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Achievements

See a summary of my research achievements

Below is a list of my recent research papers, selected papers to date, and received research funding.

Recent publications

  • "Novel Individual Timestep Integrator with Symplectic Property using Hamiltonian Splitting for SPH", Yuasa, Takuhiro; Mori, Masao; Miki, Yohei, submitted to Astrophysical Journal.

  • "Accelerated Hermite integrator for orbital integration with OpenACC", Otaki, Koki; Mori, Masao; Miki, Yohei; Takahashi, Daisuke, submitted to Computer Physics Communications.

  • "Cosmological evolution of dark matter subhaloes under tidal stripping by growing Milky Way-like galaxies", Kazuno, Yudai; Mori, Masao; Kaneda, Yuka; Otaki, Koki, accepted for publication in PASJ. [arXiv:2410.22185]

  • "The structure of the stellar halo of the Andromeda galaxy explored with the NB515 for Subaru/HSC. I.: New Insights on the stellar halo up to 120 kpc", Ogami, Itsuki, et al., accepted for publication in MNRAS. [arXiv:2401.00668]

  • "A universal scaling relation incorporating the cusp-to-core transition of dark matter haloes", Kaneda, Yuka; Mori, Masao; Otaki, Koki., Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 76, 1026 (2024) [PASJ / arXiv:2407.03614]

  • "Novel hydrodynamic schemes capturing shocks and contact discontinuities and comparison study with existing methods", Yuasa, Takuhiro; Mori, Masao, New Astronomy, 109, 102208 (2024). [New Astronomy / arXiv:2312.03224v3]

  • "Frequency of the dark matter subhalo collisions and bifurcation sequence arising formation of dwarf galaxies", Otaki, Koki; Mori, Masao, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525, 2535-2552 (2023). [MNRAS / arXiv:2308.03737]

  • "Transonic galactic wind model including stellar feedbacks and application to outflows in high/low-z galaxies", Igarashi, Asuka; Mori, Masao; Nitta, Shin-ya, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 75, 1214-1245 (2023).

  • "Study of Galaxy Collisions and Thermodynamic Evolution of Gas Using the Exact Integration Scheme", Otaki, Koki; Mori, Masao, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 13378, 373-387 (2022).

  • "Destruction of the central black hole gas reservoir through head-on galaxy collisions", Miki, Yohei; Mori, Masao; Kawaguchi, Toshihiro, Nature Astronomy, 5, 478-484 (2021).

  • "Discrimination of heavy elements originating from Pop III stars in z = 3 intergalactic medium", Kirihara, Takanobu; Hasegawa, Kenji; Umemura, Masayuki; Mori, Masao; Ishiyama, Tomoaki, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 491, 4387-4395 (2020).

  • "Stellar Stream and Halo Structure in the Andromeda Galaxy from a Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey", Komiyama, Yutaka; Chiba, Masashi; Tanaka, Mikito; Tanaka, Masayuki; Kirihara, Takanobu; Miki, Yohei; Mori, Masao, et al., Astrophysical Journal, 853, 29 (2018).

  • "Systematic Identification of LAEs for Visible Exploration and Reionization Research Using Subaru HSC (SILVERRUSH). I. Program strategy and clustering properties of ~2000 Lya emitters at z = 6-7 over the 0.3-0.5 Gpc2 survey area", Ouchi, Masami; Harikane, Yuichi; Shibuya, Takatoshi; Shimasaku, Kazuhiro; Taniguchi, Yoshiaki; Konno, Akira; Kobayashi, Masakazu; Kajisawa, Masaru; Nagao, Tohru; Ono, Yoshiaki; Inoue, Akio K.; Umemura, Masayuki; Mori, Masao, et al., Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 70, 13O (2018),

  • "The nature of the progenitor of the M31 north-western stream: globular clusters as milestones of its orbit", Kirihara, Takanobu; Miki, Yohei; Mori, Masao, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469, 3390 (2017).

  • "Formation of the Andromeda giant stream: asymmetric structure and disc progenitor", Kirihara, Takanobu; Miki, Yohei; Mori, Masao; Kawaguchi, Toshihiro; Rich, R. Michael, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464, 35 (2017).

  • "ALMA Reveals Strong [C II] Emission in a Galaxy Embedded in a Giant Lyα Blob at z = 3.1", Umehata, Hideki; Matsuda, Yuichi; Tamura, Yoichi; Kohno, Kotaro; Smail, Ian; Ivison, R. J.; Steidel, Charles C.; Chapman, Scott C.; Geach, James E.; Hayes, Matthew; Nagao, Tohru; Ao, Yiping; Kawabe, Ryohei; Yun, Min S.; Hatsukade, Bunyo; Kubo, Mariko; Kato, Yuta; Saito, Tomoki; Ikarashi, Soh; Nakanishi, Kouichiro; Lee, Minju; Izumi, Takuma; Mori, Masao; Ouchi, Masami, Astrophysical Journal, 834, L16 (2017).

  • "Universal Dark Halo Scaling Relation for the Dwarf Spheroidal Satellites", Hayashi, Kohei; Ishiyama, Tomoaki; Ogiya, Go; Chiba, Masashi; Inoue, Shigeki; Mori, Masao, Astrophysical Journal, 843, 97 (2017).

  • "Polytropic transonic galactic outflows in a dark matter halo with a central black hole", Igarashi, Asuka; Mori, Masao; Nitta, Shin-ya, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470, 2225 (2017).


Selected publications

  • "Destruction of the central black hole gas reservoir through head-on galaxy collisions", Miki, Yohei; Mori, Masao; Kawaguchi, Toshihiro, Nature Astronomy, 5, 478-484 (2021).

  • "The connection between the cusp-to-core transformation and observational universalities of DM haloes", Ogiya, Go; Mori, Masao; Ishiyama, Tomoaki; Burkert, Andreas, Astrophysical Journal, 440, L7 (2014)

  • "The Core-Cusp Problem in Cold Dark Matter Halos and Supernova Feedback: Effects of Oscillation", Ogiya, Go; Mori, Masao, Astrophysical Journal, 793, 46 (2014).

  • "The Once and Future Andromeda Stream", Mori, Masao; Rich, R. Michael, Astrophysical Journal, 674, L77 (2008).

  • "The evolution of galaxies from primeval irregulars to present-day ellipticals", Mori, Masao; Umemura, Masayuki, Nature, 440, 644 (2006).

  • "Early Metal Enrichment by Pregalactic Outflows. II. Three-dimensional Simulations of Blow-Away", Mori, Masao; Ferrara, Andrea; Madau, Piero, Astrophysical Journal, 571, 40 (2002).

  • "Gas Stripping of Dwarf Galaxies in Clusters of Galaxies", Mori, Masao; Burkert, Andreas, Astrophysical Journal, 538, 559 (2000).

  • "Dissipative Process as a Mechanism of Differentiating Internal Structures between Dwarf and Normal Elliptical Galaxies in a Cold Dark Matter Universe", Mori, Masao; Yoshii, Yuzuru; Tsujimoto, Takuji; Ken'ichi, Nomoto, Astrophysical Journal, 511, 585 (1999).

  • "The Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies with Star Formation in an Outward-propagating Supershell", Mori, Masao; Yoshii, Yuzuru; Tsujimoto, Takuji; Nomoto, Ken'ichi, Astrophysical Journal, 478, L21 (1997).


Research Grants

  • 2024-2027: "Hunting Dark Satellites Problem: Clarification of the Dark Matter Paradox" (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Principal Investigator)
  • 2024-2026: "Stellar System Dynamics Theory of Galaxies and its Application to the Elucidation of Galactic Dark Matter" (Principal Investigator: Masafumi Chiba, Fundamental Research (B), Co-Investigator)
  • 2020-2023: "Do Dark Satellites Exist? - Elucidating Problems in the Cold Dark Matter Model" (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Principal Investigator)
  • 2015-2019: "Cosmological-Scale Material Cycles Explored by Subaru HSC and SDSS" (Principal Investigator: Masami Ouchi, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Co-Investigator)
  • 2013-2018: "Construction of a Galaxy Phylogenetic Tree by Radiative-Fluid Simulations" (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Principal Investigator)
  • 2011-2014: "Cosmic Reionisation by Next Generation Large Scale Exploration and Simulation" (Principal Investigator: Masami Ouchi, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Co-Investigator)
  • 2009-2012: "Exploration of Galaxy Genesis by Combining Theory and Observation" (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Principal Investigator)
  • 2008-2012: "Unravelling the Cosmic Dark Ages from First Generation Objects to Protogalaxies" (Principal Investigator: Masayuki Umemura, Specially Promoted Research, Co-Investigator)
  • 2006-2008: "Galaxy Ontogeny Probed by High-Precision Hybrid Simulations" (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Principal Investigator)
  • 2004-2007: "Investigation of the Origin of the First Generation of Cosmic Objects Using Fusion Parallel Computing" (Principal Investigator: Masayuki Umemura, Specially Promoted Research, Co-Investigator)
  • 2002-2004: "Broadband Modelling of Galaxy Evolution by Hybrid Simulation" (Young Scientists (B), Principal Investigator)
  • 2003-2004: "Material Circulation Processes in the Universe Probed by Parallel Computers" (Fund for the Promotion of Science, Japan Association for the Promotion and Mutual Aid of Private Schools, Principal Investigator)
  • 2003: "Formation of First Generation Galaxies: Strategies Towards Observational Demonstration of Physical Scenarios" (Principal Investigator: Ryoichi Nishi, JSPS Japan-Italy Seminar)
  • 2002: "Formation of First Generation Galaxies and Its Cosmological Significance" (Principal Investigator: Masayuki Umemura, JSPS Japan-Italy Seminar)
  • 2001: Research Grant from the Astronomy Foundation (Principal Investigator)
  • 1997-1999: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Fellows (Principal Investigator)