Assistant professor　MORITANI, Yuki

Research Field

• Optical-near-infrared instrumentation, observational research of binaries 

Degree

• Ph. D (Science)

Summary of Research

• My research interests are instrumentation and binary interaction. Recently I’m working on PFS (Prime Focus Spectrograph) project, which is next-generation instrument for Subaru Telescope. I’m in charge of commissioning of PFS. I also have been observing massive stars in binary system (and candidates) to study the effect of binary interaction such as mass transfer, wind collision on the stars.

Academic Society

• The Astronomical Society of Japan, Japanese Society for Education and Popularization of Astronomy

E-mail

• yuki.moritani[at]nao.ac.jp
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