{"id":401101,"date":"2026-04-20T03:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/401101\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T03:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:40:08","slug":"4-japan-researchers-among-winners-of-physics-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/401101\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Japan Researchers among Winners of Physics Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\tApr 20, 2026 11:28 (JST)<\/p>\n

Tokyo, April 20 (Jiji Press)–An international team, including four Japanese researchers, has won the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for precisely measuring the magnetic moment of muons, tiny subatomic particles.<\/p>\n

The announcement was made on Sunday, Japan time. Among the Japanese award recipients is Akira Yamamoto, professor emeritus at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization.<\/p>\n

The precise measurements of muons, which have been conducted since the 1960s, are believed to hold a key to clarifying physical phenomena that cannot be explained by the standard model of physics.<\/p>\n

Yamamoto and his colleagues developed high-performance superconducting magnets necessary for the precision measurements conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory and other institutions, contributing to a significant improvement in measurement accuracy.<\/p>\n

The Breakthrough Prize was founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and others to honor outstanding achievement in scientific research.<\/p>\n

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