Professor Okada's research interests are centered on phenomenological aspects of particle physics, in particular, new physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM physics).
Dr. Okada’s present research interests and motivations are definitely on LHC physics.
One of Dr. Okada’s research projects is on new physics models which can give rise to some modification in Higgs boson production processes at the LHC and therefore affect the search for the Higgs boson.
Dr. Okada is particularly interested in dark matter physics and has been investigating new models for dark matter particles, which have a close relation to neutrino physics and Higgs boson phenomenology at the LHC. Cosmic-ray electron/positron excesses recently reported by PAMELA and FERMI satellite experiments are currently a hot topic in particle physics and cosmology since they might originate from annihilations/decays of dark matter particles. This topic is also included in Dr. Okada’s current projects.
