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Particle Physics (Motoko Fujiwara) Lab
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A lab that approaches the mystery of dark matter through particle physics theory.
AboutAbout the lab
Approaching dark matter through particle theory.
Associate Professor Motoko Fujiwara uses theoretical particle physics to study dark matter and related topics.
The listed research topics are neutrinos, particle phenomenology, particle cosmology, and dark matter.
Associate Professor Fujiwara belongs to the Physics Division of the Faculty of Science, and is also a faculty member of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation.
In the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation, Associate Professor Fujiwara teaches courses such as "Mathematics for Co-Creation."
Key terms
- Dark matter
- Invisible matter thought to exist in the universe. Particle theory proposes candidates for it.
- Annihilation
- A phenomenon in which dark matter particles meet and disappear. The gamma rays emitted in the process serve as a clue for observation.
- Supersymmetry
- One of the leading candidates for physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. It predicts particles that could be dark matter candidates.
- Extra-dimension theory
- A theory that assumes there are dimensions beyond the three dimensions of space we know. It also predicts dark matter candidates.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab approaches mysteries such as dark matter from the standpoint of particle theory. It also works on neutrinos and particle cosmology.
*Illustrative imagePhenomenological study of dark matter candidates
The lab studies dark matter candidates proposed in particle theory from a phenomenological perspective.
*Illustrative imagePredicting gamma rays from dark matter
The lab focuses on cases where the gamma-ray spectrum produced when dark matter annihilates shows two peaks. It examines whether these peaks can be detected by TeV gamma-ray telescopes, and whether supersymmetry and extra-dimension theories can be told apart.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorMotoko Fujiwara
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Three-Dimensional Distribution of Dark Matter in the Universe ( )” NASA, ESA, and R. Massey (California Institute of Technology) / Public domain (cropped)
- Phenomenological study of dark matter candidates: “CMB Timeline300 no WMAP” NASA/WMAP Science Team / Public domain (cropped)
- Predicting gamma rays from dark matter: “Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope 3 years of observations (energies larger than 1 GeV)” NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration / Public domain (cropped)
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