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most citedThe Infrared Astronomical Mission AKARI

842 citations · 1.2k across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

astro-ph.GA2025

Magnetic fields in the massive star-forming region NGC 6334 and their relationship with the properties of dust filaments probed by [CII] and PAH emissions

Takayoshi Kusune, Hayata Tsuji, Shinki Oyabu +7

We carried out the near-infrared () imaging polarimetric observation with the polarimeter SIRPOL on the Infrared Survey Facility (IRSF) 1.4 m telescope and [CII] line…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 4 cited

Properties of dust in the Galactic center region probed by AKARI far-infrared spectral mapping - detection of a dust feature

H. Kaneda, A. Yasuda, T. Onaka +5

We investigate the properties of interstellar dust in the Galactic center region toward the Arches and Quintuplet clusters. With the Fourier Transform Spectrometer of the AKARI/Far…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 14 cited

Widely Extended [OIII] 88 um Line Emission around the 30 Doradus Region Revealed with AKARI FIS-FTS

Mitsunobu Kawada, Ai Takahashi, Akiko Yasuda +7

We present the distribution map of the far-infrared [OIII] 88um line emission around the 30 Doradus (30 Dor) region in the Large Magellanic Cloud obtained with the Fourier Transfor…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 8 cited

Calibration of the AKARI Far-Infrared Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer

Noriko Murakami, Mitsunobu Kawada, Hidenori Takahashi +16

The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) onboard the AKARI satellite has a spectroscopic capability provided by a Fourier transform spectrometer (FIS-FTS). FIS-FTS is the first space-borne…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 47 cited

Large-scale distributions of mid- and far-infrared emission from the center to the halo of M82 revealed with AKARI

H. Kaneda, D. Ishihara, T. Suzuki +6

The edge-on starburst galaxy M82 exhibits complicated distributions of gaseous materials in its halo, which include ionized superwinds driven by nuclear starbursts, neutral materia…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 11 cited

Properties of active galactic star-forming regions probed by imaging spectroscopy with the Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) onboard AKARI

Yoko Okada, Mitsunobu Kawada, Noriko Murakami +8

We investigate the structure of the interstellar medium (ISM) and identify the location of possible embedded excitation sources from far-infrared (FIR) line and mid-infrared contin…

astro-ph2008★ 20 cited

Performance of the Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer with Photoconductive Detector Arrays: An Application for the AKARI Far-Infrared Instrument

Mitsunobu Kawada, Hidenori Takahashi, Noriko Murakami +10

We have developed an imaging Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) for space-based far-infrared astronomical observations. The FTS employs a newly developed photoconductive detector…

astro-ph2007★ 301 cited

The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) for AKARI

Mitsunobu Kawada, Hajime Baba, Peter D. Barthel +57

The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) is one of two focal plane instruments on the AKARI satellite. FIS has four photometric bands at 65, 90, 140, and 160 um, and uses two kinds of array…

astro-ph2007★ 842 cited

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…