Labs in Tohoku University

0 student voices

The lab explores superconductivity and other phenomena produced by the electrons of soft organic molecules.

The Low-Temperature Electronic Properties Lab (Sasaki-Nojima) studies the behavior of electrons, mainly in molecular organic conductors, which are formed by assembling organic molecules. A distinctive feature of organic materials made of molecules is that they are "soft," and they are also attracting attention as lightweight, flexible electronics materials. The lab aims to elucidate the fundamental properties of such materials (metal, superconductor, insulator) and to open up new physical properties. The lab participates as a cooperating division in the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science (4th-year undergraduates) and the Department of Physics in the Graduate School of Science (master's and doctoral programs).

#Molecular organic conductors #Superconductivity #Strongly correlated electrons

0 student voices

加速器科学 (introduction coming soon)

High-intensity proton accelerators and accelerator-based nuclear and particle physics, including research on the J-PARC high-intensity proton accelerator facility

0 student voices

The lab creates unusual atomic nuclei and measures them precisely to probe the strong force between nucleons.

The Nuclear Physics Group aims to understand the strong force (the strong interaction) acting between nucleons by creating atomic nuclei that differ from ordinary ones and precisely measuring their states. Using nuclear reactions, the group experimentally studies finite many-body systems of hadrons, from the level of nucleons down to the level of quarks. The group is divided into three subgroups: Strangeness Nuclear Physics, Exotic Nuclear Physics, and Short-Lived Nuclei Physics.

#Strangeness nuclear physics #Exotic nuclear physics #Short-lived nuclei physics

0 student voices

The lab uses accelerators to explore the physics of atomic nuclei, hadrons, and beams.

The Nuclear Science Research Group is based at the Mikamine Facility of the Research Center for Advanced Quantum Beam Science, and studies nuclear and hadron physics, accelerator science and beam physics, and nuclear and radiochemistry. The Mikamine Facility has three electron linear accelerators and a 1.3 GeV electron synchrotron, and serves as a nationwide joint-use and joint-research facility for researchers both inside and outside the university. Cutting-edge research is carried out using electron beams and gamma rays from 20 MeV to 1.3 GeV produced by these accelerators. Graduate students in the Nuclear Science Division take part in research in their respective fields in an environment with large-scale accelerators.

#Nuclear and hadron physics #Accelerator science #Nuclear and radiochemistry

0 student voices

The lab uses theory to explore the world of elementary particles and atomic nuclei.

The Nuclear Theory Lab studies physics related to elementary particles and atomic nuclei from a theoretical standpoint. The research keywords listed by the faculty include quarks, gluons, hadron structure, lattice gauge theory, and heavy-ion collisions. The lab belongs to the Quantum Fundamental Physics Division of the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science.

#Hadron structure #Lattice gauge theory #Heavy-ion collisions

0 student voices

A lab that explores novel quantum properties of matter through materials synthesis.

The Macroscopic Quantum Properties Lab explores the physics of strongly correlated electron systems, including magnetism, superconductivity, and topological phases, through comprehensive research built on materials synthesis. In strongly correlated electron systems, quantum orders characterized by phenomena such as symmetry breaking often emerge, and quantum effects appear on a macroscopic scale. Superconductivity, spin liquids, and the quantum Hall effect are representative examples. The lab grows high-quality samples of transition metal compounds such as oxides, nitrides, chalcogenides, and pnictides, and measures their electrical, magnetic, thermal, and optical properties. Each student is given their own research topic and carries out experiments from crystal growth through property measurement to data analysis.

#Strongly correlated electron systems #High-pressure synthesis #Superconductivity

0 student voices

強相関電子物理学 (introduction coming soon)

Strongly correlated electron physics: research and education on the properties of strongly correlated electron systems using leading domestic research facilities, including unconventional superconductors (cuprates, organic, iron-based)

0 student voices

A lab that explores new aspects of magnetic materials that emerge under strong magnetic fields.

The High Magnetic Field Condensed Matter Physics Lab (Division of Magnetic Physics, Institute for Materials Research) uses intense magnetic fields that do not exist in everyday life to study new states of magnetic materials that appear under extreme conditions, and their origins. Among the external environments used to control matter, a high magnetic field is the external field whose strength, time structure, and history can be controlled most precisely. Using both static and pulsed high magnetic fields, the lab develops cutting-edge experimental techniques such as terahertz ESR, high-field X-ray spectroscopy, and neutron scattering instruments, and applies them not only in Japan but also overseas.

#High magnetic fields #Magnetism #Quantum beams

0 student voices

A lab that studies particle beam therapy, neutron technologies, and radiation measurement.

The Nuclear Radiation Physics Lab lists as its research themes particle beam therapy, boron neutron capture therapy technology, PIXE research, and accelerators and radiation measurement. Its research themes also include neutron diffraction and imaging, elemental analysis technology, and the development of neutron detectors. In the official faculty introduction of Tohoku University, the lab is presented as the Nuclear Radiation Physics and Engineering field, a cooperating division of the Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering.

#Particle beam therapy technology #Neutron imaging #Accelerators and radiation measurement

0 student voices

A lab that explores new quantum states of matter under ultralow temperatures, strong magnetic fields, and high pressure.

The Ultralow-Temperature Quantum Physics research group develops strongly correlated conducting materials with distinctive crystal structures and investigates their properties. The group searches for new ground states and quantum states that appear under extreme conditions such as ultralow temperatures, strong magnetic fields, and high pressure, and aims to clarify their mechanisms through property measurements at ultralow temperatures. The lab is particularly strong in research that derives new properties of the ground state of conduction electrons from studies of the Fermi surface, including the de Haas–van Alphen effect.

#Strongly correlated conducting systems #Low-temperature physics #Fermi surfaces