On the research front, the Department of Physics energetically pursues theoretical and experimental studies in a range of fields, and has particular expertise in X-ray astronomy, atmospheric physics, optical physics, the physics of magnetism, superconductor physics, low-temperature quantum physics, nanostructure physics, computational physics, nuclear physics, and physics education. For details, please see the information on research conducted by each group.
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Kawamura-Group
Science education special in Physics and basic science teaching, Science communication
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Sakata-Group
Superconductivity, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Strongly Correlated Material, Ferroelectricity
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Suzuki-Group
QCD, quark, gluon, spin, weak interaction
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Tokunaga-Group
Nonlinear Optics, Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Exciton, Single Quantum Dot, Molecular Crystal, Photosynthesis, Hydrogen Photoproduction
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Nikuni-Group
Ultracold Atomic Gases, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Superfluid Fermi Gases
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Hashimoto-Group
TEM, Crystal Lattice Defect, Metal, Semiconductor, Nano-technology
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Homma-Group
Carbon Nanotubes, Crystal Growth, Surface Physics, Electron Microcopy
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Matsushita-Group
X-ray astronomy, galaxies, clusters of galaxies, chemical evolution of the universe, dark matter
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Miura-Group
Atmospheric Aerosols, Climate Change, Size Distribution, New Particle Production, Refractive Index, Internal Mixture, Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN), Balloon-borne Observation, TEM/EDX
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Mitsuda-Group
Neutron scattering, Spin frustration, Magnetic phase transition, Slow dynamics, Monte Carlo simulation, Triangular Lattice Antiferromagnet, Spin glass, multiferroics, X-ray diffraction
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Watanabe-Group
Electronic and thermal transport, Nonequilibrium/excited electronic states, High electric-field processes, DFT(TDDFT, PRDF), Green’s function, Molecular dynamics