RESEARCH

I have studied the interplay between symmetry and topology in unconventionall superfluids and superconductors, including 3He and cold atoms. Among such systems, since the liquid 3He isotropic Fermi liquids and maintains high symmetry, it provides a prototypical platform to study a rich variety of topological quantum phenomena. Based on the superfluid 3He, I have deepened understanding on topological quantum phase transitions, mass acquisition of surface Majorana fermions, and odd-frequency pairing.

In this project, I study the dynamics and transport properties of topological superfluids 3He and propose practical ways to observe quantum phenomena associated with Majorana Fermions. I also expand the theory to unconventional superconductors and neutron stars.

EDUCATION

2000

Bachelor of Science (Physics), Okayama University

2005

Ph.D. (Science), Okayama University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002

Research Fellow of JSPS for Young Scientists (DC1)

2004

Research Associate, Department of Physics, Okayama University

2007

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Okayama University

2012

Northwestern University Visiting Researcher

2014-Present

Associate Professor, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Osaka University

HONORS AND AWARDS

2013

The 7th Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan

2014

The 9th Condensed-Matter Science Prize

SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS

"Symmetry Protected Topological Superfluids and Superconductors: From the Basics to 3He"
T. Mizushima, Y. Tsutsumi, T. Kawakami, M. Sato, M. Ichioka, and K. Machida,
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 85, 022001-1-74 (Jan. 2016).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.85.022001

"Dirac-fermion-induced parity mixing in superconducting topological insulators"
T. Mizushima, A. Yamakage, M. Sato, and Y. Tanaka,
Physical Review B 90, 184516-1-11 (Nov. 2014).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.184516

"Odd-frequency pairing and Ising spin susceptibility in time-reversal-invariant superfluids and superconductors"
T. Mizushima,
Physical Review B 90, 184506-1-15 (Nov. 2014).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.184506

"Symmetry Protected Topological Order and Spin Susceptibility in Superfluid ³He-B"
T. Mizushima, M. Sato, and K. Machida,
Physical Review Letters 109, 165301-1-5 (Oct. 2012).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.165301

"Stable Skyrmions in SU(2) Gauged Bose-Einstein Condensates"
T. Kawakami, T. Mizushima, M. Nitta, and K. Machida,
Physical Review Letters 109, 015301-1-5 (Jul. 2012).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.015301

"Role of the Majorana Fermion and the Edge Mode in Chiral Superfluidity near a p-Wave Feshbach Resonance"
T. Mizushima, M. Ichioka, and K. Machida,
Physical Review Letters 101, 150409-1-4 (Oct. 2008).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.150409