Itô’s theory of excursion point processes and its developments

AbstractItô’s theory of excursion point processes is reviewed and the following topics are discussed: Application of the theory to one-dimensional diffusion processes on half-intervals satisfying Feller’s boundary conditions, and its multi-dimensional extension, i.e., the application of the theory to multi-dimensional diffusion processes satisfying Wentzell’s boundary conditions

Remarks on Krein-Kotani’s correspondence between strings and Herglotz functions

In the study of spectral functions of Strum-Liouville operators, S. Kotani found a one-to-one correspondence between the operators and Herglotz functions determining the spectral measures. In the present paper we give another correspondence to a class of Lévy processes obtained as a compensated integrals of Brownian local times. As an application the continuity theorem of Kotani’s correspondence is extended

Crystal structure of (1R,2R)-trans-1,2-cyclohexanedicarhoxylic acid-(R)- 1-phenylethylamine salt

金沢大学大学院自然科学研究科先端機能物質金沢大学工学

Radiation monitoring using imaging plate technology: A case study of leaves affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and JCO criticality accidents

This paper describes the use of a photostimulable phosphor screen imaging technique to detect radioactive contamination in the leaves of wormwood (Artemisia vulgaris L) and fern (Dryopteris filix-max CL. Schoff) plants affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. The imaging plate technology is well known for many striking performances in two-dimensional radiation detection. Since imaging plate comprises an integrated detection system, it has been extensively applied to surface contamination distribution studies. In this study, plant samples were collected from high- and low-contaminated areas of Ukraine and Belarus, which were affected due to the Chernobyl accident and exposed to imaging technique. Samples from the highly contaminated areas revealed the highest photo-stimulated luminescence on the imaging plate. Moreover, the radio nuclides detected in the leaves by gamma and beta ray spectroscopy were 137Cs and 90Sr, respectively. Additionally, in order to assess contamination, a comparison was also made with leaves of plants affected during the JCO criticality accident in Japan. Based on the results obtained, the importance of imaging plate technology in environmental radiation monitoring has been suggested

Residual neutron-induced radionuclides in a soil sample collected in the vicinity of the criticality accident site in Tokai-mura, Japan: A progress report

金沢大学理学部Residual neutron-induced radionuclides were measured in a soil sample collected in the vicinity of the location where a criticality accident occurred (in Tokai-mura, from 30 September to 1 October, 1999). Concentrations of 24Na,140La,122Sb,59Fe,124Sb,46Sc,65Zn,134Cs and 60Co in the soil sample were determined by γ-ray spectrometry, and neutron activation analysis was carried out for selected target elements in the sample. Tentative estimates of the apparent thermal and epithermal neutron fluences which reached the sample were obtained through combined analyses of 59Fe/58Fe,124Sb/123Sb,46Sc/45Sc,65Zn/64Zn,134Cs/133Cs and 60Co/59Co. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd