Energy Variable Slow Positron Beam Study of Li^＋-Implantation-Induced Defects in ZnO

ZnO films grown on sapphire substrates are implanted with lO0-keV Li ions up to a total dose of 1 × 10^16 cm^-2. Vacancy-type defects, mostly vacancy dusters, are observed by positron annihilation measurements after implantation. Upon annealing, they first have an agglomeration process which leads to the growth in the vacancy size. After anneling at about 500℃, vacancy clusters grow into microvoids, which is indicated by the positronium formation. With annealing temperature increases to above 500℃, the microvoids begin to recover, and finMly M1 the implantation-induced vacancy defects are removed at 1000℃. No Li nanoclusters can be observed after Li^＋ implantation.

Anomalous Wave Energy Deposition in the Beginning Phases of Wave Injection in JT-60U Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiments

An anomalous phenomenon of wave energy deposition and its evolution were noticed in the beginning phases of lower hybrid wave injection in JT-60U experiments. It was found that the driven currents are always formed in the central region of the plasma column in the first several hundred milliseconds of the wave pulses, no matter what N|| spectrum of the waves is. Then the driven current profile will change to their normal situation gradually, which depends on N|| spectrum closely.

双奇核^(172)Re高自旋态实验研究

利用149Sm(27Al,4nγ)172Re反应布居了形变双奇核172Re的高自旋态,用12套带有BGO反康普顿抑制的高纯锗探测器阵列进行了在束γ实验测量,首次建立了172Re由3个转动带构成的高自旋态能级纲图.研究和讨论了3个转动带的结构特征,基于已有的高自旋态核结构知识并通过系统学比较和分析指出它们的准粒子组态分别为πh11/2 νi13/2,πh9/2 νi13/2和 π1/2-[541] ν1/2-[521].发现前两个转动带在自旋小于18时其转动能级呈现反常的旋称劈裂.

^(176,178)Os新低位激发态的识别

利用在束实验产生具有β+/EC衰变性质核素176,178Ir,分析了在束实验条件下获得的γ-γ符合数据,识别出了176Os的4条新能级和13条新γ跃迁、178Os的5条新能级和14条新γ跃迁。籍助氦喷嘴快速带传输系统,进一步对176Ir的β+/EC衰变进行了测量,在确认在束测量新γ射线的同时建议了176Ir的一个低自旋同核异能态。通过两准粒子耦合的半经验计算,建议了176,178Ir基态及同核异能态的组态。

^(85)Sr、^(134)Cs和^(60)Co在浅地层黄土与地下水间的分配系

本文报道了￣（８５）Ｓｒ、￣（１３４）Ｃｓ和￣（６０）Ｃｏ在采自本院野外试验场，从地表到地下２ｍ深黄土与地下水间分配系数的测定结果，以及核素浓度、ｐＨ和温度对分配系数的影响。黄土采集的深度范围分别为：地表－０．５ｍ，０．５－１ｍ，１－１．５ｍ，１．５－２ｍ，共采集１６个样品；地下水取自试验场的井水。实验采用静态法。实验结果表明，１６个样品测定的￣（８５）Ｓｒ、￣（１３４）Ｃｓ和￣（６０）Ｃｏ的分配系数的均值分别为８２、７．４×１０￣３和５．４×１０￣３ｍＬ／ｇ；在不同深度的黄土中测得的分配系数基本一致。ｐＨ值的变化对￣（１３４）Ｃｓ和￣（８５）Ｓｒ的分配系数有较大影响，对￣（６０）Ｃｏ则影响不大。

Buckling Analysis of TF Coil Inner Leg for Central Solenoidless Tokamak

The central post is one of the critical components for the low aspect ratio tokamak, which endures not only a tremendous ohmic heating because it carries a rather high current, but also a large neutron heating and irradiation owing to the plasma operation. The DS copper alloy Glidcop AL-25[8] was chosen as the conductor material for its adequate mechanical properties and physics properties. The central post has a cylindrical structure with lots of cooling channels. The length of the central post for the next generation of nuclear fusion spherical tokamaks will be more than 10 m or 20 m. The structural stability is very crucial. When the applied load is larger than the structure critical buckling load, the device will lose its stability and collapse. In order to calculate the critical buckling load, a 1/6-segment finite element model was used and the force acting on the central post was simulated. The results showed that the vertical compressive stresses mainly affect the stability of the central post. The linear buckling analysis results with finite element method based on small deformation theory were given in this paper. The relation curves and functions for buckling factor, depending on the different lengths and the radius of the central post, the diameter of cooling channel and the maximum allowable current density, were also shown.

Magnetic Behavior of Some Rare-Earth Transition-Metal Perovskite Oxide Systems

Magnetic properties were investigated for the rare-earth 3d-transition metal oxides with the perovskite structure. Intriguing magnetic phenomena were reviewed for a few systems:magnetization peak effect in the titanates, magnetization reversal in the chromites and metallic ferromagnetism in the cobaltites. The results suggest an important role of the rare-earth ions for the magnetic properties of such complex oxides.

Overall Features of EAST Operation Space by Using Simple Core-SOL-Divertor Model

A simple Core-SOL-Divertor （C-S-D） model has been developed to investigate qualitatively the overall features of the operational space for the integrated core and edge plasma. To construct the simple C-S-D model, a simple core plasma model of ITER physics guidelines and a two-point SOL-divertor model are used. The simple C-S-D model is applied to the study of the EAST operational space with lower hybrid current drive experiments under various kinds of trade-off for the basic plasma parameters. Effective methods for extending the operational space are also presented, From this study for the EAST operational space, it is evident that the C-S-D model is a useful tool for understanding qualitatively the overall features of the plasma operational space.

Pulsed Laser Deposition of VO_(2)Single Crystal Thin Films on Sapphire Substrates

Thin films of VO_(2)single-crystalline on(0001)sapphire substrates have been prepared by visible pulsed laser ablation technique.The crystal quality and properties of the films are evaluated through electrical resistance measurement,x-ray diffraction(XRD),and Rutherford-backscattering spectroscopy/channeling(RBS/C)analysis.The dependence of the surface electrical resistance of the films on the temperature shows semiconductor-to-metal transitions with the resistance change of 7×10^(3)-2×10^(4).The hysteresis widths are from less than 1 to 3 K.XRD and RBS/C data reveal that the films prepared in particular conditions are single-crystalline VO_(2)with the(010)planes parallel to the surface of the sapphire substrate.

Progress in Physics and Technology Developments for the Modification of JT-60

Recent progress in the physics and engineering design study for themodification programme of JT-60 is presented. In order to achieve a steady state high-βplasmaoperation, which is the dominant issue of this programme, physics design for the MHD control and thestability analysis is investigated. Engineering design and the R & D for the superconducting coils,irradiation shield are performed well towards the mission of programme.

Search for Signature Inversion in the πi_(13/2) vi_(13/2) Band in Odd-Odd ^(178I)r

The search for the ri_(13/2) vi_(13/2 ) band in ^(178)Ir has been conducted through the ^(152)Sm(^(31) P, 5nγ)^( 178)Ir reaction and the excitation functions, x-γ and γ-γ-t coincidence measurements. Five rotational bands have been newly identified. The low-spin signature inversion in the πi13/2 vi13/2 band has been confirmed by the observations of linking transitions and signature crossing at I = 25.5 h. The inversion phenomenon in rh11/2 vi_(13/2), rh9/2 vi_(13/2) and ri_(13/2) vi13/2 structures in ^(178)Ir provides a unique testing ground for different theoretical interpretations.

Results and Future Plan of JT-60U towards Steady-State Tokamak Reactor

Recent results of JT-60U towards establishment of physics basis for ITER andadvanced tokamak operation are presented. Progress in high integrated performance is achieved withimprovement of N-NB and ECRF heating systems. In the next experimental campaign 2003～2004,discharge duration with 17 MW heating will be extended up to 30s for sustaining high-beta plasmalonger than the current diffusion time. Superconducting modification of JT-60 is planned todemonstrate high-beta plasma sustainment exceeding ideal MHD instability limit without wallstabilization.

Deuterium Retention and Physical Sputtering of Low Activation Ferritic Steel

Low activation materials have to be developed toward fusion demonstrationreactors. Ferritic steel, vanadium alloy and SiC/SiC composite are candidate materials of the firstwall, vacuum vessel and blanket components, respectively. Although changes of mechanical-thermalproperties owing to neutron irradiation have been investigated so far, there is little data for theplasma material interactions, such as fuel hydrogen retention and erosion. In the present study,deuterium retention and physical sputtering of low activation ferritic steel, F82H, wereinvestigated by using deuterium ion irradiation apparatus. After a ferritic steel sample wasirradiated by 1.7 keV D^+ ions, the weight loss was measured to obtain the physical sputteringyield. The sputtering yield was 0.04, comparable to that of stainless steel. In order to obtain theretained amount of deuterium, technique of thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) was employed to theirradiated sample. The retained deuterium desorbed at temperature ranging from 450 K to 700 K, inthe forms of DHO, D_2, D_2O and hydrocarbons. Hence, the deuterium retained can be reduced by bakingwith a relatively low temperature. The fluence dependence of retained amount of deuterium wasmeasured by changing the ion fluence. In the ferritic steel without mechanical polish, the retainedamount was large even when the fluence was low. In such a case, a large amount of deuterium wastrapped in the surface oxide layer containing O and C. When the fluence was large, the thickness ofsurface oxide layer was reduced by the ion sputtering, and then the retained amount in the oxidelayer decreased. In the case of a high fluence, the retained amount of deuterium became comparableto that of ferritic steel with mechanical polish or SS 316 L, and one order of magnitude smallerthan that of graphite. When the ferritic steel is used, it is required to remove the surface oxidelayer for reduction of fuel hydrogen retention. Ferritic steel sample was exposed to the environmentof JFT-2M tokamak in JAERI and after thatthe deuterium retention was examined. The result wasroughly the same as the case of deuterium ion irradiation experiment.

A Consideration on Increasing Current Density in Normal Conducting Toroidal Field Coil for Spherical Tokamak Power Plant

The center post is the most critical component as an inboard part of the toroidal field coil for the low aspect ratio tokamak. During the discharge it endures not only a tremendous ohmic heating owing to its carrying a rather high current but also a large nuclear heating and irradiation owing to the plasma operation. All the severe operating conditions, including the structure stress intensity and the stability of the structure, largely limit the maximum allowable current density. But in order to contain a very high dense plasma, it is hoped that the fusion power plant system can operate with a much high maximum magnetic field BT ≥12 T-15 T in the center post. A new method is presented in this paper to improve the maximum magnetic field up to 17 T and to investigate the possibility of the normal conducting center post to be used in the future fusion tokamak power plant.

Preparation and adsorption behavior for metal ions and humic acid of chitosan derivatives crosslinked by irradiation

Th/s article deals with the determination of the adsorption properties of metal ions and humic acid in wa- ter on crosslinked chitosan derivatives (carboxymethylchitosan) which were formed using the irradiation technique without any additives.The solubility test of these crosslinked materials were investigated in acidic,alkaline media, distilled water,and certain organic solvents.Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) images showed that the crosslinked chitosan derivatives possessed a porous morphological structure.Charged characteristic analyses demon- strated typically pH-dependent properties of the crosslinked materials.The adsorption studies were carried out by the batch method at room temperature.Adsorption of heavy metal ions (such as Cu^(2+),Cd^(2+)) and humic acid onto crosslinked samples was found to be strongly pH-dependent.Adsorption kinetic studies indicated the rapid removal of metal ions,and humic acid from the aqueous solutions.Moreover,isothermal adsorption data revealed that Cu^(2+),Cd^(2+), and humic acid were removed by these crosslinked materials with high efficiency.Adsorption isothermal data were interpreted well by the Langmuir equation.These crosslinked carboxymethylated chitosan derivatives indicate favor- able adsorption of metal ions and humic acid.

Advanced Control Scenario of High-Performance Steady-State Operation for JT-60 Superconducting Tokamak

Plasma control on high-β_N steady-state operation for JT-60 superconductingmodification is discussed. Accessibility to high-β_N exceeding the free-boundary limit isinvestigated with the stabilising wall of reduced-activated ferritic steel and the active feedbackcontrol of the ill-vessel non-axisymmetric field coils. Taking the merit of superconducting magnet,advanced plasma control for steady-state high performance operation could be expected.

Observation of High-j Two-Quasiparticle Bands in Odd-Odd ^174Re

High spin states in ^174Re have been investigated via the ^152Sm （^27 Al, 5nγ） ^174Re reaction. Gamma-ray excitation functions, x-γ and γ-γ coincidences have been measured. Two rotational bands built on the πh9/2 × vi13/2 and πh11/2 × vi13/2 configurations have been identified and extended up to high-spin states. The relative spin and parity of the band levels have been unambiguously fixed due to observations of several inter-band transitions. Both the bands show the low-spin signature inversion, which is consistent with systematic expectations for the high-j two-quasiparticle bands in the A = 170 mass region.

A New Regime for Studying the High Bootstrap Current Fraction Plasma

A new experimental regime has recently been studied for achieving high fraction of the bootstrap current in the JT-60U hydrogen discharges.The high poloidal beta(βp~3.61)plasma was obtained by high-power neutral beam injection heating at very high edge safety factor(Ip=0.3 MA,Bt=3.65 T,qeff=25-35)region,and the bootstrap current fraction(fBS)was about 40%using the ACCOME code calculation.It was observed that there were no magnetohydrodynamics instabilities to retard the increase ofβp and fBS parameters in the new regime.

High-Spin States in the N = 50 Nucleus ^(88)Sr

The Excited states of ^(88)Sr have been produced in the reaction ^(16)O(^(82)Se,4p6n)and studied using the in-beam γ spectroscopy techniques.Two high-spin level structures have been observed and established up to 8.5 MeV and 7.9 MeV excitation energy,respectively.Based on the measurements of the directional correlations ofγ-rays de-exciting oriented states and anisotropic factors ofγ-rays,spin values of the excited states have been assigned up to the highest levels observed.

Simulation Study on the ITB Formation during LHCD in JT-60U

A transport simulation has been done by using a i.5D time dependent transportcode to reproduce a formation of the ITB on electron temperature Profile during the long pu1seLHCD in JT-60U tokamak. The transport coefficients were assumed to reduce with a reversedmagnetic shear and the LH driven current profile was evaluated by fitting dynamic change inthe measured current profile. The gradual increase in the central electron temperature could beexplained by the change in the current profile during LHCD in the present simulation model. Theestimated LH-driven current profile by the transport code analysis shows a finite current densityat the plasma center. Analysis of transport simulation suggests some mechanisms for broadeningthe LH-driven current profile at the central region of the plasma.