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Particle physics, cosmology, and theoretical physics broadly.
News
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We have added a page listing the bachelor's and master's theses written in our lab. They are published one by one as we obtain each author's consent.
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TWCU press release: Prof. Kinya Oda and Naoya Ogawa complete a new formulation clarifying the limits of joint measurement of position and momentum — a century-overdue theoretical resolution to the foundational question Heisenberg raised at the birth of quantum theory.
Related paper: K. Oda, N. Ogawa, Gaussian Formalism: Joint Measurement for Heisenberg's Uncertainty Relation for Errors, PTEP 2025 (2025) 063A02 [2403.19440]
This press release was also featured as the top item among universities' announcements in the weekly magazine Sunday Mainichi (issue of 6 July 2025; University Press Center "News Digest" Vol. 206) [University Press Center article]. -
New member: Kyoko Tanaka. An astronomer who decodes the formation and evolution of cosmic dust through molecular dynamics. Her meticulous theory and computations illuminate the drama of stellar birth and death.
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New member: Akio Tomiya! A rising young scholar who has also served as the AI science consultant for the film Shin Kamen Rider, among other things.
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A paper with Ms. Mitani — the first student to join us after the lab moved to TWCU — has been published! (Oda)
H. Mitani, K. Oda, Decoherence in Neutrino Oscillation between 3D Gaussian Wave Packets, Phys. Lett. B 846 (2023) 138218 [2307.12230] 10 November 2023
Ms. Mitani's Master's thesis has also been published online.
Haruhi Mitani, Wave-packet effects in neutrino oscillations, Soryushiron Kenkyu (Electronic Edition) Vol. 41 (2023) No. 1 (accepted 7 August 2023)
Upcoming Seminars
All seminars →What Is Gravity? Testing the Equivalence Principle with Quantum Bound Systems and the Transition to the Classical Limit
Yoshio Kamiya (International Center for Elementary Particle Physics (ICEPP), The University of Tokyo)
Viewing the Universe through 1/f Fluctuations: Solar and Stellar Activity and Unpredictable Change
Akika Nakamichi (Kyoto Sangyo University)
The Universe Seen in X-rays: Exploring the Violent Activity of Celestial Objects
Asca Miyamoto (JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency))
Quantum Mechanics and the Universe
Sugumi Kanno (Department of Physics, Kyushu University)
Searching for Gravitational-Wave Signals in KAGRA Using LIGO–Virgo Observations and Assessing Their Detectability
Seonjun Kwon (Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
Exploring the World of Surfaces with Ion Beams
Yuko Fukazawa (Osaka Kyoiku University)
Recent Seminars
Archive →Modern Cosmology and eV Dark Matter
Wen Yin (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
SUSY phenomenology in CP-violating charm physics
Alice Savona (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))
Informational and algebraic renormalization group
Takato Mori (Department of Physics, Rikkyo University)
Can Jellyfish Taxonomy and Life-History Research Connect with Theoretical Science?
Hiroshi Miyake (School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University)
The origin of the mass of the neutrinos
Ivan Arraut (Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEAS), University of Saint Joseph)