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To Mark the Completion of the Ipmus Research Building, a Ceremony And Murayama and President Hamada, (ination) just after its birth, and then News please refer to http///www.ipmu.jp/ turned into a very hot reball. ja/node/643). Following the speeches, distinguished guests, Mr.Shigeo Okaya Keiichi Maeda Received Young (Director of the Strategic Programs Astronomer Award Division, S&T Policy Bureau, MEXT) On January 23, 2010, the and Prof. Toshio Kuroki (WPI Program Astronomical Society of Japan (ASJ) Director and Deputy Director of the announced that Keiichi Maeda, an Research Center for Scientic Systems, assistant professor at IPMU, had been JSPS) offered words of congratulation. selected as a recipient of the ASJ Young Then, Prof. Hidetoshi Ohno of the Astronomer Award for his contribution University of Tokyo Graduate School to the“ theoretical and observational , Inauguration Ceremony of IPMU’s of Frontier Sciences the architect study on the structure of supernova Research Building on February who designed the building, explained explosions.” Prof. Maeda developed a 23rd the concept he used to design the new method to theoretically calculate To mark the completion of the IPMU’s new building, as“ a place having the emissions from supernovae, and he also Research Building, a ceremony and capability” to create communication discovered new aspects of supernova reception were held on February 23, among researchers. explosions through observations by the 2010, with about 150 people (guests, At the reception, the IPMU Chamber Subaru and other telescopes. The award University of Tokyo researchers, and Orchestra, consisting of IPMU’s ceremony took place on March 25, 2010 administrative staff) in attendance. researchers, administrative staff, and at the annual meeting of the ASJ. The formal ceremony began with a other related people, performed performance by the Todai (University of “Jupiter” from Gustav Holst’s The Takaaki Kajita Awarded the First Tokyo) Philharmonic Orchestra Quartet Planets suite with members of the Todai Yoji Totsuka Prize at the Piazza Fujiwara, on the third oor Philharmonic Orchestra. The reception On February 14, 2010, Heisei in the center of the new building. IPMU was most convivial, wonderfully Foundation for Basic Science announced Director Hitoshi Murayama delivered a complementing the formal ceremony. that Takaaki Kajita, Director of the speech in which he expressed his joy Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, and gratitude. Then, University of Tokyo the University of Tokyo and IPMU President Junichi Hamada spoke about Principal Investigator, had won the rst the strong hopes he had concerning (Fig. 2) Yoji Totsuka Prize. This Prize has been IPMU’s achievements, and expressed created in honor of the late Professor his determination to make IPMU one Yoji Totsuka, one of the most respected of the University of Tokyo’s“ Institutes physicists in neutrino physics, and is for Advanced Studies,” the creation aimed at recognizing outstanding of which is being discussed by the scientic achievements in neutrino University’s Board, and thus to make 2010 Japan Academy Prize to physics experiments, non-accelerator IPMU a permanent University entity and Katsuhiko Sato physics experiments, or related to give tenure to a subset of the IPMU The Japan Academy announced on theoretical studies. Prof. Kajita has been faculty. (For the speeches of Director March 12, 2010 that Katsuhiko Sato, awarded the Prize for“ Discovery of IPMU Principal Investigator and IPMU Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations.” Professor, had won the 2010 Japan Together with Yoji Totsuka, he played Academy Prize. Prof. Sato is one of the a leading role at Super-Kamiokande (Fig. 1) pioneers who proposed the inationary in this discovery, the rst evidence for universe theory based on the unied nite neutrino mass and the existence of theory of forces. This theory predicts lepton mixing in weak interactions. The that the early universe experienced an awards ceremony was held on March extremely rapid exponential expansion 21, 2010. 18 IPMU News No. 9 March 2010 Masaomi Tanaka Won the 2009 2nd“ Science Café: The Universe” Science Camp for High School UT President’s Award at Tamarokuto Science Center Students“ Encounters of Modern The University of Tokyo announced Following last year’s successful event Mathematics and Modern Physics” that Masaomi Tanaka, postdoctoral at Tamarokuto Science Center, the The spring science camp for high fellow at IPMU, is a recipient of the 2009 second“ Science Café: The Universe” school students“, Encounters of Modern President’s Award for his contribution was held there, jointly sponsored by Mathematics and Modern Physics,” was on“ Observational and Theoretical IPMU and the Tamarokuto Science held at IPMU for three days, March 23 Studies on Supernova Explosions.” Center. Three IPMU researchers gave – 25, 2010. The science camp is one of Dr. Tanaka has studied the nature of lectures on Saturdays: IPMU Professor the projects supported by JST (Japan supernova explosions by means of Shigeki Sugimoto on the“ Miracles of S&T Agency) to foster next-generation both observations with the Subaru Superstring Theory: About the Ultimate leaders in science and technology. JST telescope, and theoretical simulations, Picture of Matter” on January 30, IPMU selects programs for subsidization from and claried that supernova explosions Associate Professor Masahiro Takada applications, and three-day camps on have a complex three-dimensional on“ Dark Matter Controls the Universe approved topics are held at universities structure. This result constitutes a new from Behind the Scenes: Search for and science centers, which include step in understanding the mechanism It!” on February 20, and nally, IPMU hands-on sessions and discussions with of supernova explosions. The awards Director Hitoshi Murayama on“ Wrinkles scientists and among the participating ceremony was held on March 24, 2010. and Seeds of the Universe” on March high school students. IPMU Prof. Akihiro 6. Science Café emphasizes interaction Tsuchiya, a mathematician, took the Memorial Lecture by Prof. Leggett, between audience and lecturers. As lead in planning the approved program. Recipient of UT Honorary Doctoral with last year’s event, this time attendees Twenty students, selected from among Degree enjoyed it in a relaxed atmosphere. applicants, took part. They lived The University of Tokyo conferred an together for three days, hearing lectures honorary doctoral degree to Sir Anthony in mathematics. They also attended J. Leggett while he was staying at the the IPMU researchers’ tea time. In University of Tokyo at the invitation (Fig. A) the exit questionnaire, the students of IPMU. Prof. Leggett is a professor made comments such as“, It was very at the University of Illinois and winner exciting and enjoyable to have seen a of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics for mathematical world which is different his pioneering work on the theoretical Prof. Shigeki Sugimoto gave a lecture on January 30 from what we are learning at school,” or understanding of superuid helium “I am very happy because I made a lot 3 liquid. Prof. Leggett was awarded of new friends.” the honorary doctoral degree for his distinguished contribution to science and culture, particularly to progress and (Fig. B) education in physics, not only for UT (he once taught at UT as a visiting professor) (Fig. 3) but for all of Japan. The awards ceremony and memorial lecture from Prof. Masahiro Takada gave a lecture on February 20 Prof. Leggett were held on March 12, 2010, at Koshiba Hall on the University’s Hongo Campus. Following his lecture, students and young researchers were “Searching for the Other Physics” invited to a tea-time discussion with (Fig. C) – An Art Exhibition at IPMU Prof. Leggett. This event was co-hosted The IPMU Art Society is a group of by the School of Science and IPMU. IPMU people and associated members who love contemporary art. The society News IPMU Director Hitoshi Murayama gave a lecture on March 6 organized an art exhibition titled 19 “Searching for the Other Physics” at further progress in this interdisciplinary 1. “Dark Matter and the First Stars” IPMU from February 3 to 27, 2010. This eld. Speaker: Doug Spolyar (Fermilab) exhibition was primarily aimed at an Date: Jan 08, 2010 audience on the University of Tokyo’s Focus Week: 2. “Dilaton cosmologies and their Kashiwa Campus, but was also open to Condensed Matter Physics Meets gauge theory duals” the public on February 25 and 27, and High Energy Physics Speaker: Sumit Das (Kentucky about 50 people visited from outside This Focus Week workshop was held University) the campus. Artists inspired by research at IPMU for ve days, February 8 - 12, Date: Jan 12, 2010 at IPMU, which explores the mysteries 2010. For details, see pp. 16 - 17. 3. “Exploring Hadron Physics in Black of the universe through cooperation Hole Formations: a New Promising among mathematics, physics, and Workshop: Target of Neutrino Astronomy” astronomy, exhibited works on paper, Geometry of Lattices and Infinite Speaker: Ken’ichiro Nakazato (Kyoto video, and other media. On the rst Dimensional Lie Algebras Unieversity) day, an opening reception was held This workshop was held at IPMU for Date: Jan 14, 2010 and artists spoke about their work. One three days, March 17 – 19, 2010. 4. “Mirror symmetries of P2 of the artists who contributed to this enumerated by Markov triplets” art exhibition is living in England. He Future Workshop: Speaker: Sergey Galkin (IPMU) explained his work via the Internet as Workshop on Recent Advances in Date: Jan 19, 2010 seen below. Mathematics at IPMU, 2 5. “Aspects of orientifolds in “Workshop on Recent Advances in topological string theory” Mathematics at IPMU, 2” will be held at Speaker: Daniel Kre (IPMU) IPMU on April 5 and 6, 2010. Date: Jan 26, 2010 (Fig. 4) 6. “The environmental dependence of Future Workshop: galaxy properties at 0<z<2” CL J2010: from Massive Galaxies Speaker: Masayuki Tanaka (IPMU) Formation to Dark Energy Date: Jan 28, 2010 The workshop CL J2010: from 7.
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