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Dark Matter Lab
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An international research center working to uncover the identity of dark matter.
AboutAbout the lab
Probing the identity of dark matter through the universe and elementary particles.
The International Research Center for Dark Matter is a hub at the Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University, for uncovering the identity of dark matter.
Dark matter is matter that cannot be observed with electromagnetic waves. Its existence is known from astronomical observations, but its identity remains a mystery.
It is likely to be an unknown elementary particle, and determining what it is is one of the challenges spanning astrophysics and particle physics.
The center was established in April 2025 as a hub of an international network that shares findings and deepens collaboration across search projects and other approaches.
Key terms
- Dark matter
- Matter that cannot be observed with electromagnetic waves and whose existence is known from astronomical observations. Its identity is still unresolved.
- Elementary particle
- The most fundamental particles that make up matter, with no internal structure found so far.
- Pair annihilation
- A phenomenon in which a particle and its antiparticle collide and vanish, turning into gamma rays and other radiation.
ResearchResearch themes
To uncover the identity of dark matter, KMI has pursued diverse research ranging from cosmological studies to accelerator experiments. The center was established as a hub that forms an international network in which the different search approaches share findings and deepen collaboration.
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MembersFaculty
- ProfessorHiroyasu Tajima
- ProfessorMasaki Yamashita
- ProfessorTetsuya Shiromizu
- Associate ProfessorKenji Inami
- Associate ProfessorHironao Miyatake
- Associate ProfessorKazuhiro Tobe
- Associate ProfessorNobuhiro Maekawa
- Assistant ProfessorShuichiro Yokoyama
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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: “Pandora's Cluster – Abell 2744” NASA, ESA, J. Merten (Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Heidelberg/Astronomical Observatory of Bologna), and D. Coe (STScI) / Public domain (cropped)
- Diverse Searches for Dark Matter: “ZEPLIN-III CAD XS with particles” Wimpybuns / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Experimental and Observational Instrument Development Lab): “U.S. Department of Energy - Science - )” U.S. Department of Energy from United States / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Tau Lepton Data Analysis Lab): “CERN LHC CMS 11” SimonWaldherr / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cosmology Lab): “Hubble finds dark matter ring in galaxy cluster (heic0709b)” NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University) / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Higgs Physics Lab): “KEK Belle II Detector (2)” Kestrel / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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