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Takayuki Kumada1,2, Rintaro Nakabe1, Hiroshi Nakagawa1,2

  • 1Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Shirakata, Tokai, Ibaraki319-1195, Japan.

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