The northern campus of Kyoto University is located east of the Takano River, looking up at Nyoigatake, which is famous for Gozan no Okuribi (bonfires on five mountains).
The Nuclear-hadron physics laboratory is located in the Faculty of Science Building No. 5 on this quiet campus.
Daily life in our lab
There are several research groups in our laboratory, but the students and staffs of each group live together in the laboratory. In addition to a weekly colloquium and meeting, we sometimes hold wine and cheese seminars where we discuss physics over a glass of wine.
Each room is made up of a mix of seniors, juniors, and staff from various groups. We sometimes travel for conferences, meetings, and experiments, but we are usually working at analyses of experimental data or preparations for experiments in our laboratory. Some people are stationed at the experimental facility such as J-PARC or RIBF.
Since we have no core time, we come to the laboratory with our own rhythm. We are enjoying our research life, sometimes talking about trivial things and chatting about our researches during breaks.
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One day in the lab
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Discussing research and physics
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Seriously choosing souvenirs from members returning to Kyoto from a business trip. They are important accompanies during a coffee break.
Experiment image
We conduct nuclear experiments using accelerators in domestic and international facilities. Nuclear experiments involve all three pillars of research: "preparation" such as detector development, "data acquisition", and "data analysis".
We often go to experimental facilities for preparations and data acquisitions, and work together in collaborative research groups. There are often problems and not all the experiments go smoothly, but the real fun is in finding the problems and solving the issues.
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A scene during data acquisition
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Experimental preparation: Moving and setting of detectors using a crane.
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Experimental preparation: Assembly work of a drift chamber
Events
We plan various events to interact with each other every year.
We have an annual hiking to visit famous spots in Kyoto to interact with new students, year-end party, farewell party, NH Review (annual review), etc. In addition, Yamagata's famous "Imoni" (taro stew) party is held every year for some reason, and other seasonal events such as flower viewing, oyster party, and BBQ are often held.
The Division of Physics hosts an open lab (Lorentz Festival) every May, so please come if you'd like to hear about our lab! Any other questions are welcome. Please feel free to contact us.
