ニュース
9件のニュース / 2026年
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2026-01-15
ホットトピック
iTHEMS Colloquium by Hiroki R. Ueda on October 10, 2025
On October 10, 2025, Dr. Hiroki Ueda, Professor at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Medicine and former Team Leader at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), delivered a splendid iTHEMS Colloquium talk on the Wako campus. His lecture, titled “Why Do We Sleep? The Role of Calcium and Phosphorylation in Sleep,” attracted a wide audience—not only researchers from iTHEMS but also colleagues from other RIKEN centers, including the Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) and the Center for Brain Science (CBS), as well as administrative staff. The talk was highly engaging and accessible to specialists and non-specialists alike. Dr. Ueda began with an overview of the long history of sleep research and the major unsolved questions that continue to inspire the field. He then presented his group’s recent discoveries on the role of calcium in sleep regulation. He also introduced a new theoretical framework—the WISE (Wake Inhibition Sleep Enhancement) mechanism—together with its mathematical modeling. Because sleep is closely connected to our daily lives, the audience had many questions from diverse perspectives, and Dr. Ueda kindly addressed each of them in detail. During and after the colloquium, including at the dinner that followed, we had stimulating discussions with him about his group’s model and potential new directions for sleep research and related areas of life science. We are deeply grateful to Dr. Ueda for his inspiring lecture and for sharing his broad expertise with our community. (Photos: courtesy of Assistant Chikako Ota, RIKEN iTHEMS.) Reported by Gen Kurosawa
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2026-01-15
プレスリリース
「バタフライ効果」を制御する新原理
理化学研究所（理研）計算科学研究センター データ同化研究チームの三好 建正 チームプリンシパル（数理創造研究センター 予測科学研究チーム チームディレクター）は、「バタフライ効果」で知られる決定論的カオスの予測可能性の限界を逆手に取り、効率的にカオスを制御する新たな数理的枠組みを構築しました。気象予測の根幹を成すデータ同化（観測を用いてモデルを自然の振る舞いに同期させるプロセス）とカオスの制御が数学的に双子の関係にあることを示す「双対性原理」を提唱しました。カオス自体を抑えるのではなく、カオス特有の高い感度を利用して、わずかな「介入」で扱いやすい「目標軌道」に自然の振る舞いを同期させます。これにより、予測限界を超えてカオスを制御する道筋を理論的に示しました。 本研究成果は、例えば、モデルで描いた「台風が被害をもたらさないシナリオ（目標軌道）」に現実の自然現象を同期させるためにわずかな変化（介入）を加えるといった、将来の極端気象を回避するための防災・減災研究に向けた理論的な道筋を示すとともに、生態系や経済学など、カオス的な振る舞いを示すさまざまな分野での応用が期待されます。 詳細は関連リンクをご覧下さい。
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2026-01-15
プレスリリース
3,000億粒子の天の川銀河シミュレーションをAI×富岳で実現
平島 敬也 基礎科学特別研究員を含む国際共同研究グループは、人工知能（AI）とスーパーコンピュータ「富岳」のシステム全体（約15万ノード）を利用し、星や星間ガスなどを表す3,000億個の粒子を用いて星一つ一つまでを分解した世界最高解像度となる天の川銀河のシミュレーションを実現しました。 本研究成果により、天の川銀河の渦状腕構造（渦巻銀河が持つ、円盤上で中心から外側に向かって渦を巻いて伸びる腕状の構造）や、銀河内の元素の循環、太陽系や生命の材料の起源解明に貢献することが期待されます。 詳細は関連リンクをご覧下さい。
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2026-01-15
今週の論文Week 3, January 2026
Title: Equivalence of Doubly Periodic Tangles Author: Ioannis Diamantis, Sofia Lambropoulou, Sonia Mahmoudi arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.00822v2 Title: Relaxation Process During Complex Time Evolution In Two-Dimensional Integrable and Chaotic CFTs Author: Chen Bai, Weibo Mao, Masahiro Nozaki, Mao Tian Tan, Xueda Wen arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09290v1 Title: Dissipative ground-state preparation of a quantum spin chain on a trapped-ion quantum computer Author: Kazuhiro Seki, Yuta Kikuchi, Tomoya Hayata, Seiji Yunoki arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08137v1 Title: Coherence of Supermassive Black Hole Binary Demographics with the nHz Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background Author: Katsunori Kusakabe, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Daisuke Toyouchi arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10548v2 Title: Extending the Handover-Iterative VQE to Challenging Strongly Correlated Systems: $N_2$ and Fe-S Cluster Author: Pilsun Yoo, Kyungmin Kim, Eyuel E. Elala, Shane McFarthing, Aidan Pellow, Johanna I. Fuks, Doo Hyung Kang, Pratanphorn Nakliang, Jaewan Kim, Himadri Pathak, Tomonori Shirakawa, Seiji Yunoki, June-Koo Kevin Rhee arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06935v1 Title: Dynamics of Interfaces in the Two-Dimensional Wave-Pinning Model Author: Shunsuke Kobayashi, Koya Sakakibara, Taikei Uechi arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04746v1
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2026-01-08
ホットトピック
RIKEN–IBS Joint Workshop on Mathematical Approaches to Nature Held in Daejeon, Korea, December 9–12, 2025
In December 9–12, 2025, a collaborative workshop jointly organized by the Institute of Basic Science (IBS, Korea) and RIKEN was held in Daejeon, Korea. The workshop aimed to explore the unifying mathematical principles that underlie diverse natural phenomena—from the fundamental interactions that shape the universe to the complex behaviors observed in living systems. From RIKEN, iTHEMS researchers including Derek Inman, Ryo Namba, Alvaro Pastor Gutierrez, Shuntaro Aoki, Sungsik Kong, Amaury Micheli, Puttarak Jai-akson, Ryoko Oishi-Tomiyasu, Che-Yu Chen, and Christy Kelly delivered talks. All the presentations were impressive and thoughtfully prepared so that researchers from different fields could follow and appreciate the content. Indeed, there were many stimulating cross-disciplinary questions, and we enjoyed lively discussions over lunches and dinners, accompanied by excellent (and wonderfully spicy) food. Although the workshop was originally designed to foster collaboration between RIKEN and IBS, connections were already present—for example, through Shuntaro Aoki, a physicist at iTHEMS formerly at IBS, and Shingo Gibo, a mathematical biologist at IBS formerly at iTHEMS. This workshop further strengthened these ties and created new ones. The planning and local organization of the workshop were led by the center of Masahide Yamaguchi (IBS), Yusuke Yamada (IBS), and by Yuto Yamamoto and Ryo Namba at RIKEN iTHEMS, with strong support from IBS and the International Collaboration Section of the Global Strategy Division at RIKEN. We are deeply grateful for their dedicated efforts. I hope that the successful interactions fostered through this workshop will continue to develop even further. (Photos: courtesy of Director Satoshi Iso, RIKEN iTHEMS.) Reported by Gen Kurosawa
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2026-01-08
今週の論文Week 2, January 2026
Title: Phases of the $q$-deformed $\mathrm{SU}(N)$ Yang-Mills theory at large $N$ Author: Tomoya Hayata, Yoshimasa Hidaka, Hiromasa Watanabe arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03843v1 Title: Revisiting Spherically Symmetric Spacetime I: Geometro-Hydrodynamics Author: Puttarak Jai-akson, Yuki Yokokura arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03077v1 Title: Exceptional Lines and Excitation of (Nearly) Double-Pole Quasinormal Modes: A Semi-Analytic Study in the Nariai Black Hole Author: Nao Nakamoto, Naritaka Oshita arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00704v1 Title: Gauge Symmetry in Quantum Simulation Author: Masanori Hanada, Shunji Matsuura, Andreas Schafer, Jinzhao Sun arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.22932v1
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2026-01-08
セミナーレポート
GW-EOS WG Seminar by Pierbiagio Pieri on November 6, 2025
In this seminar, pairing phenomena in three kinds of quantum many-body systems were discussed. First, the speaker reviewed his work on the Bose-Fermi mixture, mainly focusing on the quasiparticles called Fermi-polarons. Second, inhomogeneous pairing fluctuations in a spin-polarized Fermi-Fermi mixture are reviewed. Finally, dissipations called mutual friction arising from interplay between Andreev bound states in the vortex core and delocalized thermal excitations were discussed for strongly interacting Fermi superfluids. Reported by Yuta Sekino
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2026-01-06
受賞情報
楠亀 裕哉 客員研究員が第22回（令和7年度）日本学術振興会賞を受賞
数理創造研究センター 数理基礎部門の楠亀 裕哉 客員研究員（九州大学 高等研究院 准教授）が、2025年12月16日に第22回（令和7年度）日本学術振興会賞を受賞しました。 日本学術振興会賞は、創造性に富み優れた研究能力を有する若手研究者を早い段階で顕彰し、その研究意欲と研究の発展を支援することを目的として設けられた賞です。 楠亀 客員研究員は、量子重力・量子多体系の境界領域における新手法の開発と応用に関する研究において顕著な成果を挙げてきました。本受賞は、これらの研究成果とその学術的貢献が高く評価されたものです。 授賞式は、2026年2月3日に日本学士院 講堂で開催される予定です。
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2026-01-01
今週の論文Week 1, January 2026
Title: Geometric phase of exceptional point as quantum resonance in complex scaling method Author: Okuto Morikawa, Shoya Ogawa, Soma Onoda arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24528v1 Title: Tensor Computing Interface: An Application-Oriented, Lightweight Interface for Portable High-Performance Tensor Network Applications Author: Rong-Yang Sun, Tomonori Shirakawa, Hidehiko Kohshiro, D. N. Sheng, Seiji Yunoki arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.23917v1 Title: Description of Baryon Mass Spectrum by Open Strings and Diquarks Author: Yuki Fujimoto arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24882v1 Title: Measuring out-of-time-order correlators on a quantum computer based on an irreversibility-susceptibility method Author: Haruki Emori, Hiroyasu Tajima arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.22643v1 Title: Error and Disturbance as Irreversibility with Applications: Unified Definition, Wigner--Araki--Yanase Theorem and Out-of-Time-Order Correlator Author: Haruki Emori, Hiroyasu Tajima arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.14172v3
9件のニュース / 2026年