From People - School of Science, The University of Tokyo
濱垣 秀樹 (はまがき ひでき)
HAMAGAKI, Hideki
| Title | Associate Professor |
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| Affiliation | Department of Physics, CNS, Graduate School of Science |
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| Room | 308, CNS Wako Bldg. 3F |
| TEL | +81-48-464-4048 |
Research Field
Experimental Hadron Physics
Research Subject
Experimental study of Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP); an entity of early universe in 10 micro-seconds after the Big Bang
Current Research
I am interested in the properties of hadronic matter under extreme conditions. Current main interest is in a new form of matter, called Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP), which is considered to have existed only in an early universe; in a few micro-seconds after the Big Bang. In QGP, quarks and gluons, confined inside hadrons in ordinary conditions, are freed and moving freely. In order to realize QGP in the laboratory and study its properties, we have been performing the PHENIX experiment using the ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions obtained from RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA. We have also started participating in the ALICE experiment at LHC (Large Hadron Collider), CERN.
Keywords
Quark Gluon Plasma, QGP, High-energy heavy-ion collisions, RHIC, LHC, Big Bang, early universe, A new form of matter