levels in meteoric water”, 6th
East Asia AMS Symposium, 05-08 October 2015, Taipei, Taiwan.

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T. Matsunaka, K. Sasa, K. Sueki, Y. Onda, T. Ishimaru, K. Taniguchi, Y. Wakiyama, M. Honda, T.
Takahasi, M. Matsumura and H. Matsuzaki, “Study on the migration behaviour of Fukushima
accident-derived iodine-129 from land area to the marine environment”, International Conference
Environmental Radioactivity, 21-25 September 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece.

12.

T. Matsunaka, K.Sasa, K. Sueki, T. Takahashi, M. Matsumura, A. Goto, T. Watanabe, N. Tsuchiya,
N. Hirano and H. Matsuzaki, “Changes in 129I/127I ratio of crater lake and volcanic activity at Zao
volcano”, Japan. International Conference Environmental Radioactivity, Thessaloniki, 21-25
September 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece.

13.

K. Sasa, M. Matsumura, T. Matsunaka, T. Takahashi, Y. Satou, N. Kinoshita, H. Matsuzaki and K.
Sueki, “Estimation of I-131 deposition from I-129 analysis in surface soils released from the
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident”, International Conference Environmental
Radioactivity, 21-25 September 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece.

14.

A. Yamazaki, K. Sasa, S. Ishii, M. Kurosawa, S. Tomita, E. Kita, “Development of the Ion
Microbeam System for Analysis of Light Elements in Structural Materials at the University ofTsukuba”, SIP-IMASM 2015 symposium, AIST Tsukuba Central 1, The National Institute ofAdvanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 29 September-1 October 2015, Tsukuba,
Japan.

15.

A. Ozawa, “Day-one experiment with R3”, OEDO-SHARAQ International Collaboration
Workshop, 8-9 September 2015, Tokyo, Japan.

16.

K. Sasa, S. Ishii, Hiroyuki Oshima, Yoshikazu Tajima, Tsutomu Takahashi, Yoshihiro Yamato,
Daiichiro Sekiba, Tetsuaki Moriguchi and Eiji Kita, “Construction of the 6 MV Tandem
Accelerator System for Various Ion Beam Applications at the University of Tsukuba”, 13th Heavy
Ion Accelerator Technology Conference (HIAT2015), 7-11 September 2015, Yokohama, Japan.

17.

A. Yamazaki, K. Sasa, D. Sekiba, T. Moriguchi, S. Ishii, M. Kurosawa, S. Tomita, E. Kita,“Design of the High Resolution Ion Microbeam System for Analysis of Structural Materials on the
6 MV Tandem Accelerator at the University of Tsukuba”,

NIMS Conference 2015, 14-16 July

2015, Tsukuba International Congress Center, EPOCHAL TSUKUBA, Tsukuba, Japan.
18.

S. Tomita, R. Kinoshita, Y. Shiina, M. Imai, K. Kawatsura, M. Matsuda, K. Sasa, M. Sataka,“Vicinage Effect on the Generation Mechanism of Convoy Electrons”, SHIM2015, Swift Heavy
Ions in Matter , 18-21 May 2015, Darmstadt, Germany.

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S. Tomita, Y. Nakai, S. Funada, J. O. P. Pedersen, P. Hvelplund, H. Kobara, K. Sasa, “Formationof Nanodroplets in N2/H2O/SO2 under Irradiation of Fast Proton Beams”, SHIM2015, Swift Heavy
Ions in Matter , 18-21 May 2015, Darmstadt, Germany.

20.

T. Matsunaka, K. Sasa, K. Sueki, Y. Onda, K. Taniguchi, Y. Wakiyama, T. Takahasi, M.
Matsumura, and H. Matsuzaki, “Migration behavior of particulate 129I in the Niida River system.
International Symposium on Radiological Issues for Fukushima's Revitalized Future”, 30-31 May
2015, Fukushima, Japan.

21.

T. Matsunaka, K. Sasa, K. Sueki, T. Takahasi, M. Matsumura, Y. Satou, J. Kitagawa, N. Kinoshita,and H. Matsuzaki, “Pre- and post-accident levels of 129I and 137Cs in soil profile near field of the
Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. International Symposium on Radiological Issues for
Fukushima's Revitalized Future”, Japan, 30-31 May 2015, Fukushima, Japan.

22.

Y. Satou, K. Sueki, K. Sasa, K. Adachi, Y. Igarashi, “Characterization study of cesium
concentrated particles in the soils near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant”, EGU General
Assembly, 12-17 April 2015, Vienna, Austria.

23.

Y. Liu, E. Kita, H. Yanagihara, D. Oshima, T. Kato, S. Iwata and K. Mibu, “Magnetization control
of CoFe2O4 thin films by Kr ion implantation”, Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, 11-15 January,
2016, San Diego, California, USA.

5.6

Presentation at academic meetings

1.

笹 公和, 高橋 努, 松中 哲也, 松村 万寿美, 坂口 綾, 佐藤 志彦, 本多 真紀, 富田 涼平, 細谷 青児, 末木 啓介, 「6 MV タンデム加速器質量分析システムにおける極微量核種の検出試験」，日本原子力学会 2016 年春の年会, 3.26-28, 2016, 仙台, 東北大学.

2.

鈴木伸司 他,「質量測定用飛行時間検出器の開発」,日本物理学会第 71 回年次大会, 3.19-22,
2016, 東北学院大学.

3.

石橋陽子 他,「中性子過剰核 39S の磁気モーメント測定」,日本物理学会第 71 回年次大会,
3.19-22,4.

2016, 東北学院大学.

劉 洋，久松 裕季，柳原 英人，大島 大輝，加藤 剛志，岩田 聡，壬生 攻，喜多 英治，“Magnetization control of Co ferrite thin films by Kr ion implantation” 応用物理学会, 3.19, 2016，
東京工業大学．

5.

韮澤貴夫,村上道夫,吉兼隆生,末木啓介,笹公和,芳村圭，「放射性物質沈着量からの飲食50

物由来の被ばく量の推定」，第 50 回日本水環境学会年会（2015 年度），3.16-18, 2016, ア
スティとくしま, 徳島県徳島市.
6.

松中 哲也, 笹 公和, 末木 啓介, 恩田 裕一, 高橋 努, 松村 万寿美, 石丸 隆, 谷口 圭輔, 脇山 義史, 松崎 浩之,「放射性ヨウ素の河川における挙動と沿岸環境中の分布」，
日本海洋学会 2016 年度春季大会, 3.14-18, 2016, 東京大学本郷キャンパス．

7.

松中哲也, 「福島の河川と沿岸海洋環境における 129I/137Cs 比から推察される放射性のヨウ素とセシウムの挙動」, 平成 27 年度第 2 回 Iset-R 全体会議, 3.11-12, 2016, つくば市.

8.

Matsumura, M., “Environmental impact of the Fukushima accident on iodine-129 levels in
meteoric water”，平成 27 年度第 2 回 Iset-R 全体会議, 3.11-12, 2016, つくば市.

9.

松中 哲也, 笹 公和, 末木 啓介, 高橋 努, 佐藤 志彦, 松村 万寿美, 松崎 浩之, 「福島県浪江町における年輪中の炭素 14 濃度変動」，第 17 回「環境放射能」
研究会, 3.8-10, 2016,
KEK, つくば市．

10.

村上道夫,韮澤貴夫,吉兼隆生,末木啓介,笹公和,芳村圭，「仮想的な原子力発電所事故における飲食物由来の被ばく量の推定」，第 2 回福島大学環境放射能研究所成果報告会, 3.7,
2016, コラッセふくしま.

11.

細谷 青児, 笹 公和, 松中 哲也, 松村 万寿美, 高橋 努, Mark Sundquist, Mark Stodola, 末木 啓介, 「難測定核種 AMS 開発に向けた PHITS シミュレーションの適用」，第 18 回 AMS
シンポジウム, 3.4-5, 2016, 東京大学.

12.

笹 公和, 高橋 努, 松中 哲也, 松村 万寿美, 坂口 綾, 佐藤 志彦, 本多 真紀, 富田 涼平, 細谷 青児, 末木 啓介, 「筑波大学 6 MV 加速器質量分析システムの現状と AMS 試
験測定結果」，第 18 回 AMS シンポジウム, 東京, 3.4-5, 2016, 東京大学.

13.

松中 哲也, 笹 公和, 高橋 努, 松村 万寿美, 末木 啓介, 松崎 浩之, 「福島における西暦 2010 年の晩材に記録された Δ14C 増大」，第 18 回 AMS シンポジウム, 3.4-5, 2016, 東京
大学.

14.

松中 哲也, 笹 公和, 高橋 努, 松村 万寿美, 末木 啓介, 後藤 章夫, 渡邊 隆広, 土屋 範
芳, 平野 伸夫, 久利 美和, 高橋 正明, 風早 康平, 宮城 磯治, 松崎 浩之, 「蔵王山における火口湖と地熱帯で観測されたヨウ素同位体比の低下」，第 18 回 AMS シンポジウム,
3.4-5, 2016, 東京大学.

15.

松村 万寿美, 渡邊 雅也, 笹 公和, 松中 哲也, 高橋 努, 末木 啓介, 松崎 浩之, [福島第一原子力発電所事故によるヨウ素 129 の降水への影響]，第 18 回 AMS シンポジウム, 3.4-5,51

2016, 東京大学.
16.

Matsunaka, T., “Migration behavior of radioiodine and radiocesium in river system and coastal
marine environments of Fukushima”, 第 8 回アイソトープ環境動態研究センター研究部門セ
ミナー, 2016.1.12, つくば市.

17.

土田秀次，間嶋拓也，冨田成夫，笹公和，平田浩一，柴田裕実，鳴海一雅，斉藤勇一，千葉敦也，山田圭介，的場史朗，伊藤秋男, [キャピラリー帯電効果による C60 ビームの静電偏向],日本物理学会秋の大会, 9.16-19, 2015, 関西大学.

18.

Shigeo Tomita, Yoko Shiina, Ryo Kinoshita, Makoto Imai, Kiyoshi Kawatsura, Makoto Matsuda,
Kimikazu Sasa, and Masao Sataka, “Zero degree electron spectroscopy of fast carbon clusters
through carbon foil”，第 16 回「イオンビームによる表面・界面」特別研究会，12.5-6, 2015,
奈良女子大学.

19.

松中 哲也, 笹 公和, 末木 啓介, 高橋 努, 佐藤 志彦, 松村 万寿美, 松崎 浩之, 「過去 7 年間にわたる福島県浪江町の年輪中の炭素 14 濃度変動」，
日本放射線安全管理学会 第14 回学術大会, 12.2-4, 2015, 筑波大学, つくば市．

20.

松村 万寿美，笹 公和，末木 啓介，松中 哲也，高橋 努，佐藤 志彦，松崎 浩之, 「ヨウ素 129 による経時的汚染調査‐加速器質量分析用の試料処理実験室の場合‐」，日本放射線安全管理学会 第 14 回学術大会, 12.2-4, 2015, 筑波大学, つくば市．

21.

笹 公和，大島 弘行，森口哲郎，高橋 努，松村 万寿美，松中 哲也，末木 啓介，喜多 英治, 「筑波大学 6 MV タンデム加速器の建設と極微量核種検出システムの開発」，日本放射線安全管理学会 第 14 回学術大会, 12.2-4, 2015, 筑波大学, つくば市．

22.

佐藤 志彦, 末木 啓介, 笹 公和, 箕輪 はるか, 吉川 英樹, 藤原 健壮, 中間 茂雄, 足立 光司, 五十嵐 康人, 「福島第一原発周辺で見つかった放射性粒子の特徴」，日本放射線安全管理学会 第 14 回学術大会, 12.2-4, 2015, 筑波大学, つくば市.

23.

森口哲朗, 笹公和, 大島弘行, 喜多英治, 「筑波大学 12UD ペレトロンタンデム加速器の廃止措置計画」, 日本放射線安全管理学会 第 14 回学術大会, 12.2-4,

2015, 筑波大学, つ

くば市.
24.

M. Honda, K. Sueki, K. Sasa, A. Sakaguchi, H. Matsuzaki, A new extraction method for 36Cl, 129I
and 99Tc in soil samples with microwave assisted digestion equipment， 日本質量分析学会同位体比部会 2015, 11.25-27, 2015, 大津市.

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松中哲也, 「放射性ヨウ素129の陸から海洋への移行研究」, 平成27年度第1回ISET-R海洋合同班会議,10.23-24, 2015, 神戸市.

26.

富田 涼平，松中 哲也，本多 真紀，佐藤 志彦，松村 万寿美，高橋 努，坂口 綾，松崎 浩
之，笹 公和，末木 啓介, 「発事故以降の都市部河川における放射性核種と溶存イオンの挙動」, 2015 日本放射化学会年会・第 59 回放射化学討論会, 9.25-27, 2015, 東北大学, 仙
台市.

27.

本多 真紀，末木 啓介，坂口 綾，笹 公和，松崎 浩之, 「難測定核種である塩素 36，ヨウ素 129，テクネチウム 99 の土壌からの抽出方法の検討」, 2015 日本放射化学会年会・第 59 回放射化学討論会, 9.25-27, 2015, 東北大学, 仙台市.

28.

佐藤 志彦, 足立 光司, 小野 貴大, 飯澤 勇信, 阿部 善也, 中井 泉, 五十嵐 康人, 笹 公
和, 末木 啓介, 「福島第一原発事故で放出した放射性粒子の発生源による違い」, 2015
日本放射化学会年会・第 59 回放射化学討論会, 9.25-27, 2015, 東北大学, 仙台市.

29.

松中 哲也, 笹 公和, 末木 啓介, 恩田 裕一, 石丸 隆, 谷口 圭輔, 脇山 義史, 高橋 努,
松村 万寿美, 松崎 浩之, 「福島原発起源ヨウ素 129 の陸域から海洋への移行研究」, 2015
年度日本地球化学会年会, 9.16-28, 2015,

30.

横浜市.

佐藤 志彦, 末木 啓介, 笹 公和, 小野 貴大, 飯澤 勇信, 阿部 善也, 中井 泉,足立 光司, 五十嵐 康人, 「福島第一原発事故で放出した放射性粒子の特徴」, 2015 年度日本地球化学会年会, 9.16-28, 2015,

31.

横浜市.

鈴木伸司 他, 「RI ビーム飛行時間検出器の開発」,日本物理学会 2015 年秋季大会, 9.25-28,
2015, 大阪市立大学.

32.

黒澤正紀, 「顕微ラマン分光法による多相包有物中の固相の分析」,日本鉱物科学会, 9.26,
2015, 東京大学.

33.

三宅 亮 他,「対馬花崗岩体における晶洞石英中の多相流体包有物の観察および分析」, 日
本鉱物科学会, 9.27, 2015, 東京大学.

34.

小沢顕, Present status of Rare-RI Ring project at RIBF,「実験と観測で解き明かす中性子星の核物質」第 4 回研究会, 9.17-18, 2015, 湘南国際村センター.

35.

森口哲朗, 「筑波大学イオン加速器システムによる計測手法」,第１回光・量子計測シンポジウム， 9.9, 2015, つくば国際会議場, つくば市.

36.

松中哲也,「福島原発起源ヨウ素 129 の陸域から海洋への移行研究」, ISET-R 第 9 回 A04-08

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班・班会議, 2015.8.10, 2015, 大阪.
37.

笹 公和，石井 聰，大島 弘行，木村 博美，高橋 努，田島 義一，大和 良広，関場 大一郎，森口 哲朗，喜多 英治, 「筑波大学マルチタンデム加速器施設の現状」，第 12 回日
本加速器学会年会, 8.5-7, 2015, 敦賀市.

38.

笹 公和，石井 聰，大島 弘行，木村 博美，高橋 努，田島 義一，大和 良広，関場 大一郎, 喜多 英治，「筑波大学タンデム加速器施設 UTTAC の現状(2014 年度)」，第 28 回タ
ンデム加速器及びその周辺技術の研究会, 7.3-4, 2015, 東北大学, 仙台市.

39.

森口哲朗, 笹 公和, 大島弘行, 石井 聰, 高橋努, 田島義一, 大和良広, 関場大一郎, 喜多英治, 「筑波大学 UTTAC におけるタンデム加速器の廃止措置計画」, 第 28 回タンデム加速器及びその周辺技術の研究会, 7.3-4, 2015, 東北大学, 仙台市.

40.

山崎明義, 笹 公和, 石井 聰, 黒澤正紀, 冨田成夫, 喜多英治, 工藤 博, 楢本 洋, 左高
正雄, 「筑波大学 6MV タンデム加速器マイクロビームラインの建設計画」, 第 28 回タン
デム加速器及びその周辺技術の研究会, 7.3-4, 2015, 仙台市.

41.

佐藤 志彦, 末木 啓介, 笹 公和, 足立 光司, 五十嵐 康人, 「福島第一原発周辺で採取した土壌から分離した放射性微粒子の同定」, 日本地球惑星科学連合 2015 年大会, 5.26,
2015, 幕張メッセ国際会議場, 千葉市.

42.

笹 公和，「福島第一原発事故により放出された 129I の陸域環境での分布」，Iset-R 全体会
議，5.25, 2015, 幕張, 千葉市.

43.

松中哲也, 笹公和, 「ガスクロマトグラフ-加速器質量分析法の開発と炭素 14 自動前処理システムの性能評価」, 第三回放射性炭素年代測定室ワークショップ，5.20-23, 2015, つく
ば市．

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笹 公和, 「筑波大学における 6MV タンデム加速器を用いた加速器質量分析法」, 第四紀学会講習会 第三回放射性炭素年代測定室ワークショップ, 5.20-23, 2015, つくば市.

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藤本恭輔 他,「対馬花崗岩体における晶洞石英中の多相流体包有物分析」,日本地球惑星科学連合大会, 5.24-28, 2015, 幕張メッセ, 千葉市.
46.

小沢顕, 「RI ビーム飛行時間検出器の開発」, H26 年度 HIMAC 共同利用研究成果発表会,
4.20-21, 2015, ホテルポートプラザちば, 千葉市.

47.

小沢顕,「固体水素標的を用いた陽子ドリップライン近傍核生成法の開発」, H26 年度
HIMAC 共同利用研究成果発表会, 2015, 4.20-21, ホテルポートプラザちば, 千葉市.

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6.
THESES

Doctor theses
Yasushi Abe

Study of isochronous field in Rare-RI Ring for high-precision massmeasurements.

Yukihiko Satou

Study of relationship between deposition of radioactive materials andradioactive particles in the difficult-to-return zone caused by the Fukushima
Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident.

Master theses
Yukina Ichikawa

Developments of time-of-flight detector using crossed electric and magnetic
fields.

Hawa Alima Latiff

Synthesis and physical properties of functional spinel ferrite particles

Katsuya Yamazaki

Detection of biomolecular ions using superconducting tunnel junction
detectors

Satomi Maeda

Hydrogen observation by HERDA to elucidate hydrogen desorption
mechanism on Pd(110)

Undergraduate theses
Yoshiyuki Tajiri

Developments of time-of-flight detector using mass measurements in Rare-RI
Ring.

Kentaro Hiraishi

Production of unstable nuclei 30P by using resonant proton capture reaction.

Takuya Matsumoto

Production of unstable nuclei 25Al by using resonant proton capture reaction.

Seiji Hosoya

Development of AMS measuring condition using the PHITS code andmeasurement of cosmogenic nuclides.

Yuhi Asakawa

Zero degree electron spectroscopy of fast cluster ions

Naoki Yamamoto

Experiments of electron–molecule collisions using electrostatic ion storagering

Koki Tsujita

Development of preamplifier for multichannel solid state detector inhigh-sensitivity HERDA

Keisuke Nishio

Chemical features of early solar nebular gas components recorded in glass
inclusions from carbonaceous chondrites.

Koichi Hattori

Geochemical exploration method for sea-floor hydrothermal ore deposits.

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7.
LIST OF PERSONNEL

Tandem Accelerator Complex
E. Kita

Director, Professor

K. Sasa

Associate Professor

D. Sekiba

Lecturer

T. Moriguchi

Assistant Professor

H. Oshima

Electrical Engineer

Y. Tajima

Mechanical Engineer

S. Ishii

Mechanical Engineer

T. Takahashi

Electrical Engineer

Y. YamatoElectrical Engineer

M. Sataka

Research Fellow

M. Matsumura

Research Supporter

M. Ohyama

Administrative Staff

N. YamadaAdministrative Staff

H. Muromachi

Administrative Staff

Research Members1
Inst. of Physics
I. AraiA. Ozawa

T. Matsunaka

T. Moriguchi

K. Sasa

S. Suzuki

P. Schury

S. Sellaiyan

E. Kita

A. Kashihuku

D. Sekiba

S. Sharmin

S. Tomita

A. Uedono

H. Yanagihara

Inst. of Applied Physics

Inst. of Geoscience
M. Kurosawa
Inst. of Chemistry
K. Sueki

A. Sakaguchi

Staff of Open Advanced Facilities Initiative
H. KudoH. Naramoto

M. SatakaK. Awazu (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology [AIST])S. Aoki (Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society [CROSS])
1The “research members” include the authors and coauthors within 5 years back from this fiscal year, as well as themembers of research projects running at UTTAC.

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Staff of Joint Research Projects with Other Organizations
A. Yamazaki (Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program [SIP])2
Y. Watahiki (Nanotech Career-up Alliance [CuPAL])
Graduate students
Doctoral Programs of Pure and Applied Science
M. Ahmed

F. Arai

S. Fukuoka

I. Harayama

Y. Ishibashi

Y. Shiina

S. Kimura

M. MukaiM. Honda

Y. Satou

Y. LiuR. Patel

Master’s Programs of Pure and Applied Science
H. Latiff

R. Aoyama

Y. Asakawa

Y. Ichikawa

T. Kakizaki

T. Kuroiwa

S. Maeda

M. Matsumoto

T. Murayama

E. Noguchi

S. Nomoto

M. OkaK. Okada

T. Sennba

S. SakaiT. Tamura

R. Tomita

T. Tanoishou

K. Yamazaki

T. Eguchi

K. Hiraishi

Y. Hosoi

S. Hosoya

N. Hiruta

H. Onoda

Y. Tajiri

K. Tsujita

Undergraduates

N. Yamamoto
Scientific Guests and Fellows
Y. Tosaki

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

H. Matsumura

High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)

N. Kinoshita

SHIMIZU Corporation

K. Hirata

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

T. Omori

The University of Tokyo

R. Katayama

The University of Tokyo

K. Ozeki

Ibaraki University

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Also, a staff of Open Advanced Facilities Initiative

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