PEOPLE
Division of Fundamental Science
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- Executive Director for Division of Fundamental Science
- Professor
- Dr. OYAMA, Ken
- Affiliation
- FS div, Graduate School and School of NIAS
- Field of Research
- particle and nuclear physics measurement technology computing science
- Research
- The quantum chromo dynamics predicts the existence of an extreme state of hadronic matter at temperature of ～150 MeV. That is called "Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP)" where quarks and gluons are released from the confinement and act as free particles. QGP may had existed in the early universe. In this research group, we join the ALICE experiment at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). ALICE's main goal is to measure properties of QGP by colliding two nuclei at almost the speed of light. Advanced measurement, electronics, and information technology areessential for large scale physics experiments. We develop a high-performance computing system (HPC) using FPGA, CPU and network technologies to process the big-data from the detector system at beyond 1 TB/s.
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- Associate Director for Division of Fundamental Science
- Professor
- Dr. KATOU, Takashi
- Affiliation
- FS div, Graduate School and School of NiAS
- Field of Research
- Molecular Electronics Solid State Physics
- Research
- Essential electronic properties in solid-state-physics such as electrical conductivity, magnetism, optics, and superconductivity are investigated. On the basis of theoretical analyses of these electronic properties, we try to design high quality materials which are applicable to nanoelectronics. For example,we attempted recently to elucidate the mechanism of the occurrence of non-dissipative diamagnetic currents in molecular systems, which remains unknown despite efforts over a period of seventy years. We also propose conditions for the realization of the occurrence of superconductivity in bulk systems at room temperature.
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- Professor
- Dr. HAMAGAKI, Hideki
- Affiliation
- FS div, Advanced Science and Technology for Quantum Measurement, Graduate School of Science
- Field of Research
- High Energy Heavy Ion Collisions, Advance Technology for Quantum Measurement
- Research
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Major part of normal matter, which is composing our Universe, consists of hadrons. Hadrons, which include protons and neutrons, are the composite particles consisting of quarks. Quarks, elementary particles, are bound via a strong force with intermediate boson named gluons. The strong force is described with the QCD (Quantum Chromo Dynamics), one of the four fundamental interactions.
Although quarks are tightly bound in the shell of hadrons, they are freed from the confinement at high temperature (about 2 trillion degree) due to the QCD phase transition. We call this new state of matter as Quark Gluon Plasma. A unique method to realize this kind of extreme conditions in the laboratory is to smash the two heavy nuclei (such as Au or Lead) at relativistic energies, and such research has been carried out using the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN.
We will conduct the experimental research to investigate the properties of QCD phase transition and QGP state in detail with high precisions. To precede progressively the experimental research, development of cutting-edge detector technologies, high-rate data-handling system, and data analysis hardware and software, are indispensable. We will focus on the development of photon detectors and data handling technologies.
We anticipate that the outcomes from these researches will be utilized in the industrial applications such as non-destructive inspections, as well as fundamental researches, and will place emphasis on the practical applications.
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- IIST DirectorDivision of Fundamental Science
- Professor
- Dr. TANAKA, Yoshito
- Affiliation
- ai cen, FS div, EEI div, Graduate School and School of NIAS
- Field of Research
- IoT and Embedded System, Integrated-Circuit System, Front-End Electronics System for High Energy Physics
- Research
- High-speed Front-End Electronics system using source synchronous technology was developed and installed in 2000 at Brookhaven National Laboratory for PHENIX RICH detector. Currently the upgrade system for ALICE detector at CERN LHC is studying with Prof. Oyama and Prof. Hamagaki at NiAS. As a local research contribution for companies and society, smart-city and smart wellness city applied by ICT and IoT, Embedded and Integrated-Circuit, and/or using Big Data are going on current project.
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- Professor
- Dr. SHIMOJIMA, Makoto
- Affiliation
- FS div, EEI div, Graduate School and School of NiAS
- Field of Research
- High Energy Physics
- Research
- We conduct research on and development of data acquisition and data analysis systems for high energy physics experiments,via PC clusters of several to several tens of computers connected via high bandwidth network. Our main fields of interest are network technologies in the area of IP multicast, QoS, and distributed file systems over Fibre Channel network, and most recently research and development of embedded systems with wireless networks (such as WiFi, RFID, and ZigBee).
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- Professor
- Dr. SHIBUSA, Yuuichirou
- Affiliation
- FS div, School of NiAS
- Field of Research
- Particle Physics, Mathematical Physics
- Research
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Research interests:
Field theories based on generalized uncertainty principle(GUP),
M(embrane) theory, M(atrix) theory and String theories.
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- Associate Professor
- 持田, 浩治
- Affiliation
- FS div,
- Field of Research
- Research
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ヒトの色彩心理の起源とその応用技術の開発
睡眠クオリティーに影響する生態的・社会的要因の解明
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- Research Assistant
- ICHISE, Misato
- Affiliation
- FS div, oe cen, School of NiAS
- Field of Research
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- Research
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- Guest Professor
- KIKUMORI, Atsuhumi
- Affiliation
- FS div, Graduate School of NiAS
- Field of Research
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Regional Macro-economics Analysis,Managerial Information Analysis
(Corporate Strategy,Fiscal Policy,Marketing),Public/Public Corporation Management
- Research
- Statistical Analysis of Regional Economy and Regional Promotion(Industrial,Tourism,and Production Management based on Population Trends),Straregy Building for Corporation,Public Corporation,Public Hospital,Transportation,Government-operated Gambling.Corporate Diversification and Innovation,Fiscal/Policy Management for Local Government(Comprehensive Plan,balanced-score Card,Information/Communication Technology for Tourists Movement Analysis)
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- Guest Professor
- 三明, 康郎
- Affiliation
- FS div,
- Field of Research
- Research
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- Guest Researcher
- Dr. FUSAYASU, Takahiro
- Affiliation
- FS div, Saga University, Institute for Innovative Science and Technology
- Field of Research
- High Energy Physics, Particle Detector Technology, Detector Readout System
- Research
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High-Level Trigger development for the ATLAS experiment.
As a next-generation accelerator experiment, we are preparing for
the International Linear Collider (ILC) project.
In particular, we are developing technologies for the time-projection chamber (TPC)
particle tracking detector and its data readout electronics.
As an application field, we are studying on gamma-ray imaging technologies
for non-destruction inspection and medical equipments.
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- Guest Researcher
- Shigaki, Kenta
- Affiliation
- FS div, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science,
- Field of Research
- Experimental high energy nuclear physics, Particle detectors, Particle accelerators
- Research
- Properties of multi-quark-gluon systems at ultra high temperatures, which filled the very early universe right after the big bang, are investigated at the international research collaboration ALICE at the LHC particle accelerator at CERN in Switzerland, to complete the scenario of the creation of the universe. A focus is on the origin of mass of matters, via restoration of a symmetry lost in the early universe. Measurement technologies of leptons, such as electrons and muons, are researched and developed.
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