2024.4.8-2024.4.14


April 9 Tue 10:00-11:30
太陽系小天体セミナー (Solar System Minor Body Seminar)
Zoom


April 10 Wed 15:30-16:30
NAOJ Science Colloquium
hybrid; Large Seminar Room in Subaru Building and Zoom


April 11 Thu 16:00-17:00
NAOJ Seminar
hybrid; Large Seminar Room in Subaru Building and Zoom


詳細は下記からご覧ください。

=============== April 9 Tue===============

キャンパス:三鷹
セミナー名:太陽系小天体セミナー (Solar System Minor Body Seminar)
定例・臨時の別:定例
日時: 4月 9日(火曜日) 10時00分 ~ 11時30分
場所:zoom
タイトル:ミーティング

世話人の連絡先
-名前:渡部潤一

備考:zoomでの参加

=============== April 10 Wed===============

Campus: Mitaka
Seminar: NAOJ Science Colloquium
Date and time: 2023 Apr. 10 (Wed.), 15:30-16:30 JST
Place: the large seminar room / Zoom (hybrid)

Speaker: Andris Dorozsmai
Affiliation: NAOJ
Title: Stellar triples with chemically homogeneously evolving inner binaries
Abstract:
Observations suggest that massive stellar triples are common. However, their evolution is not yet fully understood. In this talk, I discuss the evolution of hierarchical triples in which the stars of the inner binary experience chemically homogeneous evolution (CHE), particularly with the aim to explore the role of the tertiary star in the formation of gravitational-wave (GW) sources. To investigate these systems, I use the the triple-star population synthesis code TRES. I found that about 40 per cent of the all triples harboring a CHE inner binary (CHE triples) experience tertiary mass transfer episodes, an event which is rare for classically evolving stars (i.e. non-CHE stars). In the majority of tertiary mass transfer episodes, the accreting inner binary consists of two main sequence stars (58-60 per cent) or two black holes (24-40 per cent). I will also show that von Zeipel-Lidov-Kozai (ZLK) oscillations play an important role in the evolution of these systems. In particular, I find that for triples with initial outers pericentre smaller than 2000 solar radii, ZLK oscillations can result in eccentric (stellar or double compact object) mergers. Approximately 24 per cent of CHE triples become GW sources. Moreover, in a significant fraction of these sources, the tertiary star plays an important role and leads to configurations that are not predicted for isolated binaries. To conclude, the evolution of CHE binaries can be affected by a close tertiary companion, resulting in astronomical transients such as tertiary-driven massive stellar mergers and equal-mass BH-BH binaries that merge via gravitational-wave emission within Myrs.

Facilitator
-Name: Kanji Mori

Comment: English

===============April 11 Thu==============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Sporadic
Date and time:April 11, 2024 16:00-17:00
Place:Zoom/Large Seminar Room (hybrid)

Speaker:中島 紀氏
Affiliation:元アストロバイオロジーセンター

Title:干渉計と褐色矮星と量子力学

Abstract: 私の研究生活の中で、4年以上かけた三つの研究対象について
お話しする。第一は、可視域の干渉計イメージングである。当時補償光学は存在せず、どうやって大型望遠鏡の回折限界のイメージイングを行うかは、一つの大きな問題であった。我々は、この問題を、電波の VLBI の手法を応用することで、解決した。
第二は、低温褐色矮星の探索と発見である。探索を始めた当時、褐色矮星は幻の天体であり、探索を行うこと自体に、懐疑的な意見もあった。我々が発見した褐色矮星には、メタンの吸収バンドがあり、それが 1000K 程度の天体であることを決定づけた。
第三は、量子力学の観測の問題である。光子や原子核といったミクロの存在の位置、といったミクロの情報が、我々の存在するマクロの世界の量として観測されるためには、どのようなプロセスを経なければならないか。この問題を現存する検出器の観点から明らかにした。

Facilitator
-Name:Joten Okamoto

2024.4.1-2024.4.7


April 5 Fri 16:00-17:00
NAOJ Seminar
hybrid; Large Seminar Room in Subaru Building and Zoom


詳細は下記からご覧ください。

=============== April 5 Fri===============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Regular
Date and time:April 5, 2024 16:00-17:00
Place:Zoom/Large Seminar Room (hybrid)

Speaker:Dr. Chervin Laporte
Affiliation:The Institute of Cosmos Science

Title:The stellar halo as a window on our Galaxy’s formation and dark matter

Abstract:The Galactic stellar halo consists of about 1-2% of the total stellar mass content of the Milky Way. Yet, it provides important clues on the formation of the Galaxy, properties of high redshift galaxies through the study of their resolved stellar populations as well as the nature of dark matter. In this talk, I will introduce the field of near-field cosmology and its goals. I will show how the Gaia mission has helped consolidate our understanding of the formation of the Milky Way but also the nature of dark matter and how numerical simulations are becoming an important tool to interpret observational data and the expected avalanche of data from upcoming spectroscopic/photometric surveys. I will then discuss some of the work we have carried out in our group on the stellar halo, covering the formation history of the Milky Way, interpretation of newly discovered substructures and the interaction of the LMC with the MW through the lens of numerical simulations.

Facilitator
-Name:Joten Okamoto

2024.3.25-2024.3.31


March 26 Tue 10:00-11:30
太陽系小天体セミナー
Zoom


March 27 Wed 15:30-16:30
NAOJ Science Colloquium
hybrid; Lecture room and Zoom


詳細は下記からご覧ください。

=============== March 26 Tue===============

キャンパス:三鷹
セミナー名:太陽系小天体セミナー
定例・臨時の別:定例
日時:3月26日(火曜日)10時00分~11時30分
場所:zoom
講演者:春日敏測
タイトル:DARTによる科学成果とSubaru HSCに期待される太陽系小天体研究
Abstract:DARTミッション(Double Asteroid Redirection Test)は,
NASAが地球防衛のために実施した探査/実験プロジェクト.
二重小惑星システムDidymos-Dimorphosを対象に, 2022年9月26日UTに探査機を衛星Dimorphosに衝突させ,
その軌道を逸らすテストを実施した. 運動量増強係数βは3.61(1σ: +0.19,
-0.25)と見積もられ,数値計算や地上衝突実験による予測値(β=1~6)の範囲内であった.
衛星Dimorphosの公転周期は33±1分短縮され, 軌道長半径は1.21kmから1.17kmへと短くなった.
衝突によって放出されたダストの総質量は~1e7 kg, その大部分を占めたのはboulder
swarmsを含むslow-moving ejecta (>99.5%)であった. 一時的にダブルトレイル構造が観測されたが,
衝突以外のダスト放出メカニズムは確認されず, その見かけは円錐状のイジェクタカ
ーテンに起因する可能性が指摘された. 実際に衝突時以外には衛星Dimorphosの散乱断面積の増大は観測されていない.
DARTミッションにより小惑星軌道変更技術の有効性が実証された. Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam
(HSC)のデータを用いた既知太陽系小天体の抽出と同定手法は確立されつつある(大坪貴文氏(産業医科大)).
HSCデータから収集された小天体情報は,Minor Planet CenterやNASA/JPL
HORIZONSでの位置情報/観測条件と併せることで軌道情報を取得できる.
各CCDの視野内に小惑星が収まっているかどうかを計算することで効率的な検索アルゴリズムの実装に成功している.
今後は潜在的な地球衝突危険天体の早期発見と追跡にも活用でき,
地球防衛に向けて将来的な小惑星衝突リスク軽減への貢献が期待される.

Refs: DART (Cheng et al. 2023, Nature; Graykowski et al. 2023, Nature; Jewitt et al. 2023, ApJL; Kim & Jewitt 2023, ApJ; Li et al. 2023, Nature; Moreno et al. 2023, PSJ; Thomas et al. 2023, Nature; etc…)

世話人の連絡先
 名前:渡部潤一
 
備考:テレビ会議またはスカイプによる参加も可

=============== March 27 Wed===============

Campus: Mitaka
Seminar: NAOJ Science Colloquium
Date and time: 2023 Mar. 27 (Wed.), 15:30-16:30
Place: the lecture room / Zoom (hybrid)

Speaker: Laia Barrufet
Affiliation: The University of Edinburgh
Title: HST-dark galaxies: Unveiling the Nature of Infrared Bright, Optically Dark Galaxies with Early JWST Imaging and Spectroscopy
Abstract:
Over the past decade, low-resolution infrared observations have revealed a population of bright IR galaxies undetected with HST, termed “HST-dark galaxies. Nevertheless, their photometric redshifts and physical properties were uncertain due to the limited photometry even including ALMA data. This can result in an incomplete galaxy census at earlier times, due to UV-faint galaxy populations such as quiescent or dust-obscured sources. The key question is: how common are such sources at z >3-4 and what is their contribution to the cosmic star formation rate density? With JWST, we can study for the first time the physical properties of this enigmatic population. In this talk, I will summarise the progress in our understanding of HST-dark galaxies facilitated by JWST data, employing both photometry and spectroscopy. In the first part of the talk, I will expose the progress made with HST-dark galaxies thanks to JWST/NIRcam photometry. I will focus on the results of 30 HST-dark sources selected based on their red colours across 1.6 to 4.4 microns with NIRCam imaging from the Early Release Science Program CEERS. These galaxies are generally highly dust-attenuated, massive, star-forming sources at z~2-8. Our analysis underscores the unique capability of JWST in uncovering this previously elusive galaxy population and in conducting a more complete census of galaxies at z>3 based on rest-frame optical imaging. Interestingly, HST-dark galaxies present a considerable contribution to the obscured star formation rate density at z~7, already in the Epoch of Reionization. In the second part of the talk, I will present the initial NIRSpec spectra of HST-dark galaxies from my GO Cycle-1 program ‘Quiescent or dusty? Unveiling the nature of extremely red galaxies at z>3’. I will showcase spectra for highly attenuated dusty galaxies and quiescent galaxies and their physical characteristics. Despite the prevalence of dust in most galaxies, they exhibit distinct spectral features. Furthermore, HST-dark galaxies harbour hidden gems: quiescent galaxies at redshifts > 3, for which I will present spectra and demonstrate NIRSpec’s capacity to analyze these sources. Finally, I will explore potential avenues for future research involving HST-dark galaxies, leveraging the synergy between JWST and ALMA.

Facilitator
-Name: Haruka Kusakabe

Comment: English

2024.3.18-2024.3.24

March 18 Mon 15:00-16:30
Solar and Space Plasma Seminar
hybrid; Insei Seminar Room in Subaru Building and Zoom


March 19 Tue 10:00-11:30
太陽系小天体セミナー
Zoom


March 22 Fri 16:00-17:00
NAOJ Seminar
hybrid; Large Seminar Room in Subaru Building and Zoom


詳細は下記からご覧ください。

=============== March 18 Mon===============

Campus: Mitaka
Seminar: Solar and Space Plasma Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic: Sporadic
Date and time:18 March (Mon), 15:00-16:30
Place: Insei Seminar Room and Zoom

Speaker:Mr. Takero Yoshihisa
Affiliation:Kyoto University (M2)
Title: One-dimensaional MHD simulation for prominence formation triggered by single heating event

Abstract:

I will review on the thermal non-equilibrium phenomena in the solar atmosphere, and present on my master thesis.
Plasma condensation phenomena in the corona, such as prominences and coronal rain, have been observed for many years. It is not clear whether current models can explain their formation process. In one of the proposed models that explain observational properties, the “evaporation condensation” model, a steady or quasi-steady heating at footpoints of a loop drives dense plasma evaporation into the corona and triggers the condensation.
However, it is natural to think of such steady or quasi-steady heating as the superposition of multiple heating events occurring between multiple magnetic field lines. When studying physical processes along a single magnetic field line, a single heating event should be considered as the basic unit.
We therefore investigate whether condensation occurs when the non-steady single heating event occurs at footpoints of a coronal loop. For this purpose, we set a dipped loop and solve 1.5-dimensional (one-dimensional three-vector components) magnetohydrodynamic equations, including radiative cooling, thermal conduction, gravity, and phenomenological turbulence heating. After reproducing the corona by energy input from imposed velocity perturbation at the footpoints, prominence formation is investigated by adding artificial transient localized heating. It is found that required amount of the heating per unit of time is ∼ 10^3 times larger than in steady cases. The amount of energy reaches nanoflare class. We also perform a parameter survey varying the magnitude of the localized heating rate to investigate the conditions for condensation by transient localized heating. The results show that with sufficiently strong heating, sufficient plasma is supplied to the corona to allow cooling to proceed and condensation to occur. It is essential that the loop temperature decreases and thermal conduction becomes inefficient with respect to cooling. Using the loop length L and the Field length λF, the condition for condensation is expressed as λF ≲L/2 under conditions where cooling exceeds heating.

Facilitator
-Name:Akiko Tei

Comment:Japanese (Slides will be in English)

=============== March 19 Tue===============

キャンパス:三鷹
セミナー名:太陽系小天体セミナー
定例・臨時の別:定例
日時:3月19日(火曜日)10時00分~11時30分
場所:zoom
講演者:大坪貴文

世話人の連絡先
 名前:渡部潤一
 
備考:テレビ会議またはスカイプによる参加も可

=============== March 22 Fri==============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Regular
Date and time:March 22, 2024 16:00-17:00
Place:Zoom/Large Seminar Room (hybrid)

Speaker:Director General, Dr. Saku Tsuneta
Affiliation:National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Title:素晴らしく面白かった太陽の研究
=40年の研究生活を振り返って=

Abstract: これまで約40年近く、大学院生や仲間の研究者の方々と、「ひのとり」の硬X線望遠鏡、「ようこう」の軟X線望遠鏡、「ひので」の可視光望遠鏡といった飛び道具に載せる望遠鏡の開発を行ってきました。翔体実験装置の開発をするには、教科書を読むだけでは不十分で、観測装置の構想から設計、製作、試験、打上げ前不具合の徹底追及、そして打上げ、飛翔結果を解析して初めて一人前になれます。衛星実験では規模が大きく開発期間も長いため、この過程を経験することが難しく、衛星実験の合間にロケット実験や気球実験も行ってきました。
談話会では、プロジェクトの立ち上げ方や進め方について自分の経験をもとに論じるのと同時に、国立天文台での6年間について所感を述べたいと思います。

Facilitator
-Name:Fumitaka Nakamura

2024.3.11-2024.3.17

March 15 Fri 14:00-15:00
Tea Talk
hybrid; Rinkoh Seminar Room and Zoom


March 15 Fri 16:00-17:00
NAOJ Seminar
hybrid; Large Seminar Room in Subaru Building and Zoom


詳細は下記からご覧ください。

=============== March 15 Fri ===============

キャンパス:三鷹 野辺山 水沢 岡山 ハワイ
セミナー名:Tea Talk
定例・臨時の別:臨時
日時:3/15(金)14:00~15:00
場所:Zoom+輪講室(ハイブリッド)
講演者:林 左絵子さん
所属: TMTプロジェクト
タイトル: エイリアンとのふれあいのススメ
言語:日本語

世話人の連絡先:
-名前:藤田登起子

備考:
参加方法:Zoom

=============== March 15 Fri ===============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Regular
Date and time:March 15, 2024 16:00-17:00
Place:Zoom/Large Seminar Room (hybrid)

Speaker:Prof. Saeko Hayashi
Affiliation: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)

Title:Seeking the Starlit Sky over the Moonbow
Abstract: “When you wish upon a star” sings a coqui frog where the stars filling the sky cast your shadow on the ground. That is where the Earth astronomers gather and strive to understand those stars seen and unseen. Each one of us with different background and skillsets can make a difference when working together to enhance such endeavor. As my last “talk story” at NAOJ, I would like to look back the changes the Japanese astronomy community has made and is going through. Naturally the emphasis is in the tools of the observations where I have had a fortune of hands-on experiences. And my parting word borrowed from the same song would be “anything your heart desires will come to you,” like how the way-finders of Hawai‘i say, even if the making of the segments for TMT is still underway.

Facilitator
-Name:Fumitaka Nakamura