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Yukinori Nagatani

Publications and source records attributed to Yukinori Nagatani.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources

arXiv2020

Enhancement of low-spatial-frequency components by a new phase-contrast STEM using a probe formed with an amplitude Fresnel zone plate

Electron microscopy is a powerful tool for visualizing the shapes of sub-nanometer objects. However, contrast is not in proportional to density distribution, and therefore achieving a quantitative understanding of specimens is not straightforward, especially for low-contrast subjects such as biological specimens. To overcome this problem, we have developed a new phase-contrast scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) in which a probe beam formed with an amplitude Fresnel zone plate (FZP) and the resulting interference patterns produced by the zeroth and first order diffracted waves generated by the FZP are detected. We name it FZP-PC-STEM hereinafter. The amplitude FZP was manufactured by using focused ion beam (FIB) equipment, and the diffraction data were collected by using diffraction imaging technique. The validity of our proposed optical model was confirmed by comparing experimental and simulated images. Observations of carbon nanotube (CNT) bundles by this method showed that the contrast of low-spatial-frequency components in the CNT image was enhanced, unlike the case in conventional bright-field STEM. This method does not, in principle, require the post-image processing used in the diffraction imaging method, and it can be easily introduced into a conventional STEM system without major modifications. The stability and robustness of the method toward intense electron irradiation during long-time operation were also confirmed. We expect that the FZP-PC-STEM will be widely applicable to quantitative observations of radiation-sensitive light-element specimens, with simple and easy operation.

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arXiv2013

Entanglement-assisted electron microscopy based on a flux qubit

A notorious problem in high-resolution biological electron microscopy is radiation damage to the specimen caused by probe electrons. Hence, acquisition of data with minimal number of electrons is of critical importance. Quantum approaches may represent the only way to improve the resolution in this context, but all proposed schemes to date demand delicate control of the electron beam in highly unconventional electron optics. Here we propose a scheme that involves a flux qubit based on a radio-frequency superconducting quantum interference device (rf-SQUID), inserted in essentially a conventional transmission electron microscope. The scheme significantly improves the prospect of realizing a quantum-enhanced electron microscope for radiation-sensitive specimens.

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arXiv2007

Dirac Sea and Hole Theory for Bosons I -- A new formulation of quantum field theories --

Bosonic formulation of the negative energy sea, so called Dirac sea, is proposed by constructing a hole theory for bosons as a new formulation of the second quantization of bosonic fields. The original idea of Dirac sea for fermions, where the vacuum state is considered as a state completely filled by fermions of negative energy and holes in the sea are identified as anti-particles, is extended to boson case in a consistent manner. The bosonic vacuum consists of a sea filled by negative energy bosonic states, while physical probabilities become always positive definite. We introduce a method of the double harmonic oscillator to formulate the hole theory of bosons. Our formulation is also applicable to supersymmetric field theory. The sea for supersymmetric theories has an explicit supersymmetry. We suggest applications of our formulations to the anomaly theories and the string theories.

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arXiv2007

Dirac Sea and Hole Theory for Bosons II -- Renormalization Approach --

In bosonic formulation of the negative energy sea, so called Dirac sea presented in the preceding paper [arXiv:hep-th/0603242], one of the crucial points is how to construct a positive definite inner product in the negative energy states, since naive attempts would lead to non-positive definite ones. In the preceding paper the non-local method is used to define the positive definite inner product. In the present article we make use of a kind of $ε$-regularization and renormalization method which may clarify transparently the analytical properties of our formulation.

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arXiv2006

Atomic Structure in Black Hole

We propose that any black hole has atomic structure in its inside and has no horizon as a model of black holes. Our proposal is founded on a mean field approximation of gravity. The structure of our model consists of a (charged) singularity at the center and quantum fluctuations of fields around the singularity, namely, it is quite similar to that of atoms. Any properties of black holes, e.g. entropy, can be explained by the model. The model naturally quantizes black holes. In particular, we find the minimum black hole, whose structure is similar to that of the hydrogen atom and whose Schwarzschild radius is approximately 1.1287 times the Planck length. Our approach is conceptually similar to the Bohr's model of the atomic structure, and the concept of the minimum Schwarzschild radius is similar to that of the Bohr radius. The model predicts that black holes carry baryon number, and the baryon number is rapidly violated. This baryon number violation can be used as verification of the model.

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arXiv2005

A Structure Model for Black Holes: Atomic-like Structure, Quantization and the Minimum Schwarzschild Radius

A structure model for black holes is proposed by mean field approximation of gravity. The model, which consists of a charged singularity at the center and quantum fluctuation of fields around the singularity, is similar to the atomic structure. The model naturally quantizes the black hole. Especially we find the minimum black hole, whose structure is similar to the hydrogen atom and whose Schwarzschild radius becomes about 1.1287 of the Planck length.

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arXiv2004

Leptogenesis from Split Fermions

We present a new type of leptogenesis mechanism based on a two-scalar split-fermions framework. At high temperatures the bulk scalar vacuum expectation values (VEVs) vanish and lepton number is strongly violated. Below some temperature, $T_c$, the scalars develop extra dimension dependent VEVs. This transition is assumed to proceed via a first order phase transition. In the broken phase the fermions are localized and lepton number violation is negligible. The lepton-bulk scalar Yukawa couplings contain sizable CP phases which induce lepton production near the interface between the two phases. We provide a qualitative estimation of the resultant baryon asymmetry which agrees with current observation. The neutrino flavor parameters are accounted for by the above model with an additional approximate U(1) symmetry.

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arXiv2003

Radiation Ball as a Black Hole

A structure of the radiation-ball which is identified as a Schwarzschild black hole is found out by investigating the backreaction of Hawking radiation into space-time. The structure consists of the radiation which is gravitationally bounded in the ball and of a singularity. The entropy of the radiation in the ball is proportional to the surface-area of the ball and nearly equals to the Bekenstein entropy. The Hawking radiation is regarded as a leak-out from the ball. There arises no information paradox because there exists no horizon in the structure.

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arXiv2003

Black Hole as a Baryon-Reactor -- Rapid Baryon Number Violation in Black Hole

We find out that baryon numbers of the matter fallen into black holes are rapidly washed-out by investigating the radiation-ball description of the black holes. The radiation-ball solution, which was derived by analyzing the backreaction of the Hawking radiation into space-time and is identified as a black hole, consists of the radiation gravitationally-trapped into the ball and of a singularity. The baryon number of the black hole is defined as that of the radiation in the ball. The sphaleron processes of the Standard Model work in the ball because the proper temperature of the radiation is Planck scale and the Higgs vev becomes zero. The decay-rate of the baryon number becomes \dot{B}/B = -alpha_W^4 / r_BH for the Schwarzschild black hole of radius r_BH. When we assume the baryon number violating processes of the GUT, we find more rapid decay-rate. We can regard the black holes as the baryon-reactors which convert the baryonic matter into energy of radiation.

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arXiv2003

Spherical Domain Wall formed by Field Dynamics of Hawking Radiation and Spontaneous Charging-up of Black Hole

We investigate the Hawking radiation in the gauge-Higgs-Yukawa theory. The ballistic model is proposed as an effective description of the system. We find that a spherical domain wall around the black hole is formed by field dynamics rather than thermal phase-transition. The formation is a general property of the black hole whose Hawking temperature is equal to or greater than the energy scale of the theory. The formation of the electroweak wall and that of the GUT wall are shown. We also find a phenomenon of the spontaneous charging-up of the black hole by the wall. The Hawking radiation drives a mechanism of the charge-transportation into the black hole when C- and CP-violation are assumed. The mechanism can strongly transport the hyper-charge into a black hole of the electroweak scale.

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arXiv2003

Radiation Ball for a Charged Black Hole

A radiation-ball solution which is identified as a Reissner-Nordstrom black hole is found out. The radiation-ball, which is derived by analyzing the backreaction of the Hawking radiation into space-time, consists of radiation trapped in a ball by a deep gravitational potential and of a singularity. The Hawking radiation is regarded as a leak-out of the radiation from the ball. The gravitational potential becomes deep as the charge becomes large, however, the basic structure of the ball is independent of the charge. The extremal-charged black hole corresponds with the fully frozen ball by the infinite red-shift. The total entropy of the radiation in the ball, which is independent of the charge, obeys the area-law and is near the Bekenstein entropy.

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arXiv2003

Spherical Domain Wall formed by Field Dynamics of Hawking Radiation and Structure Near Horizon

The Hawking radiation in the vacuum of the spontaneous symmetry breaking in the gauge-Higgs-Yukawa theory is investigated by a general relativistic formulation of the the ballistic model. The restoration of the symmetry on the horizon and the formation of the spherical domain wall around the black hole are shown even if the Hawking temperature is lower than the critical temperature of the phase transition in the gauge-Higgs-Yukawa theory. When the Hawking temperature is much lower than the critical temperature, the domain wall closely near the horizon is formed. The wall is formed by the field dynamics rather than the thermal phase transition.

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arXiv2002

Dynamical Formation of Spherical Domain Wall by Hawking Radiation and Spontaneous Charging-up of Black Hole

We discuss the Hawking radiation in the Higgs-Yukawa system and we show dynamical formation of a spherical domain wall around the black hole. The formation of the spherical wall is a general property of the black hole whose Hawking temperature is equal to or greater than the energy scale of the system. The formation of the electroweak wall and that of the GUT wall are shown as realistic cases. We also discuss a phenomenon of the spontaneous charging-up of the black hole. The Hawking radiation can charge-up the black hole itself by the charge-transportation due to the spherical wall when C- and CP-violation in the wall are assumed. The black hole with the electroweak wall can obtain a large amount of the hyper charge.

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arXiv2001

Electroweak/GUT Domain Wall by Hawking Radiation: Baryogenesis and Dark Matter from Several Hundred kg Black Holes

A spherical domain wall around a small black hole is formed by the Hawking radiation from the black hole in the symmetry-broken-phase of the field theory, e.g., the Standard Model (SM) and the Grand Unified Theory (GUT) which have a property of the phase transition. We have obtained two types of the spherical domain wall; (a) thermalized wall which is formed by the local heating up near black hole and symmetry restore locally and (b) dynamical wall which is formed by the balance between the pressure from the Hawking radiation and the pressure from the wall tensions. The electroweak wall is formed as a thermalized wall around a black hole with mass of the several hundred kilogram. The GUT wall is formed as a dynamical wall around much smaller black hole. The electroweak wall around a black hole can produce baryon number by the assumption of the CP-broken phase in the wall. The GUT wall can supply charge into the black hole, namely, the wall causes the spontaneous charging up of the black hole. We propose a cosmological model which can explain the origin of the baryon number and the cold dark matter by the primordial black hole with mass of the several hundred kilogram.

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arXiv2001

Electroweak Domain Wall by Hawking Radiation: Baryogenesis and Dark Matter from Several Hundred kg Black Holes

We show that a spherical electroweak domain wall is formed around a small black hole and this is a general property of the Hawking radiation in the vacuum of the Standard Model. The wall appears not only for the first order phase transition in the electroweak theory but also for the second order one because the black hole heats up its neighborhood locally by the Hawking radiation in any case. We propose a model for unifying the origin of the baryon number and the cold dark matter in our universe by using properties of the primordial black hole with a mass of several hundred kilograms. The interaction between our wall and the Hawking-radiated-particles can create a baryon number which is proportional to the mass of the black hole as well as the CP broken phase in the extension of the Standard Model. Our model can explain both the baryon-entropy ratio B/S \sim 10^{-10} and the energy density of the dark matter, provided that the following three conditions are satisfied: (i) the primordial black holes dominate in the early universe, (ii) the CP broken phase in the wall is in the order of one and (iii) any black hole leaves a stable remnant with a Planck mass after its evaporation. Our model also predicts a cosmological graviton background with a peak-energy 120 \sim 280 eV in the present universe.

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arXiv2000

Effective Theoretical Approach to Back Reaction of the Dynamical Casimir Effect in 1+1 Dimensions

We present an approach to studying the Casimir effects by means of the effective theory. An essential point of our approach is replacing the mirror separation into the size of space S^1 in the adiabatic approximation. It is natural to identify the size of space S^1 with the scale factor of the Robertson-Walker-type metric. This replacement simplifies the construction of a class of effective models to study the Casimir effects. To check the validity of this replacement we construct a model for a scalar field coupling to the two-dimensional gravity and calculate the Casimir effects by the effective action for the variable scale factor. Our effective action consists of the classical kinetic term of the mirror separation and the quantum correction derived by the path-integral method. The quantum correction naturally contains both the Casimir energy term and the back-reaction term of the dynamical Casimir effect, the latter of which is expressed by the conformal anomaly. The resultant effective action describes the dynamical vacuum pressure, i.e., the dynamical Casimir force. We confirm that the force depends on the relative velocity of the mirrors, and that it is always attractive and stronger than the static Casimir force within the adiabatic approximation.

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arXiv1998

Electroweak Baryogenesis by Black Holes

We propose a new scenario of the electroweak baryogenesis based on the properties of electroweak domain walls surrounding black holes in the Higgs phase vacuum of the extended Standard Model with 2-Higgs doublets. It is shown that there exists the electroweak domain walls and the symmetric regions surrounding black holes and that the Hawking radiation of the black holes can produce a non-zero baryon number density. The scenario can explain the origin of the baryon number in our universe even without the assumption of the existence of the first order electroweak phase transition.

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arXiv1998

Black Hole Baryogenesis

We find that the Hawking radiation of black holes can create the baryon number in the Higgs phase vacuum of the extended standard model with 2-Higgs doublets. We propose new scenarios of baryogenesis based on the black holes, and one of our scenarios can explain the origin of baryon number in our universe, if most of the matter existed as primordial black holes.

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