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Matsumoto Lab (Kavli IPMU)
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A lab that approaches the nature of dark matter from the standpoint of particle physics.
AboutAbout the lab
From the nature of dark matter to new physics.
The Matsumoto Lab studies dark matter in the universe from the standpoint of particle physics.
The detailed properties of dark matter are not yet known, and the Standard Model of particle physics contains no candidate for it.
The lab's strategy is to first pin down the properties of dark matter, and then use that as a stepping stone to explore new physics beyond the Standard Model.
The research centers on dark matter candidates that were thermally produced in the early universe, such as WIMPs.
Key terms
- Dark matter
- Matter of unknown nature that cannot be seen with light and is known to exist only through its gravity
- Standard Model
- The theory that summarizes the elementary particles discovered so far and the forces acting between them
- WIMP
- A heavy, unknown particle that interacts only very weakly with other particles. It is considered a leading candidate for dark matter
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to clarify the properties of dark matter and use that as a stepping stone to explore new physics beyond the Standard Model. Its work ranges from proposing dark matter candidates and experimental methods for detecting them to contributing to dark matter search projects.
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- ProfessorShigeki MatsumotoPublications ↗
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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.
- Top image: “Hubble maps dark matter web in a large galaxy cluster (heic0802b)” Credit for the Hubble images: NASA, ESA, C. Heymans (University of British Columbia, Vancouver), M. Gray (University of Nottingham, U.K.), M. Barden (Innsbruck), and the STAGES collaboration Credit for the ground-based image: ESO, C. Wolf (Oxford University, U.K.), K. Meisenheimer (Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg), and the COMBO-17 collaboration / Public domain (cropped)
- Approaching Dark Matter from Particle Physics: “Large Underground Xenon detector inside watertank” Gigaparsec (English Wikipedia) / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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