Assistant Professor HORI, Yasunori
Research Field
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Planetary Sciences, Exoplanets, Astrobiology
Degree
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Ph.D)
Summary of Research
- Theoretical studies on formation of planets in the solar system and exoplanets
- Formation and evolution of (exo)planetary atmospheres
- Exoplanet searches (RV surveys and direct-imaging) and characterization (transit photometry) using ground-based telescopes
- Search for signatures of life outside the solar system
Research Achievements or Papers
- Liu,S.-F.,Hori,Y.,Muller,S.,Zheng,X.,Helled,R.,Lin,D.,& Isella,A.,The formation of Jupiter’s diluted core by a giant impact, Nature 572,355-357,2019
- Fujii,M.S. & Hori,Y., Survival Rates of Planets in Open Clusters: the Pleiades, Hyades, A&A 624,A110,2019
- Wang,Y.-H.,..., Hori,Y.,..., Transiting Exoplanet Monitoring Project (TEMP). V. Transit Follow up for HAT-P-9b, HAT-P-32b,and HAT-P-36b, AJ 157,82,2019
- A Limit on Gas Accretion onto Close-in Super-Earth Cores from Disk Accretion, ApJ 867,127, 2018
- Bonnefoy,M.,...,Hori,Y.,...,The GJ 504 system revisited. Combining interferometric, radial velocity, and high contrast imaging data, A&A 618A,63,2018
- Fujii,Y.,Angerhausen,D.,Deitrick,R.,Domagal-Goldman,S.,Grenfell,J.L.,Hori,Y.,Kane,S.R.,Palle,E.,Rauer,H.,Siegler,N.,Stapelfeldt,K.,Stevenson,K.B., Astrobiology 18,739,2018
- Konishi,M.,Hashimoto J., and Hori,Y.,Probing Signatures of a Distant Planet around the Young T-Tauri Star CI-Tau Hosting a Possible Hot Jupiter, ApJ 859L,28,2018
Academic Society
- The Astronomical Society of Japan, The Japanese Society of Planetary Sciences, Japan Geoscience Union
Web Page
- yasunori.hori[at]nao.ac.jp
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