Kazunori Nakayama
Associate Professor
Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
6-3 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Science Complex B 1042
Department of Physics, Tohoku University
Particle Theory and Cosmology Group
e-mail: kazunori.nakayama.d3__at__tohoku.ac.jp
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Research Interest
Cosmology and Particle Physics
I'm working on the early Universe cosmology, particle physics phenomenology and their experimental signatures. Concretely, the following topics are addressed.
Inflation and Reheating: I'm studying inflationary cosmology and related topics. such as the generation of primordial density fluctuations, particle production after inflation, and the reheating process. I also explore methods to verify these phenomena using observational tools such as cosmic microwave background and gravitational waves.
Dark Matter and Its Detection: I'm studying the production process of dark matter in the early universe, as well as its implications for direct/indirect detection experiments. Recently, I'm interested in ideas for direct detection through the application of condensed matter physics.
Particle Physics Models: I'm investigating the consistency of various models, such as axion models, supersymmetric models, flavor models, and models of neutrino masses, from the perspectives of both theory and experiments.
CV
2005.4 - 2007.3 Department pf Physics, The University of Tokyo, Master course
2007.4 - 2010.3 Department pf Physics, The University of Tokyo, Doctor course
2010.4 - 2011.3 IPNS, KEK
2011.4 - 2021.9 Department pf Physics, The University of Tokyo, Assistant Professor
2021.10 - Department pf Physics, Tohoku University, Associate Professor