Publications (28)
CSIP - a Novel Photon-Counting Detector Applicable for the SPICA Far-Infrared Instrument
Y. Doi, Z. Wang, T. Ueda +8
We describe a novel GaAs/AlGaAs double-quantum-well device for the infrared photon detection, called Charge-Sensitive Infrared Phototransistor (CSIP). The principle of CSIP detecto…
Galactic cold cores III. General cloud properties
M. Juvela, I. Ristorcelli, L. Pagani +15
We examine the cloud structure around the Planck detections in 71 fields observed with the Herschel SPIRE instrument. We wish to determine the general physical characteristics of t…
Far-infrared all sky diffuse mapping with AKARI
Y. Doi, M. Etxaluze Azkonaga, Glenn J. White +7
We discuss the capability of AKARI in recovering diffuse far-infrared emission, and examine the achieved reliability. Critical issues in making images of diffuse emission are the t…
Search for VHE gamma rays from SS433/W50 with the CANGAROO-II telescope
Sei. Hayashi, F. Kajino, T. Naito +48
SS433, located at the center of the supernova remnant W50, is a close proximity binary system consisting of a compact star and a normal star. Jets of material are directed outwards…
Perfect selective alignment of nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond
T. Fukui, Y. Doi, T. Miyazaki +14
Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have attracted significant interest because of their excellent spin and optical characteristics for quantum information and metrology. To t…
3D magnetic field morphology of the Perseus molecular cloud
M. Tahani, W. Lupypciw, J. Glover +11
Despite recent observational and theoretical advances in mapping the magnetic fields associated with molecular clouds, their three-dimensional (3D) morphology remains unresolved. M…
Wide-Area Mapping of 155 Micron Continuum Emission from the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex
S. Arimura, H. Shibai, T. Teshima +9
We present the results of a wide-area mapping of the far-infrared continuum emission toward the Orion complex by using a Japanese balloon-borne telescope. The 155-um continuum emis…
Galactic cold cores VI. Dust opacity spectral index
M. Juvela, K. Demyk, Y. Doi +13
The Galactic Cold Cores project has made Herschel observations of 116 fields where the Planck survey has found signs of cold dust emission. The fields contain sources in different…
Supertransmission channel for an intrinsic localized mode in a 1D nonlinear physical lattice
M. Sato, T. Nakaguchi, T. Ishikawa +4
It is well known that a moving intrinsic localized mode (ILM) in a nonlinear physical lattice looses energy because of the resonance between it and the underlying small amplitude p…
Multiwavelength study of the high-latitude cloud L1642: chain of star formation
J. Malinen, M. Juvela, S. Zahorecz +16
L1642 is one of the two high galactic latitude (|b| > 30deg) clouds confirmed to have active star formation. We examine the properties of this cloud, especially the large-scale str…
A multi-wavelength view of galaxy evolution with AKARI
S. Serjeant, C. Pearson, G. J. White +2
AKARI's all-sky survey resolves the far-infrared emission in many thousands of nearby galaxies, providing essential local benchmarks against which the evolution of high-redshift po…
Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics
The ATLAS Collaboration, G. Aad, E. Abat +2604
A detailed study is presented of the expected performance of the ATLAS detector. The reconstruction of tracks, leptons, photons, missing energy and jets is investigated, together w…
AKARI Far-Infrared All Sky Survey
Y. Doi, M. Etxaluze Azkonaga, G. White +13
We demonstrate the capability of AKARI for mapping diffuse far-infrared emission and achieved reliability of all-sky diffuse map. We have conducted an all-sky survey for more than…
Mid- to Far-Infrared spectroscopy of Sharpless 171
Y. Okada, T. Onaka, H. Shibai +1
We have collected one-dimensional raster-scan observations of the active star-forming region Sharpless 171 (S171), a typical HII region-molecular cloud complex, with the three spec…
Spatial Distributions of Cold and Warm Interstellar Dust in M101 Resolved with AKARI/Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS)
T. Suzuki, H. Kaneda, T. Nakagawa +5
The nearby face-on spiral galaxy M101 has been observed with the Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) onboard AKARI. The far-infrared four-band images reveal fine spatial structures of M101…
Planck Early Results: The submillimetre properties of a sample of Galactic cold clumps
Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +201
(abridged) We perform a detailed investigation of sources from the Cold Cores Catalogue of Planck Objects (C3PO). Our goal is to probe the reliability of the detections, validate t…
Far-infrared distributions in nearby spiral galaxies NGC2841 and NGC2976 observed with AKARI/FIS
H. Kaneda, T. Suzuki, T. Onaka +9
Far-infrared (IR) images of the nearby Sb galaxy NGC2841 and the Sc galaxy NGC2976 at wavelengths of 65, 90, 140, and 160 um have been obtained with the Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS)…
Dust polarized emission observations of NGC 6334; BISTRO reveals the details of the complex but organized magnetic field structure of the high-mass star-forming hub-filament network
D. Arzoumanian, R. Furuya, T. Hasegawa +145
[Abridged] Filaments and hubs have received special attention recently thanks to studies showing their role in star formation. While the column density and velocity structures of b…
SCOPE: SCUBA-2 Continuum Observations of Pre-protostellar Evolution - Survey Description and Compact Source Catalogue
D. J. Eden, Tie Liu, Kee-Tae Kim +157
We present the first release of the data and compact-source catalogue for the JCMT Large Program SCUBA-2 Continuum Observations of Pre-protostellar Evolution (SCOPE). SCOPE consist…
The Physics of the B Factories
A. J. Bevan, B. Golob, Th. Mannel +2003
This work is on the Physics of the B Factories. Part A of this book contains a brief description of the SLAC and KEK B Factories as well as their detectors, BaBar and Belle, and da…
Monolithic Ge:Ga Detector Development for SAFARI
Y. Doi, Y. Sawayama, S. Matsuura +5
We describe the current status and the prospect for the development of monolithic Ge:Ga array detector for SAFARI. Our goal is to develop a 64x64 array for the 45 -- 110 um band, o…
Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies in the AKARI All Sky Survey
E. Kilerci Eser, T. Goto, Y. Doi
We present a new catalog of 118 Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs) and one Hyperluminous Infrared Galaxy (HLIRG) by crossmatching AKARI all-sky survey with the Sloan Digital…
The Infrared Astronomical Mission AKARI
H. Murakami, H. Baba, P. Barthel +90
AKARI, the first Japanese satellite dedicated to infrared astronomy, was launched on 2006 February 21, and started observations in May of the same year. AKARI has a 68.5 cm cooled…
Galaxy evolution studies with the SPace IR telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA): the power of IR spectroscopy
L. Spinoglio, A. Alonso-Herrero, L. Armus +65
IR spectroscopy in the range 12-230 micron with the SPace IR telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA) will reveal the physical processes that govern the formation and evolu…
Orion A's complete 3D magnetic field morphology
M. Tahani, J. Glover, W. Lupypciw +11
Magnetic fields permeate the interstellar medium and are important in the star formation process. Determining the 3D magnetic fields of molecular clouds will allow us to better und…
SPICA - a large cryogenic infrared space telescope Unveiling the obscured Universe
P. R. Roelfsema, H. Shibai, L. Armus +66
Measurements in the infrared wavelength domain allow us to assess directly the physical state and energy balance of cool matter in space, thus enabling the detailed study of the va…
Exploring the pattern of the Galactic HI foreground of GRBs with the ATCA
H. Denes, P. A. Jones, L. V. Toth +12
The afterglow of a gamma ray burst (GRB) can give us valuable insight into the properties of its host galaxy. To correctly interpret the spectra of the afterglow we need to have a…
Star formation and disk properties in Pismis 24
M. Fang, R. van Boekel, R. R. King +6
(abridged) We investigate the properties of young stars and their disks in the NGC 6357 complex, concentrating on the most massive star cluster within the complex: Pismis 24. We di…