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Nuclear Theory Lab
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The lab theoretically explores the strong interaction, from quarks to atomic nuclei.
AboutAbout the lab
The physics of the strong force, continuing from Yukawa's meson.
The Nuclear Theory Lab theoretically studies, from the standpoint of the strong interaction, everything from quarks and gluons to hadrons such as nucleons and mesons, and the structure and reactions of atomic nuclei.
The lab draws not only on nuclear physics but also on ideas from particle physics, astrophysics, and condensed matter physics.
It has two subgroups, one for quarks and hadrons and one for nuclear many-body systems, and works closely with the Nuclear Theory Lab at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics.
As a result, graduate students have many choices of supervisors, and the range of research is broad.
Key terms
- Quantum chromodynamics
- The theory that describes the strong interaction acting between quarks and gluons
- Quark confinement
- The phenomenon in which quarks are confined inside hadrons and cannot be extracted on their own
- Cluster structure
- A structure in which several nucleons gather together in space inside an atomic nucleus
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the rich variety of dynamics created by the strong interaction, from quarks and gluons to hadrons such as nucleons and mesons, and the structure and reactions of atomic nuclei.
*Illustrative imageThe World of Quarks and Hadrons
The lab systematically studies the dynamics of the quarks and gluons that make up hadrons, based on quantum chromodynamics. It works on theories related to quark confinement and to hot, dense matter.
*Illustrative imageQuantum Many-Body Systems of Atomic Nuclei
The lab studies phenomena in atomic nuclei, which are quantum many-body systems of nucleons bound by the strong interaction, such as the shell model, cluster structure, collective motion, and superfluidity. It also covers neutron-rich nuclei, superdeformed nuclei, and hypernuclei.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Nuclear Theory Lab are faculty members and PhD and master's students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKoichi Hagino
- Associate ProfessorHideo Suganuma
- Associate ProfessorYoshiko Kanada
- Assistant ProfessorTakahiro Doi
- Assistant ProfessorHajime Togashi
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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: “Shape of nuclear shell” A2569875 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The World of Quarks and Hadrons: “PQ EB ape hyp geom5 B 3D” Pedro.bicudo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Quantum Many-Body Systems of Atomic Nuclei: “Shells” Bakken (talk) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Nuclear Theory Lab (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics)): “Table of nuclides with Halo nucleus” Chang-Bum Moon / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Nuclear and Hadron Lab): “J-PARC Main Ring accelerator RF Cavity” Kestrel / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Theoretical Astrophysics Lab): “MergingBinaryBlackHoles” NASA/Ames Research Center/Christopher E. Henze / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Nuclear Beam Condensed Matter Physics Lab): “NuclideMap small preview” The viewer / Public domain (cropped)
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