Academic Papers
Reports of joint-use research are presented at academic conferences in Japan and overseas, and also published in Japanese and foreign academic journals. The plot shows the numbers of papers authored by ICRR members that are published each fiscal year in ICRR Reports, refereed journals, and proceedings of international conferences.
The plot shows the numbers of papers authored by ICRR members.
International Conferences and Workshops
ICRR holds international conferences and workshops about once a year, and hosts monthly seminars of renowned scientists and promising young researchers to discuss cutting-edge research. The table below lists the international conferences and workshops held in the past decade, with the number of participants at the end of each item.
| Date | Venue | Attendees | |
| Workshop on Next Generation Nucleon Decay and Neutrino Detector 2007 | 2007.10.2-5 | Shizuoka | 102 |
| Inauguration Ceremony and Symposium of Telescope Array | 2008.8.25 | Chiba | 101 |
| 58th Fujihara seminar: World-wide Network for Gravitational Wave Observation | 2009.5.26-29 | Kanagawa | 84 |
| Gravitational-Wave Advanced Detector Workshop, GWADW 2010 | 2010.5.16-21 | Kyoto | 107 |
| International Symposium on the Recent Progress of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Observation | 2010.12.10-12 | Nagoya | 114 |
| Italy-Japan workshop | 2011.10.4-5 | Chiba | 39 |
| 2nd Japan Korea workshop on KAGRA | 2012.5.28-29 | Chiba | 26 |
| 1st EliTES General Meeting | 2012.10.3-4 | Tokyo | 80 |
| 3rd Japan Korea workshop on KAGRA | 2012.12.21-22 | Korea | 20 |
| 4th Japan Korea workshop on KAGRA | 2013.6.10-11 | Osaka | 34 |
| 5th Japan Korea workshop on KAGRA | 2013.11.29-30 | Korea | 36 |
| 2nd EliTES General Meeting | 2013.12.4-5 | Tokyo | 80 |
| CTA LST General Meeting | 2014.1.14-17 | Chiba | 83 |
| 6th Japan Korea workshop in KAGRA | 2014.6.20-21 | Tokyo | 49 |
| 7th Japan Korea workshop in KAGRA | 2014.12.19-20 | Toyama | 34 |
| The Inaugural Symposium of the Hyper-Kamiokande Proto-Collaboration and Signing Ceremony | 2015.1.31 | Chiba | 108 |
| 3rd EliTES General Meeting | 2015.2.9-10 | Tokyo | 42 |
| TeV Particle Astrophysics (TeVPA) 2015 | 2015.10.26-30 | Chiba | 169 |
| 4th EliTES General Meeting | 2015.12.2-3 | Tokyo | 38 |
| The extreme Universe viewed in very-high-energy gamma rays | 2016.1.13-14 | Chiba | 68 |
| Third International Meeting for Large Neutrino Infrastructure | 2016.5.30-6.1 | Ibaraki | 80 |
| PhyStat-ν Workshop on Statistical Issues in Experimental Neutrino Physics | 2016.5.30 - 6.1 | Chiba | 90 |
| CTA Consortium Meeting Kashiwa | 2016.6.16-20 | Chiba | 170 |
| Extreme Universe viewed with High Energy Gamma Rays | 2017.12.18-19 | Chiba | 60 |
| Tokyo Spring Cosmic Lyman-Alpha Workshop | 2018.3.26-30 | Tokyo | 120 |
| The First Meeting of Hyper Kamiokande Financial Forum | 2019.1.11 | Tokyo | 50 |
| The Second Meeting of Hyper Kamiokande Financial Forum | 2019.6.27 | Tokyo | 45 |
| Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics | 2019.9.9-13 | Toyama | 540 |
| Dark Matter Searches in the 2020s | 2019.11.11-13 | Chiba | 117 |
| The extreme Universe viewed in very-high-energy gamma rays 2019 | 2019.11.14-15 | Chiba | 83 |
| Kashiwa Dark Matter Symposium | 2020.11.16-19 | Online | 290 |
| The 7th KAGRA International Workshop (KIW7) | 2020.12.18-20 | Taiwan and Online | 242 |
| Black Hole Astrophysics with VLBI: Multi-Wavelength and Multi-Messenger Era | 2021.1.18-20 | Chiba and Online | 80 |
| Kashiwa Dark Matter Symposium | 2021.11.29-12.2 | Online | 317 |
| Black Hole Astrophysics with VLBI 2022 | 2022.2.7-9 | Online | 92 |
| UTokyo NY Event "Exploring the Universe with Multi-Messengers" | 2022.2.12 | Online | 300 |
| LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration meeting in Louisiana | 2022.3.14-17 | USA | 808 |
| Synergies at New Frontiers at Gamma-rays, Neutrinos, and Gravitational Waves | 2022.3.24-25 | Chiba | 70 |
| 21st International Workshop on Next generation Nucleon Decay and Neutrino Detectors (NNN2022) | 2022.9.28-30 | Gifu and Online | 111 |
| Hyper-Kamiokande Collaboration Meeting | 2023.3.6-11 | Toyama and Online | 223 |
| LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration meeting at Northwestern University | 2023.3.13-16 | USA | 677 |
| The 38th International Cosmic Ray Confrence (ICRC2023) | 2023.7.26-8.3 | Nagoya and Online | 1429 |
| LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration meeting | 2023.9.11-15 | Toyama and Online | 936 |
| Symposium of Reorganized NNSO, "New Development of Multi-messenger Astronomy" | 2023.11.1-2 | Chiba and Online | 114 |
Awards
| Year | Prize Name | Winner | |
| 1999 | Nishina Memorial Award | KAJITA, Takaaki | Discovery of the atmospheric neutrino anomaly |
| 2001 | Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon | TOTSUKA, Yoji | For contribution to cosmic ray physics and elementary particle physics research |
| 2001 | Nishina Memorial Award | SUZUKI, Yoichiro NAKAHATA, Masayuki |
Discovery of neutrino oscillation by precise observation of solar neutrinos |
| 2002 | Fujiwara Award | TOTSUKA, Yoji | Discovery of neutrino oscillation from observations of atmospheric and solar neutrinos |
| 2002 | Person of Cultural Merit | TOTSUKA, Yoji | For contribution to cosmic ray astronomy |
| 2002 | W.K.H. Panofsky Prize | KOSHIBA, Masatoshi KAJITA, Takaaki TOTSUKA, Yoji |
For compelling experimental evidence for neutrino oscillations using atmospheric neutrinos |
| 2002 | Nobel Prize in Physics | KOSHIBA, Masatoshi | For pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos |
| 2003 | Bruno Pontecorvo Prize | TOTSUKA, Yoji | For his outstanding contribution to the discovery of atmospheric muon neutrino oscillations |
| 2004 | Order of Culture | TOTSUKA, Yoji | Significant contribution to the research and education in the field of cosmic ray research in physics |
| 2007 | Benjamin Franklin Medal in physics | TOTSUKA, Yoji | Discovery of the neutrino mass |
| 2008 | Particle Physics Medal | ARAFUNE, Jiro | Topological property of monopole in non-commutative gauge theories |
| 2008 | Inoue Prize for Science | NAKAHATA, Masayuki | Solar neutrino detection and research of neutrino oscillation |
| 2008 | Young Scientist Award of the Geochemistry Research Association | MIYAHARA, Hiroko | Study of the long-term solar variations using cosmogenic nuclide |
| 2010 | Inoue Research Award for Young Scientist | NISHINO, Haruki | Search for Nucleon Decay into Charged Antilepton plus Meson in Super-Kamiokande |
| 2010 | Yoji Totsuka Prize | KAJITA, Takaaki | Discovery of atmospheric neutrino oscillation |
| 2011 | Bruno Pontecorvo Prize | SUZUKI, Yoichiro | Discovery of atmospheric and solar neutrino oscillations in the Super-Kamiokande experiment |
| 2011 | Yoji Totsuka Prize | NAKAHATA, Masayuki | Study of the solar neutrino and its oscillations |
| 2011 | Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan | SAKO, Takashi | Study on the High-Energy Cosmic Ray Anisotropy with the Tibet Air-Shower Array |
| 2012 | Yoji Totsuka Prize | FUKUGITA, Masataka | Pointing out a mechanism to generate cosmological baryon number violation originated by lepton |
| 2012 | Japan Academy Prize | KAJITA, Takaaki | Discovery of atmospheric neutrino oscillations |
| 2012 | MEXT Young Scientists' Prize | MIYAHARA, Hiroko | Study for solar activities and its effects |
| 2012 | Particle Physics Medal: Young Scientist Award in Theoretical Particle Physics | IBE, Masahiro | Sweet Spot Supersymmetry |
| 2013 | Extragalactic Tinsley Scholar Award | OUCHI, Masami | Extensive work on distant galaxies and cosmological events in the early universe |
| 2013 | Yodh Prize | NAGANO, Motohiko | Pioneering leadership in the experimental study of the highest energy cosmic rays |
| 2013 | Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize | SUZUKI, Yoichiro | Outstanding contributions to the solution of the solar neutrino puzzle by measuring the flux of all neutrino flavors |
| 2013 | Julius Wess Award | KAJITA, Takaaki | Discovery of atmospheric neutrino oscillations with the Super-Kamiokande experiment |
| 2014 | Yukawa-Kimura Prize | KAWASAKI, Masahiro | Supergravity and nucleosynthesis |
| 2014 | MEXT Young Scientists’ Prize | OUCHI, Masami | Pioneering studies into the early universe through wide-field multi-wavelength observations |
| 2015 | Yoji Totsuka Prize | SHIOZAWA, Masato | Observation of electron neutrino appearance in an accelerator muon neutrino beam |
| 2015 | The Astronomical Society of Japan Young Astronomer Award | ONO, Yoshiaki | Observational studies of galaxy evolution and cosmic reionization |
| 2015 | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | KAJITA, Takaaki SUZUKI, Yoichiro Super-K Collaboration |
The fundamental discovery and exploration of neutrino oscillations |
| 2015 | The Order of Culture | KAJITA, Takaaki | Outstanding contributions to particle physics and cosmology by the remarkable achievements for researches in Neutrino physics |
| 2015 | Person of Cultural Merit | KAJITA, Takaaki | Outstanding contributions to particle physics and cosmology by the remarkable achievements for researches in Neutrino physics |
| 2015 | Nobel Prize in Physics | KAJITA, Takaaki | The discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass |
| 2016 | Chunichi Cultural Award | KAJITA, Takaaki | The discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass |
| 2016 | Harvard Foundation Scientist of the Year | KAJITA, Takaaki | Remarkable achievements and initiatives that serve to increase diversity in the area of science |
| 2017 | Particle Physics Medal: Young Scientist Award in Theoretical Particle Physics | HASEGAWA, Fuminori | Component action of nilpotent multiplet coupled to matter in 4 dimensional N=1 supergravity |
| 2017 | 宇宙線物理学功労賞 | ARAFUNE, Jiro | 宇宙線研究所所長としてスーパーカミオカンデ計画などの実現に取り組み、現在の宇宙線物理学、非加速器素粒子物理学研究の隆盛を導いた功績に対して |
| 2017 | GITAM foundation Annual Award | KAJITA, Takaaki | Outstanding contributions in the field of science |
| 2017 | Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan | FUJII, Toshihiro | Study on the energy spectrum of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays with the fluorescence detectors |
| 2017 | Berkeley Japan Prize | KAJITA, Takaaki | Significant contributions in furthering the understanding of Japan on the global stage |
| 2017 | Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists | KINUGAWA, Tomoya | The binary population synthesis in the early universe and the detection rate of gravitational waves from the binary black holes |
| 2018 | JSPS Prize | OUCHI, Masami | Observational Studies of the Early Universe with Lyα Emitters |
| 2018 | Japan Academy Medal | OUCHI, Masami | Observational Studies of the Early Universe with Lyα Emitters |
| 2019 | The 21st Century Technology Award | TESHIMA, Masahiro | Construction of the prototype of Large-Sized Telescope (LST) equipped with cutting-edge technologies |
| 2019 | IUPAP-TIFR Homi Bhabha Medal and Prize | KAJITA, Takaaki | Outstanding contributions to Cosmic Ray physics including path breaking work in neutrino physics |
| 2020 | Inoue Research Award for Young Scientist | HARIKANE, Yuichi | Subaru Census of Early Galaxies in the Hierarchical Structure Formation of the Universe |
| 2021 | Nishina Memorial Award | TAKITA, Masato | Establishment of the sub-PeV gamma ray astronomy and elucidation of the origin of galactic cosmic rays |
| 2021 | JSPS Prize | NODA, Koji | Study of Very High Energy Gamma Ray Emission from Gamma Ray Burst |
| 2021 | Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists | FUJIMOTO, Seiji | Demographics of the Cold Universe with ALMA : From Inter-Stellar and Circum-Galactic Media to Cosmic Structures |
| 2021 | Kozai Yoshihide Research Award | KINUGAWA, Tomoya | Research on Gravitational Waves from Population III stars |
| 2021 | The 21st Century Technology Award | TESHIMA, Masahiro | Technological Milestone of LST-1 Telescope |
| 2022 | High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | INADA, Tomohiro | Search for High-Energy Gamma Ray Line emission from Dark Matter annihilation in the Galactic Center |
| 2022 | Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan | KAWAGUCHI, Kyohei | Theoretical studies on electromagnetic radiation from binary neutron star mergers |
| 2022 | The ASJ Young Astronomer Award | FUJIMOTO, Seiji | Establishing a New Physical Picture of Early Galaxies and the Circum-Galactic Medium by Radio and Optical Observations |
| 2023 | Koshiba Award (Foundation for High Energy Accelerator Science) | TAKITA, Masato | Pioneering sub-PeV gamma-ray astronomy in application of water Cherenkov muon detectors to an air shower array |
| 2023 | MEXT Science and Technology Prize | TESHIMA, Masahiro | Development of LST (Large-Sized Telescope) of CTA and Research for Gamma-Ray Astronomy |
| 2023 | MEXT Young Scientists' Prize | HARIKANE, Yuichi | Research for Early Galaxies using Large Observational Datasets Obtained with Subaru and Other Telescopes |
| 2023 | The ASJ Young Astronomer Award | HARIKANE, Yuichi | Pioneering Studies of Galaxy Formation at the Observational Redshift Limit |
ICRR Graduate Student Workshop Best Presentation Award
| Year | Winner | |
| 2012 | SEKIGUCHI, Takanori | Modeling and Simulation of Vibration Isolation System for Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational-wave Telescope (LCGT) |
| 2013 | Doctor / SAIKAWA, Kenichi Master / MIKAMI, Ryo |
Thermalization of axion dark matter Giant Radio Pulses from the Crab: Study of Radiation Mechanism with Simultaneous radio and hard x-ray observations |
| 2014 | Doctor / KITAJIMA, Naoya Master / KAMETANI, Isao |
Primordial blackhole formation and gravitational wave production in a curvaton model East-West Effect of Atmospheric Neutrinos And Effect of Solar Activities On The Flux Of Atmospheric Neutrino |
| 2015 | Docor / CHEN, Dan Master / SASAKI, Kento Poster / YAMADA, Masaki |
Studies on the cryogenic suspension system of KAGRA Turbulent acceleration and radiation in Fermi bubble Gravitational waves as a probe of supersymmetric scale |
| 2016 | Doctor / YAMADA, Masaki Master / FUJIMOTO, Seiji Poster / ENOMOTO, Yutaro |
Visible and dark matter genesis through the Affleck-Dine mechanism ALMA Faint-mm Sources Down to 0.02 mJy: Physical Origins and Contributions to the Extragalactic Background Light Reduction of quantum noise for gravitational wave detector KAGRA |
| 2017 | Doctor / TADA, Yuichiro Master / IWAMURA, Yuki Poster / TAKENAKA, Akira |
インフレーション宇宙における曲率ゆらぎと原始ブラックホール形成 超高エネルギーガンマ線望遠鏡MAGICにおける広がった天体の観測・解析手法開発とその適用 スーパーカミオカンデ有効体積拡張に向けた光センサ性能の位置依存性測定 |
| 2018 | Doctor / KOBAYASHI, Masatoshi Master / MOROZUMI, Tatsuhiko Poster / KOZU, Ryohei |
Search for Sub-GeV WIMP dark matter by annual modulation using XMASS-I detector Development of Transmission Monitor System for KAGRA Minimizing the mechanical cross-couplings in a KAGRA suspension system |
| 2019 | Doctor / HARIKANE, Yuichi Master / KATO, Nobuyuki Poster / CHEN, Yu-chin |
Subaru Census of Early Galaxies in the Hierarchical Structure Formation of the Universe Development of a xenon purity monitor for the XENONnT experiment The optimization of neutron veto counter in XENON-nT, the highly sensitive dark matter research experiment |
| 2020 | Doctor / Fukami, Satoshi Master / Kato, Sei Poster / Yamada, Tomohiro |
Study of the very-high-energy gamma ray emission from the gamma ray bursts Evaluation of sensitivity of the ALPAQUITA experiment to southern γ-ray sources Reduction of suspension control noise for main optics in KAGRA |
| 2021 | Doctor / Nakatsuka, Yosuke Master / Kanemura, Yuki Poster / XIA, Junjie Poster / Tamaki, Masahide |
Imprints on Cosmic Microwave Background by WIMP and Axion Evaluation of the energy scale for the Super-Kamiokande Gadolinium Experiment A Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Cherenkov Event Reconstruction 重力波望遠鏡KAGRAにおけるサファイア鏡懸架系の制御 |
| 2022 | Doctor / Kobayashi, Yukiho Master / Kashiwagi, Yuri Poster / Abe, Shotaro Poster / Nishiwaki, Kosuke |
First detection of the very-high-energy gamma rays from the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi with the Large Size Telescope prototype of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Evaluation of Supernova Model Discrimination and Pointing Accuracy with SK-Gd Galactic Center Studies with CTA-LST-1 Turbulent Re-acceleration of Cosmic Rays as a Mechanism of Radio Halo in Galaxy Clusters |
| 2023 | Doctor / Nishiwaki, Kosuke Master / Yamamura, Shunsei Poster / Tamaki, Masahide |
Multi-messenger emission from galaxy clusters: Constraints on non-thermal phenomena in intra-cluster medium 大型低温重力波望遠鏡KAGRAにおける非ガウス雑音の検出と同定 Modal Control for KAGRA Suspension |
