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1. CANDLES-III detector: Low-background spectrometer for studying neutrino-less double [formula omitted] decay of 48Ca

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Ajimura, S., Akutagawa, K., Batpurev, T., Doukaku, F., Fushimi, K., Hazama, R., Ichimura, K., Iida, T., Kakubata, H., Kanagawa, K., Katagiri, S., Khai, B.T., Kishimoto, T., Li, X., Maeda, T., Masuda, A., Matsuoka, K., Mizukoshi, K., Morishita, K., Nakajima, K., Nakatani, N., Nomachi, M., Ogawa, I., Ohata, T., Rittirong, A., Saka, M., Suzuki, K., Takahashi, N., Takemoto, Y., Takihira, Y., Tamagawa, Y., Tetsuno, K., Tozawa, M., Trang, V.T.T., Tsuzuki, M., Uehara, T., Umehara, S., Yasuda, K., Yoshida, S., Yoshizawa, M., and Yotsunaga, N.

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2024
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2. A study on energy resolution of CANDLES detector

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Khai, B. T., Ajimura, S., Chan, W. M., Fushimi, K., Hazama, R., Hiraoka, H., Iida, T., Kanagawa, K., Kino, H., Kishimoto, T., Maeda, T., Nakajima, K., Nomachi, M., Ogawa, I., Ohata, T., Suzuki, K., Takemoto, Y., Takihira, Y., Tamagawa, Y., Tozawa, M., Tsuzuki, M., Umehara, S., and Yoshida, S.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

In a neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) experiment, energy resolution is important to distinguish between $0\nu\beta\beta$ and background events. CAlcium fluoride for studies of Neutrino and Dark matters by Low Energy Spectrometer (CANDLES) discerns the $0\nu\beta\beta$ of $^{48}$Ca using a CaF$_2$ scintillator as the detector and source. Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) collect scintillation photons. At the Q-value of $^{48}$Ca, the current energy resolution (2.6%) exceeds the ideal statistical fluctuation of the number of photoelectrons (1.6%). Because of CaF$_2$'s long decay constant of 1000 ns, a signal integration within 4000 ns is used to calculate the energy. The baseline fluctuation ($\sigma_{baseline}$) is accumulated in the signal integration, thus degrading the energy resolution. This paper studies $\sigma_{baseline}$ in the CANDLES detector, which severely degrades the resolution by 1% at the Q-value of $^{48}$Ca. To avoid $\sigma_{\rm baseline}$, photon counting can be used to obtain the number of photoelectrons in each PMT; however, a significant photoelectron signal overlapping probability in each PMT causes missing photoelectrons in counting and reduces the energy resolution. "Partial photon counting" reduces $\sigma_{baseline}$ and minimizes photoelectron loss. We obtain improved energy resolutions of 4.5-4.0% at 1460.8 keV ($\gamma$-ray of $^{40}$K), and 3.3-2.9% at 2614.5 keV ($\gamma$-ray of $^{208}$Tl). The energy resolution at the Q-value is estimated to be improved from 2.6% to 2.2%, and the detector sensitivity for the $0\nu\beta\beta$ half-life of $^{48}$Ca can be improved by 1.09 times., Comment: This manuscript is prepared for submission to IEEE Transaction on Nuclear Science. It contains 11 pages, 19 figures, and 1 table

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2020
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3. Low background measurement in CANDLES-III for studying the neutrino-less double beta decay of $^{48}$Ca

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Ajimura, S., Chan, W. M., Ichimura, K., Ishikawa, T., Kanagawa, K., Khai, B. T., Kishimoto, T., Kino, H., Maeda, T., Matsuoka, K., Nakatani, N., Nomachi, M., Saka, M., Seki, K., Takemoto, Y., Takihira, Y., Tanaka, D., Tanaka, M., Tetsuno, K., Trang, V. T. T., Tsuzuki, M., Umehara, S., Akutagawa, K., Batpurev, T., Doihara, M., Katagiri, S., Kinoshita, E., Hirano, Y., Iga, T., Ishikawa, M., Ito, G., Kakubata, H., Lee, K. K., Li, X., Mizukoshi, K., Moser, M., Ohata, T., Shokati, M., Soberi, M. S., Uehara, T., Wang, W., Yamamoto, K., Yasuda, K., Yoshida, S., Yotsunaga, N., Harada, T., Hiraoka, H., Hiyama, T., Hirota, A., Ikeyama, Y., Kawamura, A., Kawashima, Y., Maeda, S., Nakajima, K., Ogawa, I., Ozawa, K., Shamoto, K., Shimizu, K., Shinki, Y., Tamagawa, Y., Tozawa, M., Yoshizawa, M., Fushimi, K., Hazama, R., Noithong, P., Rittirong, A., Suzuki, K., and Iida, T.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

We developed a CANDLES-III system to study the neutrino-less double beta (0$\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{48}$Ca. The proposed system employs 96 CaF$_{2}$ scintillation crystals (305 kg) with natural Ca ($^{\rm nat.}$Ca) isotope which corresponds 350\,g of $^{48}$Ca. External backgrounds were rejected using a 4$\pi$ active shield of a liquid scintillator surrounding the CaF$_2$ crystals. The internal backgrounds caused by the radioactive impurities within the CaF$_2$ crystals can be reduced effectively through analysis of the signal pulse shape. We analyzed the data obtained in the Kamioka underground for a live-time of 130.4\,days to evaluate the feasibility of the low background measurement with the CANDLES-III detector. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we estimated the background rate from the radioactive impurities in the CaF$_{2}$ crystals and the rate of high energy $\gamma$-rays caused by the (n, $\gamma$) reactions induced by environmental neutrons. The expected background rate was in a good agreement with the measured rate, i.e., approximately 10$^{-3}$ events/keV/yr/(kg of $^{\rm nat.}$Ca), in the 0$\nu\beta\beta$ window. In conclusion, the background candidates were estimated properly by comparing the measured energy spectrum with the background simulations. With this measurement method, we performed the first search for 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay in a low background condition using a detector with a Ca isotope, in which the Ca present was not enriched, in a scale of hundreds of kg. The $^{48}$Ca isotope has a high potential for use in 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay search, and is expected to be useful for the development of a next-generation detector for highly sensitive measurements., Comment: 26 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Physical Review D

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2020
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4. The energy calibration system for CANDLES using (n,[formula omitted]) reaction

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Iida, T., Mizukoshi, K., Ohata, T., Uehara, T., Batpurev, T., Fushimi, K., Hazama, R., Ishikawa, M., Kakubata, H., Kanagawa, K., Katagiri, S., Khai, B.T., Kishimoto, T., Li, X., Maeda, T., Matsuoka, K., Morishita, K., Moser, M., Nakajima, K., Nomachi, M., Ogawa, I., Shokati, M., Suzuki, K., Takemoto, Y., Takihira, Y., Tamagawa, Y., Tetsuno, K., Tozawa, M., Trang, V.T.T., Umehara, S., and Yoshida, S.

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2021
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5. Background studies of high energy γ rays from (n,γ) reactions in the CANDLES experiment

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Nakajima, K., Iida, T., Akutagawa, K., Batpurev, T., Chan, W.M., Dokaku, F., Fushimi, K., Kakubata, H., Kanagawa, K., Katagiri, S., Kawasaki, K., Khai, B.T., Kino, H., Kinoshita, E., Kishimoto, T., Hazama, R., Hiraoka, H., Hiyama, T., Ishikawa, M., Li, X., Maeda, T., Matsuoka, K., Moser, M., Nomachi, M., Ogawa, I., Ohata, T., Sato, H., Shamoto, K., Shimada, M., Shokati, M., Takahashi, N., Takemoto, Y., Takihira, Y., Tamagawa, Y., Tozawa, M., Teranishi, K., Tetsuno, K., Trang, V.T.T., Tsuzuki, M., Umehara, S., Wang, W., Yoshida, S., and Yotsunaga, N.

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2018
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Ajimura, S., Chan, W. M., Ichimura, K., Ishikawa, T., Kanagawa, K., Khai, B. T., Kishimoto, T., Kino, H., Maeda, T., Matsuoka, K., Nakatani, N., Nomachi, M., Saka, M., Seki, K., Takemoto, Y., Takihira, Y., Tanaka, D., Tanaka, M., Tetsuno, K., Trang, V. T. T., Tsuzuki, M., Umehara, S., Akutagawa, K., Batpurev, T., Doihara, M., Katagiri, S., Kinoshita, E., Hirano, Y., Iga, T., Ishikawa, M., Ito, G., Kakubata, H., Lee, K. K., Li, X., Mizukoshi, K., Moser, M., Ohata, T., Shokati, M., Soberi, M. S., Uehara, T., Wang, W., Yamamoto, K., Yasuda, K., Yoshida, S., Yotsunaga, N., Harada, T., Hiraoka, H., Hiyama, T., Hirota, A., Ikeyama, Y., Kawamura, A., Kawashima, Y., Maeda, S., Nakajima, K., Ogawa, I., Ozawa, K., Shamoto, K., Shimizu, K., Shinki, Y., Tamagawa, Y., Tozawa, M., Yoshizawa, M., Fushimi, K., Hazama, R., Noithong, P., Rittirong, A., Suzuki, K., and Iida, T.

Abstract

We developed a CANDLES-III system to study the neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay of Ca48. The proposed system employs 96 CaF2 scintillation crystals (305 kg) with natural Ca (Canat) isotope which corresponds 350 g of Ca48. External backgrounds were rejected using a 4π active shield of a liquid scintillator surrounding the CaF2 crystals. The internal backgrounds caused by the radioactive impurities within the CaF2 crystals can be reduced effectively through analysis of the signal pulse shape. We analyzed the data obtained in the Kamioka underground for a live-time of 130.4 days to evaluate the feasibility of the low background measurement with the CANDLES-III detector. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we estimated the background rate from the radioactive impurities in the CaF2 crystals and the rate of high energy γ-rays caused by the (n,γ) reactions induced by environmental neutrons. The expected background rate was in a good agreement with the measured rate, i.e., approximately 10−3 events/keV/yr/(kg of Canat), in the 0νββ window. In conclusion, the background candidates were estimated properly by comparing the measured energy spectrum with the background simulations. With this measurement method, we performed the first search for 0νββ decay in a low background condition using a detector on the scale of hundreds of kg of nonenriched Ca. Deploying scintillators enriched in Ca48 will increase the sensitivity strongly. Ca48 has a high potential for use in 0νββ decay search, and is expected to be useful for the development of a next-generation detector for highly sensitive measurements.

Published
2021

9. A Study on Energy Resolution of CANDLES Detector

Author

Khai, B. T., primary, Ajimura, S., additional, Chan, W. M., additional, Fushimi, K., additional, Hazama, R., additional, Hiraoka, H., additional, Iida, T., additional, Kanagawa, K., additional, Kino, H., additional, Kishimoto, T., additional, Maeda, T., additional, Nakajima, K., additional, Nomachi, M., additional, Ogawa, I., additional, Ohata, T., additional, Suzuki, K., additional, Takemoto, Y., additional, Takihira, Y., additional, Tamagawa, Y., additional, Tozawa, M., additional, Tsuzuki, M., additional, Umehara, S., additional, and Yoshida, S., additional

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2021
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10. The energy calibration system for CANDLES using (n,γ) reaction

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Iida, T., primary, Mizukoshi, K., additional, Ohata, T., additional, Uehara, T., additional, Batpurev, T., additional, Fushimi, K., additional, Hazama, R., additional, Ishikawa, M., additional, Kakubata, H., additional, Kanagawa, K., additional, Katagiri, S., additional, Khai, B.T., additional, Kishimoto, T., additional, Li, X., additional, Maeda, T., additional, Matsuoka, K., additional, Morishita, K., additional, Moser, M., additional, Nakajima, K., additional, Nomachi, M., additional, Ogawa, I., additional, Shokati, M., additional, Suzuki, K., additional, Takemoto, Y., additional, Takihira, Y., additional, Tamagawa, Y., additional, Tetsuno, K., additional, Tozawa, M., additional, Trang, V.T.T., additional, Umehara, S., additional, and Yoshida, S., additional

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2021
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11. Search for neutrino-less double beta decay of 48Ca-CANDLES-

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Umehara, S., primary, Nomachi, M., additional, Kishimoto, T., additional, Ajimura, S., additional, Takemoto, Y., additional, Tetsuno, K., additional, Takihira, K., additional, Matsuoka, K., additional, Trang, V. T. T., additional, Yoshida, S., additional, Shokati, M., additional, Li, X., additional, Batpurev, T., additional, Khai, B. T., additional, Lee, K., additional, Akutagawa, K., additional, Soberi, F., additional, Mizukoshi, K., additional, Yamamoto, K., additional, Tamagawa, Y., additional, Ogawa, I., additional, Nakajima, K., additional, Tozawa, M., additional, Shimizu, K., additional, Mori, Y., additional, Ikeyama, Y., additional, Ozawa, K., additional, Iida, T., additional, Fushimi, K., additional, Hazama, R., additional, Noithong, P., additional, Suzuki, K., additional, and Ohsumi, H., additional

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2020
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15. Status of 48Ca double beta decay search and its future prospect in CANDLES

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Tetsuno, K., primary, Ajimura, S., additional, Akutagawa, K., additional, Batpurev, T., additional, Chan, W. M., additional, Fushimi, K., additional, Hazama, R., additional, Iida, T., additional, Ikeyama, Y., additional, Khai, B. T., additional, Kishimoto, T., additional, Lee, K. K., additional, Li, X., additional, Matsuoka, K., additional, Mizukoshi, K., additional, Mori, Y., additional, Nakajima, K., additional, Noithong, P., additional, Nomachi, M., additional, Ogawa, I., additional, Ohsumi, H., additional, Ozawa, K., additional, Shimizu, K., additional, Shokati, M., additional, Soberi, F., additional, Suzuki, K., additional, Takemoto, Y., additional, Takihira, Y., additional, Tamagawa, Y., additional, Tozawa, M., additional, Trang, V. T. T., additional, Umehara, S., additional, Yamamoto, K., additional, Yoshida, S., additional, Kim, I, additional, Kwon, D H, additional, Kim, H L, additional, Lee, H J, additional, Lee, M K, additional, and Kim, Y H, additional

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2020
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16. Neutrino-less double beta decay of 48Ca studied by CaF2(pure) scintillators

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Umehara, S., primary, Kishimoto, T., additional, Nomachi, M., additional, Ajimura, S., additional, Takemoto, Y., additional, Chan, W. M., additional, Takihira, K., additional, Matsuoka, K., additional, Nakatani, N., additional, Trang, V. T. T., additional, Yoshida, S., additional, Wang, W., additional, Maeda, T., additional, Ohata, T., additional, Tetsuno, K., additional, Lee, K., additional, Lee, X., additional, Shokati, M., additional, Temuge, B., additional, Akutagawa, K., additional, Kanagawa, K., additional, Katagiri, S., additional, Khai, B. T., additional, Tsuzuki, M., additional, Yotsunaga, N., additional, Moser, M., additional, Ishikawa, M., additional, Kino, H., additional, Kinoshita, E., additional, Sato, Y., additional, Tamagawa, Y., additional, Ogawa, I., additional, Nakajima, K., additional, Tozawa, M., additional, Dokaku, F., additional, Hiyama, T., additional, Takahashi, N., additional, Teranishi, K., additional, Hiraoka, H., additional, Kawasaki, K., additional, Sato, H., additional, Shamoto, K., additional, Shimada, M., additional, Iida, T., additional, Fushimi, K., additional, Hazama, R., additional, Suzuki, K., additional, and Ohsumi, H., additional

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2020
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17. Photon counting method for improvement of energy resolution in CANDLES experiment

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Khai, B. T., primary, Ajimura, S., additional, Chan, W. M., additional, Fushimi, K., additional, Hazama, R., additional, Iida, T., additional, Kanagawa, K., additional, Katagiri, S., additional, Kino, H., additional, Kishimoto, T., additional, Maeda, T., additional, Nakajima, K., additional, Nomachi, M., additional, Ogawa, I., additional, Ohata, T., additional, Suzuki, K., additional, Takemoto, Y., additional, Tamagawa, Y., additional, Tozawa, M., additional, Tsuzuki, M., additional, Umehara, S., additional, and Yoshida, S., additional

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2019
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18. Development of CANDLES Low Background HPGe Detector and Half-life Measurement of 180Tam

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Chan, W.M., Kishimoto, T., Umehara, S., Matsuoka, K., Suzuki, K., Yoshida, S., Nakajima, K., Iida, T., Fushimi, Ken-Ichi, Nomachi, M., Ogawa, I., Tamagawa, Y., Hazama, Ryuta, Takemoto, Y., Nakatani, N., Takihira, Y., Tozawa, M., Kakubata, H., Trang, V.T.T., Ohata, T., Tetsuno, K., Maeda, T., Khai, B.T., Li, X.L., Batpurev, T., Chan, W.M., Kishimoto, T., Umehara, S., Matsuoka, K., Suzuki, K., Yoshida, S., Nakajima, K., Iida, T., Fushimi, Ken-Ichi, Nomachi, M., Ogawa, I., Tamagawa, Y., Hazama, Ryuta, Takemoto, Y., Nakatani, N., Takihira, Y., Tozawa, M., Kakubata, H., Trang, V.T.T., Ohata, T., Tetsuno, K., Maeda, T., Khai, B.T., Li, X.L., and Batpurev, T.

Abstract

A low background HPGe detector system was developed at CANDLES Experimental Hall for multipurpose use. Various low background techniques were employed, including hermatic shield design, radon gas suppression, and background reduction analysis. A new pulse shape discrimination (PSD) method was specially created for coaxial Ge detector. Using this PSD method, microphonics noise and background event at low energy region less than 200 keV can be rejected effectively. Monte Carlo simulation by GEANT4 was performed to acquire the detection efficiency and study the interaction of gamma-rays with detector system. For rare decay measurement, the detector was utilized to detect the nature’s most stable isomer tantalum-180m (180Tam) decay. Two phases of tantalum physics run were completed with total livetime of 358.2 days, which Phase II has upgraded shield configuration. The world most stringent half-life limit of 180Tam has been successfully achieved.

Published
2018

19. Performance of updated shielding system in CANDLES

Author

Nakajima, K., primary, Batpurev, T., additional, Chan, W. M., additional, Dokaku, F., additional, Fushimi, K., additional, Hazama, R., additional, Hiraoka, H., additional, Hiyama, T., additional, Iida, T., additional, Ishikawa, M., additional, Kanagawa, K., additional, Katagiri, S., additional, Kawasaki, K., additional, Khai, B. T., additional, Kino, H., additional, Kinoshita, E., additional, Kishimoto, T., additional, Li, X., additional, Maeda, T., additional, Matsuoka, K., additional, Moser, M., additional, Nomachi, M., additional, Ogawa, I., additional, Ohata, T., additional, Sato, H., additional, Sato, Y., additional, Shamoto, K., additional, Shimada, M., additional, Shokati, M., additional, Takahashi, N., additional, Takemoto, Y., additional, Takihira, Y., additional, Tamagawa, Y., additional, Teranishi, K., additional, Tetsuno, K., additional, Tozawa, M., additional, Trang, V. T. T., additional, Tsuzuki, M., additional, Umehara, S., additional, Wang, W., additional, Yoshida, S., additional, and Yotsunaga, N., additional

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2018
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20. Report of Japanese Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (J-MACS) - Non-Pulsatile Implantable LVAS vs. Extracorporeal LVAD as Bridge to Transplantation

Author

Nakatani, T., primary, Sase, K., additional, Oshiyama, H., additional, Akiyama, M., additional, Horie, M., additional, Nawata, K., additional, Nishinaka, T., additional, Tanoue, Y., additional, Toda, K., additional, Tozawa, M., additional, Yanase, M., additional, Yamazaki, S., additional, Ishida, M., additional, Hiramatsu, A., additional, and Kitamura, S., additional

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2016
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21. Development of CANDLES Low Background HPGe Detector and Half-life Measurement of 180Tam.

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Chan, W. M., Kishimoto, T., Umehara, S., Matsuoka, K., Suzuki, K., Yoshida, S., Nakajima, K., Iida, T., Fushimi, K., Nomachi, M., Ogawa, I., Tamagawa, Y., Hazama, R., Takemoto, Y., Nakatani, N., Takihira, Y., Tozawa, M., Kakubata, H., Trang, V. T. T., and Ohata, T.

Subjects
GERMANIUM detectors, HALF-life (Nuclear physics), RADON, RADIOACTIVE decay, MONTE Carlo method
Abstract

A low background HPGe detector system was developed at CANDLES Experimental Hall for multipurpose use. Various low background techniques were employed, including hermatic shield design, radon gas suppression, and background reduction analysis. A new pulse shape discrimination (PSD) method was specially created for coaxial Ge detector. Using this PSD method, microphonics noise and background event at low energy region less than 200 keV can be rejected effectively. Monte Carlo simulation by GEANT4 was performed to acquire the detection efficiency and study the interaction of gamma-rays with detector system. For rare decay measurement, the detector was utilized to detect the nature's most stable isomer tantalum-180m (180Tam) decay. Two phases of tantalum physics run were completed with total livetime of 358.2 days, which Phase II has upgraded shield configuration. The world most stringent half-life limit of 180Tam has been successfully achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2017
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22. [A female case of Fournier's gangrene in a patient with lupus nephritis]

Author

Kentaro Kohagura, Sesoko S, Tozawa M, Iseki K, Tokuyama K, and Fukiyama K

Subjects
Adult, Humans, Female, Fasciitis, Necrotizing, Genital Diseases, Female, Lupus Nephritis, Fournier Gangrene
Abstract

Infection is one of the common causes of death in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It is associated with the use of immunosuppressive agents, renal failure, and increased disease activity. Fournier's gangrene is a necrotizing fasciitis occurring in the genital region. It is rare, but can be crucial if surgical drainage is delayed. We report a female case of Fournier's gangrene occurring in a patient with lupus nephritis and chronic renal failure. The patient was a 21-year-old female with chronic renal failure due to lupus nephritis. She had suffered from watery diarrhea one month before admission. It improved after increasing the dose of prednisolone, but, she was complicated with Bartholin abscess. The vaginal pain rapidly spread to the left lower quadrant abdomen despite treatment with oral cephalosporin. Focal incision was performed and black fluid emerged with a foul smell. Pelvic computed tomography (CT) revealed many bubbles in that region. She was found to have septic shock on transfer to our hospital. Thereafter, emergency debridement was performed, followed by antibiotic therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Organisms were found to be 5 anerobes, such as Bacteroides species, and 3 aerobics, such as Morganella morganii. Fournier's gangrene was improved via these treatments, but she needed maintenance hemodialysis. Fournier's gangrene complication should be considered in SLE with urogenital infection.

Published
1998

32. Study of Fast FLAIR Method using Gd-DTPA

Author

Miura, Yasutomo, primary, Tozawa, M., additional, Shimada, Y., additional, Ookubo, T., additional, Kojima, J., additional, Machida, K., additional, Moriguchi, Y., additional, Inoue, K., additional, Suzuki, T., additional, and Shimizu, K., additional

Published
1997
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37. Blood pressure variability as an adverse prognostic risk factor in end-stage renal disease.

Author

Tozawa, M, Iseki, K, Yoshi, S, and Fukiyama, K

Abstract

Background. Prospective and case-control studies show that blood-pressure variability is an independent risk factor for severe organ damage and cardiovascular events in hypertensives. We prospectively studied the association between systolic blood pressure variability and cardiovascular mortality and mortality from all causes in end-stage renal disease patients. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
1999
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38. Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and risk of death in chronic dialysis patients.

Author

Iseki, K, Tozawa, M, Yoshi, S, and Fukiyama, K

Abstract

Background. The prognosis of chronic dialysis patients is poor, in part due to the high incidence of cardiovascular disease. Malnutrition, such as hypoalbuminaemia, has been shown to be a predictor of death in this group of patients, while serum C-reactive protein (CRP) is a predictor of myocardial infarction and sudden death. Thus, the aim of the present study was to determine of the relationship between CRP and serum albumin concentration, and the value of baseline CRP data in the prediction of death. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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1999
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