2023.10.30-2023.11.5


October 31 Tue   10:00-11:30  太陽系小天体セミナー    Zoom
                    


October 31 Tue  15:30-16:30    NAOJ Seminar 
                   Zoom/Large Seminar Room (hybrid)             


November 1 Wed 10:30-12:00   SOKENDAI Colloquium 
            Large Seminar Room in Subaru Building and Zoom


November 1 Wed 14:30-15:30   ALMA-J seminar  
            hybrid (ROOM102 in ALMA building and ZOOM)


November 1 Wed 15:30-16:30   NAOJ Science Colloquium  
              the rinkoh seminar room / Zoom (hybrid)


November 2 Thu 11:00-12:00   Tea Talk       Zoom

詳細は下記からご覧ください。

=============== October  31 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:10月31日(火曜日)10時00分~11時30分
場所:zoom
講演者:藤井大地

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

=============== October  31 Tue==============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Regular
Date and time:October 31, 2023 15:30-16:30
Place:Zoom/Large Seminar Room (hybrid)

Speaker:Ruobing Dong, PhD
Affiliation:University of Victoria

Title:Observational Planet Formation
Abstract:
It is hard to see a plane cruising at 10 km during daytime, as the plane is
tiny and faint on the sky. But, if we can see the contrail tailed behind the
plane, we know where the plane is. Now, astronomers are applying the same
principle to study how planets form, by detecting and charactering the
structures baby planets produce in their birth cradles – protoplanetary
disks. This is a new field largely driven by discoveries made by some of the
largest and most advanced telescopes ever built. I will introduce the
current status of the field, and highlight some of the latest developments
as well as unsolved problems.

Facilitator
-Name:Prof. Nomura, Hideko

=============== November 1 Wed==============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:SOKENDAI Colloquium
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Regular
Date and time:November 1, 2023 10:30-12:00
Place:Large Seminar Room in Subaru Building and Zoom

Speaker: Ryota Hatami
Affiliation: SOKENDAI 1st year (M1) (Supervisor: Nozomu Tominaga, Tomoya Takiwaki, Koh Takahashi)
Title: Synthesis of Sc, Ti, and V in core-collapse Supernovae toward constraining explosion mechanism

Speaker: Masato Sato
Affiliation: SOKENDAI 4th year (D2) (Supervisor: Nozomu Tominaga, Tomoya Takiwaki, Takashi Moriya)
Title: Exploring electron-capture supernovae in past observations

Facilitator
-Name:Matsuda, Graduate Student Affairs Unit

=============== November 1 Wed==============

Campus: Mitaka
Seminar: ALMA-J seminar
Date and time: Nov 1st (Wed) 14:30-15:30
Place: hybrid (ROOM102 in ALMA building and ZOOM)
Speaker: Ceci Xue
Affiliation: MIT
Title: Molecular Spectra Diagnostics with a Bayesian MCMC Approach
Abstract:
The recent improvement in receiver technology within modern facilities has enabled us to efficiently perform wide-band and high-sensitive molecular line surveys. To better extract the information from these wide-band spectral data, we introduce a molecular signal diagnostic tool coupling a non-LTE radiative transfer model and a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) approach. Based on RADEX (van der Tak et al. 2007), our tool features novel implementations to support multiple components along the line of sight and allow Bayesian inference about physical characteristics. In contrast to a canonical least-squares fit approach, MCMC analyses allow a more efficient exploration of the physical parameter space and provide access to the parameter’s probability distribution, which can be used to characterize the confidence intervals and covariances between parameters. In this talk, following a brief introduction to Bayesian statistics, we will present a case study demonstrating the analysis of molecular line observations from ALMA using this tool. Specifically, we will share the first detection and mapping of the Class I methanol maser at 84 GHz toward the north region of Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud. We resolved the regions where the maser emission originates and assessed their observed spectral profiles respectively. The results suggest a chained two-component model for explaining the intense methanol Class I maser emission toward a region with weak continuum background radiation. In addition, our diagnostic tool will be applied to the spectral line survey, GOTHAM, which has a total bandwidth of 25GHz, to conduct the full chemical census toward the TMC-1 dark cloud.

Organizers: Gianni Cataldi, Hiroshi Nagai

=============== November 1 Wed==============

Campus: Mitaka
Seminar: NAOJ Science Colloquium
Date and time: 2023 Nov. 1 (Wed.), 15:30-16:30
Place: the rinkoh seminar room / Zoom (hybrid)

Speaker: Biagio De Simone
Affiliation: UNISA
Title: An Optical Gamma-Ray Burst catalogue with Measured Redshift: Data Release of 533 Gamma-Ray Bursts and colour evolution
Abstract:
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are incredibly energetic cosmic phenomena observed across a wide range of wavelengths, including gamma-ray and optical frequencies, and occasionally even in radio waves. They allow extending the Hubble diagram and the cosmological analysis up to redshift z=9.4, much further than Supernovae Ia (z=2.26).
We therefore present a compilation of 533 optical lightcurves (LCs) of all GRBs with measured redshifts, detected mainly by Swift and 418 ground-based telescopes from February 28, 1997, to April 14, 2023. This catalogue is the largest optical repository of GRB LCs with redshifts to date, with 64615 photometric data points, including upper limits. Our user-friendly web tool, grbLC, allows the acquisition of GRB LCs, including information on the position, redshift, and a Gamma-ray Coordinates Network (GCN) crawler that can be used to collect data by gathering magnitudes from the GCNs. The web tool also includes a package for uniformly investigating colour evolution. We have crafted a procedure to distinguish between GRBs in our sample, which undergo colour evolution, and GRBs for which no colour evolution is present. We compared our results with the literature. This web-based archive is the first step towards unifying several community efforts to gather optical LCs by providing a unified format and repository for the optical catalogue. This catalogue will enable population studies by providing LCs with better coverage since we have gathered data from different ground-based locations, resulting in fewer gaps in the LCs and representing crucial support for the LC reconstructions analysis.

Speaker: Chanoul Seo
Affiliation: NAOJ
Title: Impact of Magma Redox States on Super-Earth Atmospheres:
Unveiling the Connection with Atmospheric Composition
Abstract:
Most exoplanets with radii larger than ~1.6Earth mass are more inflated than bare-rock planets with the same mass, indicating a substantial amount of volatile. While it is hard to constrain the origin of the volatiles or the planet’s bulk composition only from the mass-radius relation, the spectral characterization of their atmospheres is expected to solve this degeneracy. Previous models pointed out that the interaction between the accreted volatile and the likely molten rock (i.e., magma) beneath the atmosphere would affect the atmospheric composition significantly. However, existing models do not clarify the dependence of the atmospheric compositions with major spectral fingerprints on the observable planetary parameters. In this work, we explore the possible range of H, O, and C in the atmosphere of exoplanets as a function of observable planetary parameters (mass, radius, equilibrium temperature) using a simple chemical equilibrium model. Consistent with the previous work, we show that the water fraction in contact with magma ocean is the order of 10^-2~10^-1 if the dry planetary core accretes the nebula gas. Due to the difference in solubility of H-bearing and C-bearing species in molten rock, C/H shows an increase of ×3~10^2. The low values correspond to H2-rich atmospheres while the high values (the order of magnitude difference) correspond to the thin atmosphere with pressure <10^3 bar. Therefore, the C/O remains relatively low in most of the parameter range considered, below one-tenth of the nebula gas value if the atmospheric H2O fraction is over five percent. These trends provide a clue to verify or falsify the formation scenario of super-Earth/sub-Neptune from atmospheric compositions.

Facilitator
-Name: Maria Giovanna Dainotti
Comment: English

=============== November 2 Thu==============

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:11/2(木)11:00~12:00
場所:Zoom(のみ)
Speaker:Hannah Harris
Title:
International Scientific Cooperation with North Korea: from Ancient Astronomy to Today

Abstract:
The Korean Peninsula is home to an ancient and unique tradition in astronomy. Beginning with the prehistoric Stone Age and blossoming over the last two thousand years, astronomy is deeply enmeshed in Korean culture. It is unsurprising that North Korea, just like its neighbor to the South, continued this scientfic tradition. Yet astronomy and science in North Korea is still relatively unknown and understudied. Today, North Korean scientists are active participants in the international scientific community across many fields and disciplines. This talk presents the history and future prospects for international scientific cooperation with North Korea with an emphasis on astronomy.

Short bio:
Hannah Harris is a Canadian-American science communicator, researcher, and a current Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). She has a Bachelor’s degree in Astrophysics from Wellesley College (USA) and researched spinning black holes at the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics and the Gravitational Physics Group at Cardiff University (Wales, UK). Recently, she finished a dual-degree masters program between Russia and the United States, where she studied nuclear physics, nuclear energy, and nuclear weapons, as well as international relations. Her thesis focused on scientific research in North Korea and the possibilities for nuclear risk reduction through peaceful scientific cooperation. Since 2014, she has collaborated with the IAU on a variety of space policy and outreach projects and served as the project manager for the “Inclusive Astronomy” programme during the IAU100 centennial celebrations in 2019.

世話人の連絡先:
-名前:藤田登起子
参加方法:Zoom


2023.10.9-2023.10.15

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


Oct 11 Wed    13:30-15:00 Solar and Space Plasma Seminar   hybrid; Subaru Building / Insei Seminar Room or Zoom


Oct 11 Wed    14:00-15:00   Tea Talk 輪講室(+Zoom)


Oct 11 Wed    14:30-15:30    ALMA-J seminar hybrid (ROOM102 in ALMA building and ZOOM)


Oct 11 Wed    15:30-16:30    NAOJ Science Colloquium Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)


Oct 13 Fri   16:00-17:00 NAOJ Seminar zoom/ Large seminar room in Subaru Building


詳細は以下をご覧下さい。

=============== October 10 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:10月10日(火曜日)10時00分~11時30分
場所:zoom
講演者:秋澤宏樹

Abstract:『COMETS III』より、著者による先行公開されている2つの章、
「彗星大気の化学」
https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/chemistry-of-comet-atmospheres
「遠隔観測による彗星核の物理・表面特性」
https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.09309
の内容を紹介したいと思います。

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

=============== October 11 Wed===============

Campus: Mitaka
Seminar: Solar and Space Plasma Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic: Scheduled
Date and time:11th Oct (Wed), 13:30-15:00
Place: hybrid; Subaru Building / Insei Seminar Room or Zoom
Speaker: Stanislav Gunar
Affiliation:Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Title:What is important for robust inversions of spectroscopic observations of chromospheric and coronal structures?
Abstract:In this presentation, we will discuss what is hidden behind the term “robust spectroscopic inversions” and what we need to achieve them. We will focus on the use of UV spectral data, such as the Lyman line series and the Mg II h&k lines.

There are several necessary ingredients needed to produce high-fidelity spectroscopic inversions. The first is high-resolution multi-wavelength observations. The second are realistic radiative transfer models encompassing dominant processes forming the observed spectra. The third component is sophisticated inversion methods that allow us to find a realistic fit between the observed and synthetic spectra. And there is another necessary component – a good understanding of all important boundary conditions.

We will demonstrate the importance of boundary conditions on the example of the so-called incident radiation. This is the radiation coming from the solar surface, which illuminates chromospheric and coronal structures, such as prominences or spicules. We will show that variations in this boundary condition have a strong impact on the shape and intensity of Lyman lines and the Mg II h&k lines. This impact is then responsible for significantly different outcomes of spectroscopic inversions.

Facilitator
Name:Takayoshi oba
Comment:in English

=============== October 11 Wed===============

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:10/11(水)14:00~15:00
場所:輪講室(+Zoom)
講演者:渡部 潤一
所属:天文情報センター
タイトル:APRIM2023の顚末記

世話人の名前:藤田登起子

=============== October 11 Wed===============

Campus: Mitaka
Seminar: ALMA-J seminar
Date and time: Oct 11th (Wed) 14:30-15:30
Place: hybrid (ROOM102 in ALMA building and ZOOM)
Speaker: Tetsu Kitayama
Affiliation: Toho University
Title: High-resolution measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect toward galaxy clusters
Abstract:
The Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect (SZE) provides a unique probe of cosmic plasma up to high redshifts. We first review briefly the progress of high-resolution SZE observations over the past two decades. We then present the measurements made by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA); we have obtained SZE images toward four galaxy clusters with 5″ resolution, while retaining extended signals out to 40″. We also discuss implications of these results on the evolution of galaxy clusters as well as prospects for further SZE measurements.

=============== October 11 Wed===============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Science Colloquium
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Every Wednesday Date and time:2023 Oct. 11, 15:30-16:30
Place:Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)

Speaker:Daichi Kashino
Affiliation:NAOJ
Title:Witnessing Galaxies Reionizing the Intergalactic Medium with JWST
Abstract:
Cosmic reionization is the last major phase transition of the universe, occurring in the first billion years after the Big Bang.
Understanding this process is one of the pivotal goals in modern astrophysics. The commissioning of JWST heralded a new era in investigating the roles of galaxies in reionizing the intergalactic medium, thanks to its unprecedented high sensitivity and dispersing power in near infrared.

In the presentation, I will present early results from our ongoing EIGER (Emission-line galaxies and Intergalactic Gas in the Epoch of
Reionization) survey, a JWST/NIRCam WFSS campaign in the fields of luminous z>6 quasars. The existence of these background quasars enables us to determine the ionization condition along their lines of sight from analysis of the high signal-to-noise quasar spectra. The primary objective of the project is to characterize the cross correlation between galaxies (as pinpointed by JWST) and the IGM conditions during the tail end of the epoch of reionization. In the first quasar field, we confirmed roughly 150 [OIII]5008-emitting galaxies over the redshift range of z=5.3–6.9. Through analyzing the distribution of these galaxies and the transmission spectrum of this corresponding quasar, we identified individual spatial coincidence between the groups of galaxies and highly ionized regions, as well as a mean excess IGM transmission in both Lyman-alpha and Lyman-beta around ~6 cMpc away from the galaxies at z~6. This is interpreted as direct evidence of local reionization by galaxies — indicating that we are witnessing galaxies reionizing the surrounding IGM. I may also showcase further preliminary results from other quasar fields currently being analyzed.

Facilitator
Name:Haruka Kusakabe
Comment:English

=============== October 13 Fri===============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Regularly Scheduled Date and time:2023 Oct 13, 16:00-17:00
Place:zoom/ Large seminar room in Subaru Building

Speaker: Cristian Eduard Rusu, PhD
Affiliation: Axelspace Corporation
Title: Opportunities and Challenges for Space Observations with Commercial Satellites
Abstract:Over the past decade, the number of satellites launched into orbit for commercial
purposes has increased exponentially. Nonetheless, these have had virtually no usage for
astronomical observations, due to the still prohibitive cost of launching large mirrors and
achieving scientific-level tolerances. In recent years however, governments as well as private
companies have become interested in Space Situation Awareness, or gaining insights from
optical monitoring from space of artificial satellites and space debris as faint as the 14th magnitude.
This renewed interest in space observations has the potential of reducing the cost of dedicated
astronomical satellites and bringing them within the reach of commercial companies.
I will explore these topics as experienced from the point of view of Axelspace, a Japanese commercial
satellite manufacturer and provider of satellite imagery.

Facilitator
-Name:Moriya, Takashi

2023.9.26-2023.10.1


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


September 27 Wed  14:30-15:30    ALMA-J seminar  ALMA building #102 / Zoom (hybrid)                


September  29 Fri     16:00-17:00      NAOJ Seminar            Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)              


詳細は下記からご覧ください。

=============== September 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:9月26日(火曜日)10時00分~11時30分
場所:zoom

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

=============== September 27 Wed===============

Campus: Mitaka
Seminar: ALMA-J seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic: Every Wednesday
Date and time: September 27, 2023 (Wed), 14:30-15:30
Place: ALMA building #102 / Zoom (hybrid)
Speaker: Kana Morokuma-Matsui
Affiliation: Tsukuba University
Title: Star-formation quenching in galaxies in the Virgo, Fornax and Antlia clusters
Abstract:
Understanding how star formation (SF) is suppressed in galaxies is a crucial aspect of galaxy evolution research.
The cosmic SF rate (SFR) density has a peak around z~1-2, and the last half of the universe is the history of SF quenching in galaxies.
In this talk, we present our findings on how the galaxy-cluster environment affects SF activity in galaxies by observing molecular gas in cluster galaxies.
We investigate three nearby galaxy clusters, the Virgo, Fornax, and Antlia clusters. Our results show that SF activity is low in cluster galaxies due to the depletion of cold gas reservoirs rather than the decrease in star-formation efficiency.
We find that the molecular gas in Virgo galaxies is likely to be removed in a shorter timescale than the typical gas depletion timescale of ~1-3 Gyr.
We also discuss the similarities and differences between the three clusters.

Facilitator: Bunyo Hatsukade and Kouichiro Nakanishi

=============== September 29 Fri===============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Regularly Scheduled Date and time:2023 Sep 29, 16:00-17:00
Place: Zoom / Large Seminar Room (hybrid)

Speaker: Kazunori Kohri, Ph. D
Affiliation: Division of Science, NAOJ
Title: What is Dark Matter? From the Standpoint of Particle Cosmology
Abstract:
What is the nature of dark matter? Observations have determined that dark matter is approximately 25% of the total energy in the Universe today. However, its true nature is still unknown. Only when we uncover its true nature, we can call it a triumph of science. We do not have to say there is no argument that this is beyond the scope of astronomy. In particle physics, for example, the LHC experiment at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, was expected to reveal a new particle, dark matter, but it did not. The energy of particle physics experiments cannot be dramatically increased in a short period of time. Therefore, there is a growing trend to use future astronomical/cosmological observations to uncover the true nature of dark matter. In this talk, I will introduce my lifeworks for candidates for dark matter, 1) WIMPs, 2) axions, 3) primordial black holes, 4) right-handed neutrinos and so on, and show how they can be constrained by using cosmology, particle physics, gravity, high-energy astrophysics or multi-messenger astronomy. I will also explain how they may be elucidated in the future.

Facilitator
-Name:Takuma Izumi

2023.7.24-2023.7.30


July  26  Wed   10:30-12:00      SOKENDAI Colloquium    Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)


July  26 Wed    13:30-15:00  Solar and Space Plasma Seminar   Zoom


July  26 Wed   15:00-16:00  NAOJ Science Colloquium    Zoom / Large Seminar Room (hybrid)


July 27  Thu  16:00-17:00     NAOJ Seminar Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)


July  28 Fri    16:00-17:00      NAOJ Seminar       Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)


詳細は下記からご覧ください。

=============== July  26 Wed===============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:SOKENDAI Colloquium
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Regular
Date and time:July 26, 2023 10:30-12:00
Place:Large Seminar Room in Subaru Building and Zoom

Speaker: Ryota Ichimura
Affiliation: SOKENDAI 3re year (D1) (Supervisor: Hideko Nomura, Akimasa Kataoka, Nanase Harada)
Title: Gas-Grain Model for Carbon Isotope Fractionation of COMs in Star-Forming Cores

Speaker: Umi Kobayashi
Affiliation: SOKENDAI 5th year (D3) (Supervisor: Masayuki Tanaka, Koichiro Nakanishi, Masatoshi Imanishi)
Title: TBA

Facilitator
-Name:Matsuda, Graduate Student Affairs Unit

=============== July  26 Wed===============

Campus: Mitaka
Seminar: Solar and Space Plasma Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic: Scheduled
Date and time:26th July (Wednesday), 13:30-15:00
Place: zoom

Speaker:Dr. Tomoko Kawate
Title :An Inductively Coupled Plasma System for Investigating Spectropolarimetric Responses of Solar Plasmas to Anisotropic Fields
Abstract:
High precision measurements and accurate modeling of atomic polarization under three-dimensional radiation transfer are crucial to understand the structures of magnetized solar plasmas.
To develop and validate spectropolarimetric measurements and analyses, we set up an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) generator designed especially for ∼ 1-eV plasmas
interacting with radiation and weak magnetic fields. The device was put in front of the focal plane of the Horizontal Spectrograph of the Domeless Solar Telescope
at Hida Observatory of Kyoto University. In helium discharges, the typical electron temperature, electron density, and helium column density of the ICP are comparable
values to those of solar prominences, and the direct comparison of spectra shows almost the same opacity at He I 1083 nm. Magnetic and radiation fields were introduced to the ICP,
and the system successfully reproduced reasonable spectropolarimetric signals as compared with those from the solar prominences.

Facilitator
-Name:Yusuke Kawabata

=============== July  26 Wed===============
Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Science Colloquium
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Every Wednesday
Date and time:2023 July 26, 15:00-16:00
Place:Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)

Speaker:Toshiki Sato
Affiliation:Meiji University
Title:Exploring the interior of supernovae and their progenitors using
supernova remnants
Abstract:
It is difficult to observe the physical conditions inside the
supernova or its progenitor star immediately before and after the
supernova explosion, where the important physics of stellar evolution
and supernova explosions are concentrated. Our research focuses on the
X-ray study of “supernova remnants” in order to extract the internal
information at the moment of a star’s death. The uniqueness of supernova
remnants is that it is possible to observe different elements
synthesized inside stars and supernovae, and to infer the internal
physical states (electron fraction, density structure, etc.) from the
amount of elements. In this colloquium, based on our recent X-ray
research, we would like to discuss what kind of information can be
obtained from supernova remnant observations, and what we can expect
from future research on supernovae and their progenitors.

Facilitator
-Name:Koh Takahashi

Comment:English

=============== July  27 Thu===============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Spordiac
Date and time:2023 July 27, 16:00-17:00
Place:Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)

Speaker:Achamveedu, Gopakumar
Affiliation:Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
Title: Promise of persistent multi-messenger GW astronomy with sources like Blazar OJ287
Abstract:
Recent coordinated observations and interpretations of disparate `messenger’ signals from GW170817-GRB170817AEM170817
has inaugurated the era of multi-messenger transient gravitational wave (GW) astronomy.
I will argue that the bright Blazar OJ 287 should allow us to pursue persistent multi-messenger GW
astronomy during the era of Square Kilometer Array.This is mainly due to the several successful multi-wavelength
observational campaigns that allowed us to establish the presence of a spinning supermassive black hole
binary that spirals in due to the emission of nano-Hertz GWs in the central engine of a unique blazar OJ287.
Our on-going efforts, relevant to the EHT/GMVA consortia and the International Pulsar Timing Array consortium which
aims to detect GWs from such massive BH systems in the coming years, will be also listed.

Facilitator
-Name:Fumitaka Nakamura

=============== July  28 Fri===============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Regular
Date and time:2023 July 28, 16:00-17:00
Place:Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)

Speaker:Samuel Totorica
Affiliation:Division of Science, NAOJ
Title: Magnetic reconnection in large-scale astrophysical systems
Abstract:
Magnetic reconnection is an important source of energetic particles in systems ranging from astrophysical compact objects to laboratory fusion devices.
The large separation of spatiotemporal scales involved in reconnection makes it critical to determine the minimum physical models containing
the necessary physics for modeling particle acceleration. In this presentation, I will discuss two methods for bridging
the gap between macro- and micro-scales in reconnection using fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations. First, we study the onset of substorms
in Earth’s magnetosphere using exact kinetic equilibria extending from near-Earth into the distant magnetotail.
Using two- and three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, we study the onset of reconnection, the disruption of reconnection fronts,
and their roles in producing nonthermal particles observed by satellite measurements. Second, I will discuss a novel method for
separating kinetic and fluid effects by exactly calculating the ideal and nonideal magnetohydrodynamic electric fields within fully kinetic simulations.
Applying this to the relativistically magnetized conditions of astrophysical compact objects, we determine the critical role
of the nonideal electric field during the early stage of particle acceleration known as injection. These results have critical implications for
nonthermal emissions from high-energy astrophysical objects, and the novel analysis method can be applied more broadly to give new insight into a wide range of processes in plasma physics.

Facilitator
-Name:Fumitaka Nakamura

2023.7.18-2023.7.23


July  19  Wed   10:30-12:00      SOKENDAI Colloquium   

Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)


July  19 Wed    13:30-14:30      NAOJ Seminar

Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)


July 19  Wed  15:30-16:30     NAOJ Science Colloquium  

Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)


詳細は下記からご覧ください。

=============== July  19 Wed===============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:SOKENDAI Colloquium
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Regular
Date and time:July 19, 2023 10:30-12:00
Place:Large Seminar Room in Subaru Building and Zoom

Speaker: Miho Tan
Affiliation: SOKENDAI 1st year (M1) (Supervisor: Mami Machida, Tomoya Takiwaki, Kazunari Iwasaki)
Title: The history of mass ratio determination of X-Ray Binary SS433

Speaker : Kousuke Ishihara
Affiliation: SOKENDAI 4th year (D2) (Supervisor: Masao Saito, Fumitaka Nakamura, Patricio Sanhueza)
Title: Observational study of the fragmentation process in nearby star-forming regions

Facilitator
-Name:Matsuda, Graduate Student Affairs Unit

=============== July  19 Wed===============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Seminar
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Spordiac
Date and time:2023 July 19, 13:30-14:30
Place:Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)

Speaker:Prof. Dr.Reinhard Genzel
Affiliation:Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany
Title:Testing the Massive Black Hole Paradigm in the Galactic Center
Abstract:
The discovery of the Quasars in the 1960s led to the ‘massive black hole paradigm’ in which most galaxies host massive black holes of masses
between millions to billions of solar masses at their nuclei, which can become active galactic nuclei
and quasars when they accrete gas and stars rapidly. I will discuss the major progress that has happened
in the last decades to prove the massive black hole paradigm through ever more detailed, high resolution observations,
in the center of our own Galaxy, as well as in external galaxies and even in distant quasars.
In the Galactic Center such high resolution observations can also be used to test General Relativity in the regime of large masses and curvatures.

Facilitator
-Name:Fumitaka Nakamura

=============== July  19 Wed===============

Campus:Mitaka
Seminar:NAOJ Science Colloquium
Regularly Scheduled/Sporadic:Every Wednesday
Date and time:2023 July 19, 15:30-16:30
Place:Zoom / the large seminar room (hybrid)

Speaker:Masato Sato
Affiliation:NAOJ (D2)
Title:Light curves of electron capture and Fe core collapse supernovae:
The diagnostic method of electron capture supernovae
Abstract:
While massive stars (M>~10Msun) explode as Fe core collapse supernovae
(FeCCSNe) at their last moment, those have slightly lower mass
(M~8-10Msun) are theoretically expected to form O+Ne+Mg degenerated
core, become Super Asymptotic Giant Branches (SAGB) and finally explode
as electron capture supernovae (ECSNe) if their envelope is remained
(Miyaji et al. 1980; Nomoto et al. 1982; Nomoto 1984, 1987). However,
such evolutionary path and the mass boundary between FeCCSN and ECSN are
not confirmed and constrained by observation because of insufficient
observations of ECSNe. The reasons why we could hardly diagnose ECSN
clearly are that observational characteristics of ECSNe comparing to
low-mass FeCCSNe are not understood sufficiently, and the diagnostic
method of ECSNe is not established yet. Although Kozyreva et al. (2021)
shows that ECSN has blue plateau, they don’t include circumstellar
material (CSM) interaction. However, CSM interaction might change the
light curve significantly (Moriya et al. 2018). Thus, we synthesized the
multicolor light curves of ECSNe and low-mass FeCCSNe including CSM
interaction using the multi-group radiation hydrodynamics code, STELLA
(Blinnikov et al. 1993). As a result, ECSN is revealed to show bluer
plateau than low-mass FeCCSN even if it has reasonably dense CSM. Using
this characteristic, we propose the first diagnostic method of ECSN in
which the transition time from plateau to tail phase (tPT) and the color
index B-V at tPT/2 are used. In the talk, we will show the calculated
light curves of ECSN and low-mass FeCCSN and discuss their
characteristics. In addition, we will propose the diagnostic method of
ECSN. Also, we will mention our future work in which we will try to find
an ECSN and reveal its nature.

Speaker:Kaho Morii
Affiliation:NAOJ (D2)
Title:Early Fragmentation in Infrared Dark Clouds
Abstract:
The study of infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) sheds light on the initial
conditions governing the formation of high-mass stars and stellar
clusters. We have conducted high-angular resolution and high-sensitivity
observations toward thirty-nine massive IRDC clumps, mosaicked by the
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. These clumps,
characterized by their darkness at 70 μm, as well as their density and
low temperature, are thought to be the ideal sites as the birthplace of
high-mass stars. We succeeded in identifying an unprecedented number of
839 cores, with masses between 0.05 and 81 Msun. With this large sample,
we investigated the fragmentation properties in the very early stage of
high-mass star formation. By employing the minimum spanning tree method,
we calculated core separations ranging from 0.1 pc to 0.4 pc. To discern
the dominant mechanism behind early fragmentation, as well as the
hierarchical nature of the process, we compared these observed core
separations and masses with those expected from Jeans length and masses,
respectively. Our analysis implies that thermal Jeans fragmentation of
clumps is the dominant mechanism deriving the observed properties
especially for the formation of gravitationally bound cores.
Additionally, we find that some clumps exhibit a wide dynamic range of
core masses, spanning from low to high masses while others show a
narrower range. Clumps with a higher protostellar core fraction tend to
display a wider range. Furthermore, our sample highlights the complex
nature of fragmentation, characterized by various patterns such as
aligned, spread, and concentrated distributions. These findings provide
valuable insights into the mechanisms deriving high-mass star formation.

Facilitator
-Name:Haruka Kusakabe
-Comment:English