Kenji Kadota (In Chinese characters:門田健司)
Physics Dept, Nagoya University
ES Building Room 604, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
Email: kadota (at mark) umich.edu (will be valid till Aug 2012),
kadota.kenji (at mark) f.mbox.nagoya-u.ac.jp
(P) +81(0)527-89-3050 (F) +81(0)527-89-2838
Links to: Nagoya Cosmology Group , Nagoya Particle Theory Group and Kobayashi-Masukawa Institute at Nagoya University
Brief Bio:
1999, BSc(Hons), First Class in Mathematical Physics from University of
Manchester, UK
2004, PhD in Physics from University of California, Berkeley
2004-2006, postdoc in Theoretical Astrophysics Group, Fermilab
2006-2008, postdoc at Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota
2008-2011, postdoc at Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan
2011- , Designated assistant professor at Physics Dept, Nagoya Univ, Japan
Research Interests: Particle Cosmology
My previous and on-going works include
1) The early universe:
Inflation phenomenology, Inflation model building in supergravity, Baryo/leptogenesis, Cosmic perturbation theory
2) Particle theory phenomenology:
LHC, Dark matter, Beyond the Standard Model (Supersymmetry, Extra-dimensions), Flavor physics
3) The late universe:
The large scale structure of the Universe, CMB, Galaxy clusters, Dark Energy
Some random list of the publications (please go to InSpire for the complete list):
"Scale-Dependent Non-Gaussianity as a Generalization of the Local Model,"
A. Becker, D. Huterer and K. Kadota, JCAP 01 (2011) 006
" Positrons in Cosmic Rays from Dark Matter Annihilations for Uplifted Higgs Regions in MSSM,"
K. Kadota, K. Freese and P. Gondolo, Phys.Rev. D81 (2010) 115006
"Enhanced Tau Lepton Signatures at LHC in Constrained Supersymmetric Seesaw,"
K. Kadota and J. Shao, Phys.Rev.D80 (2009) 115004
" Heavy Right-Handed Neutrinos and Dark Matter in the nuCMSSM,"
K. Kadota and K. Olive, Phys.Rev.D80 (2009) 095015
"A sneutrino NLSP in nuCMSSM,"
K. Kadota, K. Olive and L. Velasco-Sevilla, Phys.Rev.D79 (2009) 055018.
"Sterile neutrino dark matter in warped extra dimensions,"
K. Kadota, Phys.Rev.D77 (2008) 063509.
"The decay of the inflaton in no-scale supergravity,"
M. Endo, K. Kadota, K. Olive, F. Takahashi, T. Yanagida, JCAP 0702 (2007) 018.
"Warped leptogenesis with Dirac neutrino masses,"
T. Gherghetta, K. Kadota, M. Yamaguchi, Phys.Rev.D76 (2007) 023516.
"Primordial non-Gaussianity and dark energy constraints from cluster surveys,"
E. Sefusatti, C. Vale, K. Kadota, J. Frieman, Astrophys.J.658 (2007) 669.
"Precision of inflaton potential reconstruction from CMB using the general slow-roll approximation,"
K. Kadota, S. Dodelson, W. Hu, E. Stewart, Phys.Rev.D72 (2005) 023510.
"Modular cosmology, thermal inflation, baryogenesis and predictions for particle accelerators,"
D. Jeong, K. Kadota, W. Park, E. Stewart, JHEP 0411 (2004) 046.
"Inflation on moduli space and cosmic perturbations,"
K. Kadota, E. Stewart, JHEP 0312 (2003) 008.
"Supergravity inflation free from harmful relics,"
P. Greene, K. Kadota, H. Murayama, Phys.Rev.D68 (2003) 043502.
e-mail :
kadota AT umich.edu