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Sawada Lab
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A lab searching for dark matter along two paths: accelerator experiments and quantum technology.
AboutAbout the lab
Approaching dark matter from two paths.
The Sawada Lab aims to detect new physics from two directions: the ATLAS experiment at CERN, and a small-scale experiment that uses quantum technology.
In the ATLAS experiment, the lab works on developing software triggers, computing, and physics data analysis.
In quantum technology, the lab participates in the DarQ experiment, which aims to detect light dark matter that the ATLAS experiment cannot search for.
The lab is also carrying out physics studies for the future accelerator FCC-ee.
Key terms
- Dark matter
- Unknown matter that cannot be seen with light, but is known from its gravitational effects to exist in large amounts in the universe
- Supersymmetric particles
- Undiscovered particles predicted by a theory in which every known elementary particle has a partner
- Trigger
- A system that selects, in real time, the events worth recording and studying from among the continuous stream of collisions
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to detect new physics, including the discovery of dark matter candidates, from two directions: the ATLAS experiment at CERN, and a small-scale experiment that uses quantum technology. In addition, the lab is carrying out physics studies for the future accelerator FCC-ee.
*Illustrative imageATLAS Experiment
Using ATLAS experiment data, the lab searches for supersymmetric particles such as winos and higgsinos, which are dark matter candidates. In the master's program, students learn how to work with the experiment's software and data through developing software triggers.
*Illustrative imageDarQ Experiment
The lab participates in DarQ, a dark matter search experiment that uses quantum technology. It searches for light dark matter such as axions by detecting it with custom-built cavities and qubits and reading out the signals quantum mechanically.
*Illustrative imageFCC Project
The FCC is the top-priority project among those that CERN plans to pursue after the High-Luminosity LHC. The lab is carrying out physics studies for FCC-ee, the next-stage project, using simulations.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Sawada Lab are faculty members and graduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorRyu SawadaPublications ↗
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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: “Dark matter halo” Wikipedia利用者 Cosmo0 / Public domain (cropped)
- ATLAS Experiment: “Atlas Experiment CERN (01)” Dr. Bernd Gross / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- DarQ Experiment: “A quantum simulator based on 11 superconducting qubits” FMNLab / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- FCC Project: “CERN Collider, France-Switzerland (ASTER)” NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems、
ASTERサイエンスチーム / Public domain (cropped) - Related lab (Yorita Lab): “CERN LHC ATLAS Detector” SimonWaldherr / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Ishino Lab (ICEPP)): “CERN LHC ATLAS Detector” SimonWaldherr / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Itow Lab): “Neutrino detector - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC07827” Daderot / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Liang Lab): “NuclideMap stitched 2” NuclideMap.PNG: The viewer derivative work: Neokortex (talk) / Public domain (cropped)
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