Curriculum Vitaes
Profile Information
- Affiliation
- Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama UniversitySpecially Appointed Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Degree
- Master (Science)(the University of Tokyo)Dr. (Science)(the University of Tokyo)
- J-GLOBAL ID
- 200901083726265608
- researchmap Member ID
- 1000161587
- External link
Research Interests
14Research History
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Apr, 2007 - Present
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Sep, 2000 - Mar, 2007
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Apr, 1993 - Aug, 2000
Education
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Apr, 1990 - Mar, 1993
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Apr, 1987 - Mar, 1990
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- Mar, 1988
Committee Memberships
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Nov, 2020 - Present
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Jan, 2009 - May, 2013
Awards
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2007
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1999
Papers
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The Astrophysical Journal, 998(2) 210-210, Feb 11, 2026 Peer-reviewedAbstract The XRISM/Resolve microcalorimeter directly measured the gas velocities in the core of the Virgo Cluster, the closest example of active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback in a cluster. This proximity allows us to resolve the kinematic impact of feedback on scales down to 5 kpc. Our spectral analysis reveals a high velocity dispersion of km s −1 near the AGN, which steeply declines to ∼60 km s −1 between 5 and 25 kpc in the northwest direction. The observed line-of-sight bulk velocity in all regions is broadly consistent with the central galaxy, M87, with a mild trend toward blueshifted motions at larger radii. Systematic uncertainties have been carefully assessed and do not affect the measurements. The central velocities, if attributed entirely to isotropic turbulence, correspond to a transonic intracluster medium at sub-6 kpc scales with 3D Mach number and a nonthermal pressure fraction of . Simple models of weak shocks and sound waves and calculations assuming isotropic turbulence both support the hypothesis that the velocity field reflects a mix of shock-driven expansion and turbulence. Compared to other clusters observed by XRISM to date, M87’s central region stands out as the most kinematically disturbed, exhibiting both the highest velocity dispersion and the largest 3D Mach number, concentrated at the smallest physical scales.
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Nature, 650(8101) 309-313, Jan 28, 2026 Peer-reviewed
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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 11(04), Dec 18, 2025 Peer-reviewed
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Nature Astronomy, 10(1) 144-153, Dec 4, 2025 Peer-reviewed
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 994(1) L28-L28, Nov 18, 2025 Peer-reviewedAbstract We stack 3.75 Ms of early XRISM Resolve observations of 10 galaxy clusters to search for unidentified spectral lines in the E = 2.5–15 keV band (rest frame), including the E = 3.5 keV line reported in earlier low spectral resolution studies of cluster samples. Such an emission line may originate from the decay of the sterile neutrino, a warm dark matter (DM) candidate. No unidentified lines are detected in our stacked cluster spectrum, with the 3 σ upper limit on the m s ∼ 7.1 keV DM particle decay rate (which corresponds to an E = 3.55 keV emission line) of Γ ∼ 1.0 × 10 −27 s −1 . This upper limit is 3–4 times lower than the one derived by Hitomi Collaboration from the Perseus observation but still 5 times higher than the XMM-Newton detection reported by E. Bulbul et al. in the stacked cluster sample. XRISM Resolve, with its high spectral resolution but small field of view, may reach the sensitivity needed to test the XMM-Newton cluster sample detection by combining several years worth of future cluster observations.
Misc.
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宇宙航空研究開発機構研究開発報告 JAXA-RR-(Web), (24-004), 2025
Presentations
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MAXI 15 Year Workshop for the Time Domain Astronomy, Dec 10, 2024 Invited
Teaching Experience
67Professional Memberships
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1987 - Present
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1987 - Present
Research Projects
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jul, 2020 - Mar, 2023
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2015
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科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, 2008 - 2008
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2006 - 2008
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科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, 2002 - 2006
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科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, 2001 - 2002
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1999 - 2001
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1996 - 1998
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1996 - 1998
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科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, 1995 - 1995
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1993 - 1995
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1993 - 1995
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科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, 1994 - 1994