Nomura Kosuke
Associate Professor
Toward a unified description of atomic nuclei
Department of Physics, Nonlinear Physics
| Theme | Nuclear structure, microscopic nuclear structure model, collective excitations, nuclear decays |
| Field | Nuclear Theory |
| Keyword | Nuclear Structure, Nuclear Collective Motions, Exotic Nuclei, Fundamental Symmetries, Nuclear Astrophysics, Quantum Many-Body Theory |
Introduction of Research
The atomic nucleus is a self-organized many-body quantum system of nucleons - protons and neutrons. The nucleus takes on geometrical shapes that correspond to a spherical vibrator, and ellipsoidal deformed rotor. This feature is known as collective motion, which exhibits remarkable regularities and symmetries as observed in the vibrational or rotational energy spectra and characteristic patterns of electromagnetic transition rates. How the atomic nucleus organizes itself into a variety of shapes and what are the microscopic origins have been a central problem in low-energy nuclear physics, and are also common to quantum many-body systems in general.
My research is mainly focused on the above problem, and I am primarily interested in developing a theory allowing for a universal and microscopic description of the structure and dynamics of heavy nuclei, constructed by using state-of-the-art nuclear many-body methods. It has nowadays become possible to produce and accelerate radioactive nuclei at experiments, which has opened many new avenues for low-energy nuclear physics. I am involved in international collaborations with both theoretical and experimental nuclear physicists concerning the nuclei that are of interest for experiments using RI beams. I also study some basic problems in particle physics and astrophysics in the context of nuclear physics, aiming, in particular, to provide inputs with the related experiments.
Representative Achievements
| Academic degree | Ph.D. |
| Self Introduction | Born in Osaka |
| Academic background | 2007 B.S., Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo 2009 M.Sc., Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo 2009 JSPS Research Fellow 2012 Ph.D., Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo 2012 JSPS Fellow for Research Abroad, University of Cologne 2013 Marie-Curie Fellow, GANIL, CEA/CNRS 2015 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Zagreb 2016 JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tsukuba 2018 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Zagreb 2018 MEXT Excellent Young Researcher, Japan Atomic Energy Agency 2019 Assistant Professor (PI), University of Zagreb 2023- Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Hokkaido University 2023- Director, Nuclear Reaction Data Center, Hokkaido University |
| Affiliated academic society | Physical Society of Japan, American Physical Society, European Physical Society |
| Room address | Science Building 2 10-09 |
