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{{Short description|Research institute in Kashiwa, Japan}}
{{Infobox organization
| logo = Kavli_IPMU_log.png
| predecessor = Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
| formation = {{start date and age|2007|10|01}}
| type = [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]]
| purpose = Scientific research
| headquarters = [[Kashiwa]], [[Japan]]
| leader_title = Director
| leader_name = Hitoshi Murayama
| name = Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
| named_after = Kavli Foundation (United States)
| founder = [[Hitoshi Murayama]] and the [[University of Tokyo]]
|website=https://www.ipmu.jp/en}}
The '''Kavli''' '''Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU)''' is an international [[research institute]] for physics and mathematics situated in [[Kashiwa]], [[Japan]], near [[Tokyo]]. Its full name is ''"Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, the [[University of Tokyo]], Kashiwa, Japan"''. It is one of 20 [[Kavli Foundation (United States)#The Kavli Institutes|Kavli Institutes]].
The main subjects of study at IPMU are [[particle physics]], [[high energy physics]], [[astrophysics]], [[astronomy]] and [[mathematics]]. The institute addresses five key questions: "How did the universe begin? What is its fate? What is it made of? What are its fundamental laws? Why do we exist?"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ipmu.jp/en/mission/from-director|title=From the Director|last=Murayama|first=Hitoshi|work=Kavli IPMU-カブリ数物連携宇宙研究機構|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en}}</ref>
== History ==
The Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe was created on October 1, 2007, by its founding director [[Hitoshi Murayama]] and the University of Tokyo.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ipmu.jp/en/mission/wpi-program|title=WPI Program|date=2009-02-20|work=Kavli IPMU-カブリ数物連携宇宙研究機構|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipmu.jp/sites/default/files/webfm/pdfs/mission/1_b_tokyo.pdf|title=Summary of proposal|year=2007|website=Kavli IPMU|access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref> It is funded by the [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|Japanese Ministry of Science]], as a part of their [[World Premier International Research Center Initiative]]. In 2012, the IPMU received an endowment from the [[Kavli Foundation (United States)|Kavli Foundation]] and was renamed the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kavlifoundation.org/tokyo-university|title=University of Tokyo {{!}} The Kavli Foundation|website=www.kavlifoundation.org|language=en|access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref>
== Members of IPMU ==
Many notable scientists are employed at the IPMU.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ipmu.jp/en/place-and-people/scientific-staff|title=People|work=Kavli IPMU-カブリ数物連携宇宙研究機構|access-date=2017-05-23|language=en}}</ref> Among them:
* [[Takaaki Kajita]]
* [[Mikhail Kapranov]]
* [[Stavros Katsanevas]]
* [[Young-Kee Kim]]
* [[Toshiyuki Kobayashi]]
* [[Hitoshi Murayama]]
* [[Hiraku Nakajima]]
* [[Yasunori Nomura]]
* [[Hirosi Ooguri]]
* [[David Spergel]]
* [[Yuji Tachikawa (physicist)|Yuji Tachikawa]]
==See also==
* [[Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology]]
* [[Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics ]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.ipmu.jp/ Kavli IPMU site]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI14x99ZQgo Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe], Japan (video, 7:25)
* [http://webtv.un.org/news-features/audiovisual-library-of-international-law-avl/lecture-series/arms-control-and-disarmament/watch/hitoshi-murayama-kavli-institute-for-the-physics-and-mathematics-of-the-universe-cern-sixty-years-of-science-for-peace-and-dev Sixty Years of Science for Peace and Development] (UN lecture, video, 13:17)
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