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GREX-PLUS Science Book v2
PLUS Science Team, Shunsuke Baba, Sirio Belli +52
GREX-PLUS (Galaxy Reionization EXplorer and PLanetary Universe Spectrometer) is a mission candidate for a JAXA strategic L-class mission to be launched in the 2030s. Its primary sc…
JASMINE: Near-Infrared Astrometry and Time Series Photometry Science
Daisuke Kawata, Hajime Kawahara, Naoteru Gouda +86
Japan Astrometry Satellite Mission for INfrared Exploration (JASMINE) is a planned M-class science space mission by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, the Japan Aero…
Narrow Fe-K Reverberation Mapping Unveils the Deactivated Broad-Line Region in a Changing-Look Active Galactic Nucleus
Hirofumi Noda, Taisei Mineta, Takeo Minezaki +11
"Changing-look active galactic nuclei" (CLAGNs) are known to change their apparent types between types 1 and 2, usually accompanied by a drastic change in their luminosity on times…
X-ray and optical spectroscopic study of a gamma Cassiopeiae analog source pi Aquarii
Masahiro Tsujimoto, Takayuki Hayashi, Kumiko Morihana +1
Gamma Cas analog sources are a subset of Be stars that emit intense and hard X-ray emission. Two competing ideas for their X-ray production mechanism are (a) the magnetic activitie…
Deep Near-infrared Imaging Observation of the Faint X-ray Point Sources Constituting the Galactic Bulge X-ray Emission
Kumiko Morihana, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Ken Ebisawa +1
Presence of the apparently extended hard (2-10 keV) X-ray emission along the Galactic plane has been known since the early 1980s. With a deep X-ray exposure using the Chandra X-ray…
Intermediate Luminosity Type Iax SN 2019muj With Narrow Absorption Lines: Long-Lasting Radiation Associated With a Possible Bound Remnant Predicted by the Weak Deflagration Model
Miho Kawabata, Keiichi Maeda, Masayuki Yamanaka +23
We present comprehensive spectroscopic and photometric analyses of the intermediate luminosity Type Iax supernova (SN Iax) 2019muj based on multi-band datasets observed through the…
J-GEM optical and near-infrared follow-up of gravitational wave events during LIGO's and Virgo's third observing run
Mahito Sasada, Yousuke Utsumi, Ryosuke Itoh +68
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (LVC) sent out 56 gravitational-wave (GW) notices during the third observin…
Follow-up Observations for IceCube-170922A: Detection of Rapid Near-Infrared Variability and Intensive Monitoring of TXS 0506+056
Tomoki Morokuma, Yousuke Utsumi, Kouji Ohta +35
We present our follow-up observations to search for an electromagnetic counterpart of the IceCube high-energy neutrino, IceCube-170922A. Monitoring observations of a likely counter…
Hydrogen recombination near-infrared line mapping of Centaurus A with IRSF/SIRIUS
R. Katayama, H. Kaneda, T. Kokusho +5
Centaurus A (Cen A) is one of the most famous galaxies hosting an active galactic nucleus (AGN), where the interaction between AGN activities and surrounding interstellar and inter…
Type Ia SN 2019ein: New Insights into the Similarities and diversities among High-Velocity SNe Ia
Miho Kawabata, Keiichi Maeda, Masayuki Yamanaka +38
We present optical observations of type Ia supernova (SN) 2019ein, starting at 2 days after the estimated explosion date. The spectra and the light curves show that SN 2019ein belo…
Near- to mid-infrared spectroscopy of the heavily obscured AGN LEDA 1712304 with AKARI/IRC
T. Tsuchikawa, H. Kaneda, S. Oyabu +5
Context. Although heavily obscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have been found by many observational studies, the properties of the surrounding dust are poorly understood. Using…
X-ray, Optical, and Near-infrared Monitoring of the New X-ray Transient MAXI J1820+070 in the Low/hard State
Megumi Shidatsu, Satoshi Nakahira, Satoshi Yamada +26
We report X-ray, optical, and near-infrared monitoring of the new X-ray transient MAXI J1820070 discovered with MAXI on 2018 March 11. Its X-ray intensity reached Crab…
Large Polarization Degree of Comet 2P/Encke Continuum Based on Spectropolarimetric Signals During Its 2017 Apparition
Y. G. Kwon, M. Ishiguro, Y. Shinnaka +16
Spectropolarimetry is a powerful technique for investigating the physical properties of gas and solid materials in cometary comae without mutual contamination, but there have been…
Suzaku and NuSTAR X-Ray Spectroscopy of gamma Cas and HD110432
Masahiro Tsujimoto, Kumiko Morihana, Takayuki Hayashi +1
Gamma Cas and its dozen analogs comprise a small but distinct class of X-ray sources. They are early Be-type stars with an exceptionally hard thermal X-ray emission. The X-ray prod…
The Spectroscopic Variations of the FU Orionis Object V960 Mon
Yuhei Takagi, Satoshi Honda, Akira Arai +4
We present the results of the spectroscopic monitoring of the FU Orionis type star V960 Mon. Spectroscopic variations of a FU Orionis type star will provide valuable information of…
Kilonova from post-merger ejecta as an optical and near-infrared counterpart of GW170817
Masaomi Tanaka, Yousuke Utsumi, Paolo A. Mazzali +42
Recent detection of gravitational waves from a neutron star (NS) merger event GW170817 and identification of an electromagnetic counterpart provide a unique opportunity to study th…
J-GEM observations of an electromagnetic counterpart to the neutron star merger GW170817
Yousuke Utsumi, Masaomi Tanaka, Nozomu Tominaga +57
The first detected gravitational wave from a neutron star merger was GW170817. In this study, we present J-GEM follow-up observations of SSS17a, an electromagnetic counterpart of G…
OISTER Optical and Near-Infrared Monitoring Observations of a Peculiar Radio-Loud Active Galactic Nucleus SDSS J110006.07+442144.3
Tomoki Morokuma, Masaomi Tanaka, Yasuyuki T. Tanaka +80
We present monitoring campaign observations at optical and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths for a radio-loud active galactic nucleus (AGN) at z=0.840, SDSS~J110006.07+442144.3 (here…
Broad-Lined Supernova 2016coi with Helium Envelope
Masayuki Yamanaka, Tatsuya Nakaoka, Masaomi Tanaka +38
We present the early-phase spectra and the light curves of the broad-lined supernova (SN) 2016coi from to days after the estimated explosion date. This SN was initially…
Discovery of Rapidly Moving Partial X-ray Absorbers within gamma Cassiopeiae
K. Hamaguchi, L. Oskinova, C. M. P. Russell +4
Gamma Cassiopeiae is an enigmatic Be star with unusually strong hard X-ray emission. The Suzaku observatory detected six rapid X-ray spectral hardening events called "softness dips…
X-ray and Optical Correlation of Type I Seyfert NGC 3516 Studied with Suzaku and Japanese Ground-Based Telescopes
Hirofumi Noda, Takeo Minezaki, Makoto Watanabe +23
From 2013 April to 2014 April, we performed an X-ray and optical simultaneous monitoring of the type 1.5 Seyfert galaxy NGC 3516. It employed Suzaku, and 5 Japanese ground-based te…
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Faint Discrete X-ray Point Sources Constituting the Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission
Kumiko Morihana, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Pierre Dubath +3
The Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission (GRXE) is apparently extended X-ray emission along the Galactic Plane. The X-ray spectrum is characterized by hard continuum with a strong Fe K em…
Spatially-Resolved Spectroscopy of a Balmer-Dominated Shock in the Cygnus Loop: An Extremely Thin Cosmic-Ray Precursor?
Satoru Katsuda, Keiichi Maeda, Yutaka Ohira +9
We present high-resolution long-slit spectroscopy of a Balmer-dominated shock in the northeastern limb of the Cygnus Loop with the Subaru high dispersion spectrograph. By setting t…
No Evidence of Intrinsic Optical/Near-Infrared Linear Polarization for V404 Cygni During its Bright Outburst in 2015: Broadband Modeling and Constraint on Jet Parameters
Y. T. Tanaka, R. Itoh, M. Uemura +39
We present simultaneous optical and near-infrared (NIR) polarimetric results for the black hole binary V404 Cygni spanning the duration of its 7-day long optically-brightest phase…