2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Universalities in motion and structure out of nonequilibrium fluctuations

Planned Research

Project Area	Synergy of Fluctuation and Structure:Foundation of Universal Laws in Nonequilibrium Systems
Project/Area Number	25103004
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Review Section	Science and Engineering
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	Sano Masaki 東京大学, 大学院理学系研究科(理学部), 教授 (40150263)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	竹内一将東京工業大学, 理学院, 准教授 (50622304) 笹本智弘東京工業大学, 理工学研究科, 助手 (70332640)
Project Period (FY)	2013-06-28 – 2018-03-31
Keywords	非平衡統計力学 / 非平衡ゆらぎ / 界面ゆらぎ / 非平衡相転移 / アクティブマター
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In this research project, large progresses have been made in three aspects; ①Theoretical and experimental findings on Kardar-Parisi-Zhang Universality on fluctuations in growing interface, ②Experimental finding of Directed Percolation (DP) Universality in laminar-turbulence transition in shear flow, ③Discoveries and classification of novel properties in active matter systems.
Free Research Field	非平衡系物理学