Young Researcher's Award
※From 24th (2022), the High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award is for doctoral dissertations, and the Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan is for academic dissertations after obtaining a degree. These two awards are selected independently.
※From 8th (2006), the winner of the High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award will be the candidate of the Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan in the next year.[The Physical Society of Japan HP]
※From 8th (2006), the winner of the High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award will be the candidate of the Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan in the next year.[The Physical Society of Japan HP]
| 2025 | |
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| 27th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | |
| Yuya Mino （Kyoto University） |
「Search for higgsinos with compressed mass spectra using low-momentum mildlydisplaced tracks with the ATLAS detector」 |
| Kaito Sugizaki （The University of Tokyo） |
「Search for higgsinos with compressed mass spectra in final states with low-momentum leptons using 140 fb-1 of proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV」 |
| Kazumichi Sumi （Nagoya University） |
「Study of Low-Emittance Muon Beam Acceleration for the J-PARC Muon g-2/EDM Experiment」 |
| 2024 | |
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| 26th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | |
| Han Seungho （The University of Tokyo） |
「Measurement of neutrons produced in atmospheric neutrino interactions at Super-Kamiokande」 |
| Kyohei YAMADA （The University of Tokyo） |
「Advancement of Millimeter-wave Polarization Modulator and Millimeter-wave Polarization Oscillation Search for Ultralight Dark Matter」 |
| 19th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan | |
| Tomohiro INADA |
「LHC-FASER実験における衝突型加速器起源ニュートリノの初観測」 |
| Kenta UNO |
「Belle実験における荷電レプトン非保存崩壊τ→l𝛾探索」 |
| Masahiro MORINAGA |
「ATLAS検出器における消失飛跡信号を用いたチャージーノの探索」 |
| 2023 | |
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| 25th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | |
| Ryo MATSUMOTO （Tokyo University of Science） |
「Search for proton decay into a muon and a neutral kaon in the Super-Kamiokande water Cherenkov detector」 |
| Nanami KAWADA （Tohoku University） |
「Spectroscopic measurement of geoneutrinos from uranium and thorium with KamLAND」 |
| Toshiaki KAJI （Waseda University） |
「Search for long-lived charginos based on a disappearing track signature in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the full Run-2 ATLAS data」 |
| 18th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan | |
| Hidetoshi OTONO （Kyusyu University） |
「The tracking detector of the FASER experiment」 |
| Nobuhiro SHIMIZU （Chiba University） |
「First search for KL→π0γ」 |
| Christophe Bronner （The University of Tokyo） |
「Improved constraints on neutrino mixing from the T2K experiment with 3.13×1021 protons on target」 |
| 2022 | |
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| 24th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | |
| Lukas BERNS （Tokyo Institute of Technology） |
「Constraints on CP violation and neutrino mass ordering with a joint analysis of accelerator and atmospheric neutrino oscillations」 |
| Tomohiro INADA （The University of Tokyo） |
「Search for High-Energy Gamma Ray Line emission from Dark Matter annihilation in the Galactic Center」 |
| Satoshi SHINOHARA （Kyoto University） |
「Study of the KL→π0ννDecay at the J-PARC KOTO Experiment」 |
| 17th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan | |
| Tomoko ARIGA （Kyusyu University） |
「First neutrino interaction candidates at the LHC」 |
| Takuya NOBE （The University of Tokyo） |
「Search for charginos and neutralinos in final states with two boosted hadronically decaying bosons and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector」 |
| Yuto MINAMI （Osaka University） |
「New Extraction of the Cosmic Birefringence from the Planck 2018 Polarization Data」 |
| 2021 | |
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| 23th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 16th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Ayami HIRAMOTO （Kyoto University） |
「Measurement of Neutrino Interactions on Water using Nuclear Emulsion Detectors」 |
| Yohei NOGUCHI （Kyoto University） |
「Measurement of Higgs boson properties using the decay channel to b-quarks follow ing associated production with a vector boson in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV」 |
| Tomohiro YAMAZAKI （The University of Tokyo） |
「Search for Supersymmetric Partners of the Top Quark with Leptonic Signatures」 |
| 2020 | |
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| 22th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 15th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Yosuke ASHIDA （Kyoto University） |
「Measurement of Neutrino and Antineutrino Neutral-Current Quasielastic-like Interactions and Applications to Supernova Relic Neutrino Searches」 |
| Tatsumi NITTA （Waseda University） |
「Search for the weak vector boson scattering in semileptonic final states in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector」 |
| Masahiko SAITO （The University of Tokyo） |
「Search for direct Chargino production based on a disappearing-track signature at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector」 |
| 2019 | |
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| 21th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 14th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Shunsuke ADACHI （The University of Tokyo） |
「Search for gluinos in final states with jets and large missing transverse momentum using 36fb-1 data observed in the ATLAS detector」 |
| Keigo NAKAMURA （Kyoto University） |
「Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation with a High Intensity Neutrino Beam」 |
| Kota NAKAGIRI （Kyoto University） |
「Search for the Decay KL→π0ννat the J-PARC KOTO Experiment」 |
| 2018 | |
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| 20th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 13th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Ralista SHARANKOVA （Tokyo Institute of Technology） |
「Measurement of θ13 in reactor neutrino oscillation with the Double Chooz near and far detectors」 |
| Syunsuke HONDA （University of Tsukuba） |
「Search for the Higgs Boson Produced in Association with Top Quarks and Decaying into Bottom Quarks with the ATLAS Detector」 |
| Sze yuen CHAN （The University of Tokyo） |
「Search for Gluinos using Final States with One Isolated Lepton in the LHC-ATLAS Experiment」 |
| 2017 | |
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| 19th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 12th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Daisuke KANEKO （The University of Tokyo） |
「The final result of μ+ → e+γ search with the MEG experiment」 |
| Soutarou KANDA （The University of Tokyo） |
「Direct Measurement of Muonium Ground State Hyperfine Splitting with High-intensity Pulsed Muon Beam」 |
| Shigeki HIROSE （Nagoya University） |
「Measurement of the Branching Fraction and Polarization of the τ Lepton in the Decay B → D*τ-ντ at the Belle Experiment」 |
| 2016 | |
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| 18th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 11th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Shingo KAZAMA （The University of Tokyo） |
「Search for Charginos Nearly Mass-Degenerate with the Lightest Neutralino Based on a Disappearing-Track Signature in pp Collisions at √s = 8 TeV」 |
| Tatsuya KIKAWA （Kyoto University） |
「Measurement of Neutrino Interactions and Three Flavor Neutrino Oscillations in the T2K Experiment」 |
| Yuuki SAKURAI （Waseda University） |
「Evidence for the Higgs boson in the τ+τ- final state and its CP measurement in proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detedtor」 |
| 2015 | |
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| 17th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 10th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Kei IEKI （Kyoto University） |
「Observation of νμ → νe oscillation in the T2K experiment」 |
| Yuuki FUJII （The University of Tokyo） |
「Search for the Lepton Flavor Violating Muon Decay μ+ → e+γ with a Sensitivity below10-12 in the MEG Experiment」 |
| Keisuke YOSHIHARA （The University of Tokyo） |
「Measurement of the Higgs boson couplings using WW* → lνlν final state」 |
| 2014 | |
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| 16th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 9th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Thiago Junqueira De Castro Bezerra （Tohoku University） |
「Improvement of θ13 Measurement in the Double Chooz Experiment and the First Effective Δm312 Measurement from Reactor Neutrino Oscillation at Different Baselines」 |
| Akira MIYAZAKI （The University of Tokyo） |
「Direct Measurement of the Hyperfine Structure Interval of Positronium Using High Power Millimeter Wave Technology」 |
| Youhei YAMAGUCHI （The University of Tokyo） |
「Observation of Higgs Boson with Di-photon Events in Proton-Proton Collisions」 |
| 2013 | |
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| 15th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 8th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Azusa GANDOU （Tohoku University） |
「First Results of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search with KamLAND-Zen」 |
| Tomoyuki KONNO （Tokyo Institute of Technology） |
「Measurement of reactor anti-neutrino disappearance using the Double Chooz detector」 |
| Minoru HIROSE （Osaka University） |
「Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section with √s=7TeV of pp collisions at LHC with b-tagging in the dilepton final state with the ATLAS detector」 |
| 2012 | |
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| 14th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 7th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Yasuyuki OKUMURA （Nagoya University） |
「The top-quark pair-production cross-section measurement in the dilepton final states at proton-proton collisions with √s=7 TeV」 |
| Koudai MATSUOKA （Kyoto University） |
「Measurement of the Neutrino Beam with the Muon Monitor and the First Result of the T2K Long-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment」 |
| Takayuki YAMAZAKI （The University of Tokyo） |
「Direct Measurement of the Hyperfine Transition of Positronium using High Power Sub-THz Radiation」 |
| 2011 | |
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| 13th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 6th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Takashi KUBOTA （The University of Tokyo） |
「Measurement of the Weak Boson Production Cross Section in the Events with Muons in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s= 7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector」 |
| Yasuhiro NISHIMURA （The University of Tokyo） |
「A Search for the Decay μ+→e+γ Using a High-Resolution Liquid Xenon Gamma-Ray Detector」 |
| 2010 | |
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| 12th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 5th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Yusuke UCHIYAMA （The University of Tokyo） |
「Analysis of the First MEG Physics Data to Search for the Decay μ＋ → e＋γ」 |
| Yoshinori KURIMOTO （Kyoto University） |
「Measurement of Neutral Current Neutral Pion Production on Carbon in a Few-GeV Neutrino Beam」 |
| 2009 | |
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| 11th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 4th Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Yu NAKAHAMA （LAL, Orsay） |
「Measurement of CP-violating asymmetries in the flavor-changing neutral current decays of the B-boson」 |
| Toshi SUMIDA （CERN） |
「Search for the Decay K_L^0→π^0νν-bar」 |
| 2008 | |
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| 10th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 3rd Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Shimpei YAMAMOTO （The University of Tokyo・ICEPP） |
「Search for νμ → νe oscillation in a long-baseline accelerator experiment」 |
| Hajime NISHIGUCHI （KEK・IPNS） |
「An Innovative Positron Spectrometer to Search for the Lepton Flavour Violating Muon Decay with a Sensitivity of 10-13」 |
| 2007 | |
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| 9th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 2nd Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Akito KUSAKA |
「Measurement of CP-Violating Asymmetries in the Neutral B Meson Decaying to the ρ-π State Using a Time-Dependent Dalitz Plot Analysis」 |
| 2006 | |
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| 8th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award, 1st Young Encouragement Prize of the Physical Society of Japan |
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| Hirokazu MAESAKA |
「Evidence For Muon Neutrino Oscillation In An Accelerator-based Experiment」 |
| Ken SAKASHITA |
「Search for the decay KL → π0νν」 |
| 2005 | |
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| 7th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | |
| Issei KATOU （TRIUMF） |
「Indications of Neutrino Oscillation in K2K Experiment」 |
| Hideki MIYAKE （Osaka University） |
「Measurement of Polarization and Time-Dependent CP Asymmetry Parameters in B0→D*+D*- Decays」 |
| 2004 | |
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| 6th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | |
| Hidekazu KAKUNO （The University of Tokyo） |
「Measurement of |Vub| using inclusive B→Xulν Decays with a Novel Xu-Reconstruction Method」 |
| Masashi FUKUDA （KEK Accelerator Laboratory） |
「Polarization Measurement of Short-Pulse Gamma Rays Produced through Inverse Compton Scattering of Circularly Polarized Laser Beam」 |
| 2003 | |
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| 5th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | |
| Toshiyuki IWAMOTO (The University of Tokyo・ICEPP) (ICEPP) |
「Measurement of Reactor Anti-Neutrino Disappearance in KAMLAND」 |
| Takeshi NAKADAIRA （The University of Tokyo） |
「Study of CP Asymmetry in the Neutral B Meson Decays to Two Charged Pions」 |
| 2002 | |
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| 4th High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | |
| Masashi YOKOYAMA （The University of Tokyo） |
「Observation of Large CP Violation in the Neutral B Meson System using B0→J/ψKL Decay」 |
| Hiroshi SAKAI （Kyoto University） |
「Development of a laser wire beam profile monitor and measurement of vertical emittance in the KEK-ATF damping ring」 |
| 2001 | |
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| 3rd High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | |
| Takasumi MARUYAMA （KEK） |
「First Observation of Accelerator Origin Neutrino Beam After Passing Through 250 km of Earth」 |
| Makoto TOMOTO | 「Belle実験に於けるダイレプトン事象を用いたB0dB0d振動現象の測定」 |
| 2000 | |
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| 2nd High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | |
| Hirokazu ISHINO （Tokyo Institute of Technology） |
「Measurement of the solar neutrino energy spectrum at Super-Kamiokande」 |
| Atsuhiko OCHI （Tokyo Institute of Technology） |
「Study of Micro Strip Gas Chamber as a Time-Resolved X-Ray Area Detector」 |
| 1999 | |
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| 1st High Energy Physics Young Researcher's Award | |
| Koji ISHII （Kobe University） |
「Measurement of the Mass of the W boson in e+e- Collistions with the OPAL Detector」 |
| Kazuaki TOGAWA （Nagoya University） |
「超格子半導体によるナノ秒マルチバンチ偏極電子ビームの生成」 |
