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Research Interests

1.

Cluster strutures in nuclei and nucleosynthesis in the universe.

2.

Exotic structure in nuclei with high isospin and/or high spin.

3.

Materials science by means of the β-NMR and μ SR.

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 stable and unstable nuclei.

A nucleus, a many-body system of protons and neutrons governed by the strong interaction, exhibits various types of structures such as shell structure, collective structure, cluster structure, and so on. We carry out a series of experiments to explore such exotic structures at RCNP, Osaka University, at RIBF in RIKEN, and at TRIUMF in Canada.

Material science is also a field we are investigating, where we apply the beta-ray detected nuclear magnetic resonance (β-NMR) and muon spin rotation/relaxation (μ SR) techniques. With these ultra-high sensitivity techniques, electron structures and local sub-nanometer-scale configuration in materials can be revealed.