Research Assistant · Watanabe Group, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Rintaro Masaoka (政岡凜太郎) is a graduate student specializing in condensed matter theory and statistical physics. He is interested in quantum phase transitions, particularly quantum critical phenomena characterized by non-trivial dynamic critical exponents.
Affiliation
Watanabe Group, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
rmasaoka2@gmail.com
At a quantum critical point, space and time need not scale in the same way. I am interested in quantum critical phenomena with anisotropic space-time scaling, including Lifshitz critical points. In particular, I study how the dynamical critical exponent is constrained and how it is reflected in low-energy excitations and correlations.
Joined Watanabe group at HKUST
Received the Dean's Award from the Graduate School of Engineering
Received the Master of Engineering degree from the University of Tokyo
Temporarily joined Motome group
Received Shoji Tanaka Award (Outstanding Master's Thesis in Applied Physics)
Renewed my website design with the help of Claude Opus 4.5
Rintaro Masaoka
arXiv:2511.16496
Rintaro Masaoka, Seishiro Ono, Hoi Chun Po, Haruki Watanabe
Phys. Rev. B 113, 195120 (2026)
Seishiro Ono, Rintaro Masaoka, Haruki Watanabe, Hoi Chun Po
Phys. Rev. Research 8, 023171 (2026)
