Y. Shimizu

Nuclear Structure Relevant to Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay: the Valence Protons in 76Ge and 76Se (2008)

Kay, B. P., Schiffer, J. P., Freeman, S. J., Adachi, T., Clark, J. A., Deibel, C. M., ...

The possibility of observing neutrinoless double beta decay offers the opportunity of determining the effective neutrino mass if the nuclear matrix element were known. Theoretical calculations are...

Spectroscopy of 24Al and extraction of Gamow-Teller strengths with the 24Mg(3He,t) reaction at 420 MeV (2008)

Zegers, R. G. T., Meharchand, R., Adachi, T., Austin, Sam M., Brown, B. A., Fujita, Y., ...

The 24Mg(3He,t)24Al reaction has been studied at E(3He)=420 MeV. An energy resolution of 35 keV was achieved. Gamow-Teller strengths to discrete levels in 24Al are extracted by using a recently...

An anticorrosive magnesium/carbon nanotube composite (2008)

Endo, M, Hayashi, T, Itoh, I, Kim, YA, Shimamoto, D, Muramatsu, H, ...

Multi-walled carbon nanotube-reinforced magnesium alloy composites (2008)

Shimizu, Y, Miki, S, Soga, T, Itoh, I, Todoroki, H, Hosono, T, ...

NIK overexpression amplifies, whereas ablation of its TRAF3-binding domain replaces BAFF : BAFF-R-mediated survival signals in B cells (2008)

Sasaki, Y., Calado, D. P., Derudder, E., Zhang, B., Shimizu, Y., Mackay, F., ...

Thermal conductivity evidence for d_{x^2-y^2} pairing symmetry in the heavy-fermion CeIrIn5 superconductor (2007)

Kasahara, Y., Iwasawa, T., Shimizu, Y., Shishido, H., Shibauchi, T., Vekhter, I., ...

Quasi-two dimensional CeIrIn5 contains two distinct domes with different heavy fermion superconducting states in its phase diagram. Here we pinned down the superconducting gap structure of CeIrIn5 in...

Status reports from the GRACE Group (2007)

Yasui, Y., Ueda, T., De Doncker, E., Fujimoto, J., Hamaguchi, N., Ishikawa, T., ...

We discuss a new approach for the numerical evaluation of loop integrals. The fully numerical calculations of an infrared one-loop vertex and a box diagram are demonstrated. To perform these...

Precise Numerical Evaluation of the Scalar One-Loop Integrals with the Infrared Divergence (2007)

Yuasa, F., De Doncker, E., Fujimoto, J., Hamaguchi, N., Ishikawa, T., Shimizu, Y.

We present a new approach for obtaining very precise integration results for infrared vertex and box diagrams, where the integration is carried out directly without performing any analytic...

VIRULENCE FACTORS OF AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAINS ISOLATED FROM CHICKENS WITH COLISEPTICEMIA IN JAPAN (2007)

K. YAGUCHI, T. OGITANI, R. OSAWA, M. KAWANO, N. KOKUMAI, T. KANESHIGE, ...

Virulence Factors of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli Strains Isolated from Chickens with Colisepticemia in Japan (2007)

K. Yaguchi, T. Ogitani, R. Osawa, M. Kawano, N. Kokumai, T. Kaneshige, ...

Study of nuclear correlation effects via 12C(p,n)12N(g.s.,1+) at 296 MeV (2007)

Wakasa, T., Dozono, M., Ihara, E., Asaji, S., Fujita, K., Hatanaka, K., ...

We report measurements of the cross section and a complete set of polarization observables for the Gamow--Teller ${}^{12}{\rm C}(\vec{p},\vec{n}){}^{12}{\rm N}({\rm g.s.},1^+)$ reaction at a...

On the extraction of weak transition strengths via the (3He,t) reaction at 420 MeV (2007)

Zegers, R. G. T, Adachi, T., Akimune, H., Austin, Sam M., Brown, B. A., ...

Differential cross sections for transitions of known weak strength were measured with the (3He,t) reaction at 420 MeV on targets of 12C, 13C, 18O, 26Mg, 58Ni, 60Ni, 90Zr, 118Sn, 120Sn and 208Pb....

Complete Set of Polarization Transfer Observables for the $^{12}{\rm C}(p,n)$ Reaction at 296 MeV and 0$^{\circ}$ (2007)

Dozono, M., Wakasa, T., Ihara, E., Asaji, S., Fujita, K., Hatanaka, K., ...

A complete set of polarization transfer observables has been measured for the $^{12}{\rm C}(p,n)$ reaction at $T_p=296 {\rm MeV}$ and $\theta_{\rm lab}=0^{\circ}$. The total spin transfer...

LHC Signature of Mirage Mediation (2007)

Cho, W. S., Kim, Y. G., Lee, K. Y., Park, C. B., Shimizu, Y.

We study LHC phenomenology of mirage mediation scenario in which anomaly and modulus contributions to soft SUSY breaking terms are comparable to each other. A Monte Carlo study of mirage mediation,...

MITSuME--Multicolor Imaging Telescopes for Survey and Monstrous Explosions (2007)

Kotani, T., Kawai, N., Yanagisawa, K., Watanabe, J., Arimoto, M., Fukushima, H., ...

Development of MITSuME is reported. Two 50-cm optical telescopes have been built at Akeno in Yamanashi prefecture and at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (OAO) in Okayama prefecture. Three CCD...

Evidence for an alpha cluster condensed state in $^{16}O(\alpha,\alpha'$) at 400 MeV (2007)

Wakasa, T., Ihara, E., Fujita, K., Funaki, Y., Hatanaka, K., Horiuchi, H., ...

Inelastic $\alpha$ scattering on 16O is studied at 400 MeV by using an ice target. Near the 4-alpha breakup threshold of 14.4 MeV, a broad peak is observed at an excitation energy of 13.6+/-0.2 MeV...

Experimental and modeling investigations of wastewater filtration (2007)

Adou, YAF, Muhandiki, VS, Shimizu, Y, Matsui, S

Removal of hydrophobic micro-organic pollutants from municipal wastewater treatment plant effluents by sorption onto synthetic polymeric adsorbents: Batch sorption experiments (2007)

Muhandiki, V. S., Shimizu, Y., Adou, Y. A. F., Matsui, S.

Evidence for an alpha cluster condensed state in 16O(alpha,alpha') at 400 MeV (2006)

Wakasa, T., Ihara, E., Fujita, K., Funaki, Y., Hatanaka, K., Horiuchi, H., ...

Inelastic $\alpha$ scattering on 16O is studied at 400 MeV by using an ice target. Near the 4-alpha breakup threshold of 14.4 MeV, a broad peak is observed at an excitation energy of 13.6+/-0.2 MeV...

Neutralino Dark Matter in Mirage Mediation (2006)

Choi, K., Kim, Y. G., Lee, K. Y., Okumura, K., Shimizu, Y.

We study the phenomenology of neutralino dark matter (DM) in mirage mediation scenario of supersymmetry breaking which results from the moduli stabilization in some string/brane models. Depending...

Numerical precision control and GRACE (2006)

Fujimoto, J., Hamaguchi, N., Ishikawa, T., Kaneko, T., Morita, H., Perret-Gallix, D., ...

The control of the numerical precision of large-scale computations like those generated by the GRACE system for automatic Feynman diagram calculations has become an intrinsic part of those packages....

Bioremediation of coal contaminated soil under sulfate-reducing condition (2006)

Kuwano, Y, Shimizu, Y

Distribution of dioxins in surface soils and river-mouth sediments and their relevance to watershed properties (2006)

Kanematsu, M, Shimizu, Y, Sato, K, Kim, S, Suzuki, T, Park, B, ...

Water and wastewater management for sustainable development of chemical industries - Selected papers from the IWA International Conference on Sustainable Development of Chemical Industries with the Environment - Water and Wastewater Management, held in Tsukuba, Japan, 14-16 July 2005 - Preface (2006)

Matsui, S, Matsuda, T, Tanaka, H, Shimizu, Y

Observation of Si emission during thermal oxidation of Si(001) with high-resolution RBS (2006)

Hosoi, S, Nakajima, K, Suzuki, M, Kimura, K, Shimizu, Y, Fukatsu, S, ...

Predicting struvite formation for phosphorus recovery from human urine using an equilibrium model (2006)

Harada, H, Shimizu, Y, Miyagoshi, Y, Matsui, S, Matsuda, T, Nagasaka, T

Electroweak Corrections for the Study of the Higgs Potential at the LC (2005)

Boudjema, F., Fujimoto, J., Ishikawa, T., Kaneko, T., Kato, K., Kurihara, Y., ...

The full electroweak radiative correction is calculated for the process ee--> nunubarHH which is a window for the study of the Higgs potential at the future linear collider. The calculation is done...

Dark matter search experiment with CaF2(Eu) scintillator at Kamioka Observatory (2005)

Shimizu, Y., Minowa, M., Suganuma, W., Inoue, Y.

We report recent results of a WIMP dark matter search experiment using 310g of CaF2(Eu) scintillator at Kamioka Observatory. We chose a highly radio-pure crystal, PMTs and radiation shields, so that...

Resolving the Discrepancy of 135 MeV pd Elastic Scattering Cross Sections and Relativistic Effects (2005)

Sekiguchi, K., Sakai, H., Witała, H., Gloeckle, W., Golak, J., Hatanaka, K., ...

Three precise measurements for elastic pd scattering at 135 MeV/A have been performed with the three different experimental setups. The cross sections are described well by the theoretical...

Mott Transition from a Spin Liquid to a Fermi Liquid in the Spin-Frustrated Organic Conductor kappa-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3 (2005)

Kurosaki, Y., Shimizu, Y., Miyagawa, K., Kanoda, K., Saito, G.

Pressure-temperature phase diagram of the organic Mott insulator $\kappa$-(ET)$_2$Cu$_2$(CN)$_3$, a model system of the spin liquid on triangular lattice, has been investigated by $^1$H NMR and...

Band Calculation for Ce-compounds on the basis of Dynamical Mean Field Theory (2005)

Sakai, O., Shimizu, Y., Kaneta, Y.

The band calculation scheme for $f$ electron compounds is developed on the basis of the dynamical mean field theory (DMFT) and the LMTO method. The auxiliary impurity problem is solved by a method...

The Discovery Potential of a Super B Factory (2005)

Hewett, JoAnne. L., Hitlin, David G., Abe, T., Agashe, K., Albert, J., Ali, A., ...

The Proceedings of the 2003 SLAC Workshops on flavor physics with a high luminosity asymmetric e+e- collider. The sensitivity of flavor physics to physics beyond the Standard Model is addressed in...

Performance of the neutron polarimeter NPOL3 for high resolution measurements (2005)

Wakasa, T., Hagihara, Y., Sasano, M., Asaji, S., Fujita, K., Hatanaka, K., ...

We describe the neutron polarimeter NPOL3 for the measurement of polarization transfer observables $D_{ij}$ with a typical high resolution of $\sim$300 keV at $T_n$ $\simeq$ 200 MeV. The NPOL3 system...

Resolving the Discrepancy of 135 MeV pd Elastic Scattering Cross Sections and Relativistic Effects (2005)

Sekiguchi, K., Sakai, H., Witala, H., Glöckle, W., Golak, J., Hatanaka, K., ...

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Fibroblast growth factor-2 induces recovery of pulmonary blood flow in canine emphysema models (2005)

Morino, S, Nakamura, T, Toba, T, Takahashi, M, Kushibiki, T, Tabata, Y, ...

Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in different size fractions in deposited road particles (DRPs) from Lake Biwa area, Japan (2005)

Lee, BC, Shimizu, Y, Matsuda, T, Matsui, S

Characterizations of the first flush in storm water runoff from an urban roadway (2005)

Lee, BC, Matsui, S, Shimizu, Y, Matsuda, T

Development of an integrated analysis procedure for three-ways layout field surveys data in lakes (2005)

Kitpati, S, Fuji, S, Shimizu, Y

A new installation for treatment of road runoff: up-flow filtration by porous polypropylene media (2005)

Lee, BC, Matsui, S, Shimizu, Y, Matsuda, T, Tanaka, Y

Evidence of a Pionic Enhancement Observed in $^{16}O(p,p') ^{16}O(0^-,T=1)$ at 295 MeV (2004)

Wakasa, T., Berg, G. P. A., Fujimura, H., Fujita, K., Hatanaka, K., Ichimura, M., ...

The cross section of the ${}^{16}{\rm O}(p,p'){}^{16}{\rm O}(0^-,T=1)$ scattering was measured at a bombarding energy of 295 MeV in the momentum transfer range of $1.0 \mathrm{fm^{-1}}$ $\le$ $q_{\rm...

Dark Matter Search with Direction Sensitive Scintillators (2004)

Sekiya, H., Mionwa, M., Shimizu, Y., Suganuma, W., Inoue, Y.

We have carried out the dark matter search with a 116g direction-sensitive stilbene crystal in Kamioka Observatory. With the crystal fixed to the earth, we searched the modulation of thelight output....

Determination of the Gamow-Teller Quenching Factor from Charge Exchange Reactions on 90Zr (2004)

Yako, K., Sakai, H., Greenfield, M. B., Hatanaka, K., Hatano, M., Kamiya, J., ...

Double differential cross sections between 0-12 degrees were measured for the 90Zr(n,p) reaction at 293 MeV over a wide excitation energy range of 0-70 MeV. A multipole decomposition technique was...

Multi-leg calculations with the GRACE/1-LOOP system. --Toward Radiative Corrections to e+e- -> mu nu-bar u d-bar -- (2004)

Boudjema, F., Fujimoto, J., Ishikawa, T., Kaneko, T., Kato, K., Kurihara, Y., ...

We performed the calculation of the full O(alpha) corrections to e+e- -> mu- nu-bar u d-bar with the help of the GRACE/1-LOOP system. We discuss how a finite decay width introduces a serious gauge...

Electroweak corrections to Higgs production through ZZ fusion at the linear collider (2004)

Boudjema, F., Fujimoto, J., Ishikawa, T., Kaneko, T., Kato, K., Kurihara, Y., ...

We present the full order alpha electroweak radiative corrections to e+e- -> e+e-H. The computation is performed with the help of GRACE-loop. The extraction of the full QED corrections is performed,...

Physics at Super B Factory (2004)

Akeroyd, A. G., Bartel, W., Bondar, A., Browder, T. E., Drutskoy, A., Enari, Y., ...

This report presents the results of studies that investigate the physics reach at a Super B factory, an asymmetric-energy e^+e^- collider with a design luminosity of 5 x 10^35 cm^-2s^-1, which is...

Dark Matter Search with Direction Sensitive Scintillator (2004)

Sekiya, H., Minowa, M., Shimizu, Y., Suganuma, W., Inoue, Y.

A direction sensitive dark matter detector using organic crystals is being developed. It exploits the anisotropic scintillation efficiency of organic crystals with respect to the direction of nuclear...

Study of the Sigma-nucleus potential by the (pi^-,K^+) reaction on medium-to-heavy nuclear targets (2004)

Saha, P. K., Noumi, H., Abe, D., Ajimura, S., Aoki, K., Bhang, H. C., ...

In order to study the Sigma-nucleus optical potential, we measured inclusive (pi^-,K^+) spectra on medium-to-heavy nuclear targets: CH_2, Si, Ni, In and Bi. The CH_2 target was used to calibrate the...

Loop integration results using numerical extrapolation for a non-scalar integral (2004)

De Doncker, E., Shimizu, Y., Fujimoto, J., Yuasa, F., Kaugars, K., Cucos, L., ...

Loop integration results have been obtained using numerical integration and extrapolation. An extrapolation to the limit is performed with respect to a parameter in the integrand which tends to zero....

Full one-loop electroweak radiative corrections to single photon production in e+e- (2004)

Boudjema, F., Fujimoto, J., Ishikawa, T., Kaneko, T., Kato, K., Kurihara, Y., ...

Large scale calculation for the radiative corrections required for the current and future collider experiments can be done automatically using the GRACE-LOOP system. Here several results for e+e- -->...

Benzisothiazole derivative inhibits toll-like receptor 4 signal transduction and prevents mice from the lethal shock (2004)

Hosaka, Y, Shimizu, Y, Nakamura, M, Sato, Y, Miyazaki, Y, Sato, T, ...

No abstract available.

An electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry method for identifying chlorinated drinking water disinfection byproducts (2004)

Zhang, XR, Minear, RA, Guo, YB, Hwang, CJ, Barrett, SE, Ikeda, K, ...

The effects of dissolved organic matter on the decomposition of di-n-butyl phthalate by ozone/hydrogen peroxide process (2004)

Kosaka, K, Yamada, H, Tsuno, H, Shimizu, Y, Matsui, S

Effects of dissolved organic matter surrogates on the partitioning of 17 beta-estradiol and p-nonylphenol between synthetic membrane vesicles and water (2004)

Yamamoto, H, Liljestrand, HM, Shimizu, Y

Slow release of bone morphogenetic protein 2 from a gelatin sponge to promote regeneration of tracheal cartilage in a canine model (2004)

Okamoto, T, Yamamoto, Y, Gotoh, M, Huang, CL, Nakamura, T, Shimizu, Y, ...

In situ tissue engineering of periodontal tissues by seeding with periodontal ligament-derived cells (2004)

Nakahara, T, Nakamura, T, Kobayashi, E, Kuremoto, KI, Matsuno, T, Tabata, Y, ...

The SUSY seesaw model and lepton-flavor violation at a future electron-positron linear collider (2003)

Deppisch, F., Päs, H., Redelbach, A., Rückl, R., Shimizu, Y.

We study lepton-flavor violating slepton production and decay at a future e^+e^- linear collider in context with the seesaw mechanism in mSUGRA post-LEP benchmark scenarios. The present knowledge in...

Spin liquid state in an organic Mott insulator with a triangular lattice (2003)

Shimizu, Y, Miyagawa, K, Kanoda, K, Maesato, M, Saito, G

Full order alpha electroweak corrections to double Higgs-strahlung at the linear collider (2003)

Belanger, G., Boudjema, F., Fujimoto, J., Ishikawa, T., Kurihara, T. Kaneko Y., Kato, K., ...

We present the full order alpha electroweak radiative corrections to the double Higgs-strahlung process e+e- --> ZHH. The computation is performed with the help of GRACE-loop. After subtraction of...

GRACE at ONE-LOOP: Automatic calculation of 1-loop diagrams in the electroweak theory with gauge parameter independence checks (2003)

Belanger, G., Boudjema, F., Fujimoto, J., Ishikawa, T., Kaneko, T., Kato, K., ...

We describe the main building blocks of a generic automated package for the calculation of Feynman diagrams. These blocks include the generation and creation of a model file, the graph generation,...

Measurements of anisotropic scintillation efficiency for carbon recoils in a stilbene crystal for dark matter detection (2003)

Sekiya, H., Minowa, M., Shimizu, Y., Inoue, Y., Suganuma, W.

It is known that scintillation efficiency of organic single crystals depends on the direction of nuclear recoils relative to crystallographic axes. This property could be applied to the directional...

Spin Liquid State in an Organic Mott Insulator with Triangular Lattice (2003)

Shimizu, Y., Miyagawa, K., Kanoda, K., Maesato, M., Saito, G.

$^{1}$H NMR and static susceptibility measurements have been performed in an organic Mott insulator with nearly isotropic triangular lattice, $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_{2}$Cu$_{2}$(CN)$_{3}$, which is a...

Full order_alpha electroweak and order alpha_s corrections to e^+e^- --> t t H (2003)

Belanger, G., Boudjema, F., Fujimoto, J., Ishikawa, T., Kaneko, T., Kato, K., ...

We present the full ${{\cal O}}(\alpha)$ electroweak radiative corrections to associated Higgs top pair production in $e^+e^-$ collisions. We combine these results with a new calculation of the full...

Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Coupling Coefficients from Dark Matter Search Experiment with NaF Bolometer (2003)

Takeda, A., Minowa, M., Miuchi, K., Sekiya, H., Shimizu, Y., Inoue, Y., ...

We have performed the underground dark matter search experiment with a sodium fl uoride (NaF) bolometer array from 2002 through 2003 at Kamioka Observatory (2700 m.w.e.). The bolometer array consists...

DNA bending by the human damage recognition complex XPC-HR23B. (2003)

Janicijevic, A., Sugasawa, K., Shimizu, Y., Hanaoka, F., Wijgers, N., Djurica, M., ...

Genome integrity is maintained, despite constant assault on DNA, due to the action of a variety of DNA repair pathways. Nucleotide excision repair (NER) protects the genome from the deleterious...

The effects of humic substances on the intake of micro-organic pollutants into the aquatic biota (2003)

Matsubara, J, Takahashi, J, Ikeda, K, Shimizu, Y,