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Exploration of physical phenomena in various scales
About us

The aim of physics is to investigate nature's fundamental laws and to apply the knowledge and results to science, engineering, and devices. Our department consists of four research groups: 1) astrophysics and particle physics theory; 2) condensed matter physics theory; 3) astrophysics and particle physics experiments; and 4) condensed matter physics experiments. The groups thus cover a broad spectrum of research fields including microscopic elementary particles, condensed matter of conventional size and the macroscopic universe, and conduct intensive research on various novel physics subjects. Each group is further divided into subgroups depending on the research subject to achieve highly effective research and education. The groups and subgroups maintain close cooperation with each other, with other departments, and with other domestic and foreign universities and research institutes.

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  • The research by Prof. Fujita (Theoretical Astrophysics Group) and co-workers has been published in Science. See the web page entitled “Black Holes are Messy Eaters”.

  • In the department of physics, 47 undergraduate students, 39 master’s students, and 8 PhD students received degrees from Tokyo Metropolitan University. Congratulations! (21 Mar. 2023)

  • The research by Mr. D. Ishi, Prof. Y. Ezoe (Experimental Astrophysics Lab.), and co-wokers has been introduced in EurekAlert!. See the article entitled “Simulations reproduce complex fluctuations in soft X-ray signal detected by satellites.” (28 Jan. 2023)

  • Ms. Tomona Kinugawa (Nuclear Hadron Physics Lab) is awarded the ANPhA Awards Incentive Prize at International symposium on Clustering as a Window on the Hierarchical Structure of Quantum Systems (CLUSHIQ2022). See the web page. (3 Nov. 2022)

  • Ms. Tomona Kinugawa (Nuclear Hadron Physics Lab) is awarded the SNP School Incentive Prize at The International School for Strangeness Nuclear Physics 2022. See the web page. (27 Oct. 2022)

  • Mr. Hiroto Ogura (Nanoscience Research Lab) and Mr. Hiroyuki Nishidome (Surface and Interface Physics Lab) received the Young research award in the 63th Fullerene, Nanotube, graphene symposium. See the web page. (24 Oct. 2022)

  • The research by N. Wada, Y. Takaguchi, Prof. Y. Miyata (Nano-science Research lab.), and coworkers, have published a paper entitled “Efficient and Chiral Electroluminescence from In-Plane Heterostructure of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers” in Advanced Functional Materials. See the press release (Japanese). The news is also released in EurekAlert!. (7 Sep. 2022)

  • The research by Mr. A. Fukushima, Prof. Y. Ezoe (Experimental Astrophysics Lab.), and cowokers has been introduced in EurekAlert!. See the article entitled “X-ray light catchers for space just got a whole lot lighter”. (16 Jul. 2022)

  • Mr. Shinpei Furusawa (Nanoscience Research Lab) received the Young research award in the 62th Fullerene, Nanotube, graphene symposium. See the web page. (4 Apr. 2022)

  • In the department of physics, 54 undergraduate students, 35 master’s students, and 4 PhD students received degrees from Tokyo Metropolitan University. Congratulations! (23 Mar. 2022)

  • Dr. H.E. Lim (Nano-science Research lab.) received the Best Poster Presentation Award in the 12th Recent Progress in Graphene and Two-dimensional Materials Research Conference (RPGR 2021). (31 Jan. 2022)

  • The research by Dr. H.E. Lim, Prof. Y. Miyata (Nano-science Research lab.), and coworkers, has been introduced in EurekAlert! See the article “Scientists weave atomically thin wires into ribbons”. (31 Jan. 2022)

  • Mr. Aoto Fukushima (Experimental Astrophysics Laboratory) made a presentation on X-ray reflectivity evaluation of Co deposit Si optics with atomic layer deposition and received the Best Presentation Award for Young Researcher at the Ionization Radiation Division in the annual meeting of Japanese Society of Applied Physics (14 Dec. 2021).

  • K. Shiina, Y. Okabe, H. Mori (Quantum Condensed Matter Theory Group), and a coworker (BII, Singapore) have published a paper entitled “Inverse Renormalization Group based on Image Super-Resolution using Deep Convolutional Networks” in Scientific Reports. See the press release (Japanese). (7 May 2021) The news is also released in EurekAlert!. (1 Jun. 2021)

  • Mr. Daiki Ishi (Supervisor : Prof. Y. Ezoe) won Student Presentation Award of the Physical Society of Japan. See the web page. (7 May 2021)

  • The research of Softmatter Group and the comment of Prof. Kurita has been introduced by Asahi Shimbun. (4th May.) (7 May 2021)

  • N. Nakamura, Y. Goto, and Y. Mizuguchi (Superconducting Materials Lab,) have published a paper entitled “Axis-dependent carrier polarity in polycrystalline NaSn2As2” in Applied Physics Letters (Editor’s pick). See the press release (Japanese). (14 Apr. 2021)

  • The paper by Mr. Takayuki Ishitobi (D3), Prof. Kazumasa Hattori and a coworker in Univ. of Tokyo has been selected as Papers of Editors’ Choice of JPSJ. Please visit this page for the detail. (13 Apr. 2021)

  • The paper “Machine-Learning Studies on Spin Models” written by K. Shiina (graduate student), Prof. H. Mori, Prof. Emeritus Y. Okabe, and others in Feb. 2020 ranked 25th in Top 100 in Physics. (7 Apr. 2021)

  • Mr. Naoyuki Kanda & Mr. Hiroshi Shimizu (Nanoscience Research Lab.) received the Young research award in the 60th Fullerene, Nanotube, graphene symposium. See the web page. (2 Apr. 2021)

  • In the department of physics, 44 undergraduate students, 29 master’s students, and 2 PhD students received degrees from Tokyo Metropolitan University. Congratulations! (24 Mar. 2021)

  • Mr. Yota Ichinose (Surface and Interface Physics Lab.) recieved the Student Presentation Award of the Physical Society of Japan (Devision 7). See the web page. (15 Mar. 2021)

  • Ms. Akari Yoshida (Surface and Interface Physics Lab.) received the Young Scientist Poster Award and Nanoscale Horizons in Fulleren-nanotube graphene society. See the web page. (2 Mar. 2021)

  • The research performed by N. Yanagisawa, M. Tani, R. Kurita (Softmatter Group) has been introduced by Physics Today. (9 Mar. 2021)

  • M. Tani, H. Fujio, R. Kurita (Softmatter Group) have published a paper entitled “Transition Behavior in Silicone-coated Sand Mixtures”. See the press release (Japanese). (24 Feb. 2021) The news is also released in EurekAlert!.

  • N. Yanagisawa, M. Tani, R. Kurita (Softmatter Group) have published a paper entitled “Dynamics and mechanism of liquid film collapse in a foam”. See the press release (Japanese). (18 Feb. 2021) The news is also released in EurekAlert!.

  • N. Yanagisawa and R. Kurita (Softmatter Group) have published a paper entitled “Size distribution dependence of collective relaxation dynamics in a two-dimensional wet foam”. See the press release (Japanese). (3 Feb. 2021) The news is also released in EurekAlert!.

  • Dr. Yusuke Nakanishi (Nanoscience Research Lab.) received the Konica Minolta Imaging Science Encouragement Award. See the web page. (1 Feb. 2021)

  • Dr. A. Yamashita and Prof. Y. Mizuguchi (Superconducting Materials Lab,) and coworkers have published a paper entitled “Possible pairing mechanism switching driven by structural symmetry breaking in BiS2-based layered superconductors” in Scientific Reports. See the press release (Japanese). (20 Jan. 2021)

  • Prof. Y. Mizuguchi (Superconducting Materials Lab,) and coworkers have published a paper entitled “Superconductivity in CuAl2-type Co0.2Ni0. 1Cu0.1Rh0.3Ir0.3Zr2 with a high-entropy-alloy transition metal site” in Materials Research Letters. See the press release (Japanese). The concept of the work has been introduced in EurekAlert!. See the article “Transition metal ‘cocktail’ helps make brand new superconductors”. (21 Dec. 2020)

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