Research results

Research Results: 2023

English paper

Arimoto, M., Asada, H., Cherry, M. L., Fujii, M. S., Fukazawa, Y., Harada, A., Hayama, K., Hosokawa, T., Ioka, K., Itoh, Y., Kanda, N., Kawabata, K. S., Kawaguchi, K., Kawai, N., Kobayashi, T., Kohri, K., Koshio, Y., Kotake, K., Kumamoto, J., . . . Morokuma, T., . . . Yoshida, M. (2023). Gravitational wave physics and astronomy in the nascent era. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2023(10), 2.

https://doi.org/10.1093/ptep/ptab042

Di Gesu, L., Marshall, H. L., Ehlert, S. R., Kim, D. E., Donnarumma, I., Tavecchio, F., Liodakis, I., Kiehlmann, S., Agudo, I., Jorstad, S. G., Muleri, F., Marscher, A. P., Puccetti, S., Middei, R., Perri, M., Pacciani, L., Negro, M., Romani, R. W., Di Marco, A., . . . Akitaya, H., . . . Zane, S. (2023). Discovery of X-ray polarization angle rotation in the jet from blazar Mrk 421. Nature Astronomy, 7(10), 1245–1258.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-02032-7

Geem, J., Ishiguro, M., Granvik, M., Naito, H., Akitaya, H., Sekiguchi, T., Hasegawa, S., Kuroda, D., Oono, T., Bach, Y. P., Jin, S., Imazawa, R., Kawabata, K. S., Takagi, S., Yoshikawa, M., Djupvik, A. A., Gadeberg, J. T., Pursimo, T., Pedros, O. D., . . . Gray, Z. (2023). Spectral type and geometric albedo of (98943) 2001 CC21, the Hayabusa2# mission target. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 525(1), L17–L21.

https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slad073

Hamann, C., Kurosawa, K., Ono, H., Tada, T., Langenhorst, F., Pollok, K., Genda, H., Niihara, T., Okamoto, T., & Matsui, T. (2023). Experimental Evidence for Shear‐Induced Melting and Generation of Stishovite in Granite at Low (<18 GPa) Shock Pressure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128(6), 4.

https://doi.org/10.1029/2023je007742

Joy, K. H., Gross, J., Korotev, R. L., Zeigler, R. A., McCubbin, F. M., Snape, J. F., Curran, N. M., Pernet-Fisher, J. F., & Arai, T. (2023). Lunar Meteorites. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 89(1), 509–562.

https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2023.89.12

Kadono, T., Nakamura, A. M., Suetsugu, R., Chang, D., Shiramizu, S., Takatsu, I., Ogawa, K., Nomura, K., Nagaashi, Y., Murakami, Y., Yamasaki, Y., Shiomoto, J., Okamoto, T., Tanaka, S., & Kawai, N. (2023). Experimental investigation of impact close to the edge of boulders. Planetary and Space Science, 236, 105763.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2023.105763

Kawanomoto, S., Koike, M., Bradfield, F., Fujii, T., Komiyama, Y., Miyazaki, S., Morokuma, T., Murayama, H., Oguri, M., & Terai, T. (2023). Observing cosmic-ray extensive air showers with a silicon imaging detector. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 0.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42164-4

Kikuchi, S., Mimasu, Y., Takei, Y., Saiki, T., Scheeres, D. J., Hirabayashi, M., Wada, K., Yoshikawa, M., Watanabe, S.-i., Tanaka, S., & Tsuda, Y. (2023). Preliminary design of the Hayabusa2 extended mission to the fast-rotating asteroid 1998 KY26. Acta Astronautica, 211, 295–315.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.06.010

Kiuchi, M., Okamoto, T., Nagaashi, Y., Yamaguchi, Y., Hasegawa, S., & Nakamura, A. M. (2023). Impact experiments on granular materials under low gravity: Effects of cohesive strength, internal friction, and porosity of particle layers on crater size. Icarus, 404, 115685.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115685

Kobayashi, M., Okudaira, O., Ishimaru, R., Sasaki, S., & Fujii, M. (2023). Technological Development of Dust Sensor for CMDM to be aboard MMX. Journal of Evolving Space Activities, 1, 96.

https://doi.org/10.57350/jesa.96

Matsumoto, A. K., & Ofwegen, L. P. V. (2023). Replacement Name for Paracis (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Paramuriceidae) with a Revision and Re-Description of the Japanese Species and Description of Two New Genera and Species from the Indo-Pacific. Taxonomy, 3(2), 250–330.

https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy3020018

Matsuoka, M., Kagawa, E.-i., Amano, K., Nakamura, T., Tatsumi, E., Osawa, T., Hiroi, T., Milliken, R., Domingue, D., Takir, D., Brunetto, R., Barucci, A., Kitazato, K., Sugita, S., Fujioka, Y., Sasaki, O., Kobayashi, S., Iwata, T., Morota, T., . . . Yamada, M., . . . Tsuda, Y. (2023). Space weathering acts strongly on the uppermost surface of Ryugu. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 4.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00991-3

Ohgami, T., González, J. B., Tominaga, N., Morokuma, T., Utsumi, Y., Niino, Y., Tanaka, M., Banerjee, S., Poidevin, F., Acosta-Pulido, J. A., Pérez-Fournon, I., Muñoz-Darias, T., Akitaya, H., Yanagisawa, K., Sasada, M., Yoshida, M., Simunovic, M., Ohsawa, R., Tanaka, I., . . . The, J.-G. E. M. C. (2023). Follow-up Survey for the Binary Black Hole Merger GW200224_222234 Using Subaru/HSC and GTC/OSIRIS. The Astrophysical Journal, 947(1), 9.

https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acbd42

Oshikiri, K., Tanaka, M., Tominaga, N., Morokuma, T., Takahashi, I., Tampo, Y., Hamidani, H., Arima, N., Arimatsu, K., Kasuga, T., Kobayashi, N., Kondo, S., Mori, Y., Niino, Y., Ohsawa, R., Okumura, S.-i., Sako, S., & Takahashi, H. (2023). A search for extragalactic fast optical transients in the Tomo-e Gozen high-cadence survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(1), 334–345.

https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3184

Otto, K., Ho, T.-M., Ulamec, S., Bibring, J.-P., Biele, J., Grott, M., Hamm, M., Hercik, D., Jaumann, R., Sato, M., Schröder, S. E., Tanaka, S., Auster, U., Kitazato, K., Knollenberg, J., Moussi, A., Nakamura, T., Okada, T., Pilorget, C., . . . Wada, K., Yabuta, H. (2023). MASCOT’s in situ analysis of asteroid Ryugu in the context of regolith samples and remote sensing data returned by Hayabusa2. Earth, Planets and Space, 75(1), 2.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-023-01805-8

Ozaki, S., Ishigami, G., Otsuki, M., Miyamoto, H., Wada, K., Watanabe, Y., Nishino, T., Kojima, H., Soda, K., Nakao, Y., Sutoh, M., Maeda, T., & Kobayashi, T. (2023). Granular flow experiment using artificial gravity generator at International Space Station. npj Microgravity, 9(1), 0.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-023-00308-w

Peirson, A. L., Negro, M., Liodakis, I., Middei, R., Kim, D. E., Marscher, A. P., Marshall, H. L., Pacciani, L., Romani, R. W., Wu, K., Di Marco, A., Di Lalla, N., Omodei, N., Jorstad, S. G., Agudo, I., Kouch, P. M., Lindfors, E., Aceituno, F. J., Bernardos, M. I., . . . Akitaya, H., . . . Zane, S. (2023). X-Ray Polarization of BL Lacertae in Outburst. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 948(2), L25.

https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acd242

Sasaki, S., Kanda, S., Kikuchi, H., Michikami, T., Morota, T., Honda, C., Miyamoto, H., Hemmi, R., Sugita, S., Tatsumi, E., Kanamaru, M., Watanabe, S.-I., Namiki, N., Michel, P., Hirabayashi, M., Hirata, N., Nakamura, T., Noguchi, T., Hiroi, T., . . . Yamada, M., . . . Yoshikawa, M. (2023). Crack Orientation of Boulders on Ryugu: Meridional Preference and Exfoliation. Journal of Evolving Space Activities, 1, 89.

https://doi.org/10.57350/jesa.89

Toyota, H., Takashima, T., Imamura, H., Nishiyama, K., Yamamoto, T., Miyabara, T., Ohta, M., Mochihara, Y., Ozaki, N., Nagamatsu, H., Okahashi, T., Takahashi, J., Okudaira, T., Hirai, T., Kobayashi, M., Ishibashi, K., Hong, P., Okudaira, O., Arai, T., . . . Project Team DESTINY+. (2023). Deep Space Exploration Technology Demonstrator DESTINY+. Journal of Evolving Space Activities, 1, 90.

https://doi.org/10.57350/jesa.90

Toyota, H., Nakamura, T., Kanaya, S., Sumita, T., Hirai, T., & Kobayashi, M. (2023). Evaluation of hypervelocity impact of micrometeoroids and orbital debris on next-generation space solar cells. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 62(SK), SK1047.

https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/acd18b

Tsumura, K., Matsuura, S., Sano, K., Iwata, T., Yano, H., Kitazato, K., Takimoto, K., Yamada, M., Morota, T., Kouyama, T., Hayakawa, M., Yokota, Y., Tatsumi, E., Matsuoka, M., Sakatani, N., Honda, R., Kameda, S., Suzuki, H., Cho, Y., . . . Sugita, S. (2023). Heliocentric distance dependence of zodiacal light observed by Hayabusa2. Earth, Planets and Space, 75(1), 0.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-023-01856-x

Zubko, E., & Wada, K. (2023). Phase ratio in single-scattering dust particles: Implication to future DESTINY+ study of asteroid (3200) Phaethon. Icarus, 404, 115652.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115652

Imazawa, R., ..., Akitaya, H., et al. (2023), The microvariability and wavelength dependence of polarization degree/angle of BL Lacertae in the outburst 2020 to 2021. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 75, 1–13.

https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psac084

Noguchi, T., ..., Kikuchi, S., ..., Senshu, H., ..., Sugita, S., ..., Wada, K., Yamada, M., et al. (2023), A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu. Nature Astronomy 7, 170–181.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01841-6

Yoshida, F., Hayamizu, T., Miyashita, K., Watanabe, H., Yamamura, H., Akitaya, H., Asai, A., Fujiwara, Y., Goto, T., Hashimoto, G. L., Hatanaka, A., Horaguchi, T., Ida, M., Imamura, K., Isobe, K., Ishiguro, M., Kaizuka, N., Kasebe, H., Kawasaki, Y., . . . Okamoto, T., . . . Higuchi, A. (2023). Multi-chord observation of stellar occultation by the near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon on 2021 October 3 (UTC) with very high accuracy. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 75(1), 153–168.

https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psac096

Middei, R., ..., Akitaya, H., et al. (2023), X-ray Polarization Observations of BL Lacertae. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 942, L10.

https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aca281

Ono, H., Kurosawa, K., and Matsui, T.  (2023), Experimentally Shock‐Induced Melt Veins in Basalt: Improving the Shock Classification of Eucrites. Geophysical Research Letters 50, e2022GL10100.

https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101009

Noda, H., Senshu, H., Otsubo, T., Takeuchi, H., Courde, C., Kunimori, H., Moore, C., Schreiber, U., Ogawa, N., Saiki, T., Takei, Y., Aimar, M., Chabé, J., Eckl, J., Kamata, S., Higuchi, A., Hirai, T., Martinot-Lagarde, G., Mariey, H., . . . Mizuno, T. (2023). Demonstration of deep-space synchronous two-way laser ranging with a laser transponder aboard Hayabusa2. Advances in Space Research, 71(10), 4196–4209.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.12.057

Yoshii, K., Takada, S., Kurosawa, K. & Pöschel, T. Rheology of dilute granular gas mixtures where the grains interact via a square shoulder and well potential. (2023), Physics of Fluids 35, 013327.

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0132127

Beniyama, J., ..., Arai, T., Ishibashi, K., ..., Yoshida, F., Senshu, H., et al., (2023), Simultaneous Multicolor Photometry of the DESTINY+ target asteroid (3200) Phaethon. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 75, 297–310.

https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psac109

Hasegawa, Y., Suzuki, T. K., Tanaka, H., Kobayashi, H. & Wada, K. (2023), Collisional Growth and Fragmentation of Dust Aggregates. II. Mass Distribution of Icy Fragments. The Astrophysical Journal 944, 38.

https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acadda

Yabuta, H., Cody, G. D., Engrand, C., Kebukawa, Y., De Gregorio, B., Bonal, L., Remusat, L., Stroud, R., Quirico, E., Nittler, L., Hashiguchi, M., Komatsu, M., Okumura, T., Mathurin, J., Dartois, E., Duprat, J., Takahashi, Y., Takeichi, Y., Kilcoyne, D., . . . Wada, K., . . . Tsuda, Y. (2023). Macromolecular organic matter in samples of the asteroid (162173) Ryugu. Science, 379(6634), 42.

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn9057

Naraoka, H., ..., Isa, J., ..., Sugita, S., ..., Wada, K., ..., Senshu, H., ..., Yamada, M., ..., Kikushi, S., et al. (2023), Soluble organic molecules in samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu. Science 379, eabn9033.

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn9033

Yamada, M. et al. (2023), Inflight calibration of the optical navigation camera for the extended mission phase of Hayabusa2. Earth Planets Space 75, 36.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-023-01789-5