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Ryu Sawada, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
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.
Taikan Suehara, Project Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Suehara Lab conducts experimental research in high-energy physics, searching for new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. Aiming to realize Higgs factories such as the ILC (International Linear Collider), the planned successor to the LHC, the lab advances research on both physics and detectors. Using that detector technology, the lab also promotes experiments searching for axion-like particles with the accelerators of the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK). The lab also pursues deep learning research for these experiments, in collaboration with partner institutions in Japan and abroad.
Yijin Zhang, Associate Professor
Quantum & Condensed Matter1 student voices
The Zhang Lab experimentally studies the quantum properties of two-dimensional and one-dimensional nanomaterials and their artificial structures. A defining feature of these materials is that symmetry-control techniques make it possible to fabricate structures with a variety of different symmetries. The lab has built a custom measurement system that combines quantum transport measurements and microscopic spectroscopy at ultralow temperatures and high magnetic fields. By investigating these materials systematically from multiple angles, the lab aims to open up new quantum phenomena and establish design principles for creating novel functionalities.
Yuta Michimura, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Michimura Lab studies the nature of gravity through ultra-precise measurements using large laser interferometers. Gravity is a familiar force, yet it is extremely weak compared with the other forces, and it has the curious property of acting equally on everything. Aiming to test theories of gravity and cosmology through gravitational wave observations, the lab is developing KAGRA, a large cryogenic gravitational wave telescope. Making use of this interferometer technology, the lab also works on searches for dark matter, searches for the quantum nature of gravity, and tests of the theory of relativity.
Kipp Cannon, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Cannon Lab studies the physics and astronomy of gravitational waves, as well as data analysis. Gravitational waves are extremely small ripples in spacetime that travel through the universe, as predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity. The signals are very faint and buried in instrument noise, so extracting them requires advanced data analysis and large-scale computation. As part of the international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration, the lab works on real-time gravitational-wave detection and multi-messenger astronomy.
Yuji Tachikawa, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Tachikawa Lab studies the mathematical aspects of quantum field theory and string theory. Its main research subjects are symmetries and anomalies, and the geometric and algebraic structures associated with supersymmetric quantum field theories. With supersymmetry, the strongly coupled regime of quantum field theory can be investigated theoretically, using just pen, paper, and a little computing. In the course of this research, a wide variety of mathematical concepts arise naturally.
Katsuaki Asano, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The High Energy Astrophysics Lab mainly uses theoretical methods to tackle the mysteries of the high-energy astrophysical phenomena that are the origin of cosmic ray particles. The universe contains relativistic particles that fly around at nearly the speed of light. These particles are thought to be produced in explosive high-energy astrophysical phenomena, but the details are still unknown. From the perspectives of electromagnetic waves, cosmic rays, neutrinos, and gravitational waves, the lab studies jet formation, particle acceleration, and radiation processes.
Koichi Hamaguchi, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Hamaguchi Lab studies what kind of physics lies beyond the energy scale of the Standard Model of particle physics. Its goal is to find a more fundamental unified theory of nature. The lab covers a wide range of topics, from particle model building to inflation, baryogenesis, and dark matter. The lab also pays close attention to results from the latest particle physics experiments and cosmological observations, and aims to feed them back into its theoretical research.
Kentaro Yako, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Yako Lab studies the properties of atomic nuclei as many-body systems. A nucleus is an assembly of protons and neutrons bound by the nuclear force, and the nucleons inside can move in unison in a phenomenon called collective excitation. The lab strikes nuclei with ion beams accelerated to intermediate energies in a particle accelerator to shake them, and studies their excited states. It also uses unstable nuclear beams, which have become available in recent years, to explore new aspects of atomic nuclei.
Hiroya Yamaguchi, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Yamaguchi Lab conducts observational research on high-energy astrophysical objects using X-ray astronomy satellites. Its targets are objects with hot plasma exceeding millions of degrees, such as stellar flares, accretion disks around black holes, supernova remnants, and galaxy clusters. X-rays from these objects do not reach the ground, so they are observed from outside the atmosphere by artificial satellites. The lab also works on laboratory astrophysics, in which the same kind of hot plasma found in these objects is recreated and measured in the laboratory.
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