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Particle physics, cosmology, and theoretical physics broadly.
News
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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] -
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)
M. Haruhi, 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 →Recent Progress and Future Outlook of Reasoning in Large Language Models
Takeshi Kojima (Matsuo-Iwasawa Lab, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
On Gravitational Fields Induced on the Surface of Topological Matter
Hidenori Fukaya (University of Osaka)
TBA
Hayato Arai (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
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Yuka Shiomatsu (Ochanomizu University)
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Masahiro Tsujimoto (JAXA / SOKENDAI)
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Taichi Haruna (Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Department of Mathematical Sciences)
Recent Seminars
Archive →Conserved Charges in General Relativity: Energy and Gravitational Charge
Tatsuya Yamaoka (University of Osaka)
Theoretical Properties of the Electroweak Monopole
Fukutaro Miya (University of Osaka)
Neutron Star Temperature Observations and Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model
Koichi Hamaguchi (University of Tokyo)
From Cosmic Mysteries to Neutrino Physics
Kaori Fuyuto (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))
The Strong Force in a Small Box — Lattice QCD and Finite-Volume Effects
Sakura Itaya (SOKENDAI (Graduate University for Advanced Studies))