Yasunori Nomura
Yasunori Nomura (born 1974) is a theoretical physicist working on particle physics, quantum gravity, and cosmology. He is a professor of physics at University of California, Berkeley, a senior faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and a principal investigator at Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe. Since 2015, he has been the director of the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics.[1]
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![]() Berkeley physicist Yasunori Nomura, January 7, 2016 | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Known for | Orbifold GUTs Holographic Higgs Multiverse is the same as quantum many worlds |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Career
Nomura received his Ph.D. from University of Tokyo (supervisor Tsutomu Yanagida) in 2000 and became a Miller Research Fellow at University of California, Berkeley. In 2002-03 he was an associate scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. In July 2003 he joined the Department of Physics at University of California, Berkeley. In 2017, Nomura was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society "for pioneering contributions to a variety of areas of particle theory, including gauge unification in extra dimensions, electroweak symmetry breaking, supersymmetric models, dark matter, the multiverse, foundations of quantum mechanics, and black holes."[2][3]
Work
Nomura works on particle physics, quantum gravity, and cosmology. He developed theories of grand unification in higher dimensional spacetime[4] and constructed the so-called holographic Higgs model, the first realistic model in which a composite Higgs particle arises as a pseudo-Nambu–Goldstone boson.[5] He also proposed that the eternally inflating multiverse is the same thing as quantum many worlds.[6][7]
References
- "Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics".
- APS Fellows 2017(in English)
- Yasunori Nomura named new American Physical Society Fellow
- Hall, L.J.; Nomura, Y. (2003). "Grand unification in higher dimensions". Annals of Physics. 306 (1): 132–156. arXiv:hep-ph/0212134. Bibcode:2003AnPhy.306..132H. doi:10.1016/S0003-4916(03)00077-0. S2CID 18898831.
- Contino, R.; Nomura, Y.; Pomarol, A. (2003). "Higgs as a holographic pseudo-Goldstone boson". Nuclear Physics. B671: 148–174. arXiv:hep-ph/0306259. Bibcode:2003NuPhB.671..148C. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2003.08.027. S2CID 11533871.
- Nomura, Y. (2011). "Physical theories, eternal inflation, and the quantum universe". Journal of High Energy Physics. 2011 (11): 063. arXiv:1104.2324. Bibcode:2011JHEP...11..063N. doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2011)063. S2CID 119283262.
- "Are Many Worlds and the Multiverse the Same Idea?".
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