Our Research Interests
Considering all the matter in the universe as an assembly of elements,
the most fundamental unit of the matter is atom. The nature of the
atom is characterized by its nucleus, and all the elements in the
universe were synthesized by nuclear reactions. The nuclear physics
is, as it were, the field to explore the origin of the matter in the
universe. We aim to elucidate the origin of the matter by experimental
research into extremely rare phenomena inside nuclei and structures of
exotic nuclei such as hyper nuclei or unstable nuclei far from
stability.
Nuclear Structure Group
- Cluster strutures in nuclei.
- Nucleosynthesis
in the universe.
- Exotic structure in nuclei with high isospin and/or high spin.
Hadron Spectroscopy Group
Research using mesons to investigate:
- Chiral symmetry,
- Origin of mass of matter,
- Structure of the QCD vacuum.
Van de Graaff Group
- Measurement of nuclear reaction cross sections and momemnts.
- Material science by means of nuclear physics.
Nuclear Spectroscopy Group
- Neutrino-less double beta decay for investigation
of the matter dominated universe.
- Study of nuclei with strangeness degree of freedom
for investigation of generalized hadron-nucleus
interaction.