KEK CMB Group 本文へジャンプ
Research Projects


About Our Group

Our research interest is to explore the physical origin of the Universe through the measurements of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization. By detecting the CMB B-mode polarization precisely, we attempt to disclose the true figure of the Universe in the time shortly before the Big Bang.

The current research topics are the followings:

* Highly sensitive ground-based CMB polarization experiments (QUIET, POLAEBEAR)

* Mission study of the CMB polarization satellite, LiteBIRD.

* R&D of the highly sensitive large-format detector array for the next-generation CMB polarization experiments as a part of the KEK Detector Technology Project.

We work closely with both domestic and international collaborators for
these projects. In Japan we are the core members to promote the five-year research project approved by MEXT from 2009 to 2013 (see below). From overseas we closely collaborate with the University of Chicago, the University of California, Berkeley and other universities.


Grants Projects

The Physical Origin of the Universe viewed through the Cosmic Background Radiation 〜 from Cosmological inflation to Dark Ages 〜 (H21-H25) PI HAZUMI, Masashi