Theoretical Physics Laboratory


About us

The Theoretical Physics Laboratory at Tokyo Woman's University, a new laboratory established in 2021, conducts research in theoretical physics in a broad sense, of which the current focus is on particle physics and cosmology.

Member List / Research Grants: Oda, Tomiya

📣 Delighted to welcome Akio Tomiya to our team! He is a rising scholar, also known for supervising artificial intelligence studies in “Shin Kamen Rider.”

📣 The first paper with my first graduate student, Mitani-san, at TWCU has been published! (Kin-ya)

Her Master thesis is also published online (though in Japanese):

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Seminars in academic year 2024

16:35-18:05, Friday 17th May 2024 (Building 6, Room 6111)
 Yui Hayashi（Kyoto University）
Physics of Quarks and Gluons and Their Vacuum Structure

Protons and neutrons, the fundamental elements of matter, are composed of quarks and gluons. The physics of quarks and gluons is described by a quantum field theory model known as Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). The theoretical understanding of QCD still harbors many fundamental mysteries, exemplified by the problem of quark confinement: "Why can quarks not be isolated and are only observed as part of protons or neutrons?" This seminar will explore the difficulties and fascinations of the low-energy physics and vacuum structure of QCD. Additionally, it will introduce recent research on the semiclassical analysis of the QCD vacuum through T^2 compactification.

2024 (TBA)
Ivan  Arraut（University of Saint Joseph）
Implementation of the tools of Quantum Mechanics in scenarios involving finance and economy

 In this presentation I will introduce some of the most useful analogies for analyzing problems in economy and finance by using the well-known tools of Quantum Mechanics. This brings us to the scenario of Quantum Finance where certain financial equations can be expressed in a Hamiltonian/Lagrangian language. 

In this way, we can derive new results by extending important concepts like spontaneous symmetry breaking, gauge symmetries, Higgs mechanism and others. We then show how this scenario helps us to unify the two most important equations, constructed for predicting the prices of Options. Finally, we explain other practical problems where the notions of Quantum Mechanics can play an important role.

Preprint submitted

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