Curriculum Vitae

Masaki Shigemori

Curriculum Vitae
Masaki Shigemori
As of March 4, 2021
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Personal
Name

Masaki Shigemori (重森 正樹)

Aﬃliation 1

Designated Professor (特任教授).
Theoretical Particle Physics group (E 研),
Department of Physics, Nagoya University,
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.

Aﬃliation 2

Aﬃliate Professor (特任教授).
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University,
Kitashirakawa Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

Aﬃliation 3

Permanent Visiting Staﬀ member.
Centre for Research in String Theory,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Queen Mary University of London,
327 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom.

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Jobs
Oct. 2018–present

Designated Professor.
Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Japan.

Apr. 2019–

Aﬃliate Professor.
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Kyoto University, Japan.

Oct. 2018–present

Permanent Visiting Staﬀ member.
Center for Research in String Theory,
Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.

Oct. 2016–Sep. 2018

Tenured Lecturer.
Center for Research in String Theory,
Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.

Oct. 2016–Mar. 2019

Aﬃliate Associate Professor.
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Kyoto University, Japan.

Apr. 2013–Sep. 2016

Associate Professor (Kyoto University Hakubi Researcher).
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Kyoto University, Japan.

Nov. 2010–Mar. 2013

Assistant professor.
Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles
and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University, Japan.

Sep. 2007–Oct. 2010

Postdoctoral researcher.
String Theory Group, Institute for Theoretical Physics,
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Sep. 2004–Aug. 2007

Postdoctoral scholar (Sherman Fairchild Prize Fellow).
Particle Theory Group, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, USA.

Education
2000–2004

Ph.D. in theoretical elementary particle physics
University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Advisor: Prof. Per Kraus

1998–2000

Ph.D. student in theoretical condensed matter physics
University of Tokyo, Japan

1996–1998

M.S. in theoretical condensed matter physics
University of Tokyo, Japan

1992–1996

B.S. in Physics
University of Tokyo, Japan2

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External Activities
Invited talks at international*1 symposia, colloquia, conferences, and workshops.
• “What microstate geometries tell us”,
KEK Theory workshop 2020, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan, Dec. 18, 2020 (online via
Zoom).
• Panel discussion: CFT issues, tides and scrambling,
Black-hole microstructure II, CEA Saclay, France, Dec. 10, 2020 (online via
Zoom).
• “Beyond superstrata”,
Black-hole microstructure, CEA Saclay, France, Oct. 12, 2020 (online via Zoom).
• “Counting Superstrata”,
Workshop on Black Hole Microstates, CEA Saclay, France, May 29, 2019.
• “Black hole microstates,”
Workshop on recent developments in AdS/CFT, OIST, Okinawa, Japan, Apr. 2,
2019.
• “Supercharging Superstrata,”
International Symposium RIKKYO MathPhys 2019, Rikkyo University, Japan,
Jan. 13, 2019.
• “Black Hole Microstates,”
Sugawara Symposium on Fundamental Problems in Theoretical Physics, OIST,
Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 28, 2018.
• “The Black Hole Microstate Geometry Program,”
JGRG27, Hiroshima, Japan, Nov. 30, 2017.
• “Black Hole Microstates and String Theory,”
High Energy Physics Groups Colloquium, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium,
Nov. 10, 2016.
• “Codimension-1 supertubes,”
Duality and Novel Geometry in M-theory, APCTP, Pohang, Korea, Jan. 27,
2016.
• “The microstate geometry program and superstrata,”
8th Taiwan String Workshop, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, National
Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 16–18, 2015;*1 The language of the events was English.

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Masaki Shigemori• “Habemus Superstratum,”
KEK Theory Workshop 2015 Dec., KEK, Tsukuba, Japan, Dec. 2, 2015;
International Workshop on Strings, Black Holes and Quantum Information, Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University, Sep. 10, 2015;
Strings 2015, ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru, India, Jun. 25, 2015;
de Sitter and Microstate Landscapes in String Theory, CEA Saclay, France,
Jun. 16, 2015.
• “Codimension-2 solutions in ﬁve-dimensional supergravity,”
KIAS-YITP Joint Workshop 2015 Geometry in Gauge Theories and String Theory, KIAS, Seoul, Korea, Sep. 16, 2015;
CERN-CKC TH Institute on Duality Symmetries in String and M-Theories,
CERN, Switzerland, Aug. 14, 2015.
• “The Microstate Geometry Program – the Past, Present and Future,”
Second String Theory in Greater Tokyo, RIKEN, Japan, Jun. 9, 2015.
• “The Black Hole Puzzle and String Theory,”
Sweden-Kyoto Symposium, Session 9: Outstanding Young Researchers—
Academic Diversity, Academic Freedom, Uppsala University, Sep. 12, 2014.
• “Aspects of exotic branes,”
Fourth Joburg Workshop on String Theory, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Sep. 20, 2013;
KIAS-YITP joint workshop 2013 — String Theory, Black Holes and Holography,
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan, Jul. 2, 2013.
• “Exotic Branes and Black Hole Microstates,”
Progress in Quantum Field Theory and String Theory, Osaka City University,
Japan, Apr. 4, 2012.
• “Brownian motion in AdS/CFT,”
Branes, Strings, and Black Holes, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan, Oct. 21, 2009;
String Theory, The Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual (CCBPP),
Benasque, Spain, Jul. 9, 2009;
Tenth Workshop on Non-Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics, l’Institut Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France, Jun. 12, 2009.
• “Small Black Rings,”
Southern California Strings Seminar, UCLA, Los Angeles, Dec. 1, 2006.

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Talks at international conferences and workshops• “Recent Developments in the Black Hole Microstate Geometry Program,”
Strings and Fields, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University,
Kyoto, Japan, Aug. 7, 2017.
• “Non-Geometric Non-Abelian Supertubes,”
Recent Advances in T/U-dualities and Generalized Geometries, the Rudjer
Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia, Jun. 8, 2017.
• “Microscopic Holographic Dictionary for Black Holes”
Quantum Gravity, String Theory and Holography, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Apr. 3, 2017.
• “Exotic branes, double bubbles, and superstrata,”
The supersymmetric, the extremal and the ugly — solutions in string theory,
CEA Saclay, France, Nov. 15, 2011.
• “Moulting black holes,”
IPMU workshop on black holes, IPMU, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan,
Feb. 25, 2011.
• “Exotic branes and non-geometric backgrounds,”
International Conference on Strings, M-Theory and Quantum Gravity, Centro
Stefano Franscini Monte Verita Ascona, Switzerland, Jul. 26, 2010.
• “Small Black Rings,”
Black Holes: A Landscape of Theoretical Physics Problems, CERN, Switzerland,Aug. 28, 2008.
• “How a Black Hole Emerges from a Pure State,”
IPM String School and Workshop, Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics
and Mathematics (IPM), Tehran, Iran, Apr. 16, 2006.
• “Counting Small Black Rings,”
Mathematical Structures in String Theory, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics(KITP), University of California, Santa Barbara, Dec. 12, 2005.
Invited talks at domestic*2 conferences and workshops• “ABJ Theory in the Higher Spin Limit,”
Particle Theory Workshop 2016 – Developments in Quantum Field Theory andSuperstring Theory, Rikkyo University, Japan, Mar. 16, 2016.

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Masaki Shigemori• “Toward construction of supergravity superstrata states,”
Sixth Shizuoka Intensive Lectures on Particle Physics, Shizuoka University,
Japan, Dec. 5, 2014.
• “Aspects of exotic branes,”
KEK Theory Workshop 2013, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan, Mar. 21, 2013.
• “String theory and black hole microstates,”a Kikaku Kouen (企画公演, a kind of plenary talk) at The Physical Society ofJapan 67th Annual Meeting, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, Mar. 27, 2012.
• “Exotic branes and black holes,”The 8th Japan-Russia working seminars, Nagoya University, Japan, Jan. 13,
2012.
• “Moulting black holes,”Second Shizuoka Intensive Lectures on Particle Physics, Shizuoka University,
Japan, Jun. 25, 2011.
• “Exotic branes and non-geometric backgrounds,”
KEK Theory Workshop 2011, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan, Mar. 17, 2011;
Fourth Meeting on String Theory and the Universe, Hakone, Japan, Feb. 17,
2011.
• “Brownian motion in AdS/CFT,”
Frontier of Research in Higher Dimensional Black Holes, Yukawa Institute for
Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan, Dec. 24, 2009.

Talks at domestic conferences and workshops• “On superstratum solutions,” The Physical Society of Japan Annual Meeting,Osaka City University, Sep. 26, 2015.
• “AdS/CFT and applications,” EQ-Lab. Joint Summer School, Nagoya University, Japan, Sep. 7, 2011.
• “Strings in Noncompact Spacetimes: Boundary Terms and Conserved Charges,”
The Physical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, Rikkyo University, Sep. 14, 2002.

Invited talks at seminars outside Japan• “T T̄ Deformation of Stress-Tensor Correlators from Random Geometry,” Jilin
University, China, Feb. 4, 2021 (online via Zoom).
• “Non-geometric non-Abelian supertubes”, University of Rome Tor Vergata,
Italy, Mar. 26, 2018.

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Masaki Shigemori• “Black Hole Microstate Geometries and Non-Geometries,” University ofSouthampton, Feb. 24, 2017; University of Liverpool, UK, Mar. 7, 2017.
• “Non-Abelian Supertubes as Black Hole Microstates,” Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Belgium, Nov. 9, 2016.
• “The Microstate Geometry Program and Superstrata”, University of Southern
California, USA, Mar. 23, 2016.
• “Aspects of exotic branes”, CEA Saclay, France, Nov. 14, 2013; Nikhef, Netherlands, Oct. 30, 2013.
• “The partition function of ABJ theory”, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands,
Feb. 28, 2013; String Theory in Greater Paris, France, Feb. 21, 2013.
• “Exotic branes and non-geometric backgrounds,” CEA Saclay, France, Jun. 4,
2010; University of Barcelona, May 27, 2010.
• “Brownian motion in AdS/CFT,” CEA Saclay, France, Jun. 1, 2010; CERN,
Switzerland, Mar. 3, 2009; String Theory in Greater Paris, France, Feb. 5, 2009;
Utrecht University, Nov. 14, 2008.
• “Are there four-dimensional black rings?,” CEA Saclay, France, Dec. 21, 2007.
• “Metastable vacua in gauge theory and M-theory: Dijkgraaf–Vafa meets
Seiberg–Witten in M,” String Theory in Greater Paris, France, Dec. 20,
2007; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Dec. 13, 2007; LudwigMaximilians-Universität München, Nov. 8, 2007.
• “Non-supersymmetric Brane/Antibrane Conﬁgurations in Type IIA and M Theory,” University of British Columbia, Canada, Jul. 5, 2007; University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jun. 21, 2007; Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics(KITP), University of California, Santa Barbara, May 17, 2007.
• “New Branches of Non-supersymmetric Attractors,” Harvard University, Cambridge, Apr. 18, 2007.
• “The Phases of D1-D5 CFT — Towards Understanding Black Ring Microscopics,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Oct. 10, 2006.
• “How a Black Hole Emerges from a Pure State,” University of Chicago, Oct. 18,
2006; Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada, Oct. 17, 2006; Brown University,
Oct. 11, 2006; Harvard University, Oct. 4, 2006; Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, Apr. 21, 2006; University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Feb. 14, 2006; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Feb. 8, 2006.
• “Supersymmetric Gauge Theories with Flavors and Matrix Models,” Universityof Pennsylvania, Feb. 21, 2005.
• “On Low Rank Classical Groups in String Theory, Gauge Theory and Matrix
Models,” California Institute of Technology, Dec. 12, 2003; University of Kentucky, Jan. 6, 2004.
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Invited talks at seminars in Japan• “T T̄ Deformation of Stress-Tensor Correlators from Random Geometry,” Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Jan. 13, 2021 (online via Zoom).
• “Random boundary geometry and gravity dual of T T̄ deformation”, Yukawa
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Mar. 27, 2020.
• “Black hole microstates and superstrata”, Shinshu University, Japan, Dec. 18,
2019.
• “Black hole microstates and string theory”, Shinshu University, Japan, Dec. 17,
2019.
• “Black Hole Microstates”, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization(KEK), Japan, May 8, 2018; Nagoya University, Japan, May 15, 2018.
• “Non-geometric non-Abelian supertubes”, Nagoya University, Japan, Aug. 16,
2017.
• “A new class of black hole microstate geometries”, Osaka City University, Japan,
Jul. 12, 2016.
• “Frontiers of black hole theory”, Meiji University, Japan, Jun. 24, 2016.
• “Codimension-2 solutions in ﬁve-dimensional supergravity”, Kyoto University,
Japan, Oct. 21, 2015.
• “The microstate geometry program – the past, present, and future”, Nagoya
University, Japan, Oct. 27, 2015; Rikkyo University, Japan, May 12, 2015; Kinki
University, Japan, Apr. 20, 2015; Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan, Apr. 9, 2015.
• “Classifying codimension-2 branes in three dimensions”, Tohoku University,
Japan, May 16, 2014; Kansai particle seminars, Osaka, Japan, Dec. 26, 2013.
• “Aspects of exotic branes”, Tsukuba University, Japan, Jul. 14, 2013; Tohoku
University, Japan, May 9, 2013.
• “Exotic branes in string theory”, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan, May 29, 2013 and Apr. 12, 2013.
• “The partition function of ABJ theory”, Ibaraki University, Japan, Jan. 28, 2013.
• “Black hole microstates and string theory”, Hakubi Center, Kyoto University,
Japan, Apr. 16, 2013; Hokkaido University, Japan, Nov. 15, 2012; Nihon University, Japan, Nov. 14, 2012; Nagoya University, Japan, Jan. 17, 2012.
• “Exotic branes, double bubbles, and superstrata”, Okayama Institute for Quantum Physics, Okayama, Japan, Jun. 15, 2012; University of Tokyo, Komaba,
Japan, Jun. 6, 2012; University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan, Feb. 16, 2012; Tohoku
University, Japan, Dec. 15, 2011; IPMU, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan,
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Dec. 12, 2011.
• “Moulting black holes,” High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK),
Japan, Jun. 22, 2011; Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan,
Dec. 14, 2011.
• “A holographic study of thermalization in strongly coupled plasmas,” High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan, Jun. 21, 2011;Nagoya
University, Apr. 4, 2011.
• “Exotic branes and non-geometric backgrounds,” High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan, Jun. 22, 2011;Osaka City University, Jan.
25, 2011; Kyoto University, Jan. 19, 2011; Nagoya University, Nov. 15, 2010.
• “Brownian motion in AdS/CFT,” IPMU, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan,
Nov. 2, 2009.
• “Non-supersymmetric Brane/Antibrane Conﬁgurations in Type IIA and M Theory,” Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan, Jun. 14, 2007; Osaka University, Japan, Jun. 12, 2007; Nagoya University, Japan, Jun. 11, 2007;
University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan, Jun. 7, 2007; Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Japan, Jun. 6, 2007; University of Tokyo, Komaba, Japan, Jun. 4, 2007.
• “Small Black Rings,” University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan, September 30,
2005.
• “Massless Black Holes and Black Rings as Eﬀective Geometries of the D1-D5
System,” University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan, Sep. 29, 2005; University of Tokyo,
Komaba, Japan, Sep. 28, 2005; Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto,
Japan, Sep. 22, 2005; Nagoya University, Japan, Sep. 21, 2005; Osaka University,
Japan, Sep. 20, 2005.
• “Supersymmetric Gauge Theories with Flavors and Matrix Models,” The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan, Dec. 10, 2004; University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan, Dec. 9, 2004; High Energy Accelerator Research
Organization (KEK), Japan, Dec. 7, 2004.
• “On Low Rank Classical Groups in String Theory, Gauge Theory and Matrix
Models,” Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 5, 2003.

Poster presentations• “Holographic Thermalization,”at the international conference KMI Inauguration Conference on ‘Quest for theOrigin of Particles and the Universe’, Nagoya University, Japan, Oct. 24, 2011.

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Masaki ShigemoriWorkshops attended*3 (•) and extended visits (◦)• Supergravity 2019, University of Padova, Italy, Sep. 12–13, 2019.
◦ String Theory Group, CEA Saclay, France, Sep. 9–11, 2019.
◦ String Theory Group, CEA Saclay, France, Mar. 13–15, 2019.
• Black holes, quantum information, and space-time reconstruction, CERN,
Switzerland, Aug. 27–31, 2018.
◦ KEK, Japan, May 7–18, 2018.
• Eurostrings 2018 – Strings, Geometry and Black Holes, King’s College London,
United Kingdom, Apr. 9–13, 2018.
• New ﬂows and old black holes: Adventures in quantum gravity and holography –A conference in celebration of Nick Warner’s 60th birthday, CEA Saclay, Paris,
France, Jun. 22–23, 2017.
◦ String Theory Group, CEA Saclay, France, Jun. 6–10, 2016.
• Quantum Information in String Theory and Many-Body Systems, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan, May. 23–Jun. 24, 2016.
◦ Center for Research in String Theory, Queen Mary University of London, UK,
Apr. 18–22, 2016.
◦ Theoretical High Energy Physics Group, University of Southern California, USA,
Mar. 23–30, 2016.
• The Physical Society of Japan 71st Annual Meeting, Tohoku Gakuin University,
Sendai, Japan, Mar. 19–22, 2016.
• The Physical Society of Japan 70th Annual Meeting, Waseda University, Tokyo,
Japan, Mar. 21–24, 2015.
◦ High Energy Theory Group, University of Padova, Italy, Feb. 23–27, 2015.
• Strings and Fields, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University,
Jul. 22–26, 2014.
• Holographic Vistas on Gravity and String, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical
Physics, Kyoto University, May 12–30, 2014.
• Amsterdam String Workshop 2014, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jun.
30–Jul. 11, 2014.
• Strings 2014, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, Jun. 23–27, 2014.

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Masaki Shigemori◦ String Theory Group, CEA Saclay, France, Jun. 2–20, 2014.
• The Physical Society of Japan 69th Annual Meeting, Tokai University, Japan,
Mar. 27–30, 2014.
• Black Holes and Quantum Information, The Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovot, Israel, Jan. 12–17, 2014.
◦ String Theory Group, CEA Saclay, France, Nov. 12–22, 2013.
◦ String Theory Group, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 14–Nov. 8,
2013.
• Gravity – New perspectives from strings and higher dimensions, The Centro deCiencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual (CCBPP), Benasque, Spain, Jul. 15–26,
2013.
• Strings 2013, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, Jun. 24-28, 2013.
◦ String Theory Group, CEA Saclay, France, Feb. 11–Mar. 8, 2013.
• Yukawa International Seminar (YKIS) 2012 – From Gravity to Strong Coupling
Physics, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan, Oct. 15–19,
2012.
• Holographic Thermalization, University of Leiden, Netherlands, Oct. 8–12, 2012.
• Amsterdam String Workshop 2012, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jul.
2–17, 2012.
◦ String Theory Group, CEA Saclay, France, Jun. 18–29, 2012.
• Black Holes and Information, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP),
University of California, Santa Barbara, May 21–25, 2012.
• Bits, Branes, Black Holes, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), University of California, Santa Barbara, May 6–25, 2012.
• KEK Theory Workshop 2012, KEK, Japan, Mar. 3–7, 2012.
◦ String Theory Group, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov. 28–Dec. 9,
2011.
◦ String Theory Group, CEA Saclay, France, Nov. 10–18, 2011.
• Holography and Singularities in String Theory and Quantum Gravity, Aspen
Center for Theoretical Physics, USA, Jul. 31–Aug. 21, 2011.
• Three String Generations at IHÉS, IHÉS, France, May. 16–20, 2011.
◦ String Theory Group, CEA Saclay, France, May 16–27, 2011.
◦ String Theory Group, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Apr. 18–May. 13,
2011.
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Masaki Shigemori• Crete Conference On Gauge Theories And The Structure Of Spacetime, The
Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolymvari, Crete, Greece, Sep. 11–Sep. 18, 2010.
• String Theory Workshop 2010, University of Amsterdam, Jun. 28–Jul. 9, 2010.
• Strings 2010, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA, Mar. 15-19, 2010.
• Gravity – New perspectives from strings and higher dimensions, The Centro deCiencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual (CCBPP), Benasque, Spain, Jul. 13–17,
2009.
• Strings 2009, Pontiﬁcia Università San Tommaso D’Aquino, Rome, Italy, Jun.
22–26, 2009.
• Strings 2008, CERN, Switzerland, Aug. 18–23, 2008.
• String Theory Workshop 2008, University of Amsterdam, Jul. 7–11, 2008.
• Eurostrings 2008, University of Amsterdam, Jun. 30–Jul. 4, 2008.
• Gravitational Thermodynamics and the Quantum Nature of Space Time, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Jun. 16–20, 2008.
• Simons Workshop in Mathematics and Physics 2007, C. N. Yang Institute for
Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook University, Aug. 6–10, 2007.
• Recent Advances in Black Hole Physics in String Theory, Aspen Center for
Physics, Aug. 21–Sep. 10, 2006.
• Cargese Summer School — Strings and Branes: The present paradigm for gaugeinteractions and cosmology, Institut d’Études Scientiﬁques de Cargèse, Corsica,
France, May 22–Jun. 3, 2006.
◦ Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay, India, April 6–May
13, 2006.
• Scanning New Horizons: GR Beyond 4 Dimensions, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), University of California, Santa Barbara, Feb. 20–24,
2006.
• Strings 2005, Fields Institute, University of Toronto, Jul. 11–16, 2005.
• Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics, The Abdus Salam
International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, Mar. 14–22,
2005.
• Workshop on Gravitational Aspects of String Theory, Fields Institute, Universityof Toronto, Canada, May 2–6, 2005.
• Conformal Field Theory Reunion Conference II, Institute for Pure and Applied
Mathematics, UCLA, Lake Arrowhead, Dec. 12–17, 2004.
• Quantum Theory of Black Holes, Ohio Center for Theoretical Science, The Ohio
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State University, Sep. 17–19, 2004.
• The Second Simons Workshop in Mathematics and Physics, C. N. Yang Institutefor Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook University, Aug. 9–27, 2004.
• Prospects in Theoretical Physics (PiTP), Institute for Advanced Study, Jul. 19–
30, 2004.
• Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics, The Abdus Salam
International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, Mar. 15–23,
2004.
• Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI), University of Colorado, Boulder,Jun. 1–27, 2003.
• Matrix Models and Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theories — First Reunion of the
Conformal Field Theory Program, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics,
UCLA, Lake Arrowhead, Apr. 21–25, 2003.

Teaching and Related Experience
Formal classes taught at universities
2018–

Nagoya University undergraduate courses (G30 program, in English): “Analytical Mechanics I”, “Analytical Mechanics II”,
“Quantum Mechanics I”, “Fundamentals of Physics I”, “Fundamental Physics Tutorial Ia”.

2017–2018“Physical Dynamics”, second-year undergraduate lectures (33lectures), Queen Mary University of London.

May 14–16, 2018

“Black hole microstates,” special lectures at QG-ken, Nagoya
University, Japan.

2016“Synoptic Physics”, third-year undergraduate tutorials (8 tutorials), Queen Mary University of London.

Jan. 26–28, 2015

“Black holes and Exotic Branes in String Theory,” special lectures at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.

Dec. 18–20, 2013

“Black hole spacetimes in string theory and supergravity,” special lectures at Ibaraki University, Japan.

2013–2016“Doubt astrophysics,” Pocket Seminars at Department of
Physics, Kyoto University, Japan.

2009, 2010

“String Theory,” lectures at the University of Amsterdam, theNetherlands. Jointly taught with Prof. Kostas Skenderis.

2000–2004

Teaching Assistant, Upper Division Courses in Quantum Mechanics; Lower Division Undergraduate Physics Labs., University of California, Los Angeles.

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Other lectures at international schools, etc.
May 7–8, 2018

“Black hole microstates,” special lectures at KEK, Japan.

Jan. 23–24, 2016

A set of lectures on “Branes and black holes in string theory
and supergravity” at the international school 20th APCTP Winter School on Fundamental Physics, APCTP, Pohang, Korea(invited).

Sep. 22–25, 2014

A set of lectures (1.5 hours × 4) on “Black Holes and Exotic Branes in String Theory” at the international school Advanced String School 2014 (organized by the Institute of Physics,
Bhubaneswar), Puri, India.

May 14–16, 2014

“Black hole spacetimes in string theory and supergravity,” invited informal lectures, Tohoku University, Japan.

May 9, 2013

“Exotic branes,” invited informal lectures, Tohoku University,
Japan.

Nov.–Dec. 2011

A set of lectures (3 hours × 6) on “The AdS/CFT Correspondence” at Amsterdam-Brussels-Paris Doctoral School on Quantum Field Theory, Strings and Gravity (an international schoolsponsored by the International Solvay Institute).

Jun. 2011–

I supervised a reading club of Peskin and Schroeder, “An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory” by the master’s course students at the particle theory group at Nagoya University.

Nov. 2008

A set of lectures on Supersymmetric Gauge Theories at
Amsterdam-Brussels-Paris Doctoral School on Quantum Field
Theory, Strings and Gravity (an international school sponsoredby the International Solvay Institute).

Graduate students• Yuki Kobayashi∗ , Yuki Miyashita, Takuro Saito (Nagoya University, MSc, 2019–2020)• Nejc Čeplak (Queen Mary University of London, PhD course, 2017–2019)• Minkyu Park (Yukawa Institute of Theoretical Physics, MSc and PhD courses,
2013–2018)• Daniel Mayerson∗ (University of Amsterdam, PhD course, 2013–2015)*: co-advisor / joint supervision
Student projects
2016–2018: Supervision of undergraduate and master’s student projects, Queen Mary
University of London.

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Other activities
I also served on the PhD dissertation / Master thesis committee for Lorenzo Pieri(PhD, Univ. Paris, Mar. 26, 2018), Ardian N. Atmaja (PhD, Univ. Leiden., Oct. 26,
2010), Kristian Holsheimer (Master, Univ. of Amsterdam, Aug. 30, 2010), Balt van
Rees (PhD, Univ. of Amsterdam, Sep. 7, 2010), Ingmar Kanitscheider (PhD, Univ. of
Amsterdam, Dec. 18, 2009), Jan Manschot (PhD, Univ. of Amsterdam, Dec. 18, 2008).

Grants and Awards• Grant-in-Aid for Scientiﬁc Research on Innovative Areas, Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2017–2021. Project title: “New developments ofgravity theory research in gravitational wave physics/astronomy” (17H06359),
Co-Investigator.
• Editors’ Suggestion, Physical Review Letters, vol. 117, 2016 (see [9]).
• Grants-in-Aid for Scientiﬁc Research (Type B), Japan Society for the Promotionof Science (JSPS), 2016–2020. Project title: “Microstructure of black holes
and string theory” (16H03979). I am the principal investigator, with no coinvestigators.
• Hakubi Researcher, Kyoto University, 2013–2017. Project title: “String theory and physics of black holes”. I am the principal investigator, with no coinvestigators.
• Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Type B), Japan Society for the Promotionof Science (JSPS), 2012–2016. Project title: “Physics of exotic branes in string
theory” (24740159). I am the principal investigator, with no co-investigators.
• Research Activity Start-up Grant, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS), 2011–2012. Project title: “Physics of exotic branes in string theory”(23840017). I was the principal investigator, with no co-investigators. Switchedin 2012 to Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Type B) mentioned in the previous
item.
• Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Career Development (hosting institute: CERN), 2010–2011. Project title: “Toward Microphysics of the AdS/CFT
Correspondence”. I was the principal investigator, with no co-investigators. *• Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japanese Society for the Promotion of
Science (JSPS), 2007-2010. Project title: “Understanding black holes in string
theory”. *• Sherman Fairchild Prize Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, 2004–2007.
• Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japanese Society for the Promotion of
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metric gauge theories and matrix models.” *• Heiwa Nakajima Foundation Scholarship (a Japanese foundation scholarship),
2000–2002.
* I was awarded these fellowships but declined them because I accepted other oﬀers.

Organizing• YITP Long term workshop 2018: “New Frontiers in String Theory”, Yukawa
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Jul. 2–Aug. 3, 2018: organizer.
• YITP molecule-type workshop on “Recent Developments in Microstructures ofBlack Holes”, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nov. 20–Dec. 1, 2017:
main organizer.
• YITP Long term workshop 2016: “Quantum Information in String Theory andMany-body Systems”, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, May 23–
Jun. 24, 2016: organizer.
• Yukawa International Seminar 2016 (YKIS2016): “Quantum Matter, Spacetime
and Information”, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Jun. 13–17,
2016: organizer.
• Yukawa International School: “School on Strings and Fields”, Yukawa Institutefor Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Feb. 29–Mar. 4, 2016: organizer.
• YITP Workshop on “Microstructures of black holes”, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Nov. 23–27, 2015: main organizer.
• YITP Public Lectures “100 Years of General Relativity and Black Holes – Frontiers of Black Hole Research”, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto,
Nov. 22, 2015: main organizer.
• Long-term workshop on “Holographic vistas in gravity and strings”, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, May 11–Jul. 11, 2014: organizer.
• YITP molecule-type workshop on “Exotic structures of spacetime”, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Mar. 10–21, 2014: main organizer.
• Particle Theory Group Seminars, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics,
2013–present: seminar organizer.
• KMI/GCOE Workshop on “Strong Coupling Gauge Theories in the LHC Perspective (SCGT 12)”, Nagoya University, Dec. 4–7, 2012, Local organizing committee.
• Shoichi Sakata Centennial Symposium (SAKATA100), Nagoya University, Oct.
27–28, 2011: Local organizing committee.
• KMI Inauguration Conference on “Quest for the Origin of Particles and the Universe” (KMIIN), Nagoya University, Oct. 24–26, 2011: Local organizing com16

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mittee.
• Nagoya University GCOE Spring School 2011 — Theory, Gravity, and String
Theory, Nagoya University, Mar. 21–24, 2011: Local organizing committee.
• String Theory Group Seminars, Nagoya University, 2010–2013: seminar organizer.
• String Theory Group Seminars, University of Amsterdam, 2007–2008, 2009–2010: seminar organizer.
• String Theory Group Journal Club, University of Amsterdam, 2007–2008: seminar organizer.
• High Energy Theory Seminars, California Institute of Technology, 2005–2006:
seminar organizer.

Peer review
Scientiﬁc journals
I served as a peer reviewer for the following journals:
Class. Quant. Grav., Europhysics Letters, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A, JHEP, Nucl. Phys. B,
Phys. Lett. B, Phys. Rev. D, Phys. Rev. Lett., Prog. Theor. Expr. Phys.
Research grant proposals
I served as a peer reviewer for the following funding organizations:• National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa.
• Research Council KU Leuven, Belgium• Netherlands Organisation for Scientiﬁc Research (NWO), Netherlands

Outreach• A public lecture “What is string theory” as a part of Uchu Kouza (Lectures on
the Universe) 2021 — Origin of the universe and matter, Nagoya, NHK, May
19, 2021.
• A public talk “What’s inside a black hole” at Studium Generale, Nagoya University, January 10, 2020.
• A public lecture “What’s inside a black hole” as a part of Uchu Kouza (Lectureson the Universe) 2019 — Empty Universe, Nagoya, NHK, September 4, 2019.
• A taster lecture at the QMUL University Taster Days, April 11, 2018.
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• Organized public lectures “100 Years of General Relativity and Black Holes —The Frontiers of Black Hole Theory” at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical
Physics, Kyoto University, and gave a public lecture there, November 22, 2015.
• Served as a guide to the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Donor
Appreciation Day for the Kyoto University Fund, July 6, 2015.
• Presentation at the Lorentz Festival, Kyoto University, May 15, 2015.
• Discussant in The 2nd Hakubi Symposium — Facing the Other, Facing the Self:
A Kyoto University Dialogue on Multicultural Society, Mar. 6, 2014.
• Prepared a part of a public talk given by Prof. S. Nojiri on the research activities
at Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute at Nagoya University Festival, Jun. 9, 2012.
• Wrote an invited review article for the membership journal of Japanese PhysicalSociety in 2006 [35].

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Publications
In my ﬁeld of research (theoretical high-energy physics), the author names are in alphabetical order, independent of the contribution. Position in the author list has no
implication as to authors’ role in the research.
[1] S. Hirano, T. Nakajima and M. Shigemori, “T T̄ Deformation of Stress-Tensor
Correlators from Random Geometry,” [arXiv:2012.03972 [hep-th]].
[2] D. R. Mayerson and M. Shigemori, “Counting D1-D5-P Microstates in Supergravity,” SciPost Phys. 10 (2021), 018 [arXiv:2010.04172 [hep-th]].
[3] S. Hirano and M. Shigemori, “Random Boundary Geometry and Gravity Dual of
T T̄ Deformation,” JHEP 2020, 108 (2020) [arXiv:2003.06300 [hep-th]].
[4] M. Shigemori, “Superstrata,” Gen. Relativ. Gravit.
[arXiv:2002.01592 [hep-th]].
(Editor’s Choice (Invited Review: State of the Field)).

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(2020)[5] M. Shigemori, “Counting Superstrata,” JHEP 1910, 017 (2019) [arXiv:1907.03878[hep-th]].
[6] N. Čeplak, R. Russo and M. Shigemori, “Supercharging Superstrata,” JHEP 1903,
095 (2019) [arXiv:1812.08761 [hep-th]].
[7] I. Bena, S. Giusto, E. J. Martinec, R. Russo, M. Shigemori, D. Turton and
N. P. Warner, “Asymptotically-ﬂat supergravity solutions deep inside the blackhole regime,” JHEP 1802, 014 (2018) [arXiv:1711.10474 [hep-th]].
[8] J. J. Fernandez-Melgarejo, M. Park and M. Shigemori, “Non-Abelian Supertubes,”
JHEP 1712, 103 (2017) [arXiv:1709.02388 [hep-th]].
[9] I. Bena, S. Giusto, E. J. Martinec, R. Russo, M. Shigemori, D. Turton and
N. P. Warner, “Smooth horizonless geometries deep inside the black-hole regime,”
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 201601 (2016) [arXiv:1607.03908 [hep-th]]. Selected as a
PRL Editors’ Suggestion.
[10] M. Park and M. Shigemori, “Codimension-2 Solutions in Five-Dimensional Supergravity,” JHEP 1510, 011 (2015) [arXiv:1505.05169 [hep-th]].
[11] S. Hirano, M. Honda, K. Okuyama and M. Shigemori, “ABJ Theory in the Higher
Spin Limit,” JHEP 08, 174 (2016) [arXiv:1504.00365 [hep-th]].
[12] I. Bena, S. Giusto, R. Russo, M. Shigemori and N. P. Warner, “Habemus Superstratum! A constructive proof of the existence of superstrata,” JHEP 1505, 110(2015) [arXiv:1503.01463 [hep-th]].
[13] I. Bena, M. Shigemori and N. P. Warner, “Black-Hole Entropy from Supergravity
Superstrata States,” JHEP 10, 140 (2014) [arXiv:1406.4506 [hep-th]].

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Masaki Shigemori[14] S. Hirano, K. Nii and M. Shigemori, “ABJ Wilson loops and Seiberg Duality,”
Prog. Theor. Exper. Phys. 113B04 (2014) [arXiv:1406.4141 [hep-th]].
[15] J. de Boer, D. R. Mayerson and M. Shigemori, “Classifying Supersymmetric Solutions in 3D Maximal Supergravity,” Class. Quant. Grav. 31, 235004 (2014)[arXiv:1403.4600 [hep-th]].
[16] M. Shigemori, “Perturbative 3-charge microstate geometries in six dimensions,”
JHEP 10, 169 (2013) [arXiv:1307.3115 [hep-th]].
[17] M. Shigemori, “Holographic thermalization,” Proceedings of the KMI Inauguration Conference ‘Quest for the Origin of Particles and the Universe,’ Nagoya
University, Nagoya, Japan, 24–26 October 2011, pp.252–257.
[18] M. Shigemori, “Exotic branes and black hole microstates,” Int. J. Mod. Phys.
Conf. Ser. 21, 77 (2013) (Proceeding of the International Conference “Progress in
Quantum Field Theory and String Theory”, Osaka City University, Japan, April
3–7, 2012).
[19] H. Awata, S. Hirano and M. Shigemori, “The Partition Function of ABJ Theory,”
Prog. Theor. Exper. Phys., 053B04 (2013) [arXiv:1212.2966 [hep-th]].
[20] J. de Boer and M. Shigemori, “Exotic Branes in String Theory,” Phys. Rep., 532,
65 (2013) [arXiv:1209.6056 [hep-th]].
[21] I. Bena, S. Giusto, M. Shigemori and N. P. Warner, “Supersymmetric Solutionsin Six Dimensions: A Linear Structure,” JHEP 03, 084 (2012) [arXiv:1110.2781[hep-th]].
[22] I. Bena, B. D. Chowdhury, J. de Boer, S. El-Showk and M. Shigemori, “Moulting
Black Holes,” JHEP 03, 094 (2012) [arXiv:1108.0411 [hep-th]].
[23] I. Bena, J. de Boer, M. Shigemori, N. P. Warner, “Double, Double Supertube
Bubble,” JHEP 10, 116 (2011) [arXiv:1107.2650 [hep-th]].
[24] V. Balasubramanian, A. Bernamonti, J. de Boer, N. Copland, B. Craps, E. KeskiVakkuri, B. Müller, A. Schäfer, M. Shigemori, W. Staessens, “Holographic Thermalization,” Phys. Rev. D 84, 026010 (2011) [arXiv:1103.2683 [hep-th]].
[25] V. Balasubramanian, A. Bernamonti, J. de Boer, N. Copland, B. Craps, E. KeskiVakkuri, B. Müller, A. Schäfer, M. Shigemori, W. Staessens, “Thermalization of Strongly Coupled Field Theories,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 191601 (2011)[arXiv:1012.4753 [hep-th]].
[26] J. de Boer and M. Shigemori, “Exotic branes and non-geometric backgrounds,”
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 251603 (2010) [arXiv:1004.2521 [hep-th]].
[27] A. N. Atmaja, J. de Boer and M. Shigemori, “Holographic Brownian Motion andTime Scales in Strongly Coupled Plasmas,” Nucl. Phys. B 880, 23–75 (2014)[arXiv:1002.2429 [hep-th]].
[28] M. Shigemori, “Brownian motion in AdS/CFT,” in Proceedings of the Tenth2

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eConf C09-06-08.3.
[29] J. de Boer, V. E. Hubeny, M. Rangamani and M. Shigemori, “Brownian motionin AdS/CFT,” JHEP 07, 094 (2009) [arXiv:0812.5112 [hep-th]].
[30] L. Hollands, J. Marsano, K. Papadodimas and M. Shigemori, “Nonsupersymmetric Flux Vacua and Perturbed N = 2 Systems,” JHEP 10, 102 (2008)[arXiv:0804.4006 [hep-th]].
[31] J. Marsano, K. Papadodimas and M. Shigemori, “Oﬀ-shell M5 Brane, Perturbed
Seiberg-Witten Theory, and Metastable Vacua,” Nucl. Phys. B 804, 19–69 (2008)[arXiv:0801.2154 [hep-th]].
[32] N. Iizuka and M. Shigemori, “Are There Four-Dimensional Small Black Rings?,”
Phys. Rev. D 77, 044044 (2008) [arXiv:0710.4139 [hep-th]].
[33] J. Marsano, K. Papadodimas and M. Shigemori, “Nonsupersymmetric brane /antibrane conﬁgurations in type IIA and M theory,” Nucl. Phys. B 789, 294–361(2008) [arXiv:0705.0983 [hep-th]].
[34] A. Dabholkar, N. Iizuka, A. Iqubal, A. Sen and M. Shigemori, “Spinning strings
as small black rings,” JHEP 0704, 017 (2007) [arXiv:hep-th/0611166].
[35] M. Shigemori, “Towards Statistical Mechanical Understanding of Black Holes,”Nihon Butsuri Gakkaishi (Membership Journal of Japanese Physical Society) 61,
506 (2006), in Japanese.
[36] A. Dabholkar, N. Iizuka, A. Iqubal and M. Shigemori, “Precision Microstate
Counting of Small Black Rings,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 071601 (2006) [arXiv:hepth/0511120].
[37] V. Balasubramanian, P. Kraus and M. Shigemori, “Massless black holes and blackrings as eﬀective geometries of the D1-D5 system,” Class. Quant. Grav. 22, 4803–
4837 (2005) [arXiv:hep-th/0508110].
[38] N. Iizuka and M. Shigemori, “A note on D1-D5-J system and 5D small black ring,”
JHEP 0508, 100 (2005) [arXiv:hep-th/0506215].
[39] M. Shigemori, “The Geometry/Gauge Theory Duality and the Dijkgraaf–Vafa
Conjecture,” Ph.D. thesis (University of California, Los Angeles) [arXiv:hepth/0409038].
[40] C. Ahn, B. Feng, Y. Ookouchi and M. Shigemori, “Supersymmetric gauge theories
with ﬂavors and matrix models,” Nucl. Phys. B 698, 3–52 (2004) [arXiv:hepth/0405101].
[41] K. Intriligator, P. Kraus, A. V. Ryzhov, M. Shigemori and C. Vafa, “On low rank
classical groups in string theory, gauge theory and matrix models,” Nucl. Phys. B
682, 45–82 (2004) [arXiv:hep-th/0311181].
[42] P. Kraus, A. V. Ryzhov and M. Shigemori, “Loop equations, matrix models,3

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and N = 1 supersymmetric gauge theories,” JHEP 0305, 059 (2003) [arXiv:hepth/0304138].
[43] P. Kraus and M. Shigemori, “On the matter of the Dijkgraaf-Vafa conjecture,”
JHEP 0304, 052 (2003) [arXiv:hep-th/0303104].
[44] P. Kraus, A. Ryzhov and M. Shigemori, “Strings in noncompact spacetimes:
Boundary terms and conserved charges,” Phys. Rev. D 66, 106001 (2002)[arXiv:hep-th/0206080].
[45] P. Kraus and M. Shigemori, “Non-commutative instantons and the Seiberg-Witten
map,” JHEP 0206, 034 (2002) [arXiv:hep-th/0110035].
[46] M. Shigemori, A. Shimizu, T. Brandes and J. Inoue, “Strong enhancement of superconducting correlation in a two-component fermion gas,” J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 68,
2194–2197 (1999); Physica B 284–288, 443–444 (2000) [arXiv:cond-mat/9902079].
∗ This paper is in condensed matter physics and the author names are orderedaccording to contribution.

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