Publications (35)
Fermi surfaces, electron-hole asymmetry and correlation kink in a three-dimensional Fermi liquid LaNiO
R. Eguchi, A. Chainani, M. Taguchi +6
We report the three-dimensional (3-D) momentum-resolved soft x-ray photoemission spectroscopy of the Fermi liquid LaNiO. The out-of-plane and in-plane cuts of the 3-D electron-…
The T2K Experiment
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +520
The T2K experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. Its main goal is to measure the last unknown lepton sector mixing angle θ_{13} by observing ν_e appearance…
Weak itinerant ferromagnetism in Heusler type Fe2VAl0.95
K. Sato, T. Naka, M. Taguchi +7
We report measurements of the magnetic, transport and thermal properties of the Heusler type compound Fe2VAl0.95. We show that while stoichiometric Fe2VAl is a non-magnetic semi-me…
Evidence for suppressed metallicity on the surface of La2-xSrxCuO4 and Nd2-xCexCuO4
M. Taguchi, A. Chainani, K. Horiba +19
Hard X-ray Photoemission spectroscopy (PES) of copper core electronic states, with a probing depth of 60 Ã , is used to show that the Zhang-Rice singlet feature is present in…
Measurements of the T2K neutrino beam properties using the INGRID on-axis near detector
K. Abe, N. Abgrall, Y. Ajima +428
Precise measurement of neutrino beam direction and intensity was achieved based on a new concept with modularized neutrino detectors. INGRID (Interactive Neutrino GRID) is an on-ax…
Development of Multi-Pixel Photon Counters
M. Yokoyama, T. Nobuhara, M. Taguchi +12
The multi-pixel photon counter (MPPC) is a newly developed photodetector with an excellent photon counting capability. It also has many attractive features such as small size, high…
Combining photoemission and optical spectroscopies for reliable valence determination in YbS and Yb metal
M. Matsunami, A. Chainani, M. Taguchi +13
Hard x-ray photoemission and optical spectroscopies have been performed on YbS and Yb metal to determine the precise -electron occupation. A comparison of the photoemission spec…
Oxygen on-site Coulomb energy in PrLaCeCuO and BiSrCaCuO and its relation with Heisenberg exchange
A. Chainani, M. Horio, C. -M. Cheng +20
We study the electronic structure of electron-doped PrLaCeCuO (PLCCO ; = 27 K, x = 0.1) and hole-doped BiSrCaCuO (Bi2212…
Strong valence fluctuation in the quantum critical heavy fermion superconductor beta-YbAlB4: A hard x-ray photoemission study
M. Okawa, M. Matsunami, K. Ishizaka +12
Electronic structures of the quantum critical superconductor beta-YbAlB4 and its polymorph alpha-YbAlB4 are investigated by using bulk-sensitive hard x-ray photoemission spectrosco…
First Muon-Neutrino Disappearance Study with an Off-Axis Beam
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +443
We report a measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance in the T2K experiment. The 295-km muon-neutrino beam from Tokai to Kamioka is the first implementation of the off-axis techni…
Temperature-Dependence of Magnetically-Active Charge Excitations in Magnetite across the Verwey Transition
M. Taguchi, A. Chainani, S. Ueda +16
We have studied the electronic structure of bulk single crystals and epitaxial films of magnetite FeO. Fe core-level spectra show clear differences between hard x-ray…
Unusual coexistence of negative/positive charge-transfer in mixed-valence NaCaCrO
M. Taguchi, H. Yamaoka, Y. Yamamoto +6
We have investigated the electronic structure of NaCaCrO using x-ray absorption spectroscopy together with Anderson impurity model calculations with full multip…
Evidence for mass renormalization in LaNiO$"" sub 3_: an in situ soft x-ray photoemission study of epitaxial films
K. Horiba, R. Eguchi, M. Taguchi +5
We investigate the electronic structure of high-quality single-crystal LaNiO (LNO) thin films using in situ photoemission spectroscopy (PES). The in situ high-resolution soft x…
Electronic structure of semiconducting CeFeP: Strong hybridization and relevance of single-impurity Anderson model
M. Matsunami, K. Horiba, M. Taguchi +16
Semiconducting skutterudite CeFeP is investigated by synchrotron x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (PES) and x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Ce 3 core-level PES a…
Tensile-Strain Dependent Spin States in Epitaxial LaCoO Thin Films
Y. Yokoyama, Y. Yamasaki, M. Taguchi +11
The spin states of Co ions in perovskite-type LaCoO, governed by complex interplay between the electron-lattice interactions and the strong electron correlations, still…
Evidence for a correlated insulator to antiferromagnetic metal transition in CrN
P. A. Bhobe, A. Chainani, M. Taguchi +15
We investigate the electronic structure of Chromium Nitride (CrN) across the first-order magneto-structural transition at T_N ~ 286 K. Resonant photoemission spectroscopy shows a g…
Bulk Electronic structure of NaCoO.1.3HO
A. Chainani, T. Yokoya, Y. Takata +18
High-energy (h = 5.95 keV) synchrotron Photoemission spectroscopy (PES) is used to study bulk electronic structure of NaCoO.1.3HO, the layered superconduct…
Global structure of thermal tides in the upper cloud layer of Venus revealed by LIR onboard Akatsuki
T. Kouyama, M. Taguchi, T. Fukuhara +11
Longwave Infrared Camera (LIR) onboard Akatsuki first revealed the global structure of the thermal tides in the upper cloud layer of Venus. The data were acquired over three Venusi…
Anomalous State Sandwiched between Fermi Liquid and Charge Ordered Mott-Insulating Phases of Ti4O7
M. Taguchi, A. Chainani, M. Matsunami +15
The Magneli phase Ti4O7 exhibits two sharp jumps in resistivity with coupled structural transitions as a function of temperature at Tc1=142 K and Tc2=154 K. We have studied electro…
Photoemission Evidence for Valence Fluctuations and Kondo Resonance in YbAl2
M. Matsunami, A. Chainani, M. Taguchi +9
We use hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HAXPES) to investigate the electronic structure of YbAl2, for which the Yb valence has not been consistently reported to date. The bul…
Coherent and Incoherent States of Electron-doped SrTiO3
Y. Ishida, R. Eguchi, M. Matsunami +7
Resonant photoemission at the Ti 2p and O 1s edges on a Nb-doped SrTiO3 thin film revealed that the coherent state (CS) at the Fermi level (EF) had mainly Ti 3d character whereas t…
Nature of Well-Screened State in Hard X-ray Mn 2 Core-Level Photoemission of LaSrMnO Films
K. Horiba, M. Taguchi, A. Chainani +17
Using hard x-ray (HX ; = 5.95 keV) synchrotron photoemission spectroscopy (PES), we study the intrinsic electronic structure of LaSrMnO (LSMO) thin films. Com…
Theoretical study of resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy of Mn films on Ag
M. Taguchi, P. Kruger, J. C. Parlebas +1
We report a theoretical study on resonant x-ray emission spectra (RXES) in the whole energy region of the Mn white lines for three prototypical Mn/Ag(001) systems: (i) a…
Revisiting the valence-band and core-level photoemission spectra of NiO
M. Taguchi, M. Matsunami, Y. Ishida +10
We have re-examined the valence-band (VB) and core-level electronic structure of NiO by means of hard and soft x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (PES). The spectral weight of the lo…
Hard X-ray Cu Core-Level Photoemission of High- Cuprate Superconductors
M. Taguchi, M. Matsunami, A. Chainani +17
We have performed a detailed study of Cu core-level spectra in single layer LaSrCuO, La doped BiSrLaCuO (Bi2201) and bilayer B…
Probing the gamma-alpha Transition in Bulk Ce under Pressure: A Direct Investigation by Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
Jean-Pascal Rueff, Jean-Paul Itié, M. Taguchi +5
We report on the most complete investigation to date of the 4f-electron properties at the gamma-alpha transition in elemental Ce by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). The…
Evidence for Oxygen Holes due to d-p Rehybridization in Thermoelectric Sr_{1-x}Rh_{2}O_{4}
Y. Ishida, T. Baba, R. Eguchi +8
Soft-x-ray photoemission and absorption spectroscopies are employed to investigate the electronic structures of Sr_{1-x}Rh_{2}O_{4}. Similarly to the layered cobaltates such as Na_…
Electronic structure of an antiferromagnetic metal: CaCrO3
P. A. Bhobe, A. Chainani, M. Taguchi +11
We report on the electronic structure of the perovskite oxide CaCrO3 using valence-band, core-level, and Cr 2p - 3d resonant photoemission spectroscopy (PES). Despite its antiferro…
Nanoscale Dichotomy of Ti 3d Carriers Mediating the Ferromagnetism in Co:TiO2 Anatase Thin Films
T. Ohtsuki, A. Chainani, R. Eguchi +11
We study the surface and bulk electronic structure of the room-temperature ferromagnet Co:TiO2 anatase films using soft and hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy with probe sensiti…
Kondo Resonance in PrTi2Al20: Photoemission spectroscopy and single-impurity Anderson model
M. Matsunami, M. Taguchi, A. Chainani +5
The Kondo resonance at the Fermi level is well-established for the electronic structure of Ce (f1 electron) and Yb (f1 hole) based systems. In this work, we report complementary ex…
Polarized resonant inelastic x-ray scattering as an ultra-fine probe of excited states in La2CuO4
A. Shukla, M. Calandra, M. Taguchi +3
X-ray absorption is the standard method to probe the unoccupied density of states at a given edge. Here we show that polarized Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering in La2CuO4 at the…
Temperature dependent Eu 3d-4f X-ray Absorption and Resonant Photoemission Study of the Valence Transition in
K. Yamamoto, K. Horiba, M. Taguchi +10
We study the mixed valence transition ( 80 K) in EuNi(SiGe) using Eu 3 X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and resonant photoemissi…
Photoemission evidence for a Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition in VO
R. Eguchi, M. Taguchi, M. Matsunami +15
The temperature () dependent metal-insulator transition (MIT) in VO is investigated using bulk sensitive hard x-ray ( 8 keV) valence band, core level, and V 2 re…
Doping Dependent Changes in Nitrogen 2 States in the Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor GaCrN
T. Takeuchi, Y. Harada, T. Tokushima +10
We study the electronic structure of the recently discovered diluted magnetic semiconductor GaCrN ( = 0.01-0.10). A systematic study of the changes in the $occupie…
Bulk screening in core level photoemission from Mott-Hubbard and Charge-Transfer systems
M. Taguchi, A. Chainani, N. Kamakura +14
We report bulk-sensitive hard X-ray ( = 5.95 KeV) core level photoemission spectroscopy (PES) of single crystal VCrO and the high- cuprate BiS…