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Kazuyuki Sekizawa, Associate Professor
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The Sekizawa Lab studies quantum many-body systems, which are assemblies of many particles that obey quantum mechanics. Its subjects include not only the structure and reactions of atomic nuclei, but also the interiors of neutron stars and the superfluidity that appears in cooled atomic gases. The lab solves complex equations that cannot be solved by hand using computers, and searches for new phenomena that no one had imagined. The lab actively recruits international students as well as students from Japan.
Sadashige Matsuo, Associate Professor
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The Matsuo Lab conducts experiments in which it fabricates very small artificial structures (nanostructures) from superconductors and semiconductors, and creates and controls new quantum physics with them. Focusing mainly on how electrons flow (transport phenomena), the lab investigates the quantum and statistical properties of electrons by precisely controlling devices. Devices are fabricated by methods such as electron-beam lithography and measured after being cooled to extremely low temperatures in a dilution refrigerator. The lab recruits undergraduate students doing graduation research and graduate students, and accepts lab visits at any time.
Fumitaka Kagawa, Professor
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The Kagawa Lab, with "nonequilibrium" as its keyword, explores and seeks to understand the various quantum states that matter exhibits, and studies how to control those states. The state of matter is normally determined as the most stable one under conditions such as temperature and pressure. On the other hand, many materials around us, such as glass and steel, are made by going beyond that rule. The lab aims to create and control new states of quantum materials using "non-thermal-equilibrium processes," such as sudden heating and cooling when a pulse is applied.
Teruaki Suyama, Professor
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The Suyama Lab studies the origin and structure of the universe from a theoretical standpoint. Modern cosmology, with inflation as its pillar, is now almost established, but comparison with observations has brought fundamental mysteries into sharper focus. The lab tackles topics such as the early universe, primordial black holes, gravitational waves, and gravitational lensing, from diverse perspectives and without preconceptions. Lab visits are accepted at any time with a prior reservation.
Masaya Notomi, Professor
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The Notomi Lab studies the physics of optical properties of matter based on nanophotonics. Using nanostructures smaller than the wavelength of light, the lab aims to create new optical properties that cannot be realized with materials found in nature. The lab covers the whole process in-house, from nanostructure design and theoretical analysis to fabrication and optical measurement. Prof. Notomi also concurrently leads a research team at NTT Basic Research Laboratories, and the lab works closely with NTT's research laboratories.
Toshimasa Fujisawa, Professor
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The Fujisawa Lab studies the behavior (dynamics) of electrons in semiconductor nanostructures. By controlling electrons in artificially designed structures, the lab investigates the quantum ways in which electric current flows that are unique to low-dimensional electron systems. The lab also aims to extend this work to nanotechnology and quantum information technology. Newly assigned students first learn basic knowledge and experimental techniques through measurement training, and then choose their own research topics.
Toru Hirahara, Professor
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Hirahara Lab experimentally studies the physical properties and functions that appear when materials are thinned to a few atomic layers, and ultimately to a single layer. The lab carefully builds thin films by stacking atoms one layer at a time, and measures in detail the arrangement of atoms, the states of electrons, and electrical and magnetic properties. The lab's style is to investigate the samples it makes itself thoroughly, "from cradle to grave." In addition to experiments on campus, the lab also travels to synchrotron radiation facilities such as SPring-8 and UVSOR to carry out experiments.
Osamu Jinnouchi, Professor
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The Jinnouchi Lab uses high-energy particle physics experiments to search for unknown new particles and for new physics beyond the framework of current particle theory. Using the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the lab aims to discover physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. Doctoral students stay at CERN for medium to long periods to analyze data, while master's students work on detector research based at the university. Lab visits are accepted at any time.
Kentaro Somiya, Professor
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The Somiya Lab researches the development of key component technologies for gravitational-wave telescopes and tests of quantum mechanics in macroscopic objects. Gravitational waves, predicted by Einstein, are ripples in spacetime, and detecting them requires measuring extremely small changes in distance. At KAGRA, the gravitational-wave telescope in the Kamioka mine in Gifu Prefecture, the lab has been in charge of the design of the entire interferometer. The lab is also pursuing ASPIRE, a Japan-Australia exchange program that aims to build a high-frequency gravitational-wave telescope using quantum control.
Tomohiro Sasamoto, Professor
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Sasamoto Lab studies the properties of nonequilibrium many-body systems and aims to uncover the principles behind them. The lab's subjects are systems in which many particles gather and are in a state away from equilibrium. Fluctuations and randomness are the key concepts of the research. Research on nonequilibrium systems is a field that has advanced greatly in recent years, in both theory and experiment.
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