Theoretical Particle, Subatomic, Nuclear, and AstroPhysics
Theory of Elementary Particles
Hiroshi Suzuki, Professor
Koji Tsumura, Associate Professor
Yuya Kusuki∗, Associate Professor
Justin Kaidi∗, Associate Professor
Hajime Otsuka, Assistant Professor
∗ Institute for Advanced Study
Theoretical study of elementary particle physics (quantum field theory, quantum anomaly, lattice gauge theory, exact renormalization group, beyond the standard model, model building, phenomenology and cosmology, superstring theory, unified theory, Calabi-Yau compactification, machine learning, quantum gravity, AdS/CFT, entanglement, conformal bootstrap, any topic in 2D CFT, categorical symmetry, anomalies, non-supersymmetric strings and branes) Read more
Theory of Subatomic Physics and Astrophysics
Koji Harada†, Professor
Yutaka Ookouchi†, Professor
Kentaro Kojima†, Associate Professor
Ken'ichiro Nakazato†, Associate Professor
† Faculty of Arts and Science
Theoretical study on subatomic physics and astrophysics (quantum field theory for hadrons, elementary particle phenomenology, early universe, string theory, mathematical physics, theoretical astronomy and astrophysics, high-energy astrophysics). Read more
Theoretical Nuclear Physics
Kazuyuki Ogata, Professor
Futoshi Minato, Associate Professor
Shoya Ogawa, Assistant Professor
Our group is making advanced research work on nuclear physics from theoretical point of view. Here the nucleus is a finite quantum-mechanical many-body system, which is composed of two kinds of elementary particles, protons and neutrons. We are also working on hadron physics, where the quarks and gluons are basic ingredients and they are govern by the fundamental theory of strong interaction, quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Read more
Theoretical Quantum Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology
Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Professor
Sugumi Kanno, Associate Professor
Akira Matsumura, Assistant Professor
Kensuke Gallock Yoshimura, Assistant Professor
Theoretical studies of cosmology, gravitation, and quantum information physics (cosmology and gravitation using quantum information science, quantum entanglement and quantum nature of gravity, quantum field theory of curved spacetime , cosmology, inflationary universe, gravitational waves, Tests of gravity and dark energy models with the large-scale structure of the universe) Read more
Experimental Particle and Nuclear Physics
Experimental Particle Physics
Junji Tojo, Professor
Tamaki Yoshioka‡, Associate Professor
Hidetoshi Otono, Associate Professor
Shohei Shirabe, Assistant Professor
Manabu Moritsu, Assistant Professor
‡ RCAPP
Our group is conducting experimental research projects using state-of-the-art accelerators for understanding of the fundamental law of the universe. Our current projects are as follows:
The ATLAS experiment at the LHC
The International Linear Collider project
Particle physics experiments using highly intense muon beams at J-PARC
Fundamental physics experiments using low energy neutrons at J-PARC
Experimental studies of leptons and hadrons using accelerators (high-energy neutrino experiment, hadron experiment, muon experiment). Read more
Experimental Nuclear Physics
Tomotsugu Wakasa, Professor
Satoshi Sakaguchi, Professor
Takashi Teranishi, Associate Professor
Yuichi Ichikawa, Associate Professor
Aiko Takamine, Associate Professor
Hiroki Nishibata, Assistant Professor
Toshitaka Niwase, Assistant Professor
Kosuke Morita∗, University Professor
∗ Institute for Advanced Study
Our group studies nucleon and hadron many body systems experimentally. Accelerators in Kyushu University and in RIKEN and RCNP are used. Current research topics are as follows:
Search for new superheavy element. Spectroscopic and chemical studies of the nuclei of the heaviest elements.
Spin-isospin responses and nuclear medium effects in stable and unstable nuclei.
Spectroscopy of neutron-rich or proton-rich unstable nuclei.
Low-energy nuclear physics. Technical developments using Kyushu Tandem accelerator.
Condensed Matter Theory and Statistical and Mathematical Physics
Condensed Matter Theory
Jun-ichi Fukuda, Professor
Jun Matsui, Lecturer
Mitsusuke Tarama, Assistant Professor
Research topics in our group cover various phenomena in non-equilibrium systems and complex systems. Our focus is on theoretical and computational physics of soft condensed matter, and current research subjects include:
Self-organized structures and dynamics of liquid crystals
Optical properties of ordered structures in soft matter
Field theory of polymeric systems
Poly-amorphism and crystallization
Slowing dynamics near the glass transition
Dynamics of active matter
Non-equilibrium physics of biological and living matter
Theoretical research on geometric quantum phenomena in condensed-matter systems with the use of analytical and numerical methods. The central issue is the search for new phenomena such as anomalous quantum transport, magnetism, spintronics, and non-abelian anyons, in topological materials, Dirac / Weyl electrons, and fractional quantum Hall systems.Read more
Mathematical Physics
Osamu Narikiyo, Associate Professor
Our group studies mathematical aspects of quantum systems with infinitely many degrees of freedom. Current research topics are as follows:
Gauge theories without ghosts
Long-range force or infrared divergence in QED
Emergence of classical degrees of freedom
Categorical quantum field theory in curved space-time
Experimental study on the exotic electronic and structural properties in condensed matters by magnetic and transport measurements and diffraction and resonance techniques under high pressures; itinerant electron magnetism, valence instabilities of rare-earth elements.Read more
Emergent Quantum Matter
Yuichi Kasahara, Professor
Experimental studies of diverse quantum condensed matter (e.g. unconventional superconductivity, quantum critical phenomena, quantum spin liquid, and so on). Using various measurement techniques and crystal/thin-film growth, we will explore novel quantum phenomena and elementary excitations, and study their artificial control.Read more
Solid State Spectroscopy
Sachiko Nakamura, Associate Professor
Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of materials such as superconductors and development of spectroscopic techniques.Read more
Solid State Physics
Takashi Kimura, Professor
Troy Dion, Assistant Professor
Kazumasa Yamada, Assistant Professor
Takeshi Arai, Assistant Professor
We are interested in electron-transport phenomena in nano-scale systems composed of different types of functional materials such as ferro- and antiferro-magnetic materials, superconductor, normal metal and insulator. Especially, we focus significantly on the influence of electron spin in the transports, so called spin-dependent transports. Moreover, understanding and manipulating the dynamical motions of spin is also important research subject. The specific example of the research subject is as follows.
Understanding electrically and thermally driven spin-current transports
Interplay between spin-polarized electron and cooper pair
Nonlinear motion of nano-scale spin dynamics in patterned ferromagnetic film
Development of novel nanoelectric devices such as spin memristor and spin filter
We are the experimental research group that investigates Non-equilibrium Physics of “soft materials” (e.g. colloids, polymers and liquid crystals). Much of the diversity in nature depends on the complex hierarchical ordering of these soft materials and their slow cooperative dynamics, that are the focus of our study. Dynamic self-assembly of soft materials, for instance, creates exquisite structures in living organisms that are under constant activation by their own metabolism. We investigate such nonequilibrium processes that obviously do not obey the statistics of thermodynamic equilibrium, by developing novel state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical techniques.Read more
Biological Soft Matter
Daisuke Mizuno, Professor
Hiroyuki Ebata, Assistant Professor
Why living organisms consist of soft materials? Complexity and versatility of biological systems arise when soft materials are driven far from equilibrium. We investigate the mechanism from physics perspectives, by measuring "softness" and "non-equilibrium properties" of soft matter.
Exploring non-equilibrium relations in soft biological systems
Microrheology of biological cells and tissues
Violation of Fluctuation-Dissipation and Central Limiting theorems
