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Research Field
Experimental gravitational physics
Research Subject
Instrument science and astronomy of gravitational waves, and various searches for new physics with laser interferometry
Current Research
Gravity is familiar to us in our everyday life, but its behavior is actually puzzling in many ways. For example, gravity is somehow very weak compared with other fundamental forces, and it somehow affect all objects equally. These puzzles are the keys to solve mysteries in the universe, such as cosmic inflation, accelerating expansion of the universe, and dark matter. Gravitational wave detectors such as KAGRA and laser interferometric techniques used for them are useful to look into the mysteries. With observations of gravitational waves from black holes, dark matter searches and tests of quantum gravity, I want to answer the question: what is gravity?
Keywords
Gravitational waves, laser interferometer, optomechanics, dark matter, quantum gravity, macroscopic quantum mechanics, Lorentz invariance, tests of gravity theories