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Nagoya University,
and Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe
Junji Hisano (Vice-Director of KMI, Nagoya Univ.)
20th International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2018) 21st – 25th, May, 2018 History Physics at Nagoya University
Sakata model 1955 Sakata Model for hadrons MNS matrix 1962 Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata Matrix Shoichi Sakata 1965 The first X-ray rocket in Japan 1971 Kyoshi Niu found charm quark event in CR. (1974 Charm quark was detected at SLAC &BNL) X-ray astronomy 1973 Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix Sachio Hayakawa 2000 Tau neutrino discovery (DONUT at Fermilab) Nuclear emulsions 2001 CP symmetry breaking (Belle at KEKB factory) 2008 Nobel prize for Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix 2010 Establishment of KMI
Kiyoshi Niu 2010 Observation of a first tau neutrino (OPERA) 2012 Discovery of Higgs particle Kimio Niwa 2015 The fifth tau neutrino (OPERA) 2016 Scan pyramid mission Kobayashi-Maskawa Matrix Our Mission in KMI Shed Light on the Dark Universe
Dark Energy Dark Dark Matter Universe Missing anti-matter
Beyond Kobayashi-Maskawa. Organization of KMI
Director Director Internal Collaborations Emeritus Center for Makoto Kobayashi Center for Toshihide in Nagoya University Maskawa Theoretical Experimental Studies Studies Graduate School Division Division of Science Cosmology and Origin of Theoretical Spacetime Tau Lepton Physics Astrophysics Structures Research Center Dark Universe Division Division Graduate School of Mathematics Theoretical Particle Physics Flavor Physics Institute for Space-Earth
Division Environmental Research
String Theory and Mathematics KMI’s Three rings
New Particle Astro-particle Phenomenology Phenomenology
Dark Universe
Integrative Theoretical Researches KMI’s Three rings
Hyper Kamiokande LHC-ATLAS Cherenkov New Particle Telescope Array Indirect search Astro-particle for Dark Matter Phenomenology Phenomenology X-ray Satellites Super KEKB LHCf Xenon experiment
Nuclear emulsion Neutron Experiments
Particle physics Cosmology Gravitational waves Phenomenology
String and Hadron physics Gravitational theories
Integrative Theoretical Researches KMI as a Research Hub International and Interdisciplinary
6 International Partner Institutions: Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy Yonsei Univ., Institute of Physics and Applied Physics Jozef Stefan Institute University of Edinburgh, acting through the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) The Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Theoretical Physics
Collaborative Institutions: University of Leicester KMI international conference Le Centre CEA de Saclay Institut de Physique Nucléaire D'orsay KMI international school Gran Sasso Science Institute CERN, JAXA, KEK (2018~) Latest News www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp
20th International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2018) 21st – 25th, May, 2018