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Press released by Takezawa and Hirose – Large Amounts of Helium in the Earth’s Core?

Haruki Takezawa (M2 student) and Kei Hirose, in collaboration with Naoya Sakamoto (Hokkaido University) and Han Hsu (Academia Sinica), have released a joint press statement. They successfully synthesized iron-helium compounds and demonstrated their existence using theoretical calculations and mass spectrometry. This research have been published in the journal Physical Review Letters. The paper was selected …

ABOUT

We know that the interior of the earth is actually divided into many layers, just like an onion. When you peel away these layers one at a time from the outside in the same way you would peel an onion’s skin, you finally come to the core. The mantle above the core is also divided into four layers, and by 1974 we had identified what the first three layers were made of. When it comes to the lowest layer, the fourth layer, however, there were all kinds of hypotheses but they all remained in the realm of conjecture. This is why I wanted to elucidate the true nature of this material that formed the fourth layer.

My own determination as a scientist to take up for the first time in the world experiments that nobody had ever attempted.

The most important things are enthusiasm, effort and a little bit of luck. Moreover, in everything you do, it is important to first meet the challenge without making up your mind at the outset that it is impossible. This simple way of looking at things will change your life significantly. If some of you hold the view that you may not be able to pursue the scientific path just because your grades aren’t good, get rid of such a silly notion immediately and instead pursue every challenge that comes your way. When you do that, the path to the future will naturally open up before you.


Kei Hirose

RESEARCH

We investigate the Earth’s deep interior materials and dynamics with ultra-high pressure and temperature experiments.

We know that the interior of the earth is actually divided into many layers, just like an onion. When you peel away these layers one at a time from the outside in the same way you would peel an onion’s skin, you finally come to the core. The mantle above the core is also divided into four layers, and by 1974 we had identified what the first three layers were made of. When it comes to the lowest layer, the fourth layer, however, there were all kinds of hypotheses but they all remained in the realm of conjecture. This is why I wanted to elucidate the true nature of this material that formed the fourth layer.

PostPerovskite

PostPerovskite phase was discovered in the condition of lowermost lower mantle (the red zone) (Murakami et. al. Science 2004)

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2025 集合写真

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PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER

廣瀬 敬(教授)

FACULTY


岡 健太(特任研究員)

GRADUATE STUDENTS


幾田 凪(D3)
日本学術振興会特別研究員 DC1
IGPEES Fellowship

坂井 郁哉(D3)
日本学術振興会特別研究員 DC1 
IGPEES Fellowship

稲田 真子(D2)
IGPEES Fellowship

竹澤 春樹(D1)
日本学術振興会特別研究員 DC1
IGPEES Fellowship

三田 修平(D1)
日本学術振興会特別研究員 DC1
IGPEES Fellowship

竹下 潤(M2)
IGPEES Fellowship

平岡 大和(M2)

仙波 芽美(M1)

藤本 達也(M1)
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
特別研究・卒業研究での所属:

OB/OG

【高圧地球科学】
村上 元彦 (ETH Zürich) Prof. / Ph.D. (2004.3)
駒林 鉄也 (The University of Edinburgh) Reader (准教授) / Ph.D. (2005.3)
新名 良介 (明治大学 / 物理学科) Assoc. Prof. / Ph. D. (2010.3)
太田 健二 (東京工業大学 / 地球惑星科学専攻) Assoc. Prof. / Ph. D. (2010.9)
駒林(杉村) 恵美子 (The University of Edinburgh) Marie Curie Individual Fellow / Ph.D. (2011.3)
小澤 佳祐 (兵庫県立大学 / 物質理学研究科) 助教 / Ph. D. (2023.3)
横尾 舜平 (東京大学 / 地球惑星科学専攻) 助教 / Ph. D. (2024.3)
彦坂 晃太郎 (東京工業大学 / 地球惑星科学専攻) JSPS PD / Ph.D. (2024.3)

【他分野の研究職(研究所等)】
河口(今田) 沙織 (島根大学 / 材料エネルギー学部) 客員准教授 / Ph.D. (2015.3)
田川 翔 (千葉大学 / 国際未来教育基幹) 助教 / Ph.D. (2020.3)

【他分野】
舘野 繁彦 Ph. D. (2008.3)
舘野(小澤) 春香 Ph.D. (2011.3)
工藤 祐樹 Ph.D. (2015.3)
桑山 康弘 Ph.D. (2007.3)
野村 龍一 Ph.D. (2014.3)
岡 健太 Ph.D. (2023.3)
五味 斎 Ph.D. (2014.3)
堤 裕太郎 Ph.D. (2025.3)

Previous lab. members
増野 いづみ (岡山大学) Ph.D.
- PD from April 2017 to December 2018
日下部 真夕 M.S.
– 2019/03 修士課程修了
冨田 涼太 B.S.
– 2019/03 学部卒業
増田 滉己 B.S.
– 2019/03 修士より固体講座 井出研に進学
夏井 文凜 (研究生)
– 2020/03 修士より地震研に進学
長谷川 将弘 M.S.
– 2022/03 修士課程修了
奥田善之 (University of Hawaii at Manoa) Ph.D.
– PD from April 2022 to October 2023
栗田 直季 M.S.
– 2024/03 修士課程修了
Fu Suyu Ph.D. (Zhejiang University)
– JSPS PD from April 2022 to December 2024
平井 大源 B.S.
– 2025/03 修士より東京科学大学・地球生命研究所(ELSI)に進学