Yuuki
Nakano

中野 佑樹

Assistant Professor
Experimental Astroparticle Physics Group
University of Toyama

I study neutrinos and muons to explore particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and the universe.

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RESEARCH

Neutrinos, cosmic-ray muons, low-background physics, and astrophysical neutrinos

Conceptual illustration of neutrinos produced in the Sun01

Solar Neutrinos

Solar neutrino oscillation, solar g-mode, helioseismology

Conceptual illustration of atmospheric particle showers and cosmic-ray muons02

Cosmic-ray Muons

Charge ratio, polarization, nuclear muon capture

High-sensitivity radon detector03

Low-background Physics

Radon measurements and ultra-low radioactivity techniques

Conceptual illustration of neutrinos produced by energetic astrophysical phenomena04

Astrophysical Neutrinos

Supernovae, gravitational-wave events, and energetic cosmic sources

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2026

Solar Neutrino Flux Fluctuations Caused by Solar Gravity Modes

arXiv:2604.06535

arXiv
2025

Measurement of the branching ratio of 16N, 15C, 12B, and 13B isotopes through the nuclear muon capture reaction in the Super-Kamiokande detector

Physical Review C 112, 064614 (2025)

DOI | arXiv
2024

Measurements of the charge ratio and polarization of cosmic-ray muons with the Super-Kamiokande detector

Physical Review D 110, 082008 (2024)

DOI | arXiv
2024

Solar neutrino measurements using the full data period of Super-Kamiokande-IV

Physical Review D 109, 092001 (2024)

DOI | arXiv
2020

Measurement of the radon concentration in purified water in the Super-Kamiokande IV detector

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 977, 164297 (2020)

DOI | arXiv
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