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Hideo Aoki

Hideo Aoki is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hideo Aoki rather than just read about it. In short: Hideo Aoki is a Japanese theoretical physicist. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan, and works in the field of condensed-matter physics and cold-atom physics.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Hideo Aoki is a Japanese theoretical physicist. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan, and works in the field of condensed-matter physics and cold-atom physics.

Biography Hideo Aoki studied theoretical condensed-matter physics, and received his PhD in physics from the University of Tokyo in 1978, where his doctoral research was on the quantum Hall effect. He was a visiting scholar at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK in 1980-1982. He then built up his group in 1986 at the department of physics, University of Tokyo in theoretical condensed-matter physics, as a full professor from 1998. In 2016 he retired from the University of Tokyo and became an emeritus professor, and subsequently took up a research position at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan until 2022. In 2017 he was a guest professor at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and also a guest scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg in Germany in 2018.

Research The theoretical works of Hideo Aoki and his group are focussed on many-body and topological effects in electron systems, namely, superconductivity, magnetism, and topological systems (including graphene). For these system he explored materials designed for correlated electron systems, and in particular non-equilibrium phenomena in recent years. He has authored or co-authored over 300 articles ranging across condensed-matter physics. He has also authored or co-edited six books:

References

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hideo Aoki

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hideo Aoki claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hideo Aoki before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hideo Aoki ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hideo Aoki

In research: Hideo Aoki appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hideo Aoki in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hideo Aoki is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1950 births, 20th-century Japanese physicists, 21st-century Japanese physicists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hideo Aoki outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Hideo Aoki in simple terms?

Hideo Aoki is a Japanese theoretical physicist. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan, and works in the field of condensed-matter physics and cold-atom physics.

Why does Hideo Aoki matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Hideo Aoki?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Hideo Aoki.