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Shinji Mukohyama, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Mukohyama Lab centers on cosmology and theoretical physics, addressing questions such as what the universe is made of and why it looks the way it does today. From the standpoint of theoretical physics, the lab works on the three major mysteries of cosmology: dark energy, dark matter, and inflation. Another pillar of its work is research that explores the origin of the universe and black holes based on quantum gravity theory, which unifies quantum theory and general relativity. The lab's research cuts across a wide range of fields, including general relativity, quantum field theory, statistical physics, and particle physics.
Lee Khee-Gan, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Lee Lab conducts research in observational cosmology, using observations to study how gas and galaxies are distributed in the distant universe. The universe has a spider-web-like large-scale structure called the cosmic web, which reflects the primordial fluctuations that existed right after the Big Bang. By studying its distribution, it is possible to place constraints on the parameters of fundamental physics of the universe. In particular, the lab maps the era of "cosmic noon," about 10 billion years ago, in three dimensions using absorption lines from neutral hydrogen.
Gunji Taku, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Quark Nuclear Science Institute (QNSI) is a nuclear physics research organization launched in 2024 within the Graduate School of Science. The institute studies worlds in which huge numbers of extremely small particles gather, such as atomic nuclei and the quarks that make up the protons and neutrons inside them (quantum many-body systems). It uses state-of-the-art particle accelerators around the world, choosing the right one for each research target, and collaborates with theory that relies on large-scale computers and quantum computers. Professor Gunji and Associate Professor Seidl belong to the High-Energy QCD Division and the EIC Promotion Office, and are advancing the plan for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) to be built in the United States.
Masato Okada, Professor
Data Science & Statistics0 student voices
The Okada Lab studies the mathematical mechanisms behind intelligent activity, from perception to action. Using methods from machine learning, statistical mechanics, and optimization, the lab focuses mainly on neuroscience and materials science. Statistical mechanics methods can be very powerful for analyzing systems made up of many interacting components, such as the magnetism of materials or the activity of neurons in the brain. The lab works on sparse modeling, which extracts knowledge from high-dimensional observational data, and on data-driven science, which finds models directly from data.
Yasuyuki Okumura, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Okumura Lab conducts experimental research in particle physics. The lab takes part in the ATLAS experiment, which uses the LHC accelerator at CERN, and searches experimental data for evidence of new laws of nature as part of an international collaboration. Approaching the subject through the structure of spacetime and the vacuum, and through symmetry, the lab aims to create a new view of nature. At the same time, the lab operates a large-scale experimental apparatus and develops the technology that will support future experiments.
Taisuke Ozaki, Professor
Quantum & Condensed Matter0 student voices
The Ozaki Lab studies materials science from a theoretical standpoint, with the goal of "materials design from first principles." Materials are made of electrons and atomic nuclei, and the equations that govern their behavior are already known. Solving these equations on a computer should make it possible to predict a material's properties before experiments, but solving them exactly is not easy. The lab therefore develops new computational methods and programs based on density functional theory, which offers a good balance between computational cost and accuracy.
Jiro Itatani, Professor
Quantum & Condensed Matter0 student voices
The Itatani Lab studies attosecond photon science using high-intensity ultrashort-pulse lasers, and its applications to materials science. An attosecond (one quintillionth of a second) is the timescale on which electrons move inside atoms, molecules, and solids. The lab works on the whole chain, from developing the laser sources themselves, to generating short-wavelength light, to ultrafast spectroscopy experiments on gases, solids, and liquids.
Masahiro Ibe, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The theory group at the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research conducts theoretical research on the universe and elementary particles. In particular, it works in fields known as particle cosmology and particle phenomenology. Both fields aim to discover new laws of physics by investigating the mysteries of the very early universe, around one second after it began.
Nobuaki Imai, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Imai Lab (Nuclear Dynamics Lab) investigates the properties of atomic nuclei through experiments. An atomic nucleus is a quantum many-body system made up of a small number of two kinds of particles, protons and neutrons. By studying both their static properties and the dynamic properties that appear after reactions, the lab aims to uncover superheavy elements yet to be discovered and the origin of the elements in the universe. The lab is also advancing research on the elementary processes of nuclear fusion energy and the acquisition of nuclear data to help reduce nuclear waste.
Masato Shiozawa, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
Shiozawa Lab studies elementary particle physics using Super-Kamiokande, a large underground experimental detector in Kamioka-cho, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture. Super-Kamiokande is the world's largest neutrino and proton decay experiment, and it has produced results including the discovery of neutrino oscillation. The lab is working on the construction of Hyper-Kamiokande, a next-generation detector with higher sensitivity, through international collaboration, with the aim of starting its experiments. The lab aims to find evidence for a grand unified theory of elementary particles.
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