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Physical Society of Japan
Every year the Physical Society ofJapan presents the Award for the Encouragement of Young Physicists foryoung researchers who have madeoutstanding achievements in theirearly research careers. The winners of
this year were recently decided by theboard meeting of JPS based on the selection of committees established in 19
divisions of the Society. The maximum
number of the winners from eachdivision has been determined basedon the number of talks at the annual
assemblies in the past three years.
All the winners are to give an award
lecture at the next general assemblyof the Society scheduled in March
2013. Here is the list of the winners
and their research topics based on thedivisions from which they have been
nominated.

“Direct Measurement of the Hyperfine
Transition of Positronium using HighPower Sub-THz Radiation”
Theoretical Nuclear Physics:
Takayasu Sekihara (Institute of Particle
and Nuclear Studies, High Energy
Accelerator Research Organization(KEK))“Study of the structure of Λ (1405)
resonance from the electromagnetic
form factors in chiral dynamics”
Wataru Horiuchi (Department ofPhysics, Faculty of Science, HokkaidoUniversity)“Ab initio study of the photoabsorptionof 4He”
Shinsuke Yoshida (Division of Physics,Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences,
University of Tsukuba)“Study of three-gluon correlation
functions in single spin asymmetries”

theoretical particle physics:
Minoru Nagai (University of Tokyo)“On electric dipole moment in supersymmetric models”
Kazuya Yonekura (Institute for Advanced Study)“On anomaly puzzle in supersymmetric gauge theory”

Experimental Nuclear Physics:
Masaki Sasano (RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science)“Gamow-Teller Transition Strengths
from 56Ni ”
Megumi Niikura (Department ofPhysics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo)“First direct lifetime measurement ofthe 2+1 state in 72,74Zn”
Cosmic Ray and Astrophysics:
Satoru Katsuda (RIKEN)“Research of X-Ray measured dynamics of young Supernova Remnant”
Takayuki Saito (Max-Planck-Institutfür Physik)“Study of the high energy gamma-ray
emission from the Crab pulsar”
Yuichiro Sekiguchi (Yukawa Institutefor Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)“General relativistic simulation withrealistic microphysics”

experimental particle physics:
Yasuyuki Okumura (Nagoya University)“The top-quark pair-production crosssection measurement in the dilepton
final states at proton-proton collisions
with √s=7 TeV ”
Kodai Matsuoka (Kyoto University)“Measurement of the Neutrino Beamwith the Muon Monitor and the First
Result of the T2K Long-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment”
Takayuki Yamazaki (University ofTokyo)

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beam physics:
Yoshitaka Taira (National Instituteof Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology (AIST))“Feasibility study of ultra-short gamma
ray pulse generation by laser Compton scattering and its application”
Shigeki Tokita (Institute for ChemicalResearch, Kyoto University)“Study of ultrafast electron diffraction
method and laser-plasma interaction”
division 1 (atoms, molecules etc.):
Takeshi Fukuhara (Max-Planck-Institutfür Quantenoptik)“Production of Quantum DegenerateGases”
Masakazu Yamazaki (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced
Materials, Tohoku University)“Study on Molecular Orbitals by Multidimensional Electron Spectroscopy”
Yu Watanabe (Yukawa Institute for
Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)“Formulation of Uncertainty Relations
by Using Quantum Estimation Theory”
division 2 (plasma):Hiroe Igami (National Institute for
Fusion Science,)“Optimization of electromagnetic
wave launching and plasma conditions
for electron Bernstein wave heating”
Mitsuru Honda (Japan Atomic EnergyAgency)“Neoclassical response of a torque anda radial electric field due to a nonambipolar radial current in tokamak
plasmas”
division 3 (magnetism):
Shigeki Onoda (Condensed Matter
Theory Laboratory, RIKEN)

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“Studies on anomalous Hall effects
from ferromagnets to chiral spin liquids”
Makoto Yoshida (Institute for Solid
State Physics, University of Tokyo)“NMR study of spin structure and unusual spin fluctuation in the frustrated
antiferromagnets”
division 4 (semiconductors andmesoscopic systems):
Hideaki Obuse (Karlsruhe Institute ofTechnology, Institute of Nanotechnology)“Pioneering work of topological insulator and Anderson transitions”
Michihisa Yamamoto (Graduate
School of Engineering, the Universityof Tokyo)“Pioneering work for quantum information sciences based on "flyingqubit"”division 5 (optical properties ofcondensed matter):Takashi Oka (Dept. of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo)“Theoretical study on the photoinduced cooperative responses of electronic systems under noequilibriumcondition”
Takuya Satoh (Institute of IndustrialScience, The University of Tokyo)“Ultrafast Coherent Control of Magnetic Materials Utilizing Ultrashort
Light Pulses”
Hideki Hirori (Institute for Integrated
Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University)“Development of a New THz Light
Source with Ultra High Intensity andIts Application for Nonlinear opticaleffects”
division 6 (metals, ultra-low
temperatures, superconductivity):
OHMURA Satoshi (Department ofPhysics, Kyoto University)“Ab initio molecular dynamics studies
on covalent liquids at high tempera-tures and high pressures”
MIZUSHIMA Takeshi (Graduate
School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University)“Theory for Majonara state of superfluid 3He and cold atomic gases”division 7 (molecular solids andorganic conductors):
Satoru Konabe (Graduate School ofPure and Applied Sciences, Universityof Tsukuba)“Theory of exciton many-body effects
in carbon nanotubes”
Yuhei Miyauchi (Institute of Advanced
Energy, Kyoto University / Japan Science and Technology Agency)“Studies on the electronic structuresand optical properties of single-walledcarbon nanotubes.”
Takashi Yamamoto (Department ofChemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University)“Charge ordering and charge fluctuation in molecular conductors”
division 8 (strongly correlatedelectron systems):
OHGUSGI, Kenya (Institute for SolidState Physics, University of Tokyo)“Study of strong electron correlationin 5d electron systems”
KIDA, Noriaki (Department of Advanced Materials Science, School ofFrontier Sciences, University of Tokyo)“Analysis and control of electromagnons by terahertz spectroscopy inoxide magnets”
KOTEGAWA, Hisashi (Department ofPhysics, Graduate School of Science,
Kobe University)“Study for the novel quantum phasesof strongly correlated electron systems
controlled by pressure”
TOKUNAGA, Yusuke (RIKEN Advanced Science Institute)“Study of cross-correlated phenomena
in strongly correlated electron systems”
division 9 (surfaces, interfaces, andcrystal growth):
Koichiro Yaji (Institute of Solid State
Physics, University of Tokyo)“Discovery of spin-split metallic surface states on a semiconductor”
Yasuo Yoshida (Institute of Solid State
Physics, University of Tokyo)“Direct observation and manipulationof single-atom spin and magnetic interaction by spin-polarized scanningtunneling microscopy”
division 10 (dielectrics, latticedefects etc.):
No one qualified.
Division 11 (Statistical physics, fluid
and mechanics, applied mathematics):
Otsuki, Michio (Department of Physics and Mathematics, Aoyama GakuinUniversity )“Jamming transition for sheared granular materials”
Furukawa, Shunsuke (Department ofPhysics, The University of Tokyo)“Entanglement entropy in quantum
many-body systems”
Miyazaki, Jun(Advanced Ultrafast Laser ResearchCenter, University of Electro-Communications)“Experimental and theoretical studies
on nonlinear and nonequilibrium systems”
division 12 (soft matter, chemicaland bio physics):
Ikeda Atsushi (Laboratoire Charles
Coulomb, Universite Montpellier II)“Study of glass and jamming transition based on a mean-field description”
Mitsutake Ayori (Department of Physics, Keio University)“Development of generalized-ensemble algorithms and structural analysisfor biomolecular systems”
division 13 (physics education,history, environmental physics):
No one qualified.

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