Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science
Self-Introduction
I enjoy cycling and often ride around the surrounding area on weekends. Compared with traveling by car, cycling allows me to move at a more moderate pace and experience changes in the scenery and the scents of the environment through my senses. Near the Toyonaka Campus, there is the Inagawa River, and I often ride along the river down toward Osaka City. I also enjoy exploring new cycling routes.
Research
My research aims to clarify proton–neutron pair correlations in atomic nuclei. Inside an atomic nucleus, protons and neutrons can attract each other and form pairs, which may give rise to special states of matter similar to superfluidity. However, it is still not well understood why proton–neutron pairs, which are expected to bind strongly, do not form the anticipated state within nuclei.
To address this question, I conduct accelerator-based experiments using the Grand Raiden magnetic spectrometer at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University. In these experiments, I measure nuclear reactions that remove proton–neutron pairs from atomic nuclei in order to investigate the strength of their correlations.
In addition, because the signals of interest appear only in a very small fraction of the recorded events, efficient data selection is essential. I have therefore worked on implementing an online filter in a continuous-readout data acquisition system to efficiently identify the relevant data. Through these studies, we will explore not only the properties of atomic nuclei but also the potential for societal applications from the perspective of data acquisition.