UTokyo and KEK sign MoU to promote Hyper-Kamiokande project

The University of Tokyo
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) Center

The University of Tokyo and High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which aimed to strengthen the existing MoU between Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), UTokyo and Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies (IPNS), KEK by establishing official organizations to promote the Japan-led Hyper-Kamiokande international scientific research project, in May 2020.

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【WEB RELEASE】Belle II explores new “portal” into dark matter - First results from the Belle II Experiment

The Belle II international collaboration has published its first results in a paper selected as an Editors’ Suggestion in Physical Review Letters. The paper reports the first search for a new type of elementary particle that may act as a “portal” between ordinary matter and dark matter, which is understood to make up some 85% of the metter in the universe.

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KEK-TRIUMF Exchange Program for Early Career Researchers successfully concluded

KEK and TRIUMF jointly organised the KEK-TRIUMF Exchange Program for Early Career Researchers; EPECR. Three young researchers from TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator centre, visited the KEK Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies (IPNS). This program aims to foster early career researchers who will play a key role in accelerator science and its related fields, and make new collaborations between KEK and TRIUMF (refer to TRIUMF website: https://www.triumf.ca/node/26058 ).

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