KEK, QUP

The International Center for Quantum-field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles (QUP) was established on December 16, 2021, at High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) as one of the research centers under the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) of the Japanese government. QUP’s main laboratories are located on the Tsukuba campus of KEK in Tsukuba science city, 60 km northeast of Tokyo, Japan. In addition, QUP is opening up three satellite laboratories at the University of California Berkeley, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (ISAS) at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Toyota Central R&D Labs.

QUP sets the following missions:

Integrate particle physics, astrophysics, condensed matter physics, measurement science, and systems science.
Invent and develop new systems for measuring quantum fields (space-time with particles and quasiparticles created and annihilated, and associated physical quantities).
Bring innovation to measurements in cosmological observations and particle experiments, and elucidate the true nature of space-time and matter.
Establish a new measurement science, quantum field measurement systemology, as a science of means through the above practices.
Last but not least, we will create a new level of fusion of various research areas beyond physics and new social values through application to other fields and social implementation.

In short, QUP will bring "new eyes" to humanity.