Highlights (April 2016 - March 2017)


Editor's Suggestions, etc.

  1. Editor's Suggestions in Physical Review Letters:
    Iosif Bena, Stefano Giusto, Emil J. Martinec, Rodolfo Russo, Masaki Shigemori, David Turton, Nicholas P. Warner,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 201601 (2016).
  2. Editor's Suggestions in Physical Review D:
    Atsushi Taruya,
    Phys. Rev. D 94, 023504 (2016).
  3. Editor's Suggestions in Physical Review Letters:
    Misao Sasaki, Teruaki Suyama, Takahiro Tanaka, and Shuichiro Yokoyama,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 061101 (2016).
  4. Editor's Choice in Europhysics Letters:
    Guillem Domènech, Chunshan Lin and Misao Sasaki,
    Europhysics Letters, 115, 19001 (2016).
  5. Publisher's Pick in Journal of Physics A:
    Matthew Buican, Takahiro Nishinaka,
    J. Phys. A49, 045401 (2016).
  6. News at Phys.org:
    Pisin Chen, Yen Chin Ong, Don N. Page, Misao Sasaki, and Dong-han Yeom,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 161304 (2016).

Invited Talks (International)

  1. Sinya Aoki, "Overview of the HAL QCD potential method and recent results",
    Invited talk at INT Program INT 16-1 "Nuclear Physics from Lattice QCD" March 21 - May 27, 2016, INT, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
  2. Sinya Aoki, "Current status for two baryon systems in lattice QCD",
    Oct. 5, 2016 Invited talk at KITP program "Frontiers in Nuclear Physics", Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, Aug. 22, 2016 - Nov 4, 2016.
  3. Seiji Terashima, "Large N limit of Mass Deformed ABJM Theory on Three Sphere",
    invited talk in "NCTS Summer workshop on Strings and Quantym Field Theory", Hsinchu, Taiwan, July 2016.
  4. Seiji Terashima, "Exact Path Integral for 3D Quantum Gravity",
    invited talk in "IF-YITP GR+HEP+Cosmo International Symposium VI", Naresuan Univ., August 2016.
  5. Seiji Terashima, "A Note on Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev Like Model without Random Coupling",
    invited seminar at KIAS, Korea, February 2017.
  6. Hiroshi Kunitomo, "Complete action for open superstring field theory II",
    VIII Workshop on String Field Theory and Related Aspects, May 31 - June 3 2016, ICTP SAIFR, Saou Paulo, Brazil.
  7. Masaru Shibata, "Neutron star mergers: Predictions by numerical relativity",
    Invited plenary talk in "The first observation of a binary black hole merger: Status and future prospects" Hannover, May 23-26, 2016.
  8. Masaru Shibata, "Status of numerical relativity for Astrophysical simulations",
    Invited plenary talk in 21th international conference on general relativity and gravitation, New York, July 11--15, 2016.
  9. Tadashi Takayanagi, "Quantum Operations in CFTs and Holography",
    Invited Plenary talk in Strings 2016 (Tsinghua Univ., Aug 2nd, 2016).
  10. Hector Bombin, "Time-correlated noise in quantum computation",
    Quantum Information Processing 2017, Seattle, USA, January 2017.
  11. Invited talk at East Asia Joint Workshop on Fields and Strings (USTC, 2016 May 29),
    Shigeki Sugimoto, "On CS 5-form and Holographic Baryon".
  12. American Physical Society April Meeting 2017,
    "Numerical Relativity Simulations of Compact Binary Merger",
    Kenta Kiuchi, Washington DC, Jan. 28-31, 2017.
  13. Summer school on gravitation and cosmology,
    "Gravitational waves from compact binaries composed of a black hole and/or neutron star: What will they tell us?",
    Kenta Kiuchi, Chanhsha, Hunan Normal University, June 16-30, 2016.
  14. Kenta Hotokezaka, "R-process Kilonova/Macronova" (Invited),
    8th Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium, Oct. 24th - 28th, 2016, Huntsville, USA.
  15. Kenta Hotokezaka, "Numerical Relativity Simulations of coalescing neutron star binaries" (Invited),
    Gravitational waves and compact objects, Nov. 23rd, 2016, Haifa, Israel.
  16. Yuichiro Sekiguchi, "Gravitational waves and the nuclear equation of state",
    Quark Matter 2017 February 5-11, 2017 Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, USA
  17. Kunihito Ioka, "Multi-Messenger Approaches to Galactic PeVatrons",
    Invited talk at Beyond a PeV: Particle acceleration to extreme energies in cosmic sources Paris, France, 9/13-16, 2016.
  18. Kunihito Ioka, "Black Hole Systems as Multi-Messenger Sources",
    Invited talk at IAU sympo 324: New Frontiers in Black Hole Astrophysics Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9/12-16, 2016.
  19. Shinji Mukohyama, "Status of Ghost Condensation",
    3rd Korea-Japan Workshop on Dark Energy, April 2016, KASI, Korea.
  20. Shinji Mukohyama, "Minimal Theory of Massive gravity",
    Hot topics in Modern Cosmology, May 2016, Cargese, France.
  21. Shinji Mukohyama, "Ghost Condensation and Horizon Entropy",
    Hot topics in Modern Cosmology, May 2016, Cargese, France.
  22. Shinji Mukohyama, "Is DBI as fragile as other k-essence fields?",
    IF-YITP GR+HEP+Cosmo International Symposium VI, August 2016, Naresuan University, Thailand.
  23. Shinji Mukohyama, "Ghost Condensation and Horizon Entropy",
    IF-YITP GR+HEP+Cosmo International Symposium VI, August 2016, Naresuan University, Thailand.
  24. Shinji Mukohyama, "Ghost Condensation and Horizon Entropy",
    Modern Aspects of gravity cosmology, October 2016, Orsay, France.
  25. Atsushi Taruya, "Redshift-space distortions as a probe of gravity",
    Workshop on "nonlinear evolution of the large-scale structure of the Universe: theory meets expectations", May 2016, IAP, France.
  26. Atsushi Taruya, "Gravitational waves and structure formation",
    Gravitational waves and cosmology & 3rd eLISA Cosmology working group workshop, October 2016, DESY, Germany.
  27. Misao Sasaki, "Inflationary cosmology: present status and future issues",
    Physics Society of China, gravity and general relativity discipline, June 2016, Changsha, China.
  28. Misao Sasaki, "Inflationary magnetogenesis with broken local U(1) symmetry",
    IF-YITP GR+HEP+Cosmo International Symposium VI August 2016, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand.
  29. Misao Sasaki, "Inflationary magnetogenesis with broken local U(1) symmetry",
    Current Themes in High Energy Physics and Cosmology, August 2016, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  30. Misao Sasaki, "Summary and perspectives",
    HANOI INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP "GRAVITATION AND THE UNIVERSE", November 2016, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technogy, Hanoi, Veitnam.
  31. Misao Sasaki, "Inflation",
    CosPA 2016, November 2016, University of Sydney, Australia.
  32. Misao Sasaki, "Inflation and beyond",
    NCTS Annual Theory Meeting 2016: Particles, Cosmology and String, December 2016, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
  33. Misao Sasaki, "Signatures from inflationary massive gravity",
    Testing Gravity 2017, January 2017, SFU Harbour Center, Vancouver, Canada.
  34. Takahiro Tanaka, "Restriction on the initial state for the absence of IR effect in single field inflation model",
    DESY Theory Workshop "Rethinking Quantum Field Theory", September 2016.

Invited Talks (in Japan)

  1. Sinya Aoki, "Flow equation for the large N scalar model and induced geometries",
    Invited talk at 4 Day Conference "Holography and quantum information", May 31-June 3, 2016, in YITP long term workshop 2016 "Quantum Information in String Theory and Many-body Systems", May 23-june 24, 2016, YITP, Kyoto, Japan.
  2. Sinya Aoki, "Axial U(1) symmetry in 2-flavor QCD at finite temperature",
    Invited talk at YITP workshop MIN16 - Meson in Nucleus 2016 -, July 31 - Aug. 2, 2016, YITP, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  3. Sinya Aoki, "Lattice QCD approach to baryon interactions",
    Invited talk at The conference ``Compact stars and gravitational waves", Oct. 31 - November 4, 2016, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan.
  4. Sinya Aoki, "Difficulties in the direct method for two baryon systems in lattice QCD",
    Invited talk at "Realistic hadron interactions in QCD", Nov.21 - Dec.2, 2016, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan.
  5. Sinya Aoki, "Flow equation for the scalar model in the large N expansion and its applications",
    Invited talk at Workshop "Holography, Quantum Entanglement and Higher Spin Gravity", Feb. 6 - 7, 2017, YITP, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  6. 青木慎也, 集中講義「格子QCD入門」
    名古屋大学、２０１６年７月１３−１５日
  7. 青木慎也, 集中講義「格子ゲージ理論入門１」
    北海道大学、２０１７年１月２４−２６日
  8. 杉本茂樹, 一般講演「超弦理論と宇宙のはじまり」
    第６０８回駿台学園天文講座、駿台学園、２０１６年１１月１９日
  9. 杉本茂樹, 招待講演「弦理論は現実世界を記述できるか？」
    第２９回理論懇シンポジウム、東北大学、２０１６年１２月２２日
  10. Takahiro Tanaka, "重力波",
    ILC 夏の合宿 July 2016.
  11. Yasuaki Hikida, "Higher spin holography and Higgs phenomenon",
    Invited talk at International Conference: Holography and Quantum Information (YITP, Kyoto, 2016, June 3).
  12. 第16回高宇連研究会「高エネルギー宇宙物理学の課題と将来展望」
    "数値相対論シミュレーションによるコンパクト連星合体に関する理解の現状と今後の課題" 、
    木内建太、名古屋大学、 2017年3月9-11日.
  13. 第29回理論懇シンポジウム、"コンパクト連星合体の数値相対論シミュレーションの現状と今後の展望"、
    木内建太、東北大学、2016年12月20-22日.
  14. 天文学会2016年秋季年会 企画セッション「重力波初検出の意義と重力波天文学の幕開け」、
    "重力波シミュレーション"、木内建太、愛媛大学、2016年9月14-16日.
  15. 物理学会2016年秋季大会シンポジウム「重力波で探るブラックホールと重力理論・相対性理論の検証 Black holes probed by Gravitational Wave and Verification of Gravity Theories and General Relativity」、
    "ブラックホール／中性子星からなるコンパクト連星合体からの重力波とサイエンス"、木内建太、宮崎大学、2016年9月21-24日.
  16. 2016年物理学会秋季大会　宮崎大学 シンポジウム：「重力波で探るブラックホールと重力理論・相対性理論の検証」
    中野寛之, "連星ブラックホール合体と相対論の検証について".
  17. 寺木悠人, Perspectives in Mathematical Science 2016 @宮島コーラルホテル,
    「ブラックホール降着流におけるMHD乱流中の粒子加速」.
  18. Yuichiro Sekiguchi, "Mass ejection from compact binary merger and r-process nucleosynthesis",
    Conference in the YIPQS long-term and Nishinomiya-Yukawa memorial workshopNPCSM 2016 October 31 - November 4, 2016, YITP Kyoto, Japan.
  19. 井岡邦仁, 物理学会　宇宙線・宇宙物理領域シンポジウム 主題：宇宙線直接観測の成果と展望　Results and prospects from direct observation of cosmic rays,
    招待講演「宇宙線観測と天体物理学　Astrophysics and cosmic ray observation」25 min 大阪大学　豊中キャンパス, 3/17-20, 2017.
  20. 井岡邦仁, 一般市民講演「ブラックホールだらけの宇宙」,
    第12回京都大学附置研究所・センターシンポジウム：京都からの挑戦 - 地球社会の調和ある共存に向けて 石川県文教会館, 3/11, 2017.
  21. 井岡邦仁, 招待講演「Astrophysical Problems in the Gravitational Wave Era」,
    新学術領域「なぜ宇宙は加速するのか？- 徹底的究明と将来への挑戦-」(Why does the Universe accelerate?-Exhaustive study and challenge for the future) KEK, Tsukuba, Japan, 3/8-10, 2017.
  22. 井岡邦仁, 招待講演「MeV Gamma-Ray Bursts」,
    第一回MeVガンマ線天文学研究会 京都大学北部総合教育研究棟益川ホール, Kyoto, Japan, 2/27-28, 2017.
  23. 井岡邦仁, 招待講演「Multi-Messenger Era of High Energy Astrophysics」,
    KMI Colloquium KMI, Nagoya, Japan, 1/11, 2017.
  24. 井岡邦仁, 招待講演「GW150914-like Black Holes as Galactic High Energy Sources」,
    宇宙線研究所共同利用小研究会「コンパクト天体における高エネルギー現象」 ICRR, Kashiwa, Japan, 10/11-12, 2016.
  25. 井岡邦仁, 招待セミナー「GW150914-like Merged Black Holes in the High Energy Sky」,
    青山学院, 7/7, 2016.
  26. 久徳浩太郎, 招待講演 "重力波天文学",
    熱場の量子論とその応用 (2016/8, 和光).
  27. 久徳浩太郎, "Numerical-relativity simulations of neutron-star binary mergers"
    Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics in the High Event Rate Regime (2016/12, 東京).
  28. Atsushi Taruya, "重力波と観測的宇宙論",
    観測的宇宙論ワークショップ, November 2016, Hiroshima University, Japan.
  29. Ryo Saito, "一般的なスカラーテンソル理論における第五の力の働き",
    若手による重力・宇宙論研究会 March 2016, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Japan.
  30. Takahiro Tanaka, "Impact of gravitational wave detection and its perspective",
    ニュートリノフロンティア研究会, November 2016.