Theoretical Astrophysics Colloquia

52nd Colloquium

Relativistic Godunov SPH Simulations of High-Velocity Jets from Compact Astrophysical Objects

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Kanta Kitajima

Nagoya University

Relativistic jets are widely observed in astronomical objects including active galactic nuclei and gamma-ray bursts. However, the acceleration mechanisms that drive these jets are not yet fully understood. Recent studies have shown that when a jet possesses an initial velocity corresponding to approximately 90% of the speed of light, it...

51st Colloquium

Low frequency radio observation with MWA and SKA Low exploring the cosmic dawn and epoch of reionization

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Shintaro Yoshiura

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Low and Mid, the world's largest radio telescopes, are currently under construction in Australia and South Africa. Covering frequency ranges of 50–350 MHz for SKA Low and 350 MHz–15.4 GHz for SKA Mid, the SKA will enable a wide range of scientific studies, leveraging its...

50th Colloquium

Tracing Early Galaxy Formation with FirstLight Zoom-In Simulations: Statistical Insights and Inner Structures of $z>6$ Galaxies

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Yurina Nakazato

University of Tokyo

Recent JWST observations have revealed a wealth of detail about high-redshift galaxies, including strong [OIII] emission and clumpy structures. To interpret these observations, we utilize FirstLight zoom-in simulations with pc-scale resolution. This talk will discuss: (1) the physical properties of [OIII] emitters and the use of line diagnostics, (2) the...

49th Colloquium

Theoretical models of optically-thick accretion disk corona

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Norita Kawanaka

NAOJ/Tokyo Metropolitan University

This talk is about modelling the X-ray emission from black hole accretion discs. We discuss the standard model for these discs, and how this model needs to be modified in order to explain the observational data, in particular from super-Eddington discs and X-ray binaries. The standard model is a simple...

48th Colloquium

Formation of Young Massive Clusters by Fast HI Gas Collision

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Ryunosuke Maeda

Tohoku University

We present simulations of the formation of young massive clusters (YMCs) through high-velocity collisions of HI gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The simulation models the magnetized interstellar gas dynamics, including the effects of self-gravity, heating/cooling, and stellar feedback. The results show that fast collisions of HI gas can form...

47th Colloquium

IMF transition across various environments in the early universe

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Ito Mana

Tohoku University

We study the thermal evolution of star-forming clouds in the primordial halos at $z>100$, considering the effect of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The CMB inhibits the formation of H2 via the photodissociation of H-, resulting in a higher temperature than in the standard evolution of the first stars at...

46th Colloquium

Investigating Black Hole-Disk-Jet System through Polarization Images

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Yuh Tsunetoe

Harvard University

We investigate the innermost structure of black hole-disk-jet systems through polarization images. First, we focus on linear and circular polarization (LP and CP) separation along the jet, based on our general relativistic radiation transfer code. We find that the LP and CP components are separated by the Faraday effects. Next,...

44th Colloquium

State Transitions and Time Variations of Black Hole Accretion Flows

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Ryoji Matsumoto

Chiba University

Black hole candidates display transitions between hard and soft X-ray states. During the transition, quasi-periodic oscillations and jet ejections are observed, and the black hole accretion flow shows intense activity. Our group has investigated the process of the formation of the soft X-ray emitting region by the cooling of the...

43rd Colloquium

A fierce new challenge: unveiling the connection between the first galaxies and reionization

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Enrico Garaldi

Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik

The Epoch of Reionization (EoR) shaped the properties of the baryonic content of the Universe. Using hydrodynamical and radiative-transfer numerical simulations, we investigate in detail the processes taking place in the IGM before, during and after the EoR. Present and future observations by, e.g., PAPER, LOFAR, SKA, and E-ELT, will...

42nd Colloquium

Computing the Universe: from Intergalactic to Interstellar Medium

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Renyue Cen

Princeton University

This talk will highlight some progress made based on our efforts of computing the universe, in order to understand the dynamics of gas in the universe, from intergalactic to interstellar medium. Select observables presented include the cosmic web from redshift zero to z=2-4, and the escape fraction of Lyman continuum...

41st Colloquium

Probing dust aggregate structure in protoplanetary disks by millimeter-wave polarization

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Ryo Tazaki

University of Tohoku

Dust coagulation in protoplanetary disks is the first step of planetesimal formation. However, a pathway from dust aggregates to planetesimals remains unclear. Both laboratory and numerical studies have so far shown that the structure of a dust aggregate plays important roles in planetesimal formation. However, the aggregate structure has been...

40th Colloquium

Radiation hydrodynamical simulations of first-star binaries including radiative feedback

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Kazuyuki Sugimura

University of Tohoku

The formation of the first stars after the big bang is one of the most important outstanding problems in modern astrophysics. While recent theoretical studies of the formation of individual first stars revealed the importance of radiative feedback and led to estimates first star the masses of first stars, studies...

39th Colloquium

Uncovering the formation of extremely distant galaxies with ALMA

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Takuya Hashimoto

Osaka Sangyo University / NAOJ

電波干渉系 ALMA の登場によって、宇宙再電離時代 (宇宙年齢がおそよ2-10億年) にある銀河の研究は新時代を拓いた。サブミリ波帯に赤方偏移した遠赤外の微細構造輝線 ([OIII] 88μm, [CII] 158μm など) を ALMA で観測することで、再電離時代の星形成銀河を分光同定することが可能になったのである (e.g., Inoue et al. 2016, Science)。さらに、このような宇宙初期の時代、既に豊富なダストが存在することも明らかになってきた (e.g., Watson et al. 2015, Nature)。  本発表では、私たちのグループが推進している超遠方銀河の微細構造輝線 (主に [OIII] 88 μm) およびダスト連続光の観測結果を紹介する。まず私たちは、重力レンズ効果によって明るく見えている遠方銀河1天体を観測した。この結果、赤方偏移 z = 9.11 (宇宙年齢 5.5億年) にある [OIII] 88 μm の分光検出に成功した (Hashimoto et al. 2018a, Nature)。これは現在最も遠い輝線天体である。さらに、ハッブル宇宙望遠鏡やスピッツァー宇宙望遠鏡のデータも組み合わせた多波長データ解析から、観測時点よりも過去の星形成の歴史を遡った。この結果、この銀河が星形成を開始したのは z ~ 15 (宇宙年齢2.5億年) の頃だと推定され、宇宙最初期の星形成に知見を得た。次に、z...

38th Colloquium

The most rapidly growing black holes: Narrow Line Seyfert 1s across cosmic time

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Chris Done

University of Durham

Narrow Line Seyfert 1s (NLS1) are the lowest mass, highest mass accretion rate Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the local Universe, with black hole masses of 1-10 million x Msun, accreting at the Eddington limit or beyond. These properties are similar to those expected for the majority of the first...

37th Colloquium

Fragmentation in self-gravitating accretion disks; Influence of binary systems

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Jannes Klee

University of Kiehl

Self-gravitation can play a role in protoplanetary- and AGN-disks. If they are massive enough, gravitoturbulence sets in and acts as a strong driver for angular momentum redistribution. Thereby it moves large amounts of gas from the outer parts of the disk to the central object. However, if the disk cools...

36th Colloquium

A New Stellar Population in the Bulge, and a new survey

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R. Michael Rich

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

By mass, the Galactic bulge is actually dominated by a relatively metal rich bar. This population exhibits relatively rapid rotation that reflects a pattern speed independent of Galactic latitude. We have completed a survey of 955 RR Lyrae stars in the bulge region, and find a remarkable population that does...

35th Colloquium

What young stars' infrared variability reveals about protoplanetary disks

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Neal Turner

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech

Young stars' infrared emission shows several puzzling features: variability uncorrelated with visible-light changes, foreground extinction that recurs erratically on weekly timescales, and excesses over the stellar photosphere too large to explain with starlight absorbed and re-emitted by a hydrostatic protostellar disk. I will discuss how each of these features can...

34th Colloquium

Density scratches and formation processes of primordial dark matter haloes via dry mergers

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Go Ogiya

LMU/MPI

Galaxy collisions and merging is a ubiquitous process in the theory hierarchical galaxy formation。We investigate the effects of galaxy collisions and mergers on the formation and evolution of galaxies using N-body simulations. In this talk we present two recent results. 1. In the case in which the two colliding systems...

33rd Colloquium

The composition of interstellar molecular gas in galaxies

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Nanase Harada

Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA)

The molecular composition in star-forming regions in the Milky Way is useful, for example, for determining the current stage of star-formation of a system. In starburst galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGN), the molecular composition is thought to vary strongly. In the past few years, ALMA observations of multiple species...

32nd Colloquium

Radiation transport calculation of the thermal radiation from gamma-ray burst jets

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Sanshiro Shibata

Konan University

Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are the one of the most energetic phenomena in the universe, with typically 1051 erg in gamma rays emitted within of order few tens of seconds. In the case long gamma-ray burst, the radiation is emitted from relativistic jets launched as a result of the gravitational collapse...

31st Colloquium (Part 1)

Dancing in the dark: galactic properties trace spin swings along the cosmic web

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Yohan Dubois

IAP

A large-scale hydrodynamical cosmological simulation, Horizon-AGN , is used to investigate the alignment between the spin of galaxies and the large-scale cosmic filaments above redshift z = 1.2. The analysis of more than 150 000 galaxies per time step in the redshift range 1.2 &less; z &less; 1.8, resolved with...

31st Colloquium (Part 2)

Exploring the Role of AGN Feedback in Galaxy Formation

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Rebekka Bieri

IAP

Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is routinely included in semi-analytic and numerical simulations, which have shown that such feedback is able to quench cooling flows and decrease star formation. Radio-mode feedback models from AGN jets are, however, still in the early stages of development. The impact of the jet...

30th Colloquium

The Epoch of Reionization: observations and simulations

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Benoît Semelin

LERMA, Observatoire de Paris

I will first briefly review the current observationnal constraints on the Epoch of Reionization, then I will describe the basic physics of reionization and emission of the 21 cm signal. I will then describe the current status and future prospects of 21cm observations and finally I will present modeling techniques...

29th Colloquium

A Dynamically Collapsing Cloud Core and a Precursor of a Core in a Filament Supported by Turbulent and Magnetic Pressures

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Rei Furuya

Tokushima University

To understand the formation of molecular cores, the eventual sites of star formation, it is not enough to know only the physical state of the star-forming high-density gas. One must also determine the velocity field and density structure of the more diffuse medium surrounding the dense gas. One can go...

28th Colloquium

Watching a Little Gas Cloud on its Way into the Galactic Supermassive Black Hole

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Andreas Burkert

Ludwig Maximilians Universität München

The Galactic center is one of the most fascinating and extreme places in the Galaxy. Harboring a supermassive black hole with a mass of order 4 million solar masses it experiences cycles of activity and star formation, separated by periods of quiescence that last of order a million years. The...

27th Colloquium (Part 1)

Puzzling Features of Quasar Accretion

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Charles Steinhardt

Kavli IPMU

The development of virial mass estimates for the central black hole using one quasar spectrum has allowed a dramatic improvement in our understanding of supermassive black hole evolution. I will describe several new puzzles arising from the combination of virial masses with luminosity and redshift measurements, many of which are...

27th Colloquium (Part 3)

The Evolution of Star-Forming Galaxies Over Cosmic Time

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Josh Speagle

Harvard University, Kavli IPMU

The assembly and evolution of galaxies over cosmic time is a complex process. Historically, galaxy evolution was thought to be governed by mainlystochastic, potentially divergent processes such as major mergers, whichwere linked to active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity and vigorous starformation followed by a rapid "quenching" process. In the last...

27th Colloquium (Part 2)

How Does Galaxy Environment Influence AGN Activity?

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Emil Khabiboulline

Caltech, Kavli IPMU

The development of virial mass estimates for the central black hole using one quasar spectrum has allowed a dramatic improvement in our understanding of supermassive black hole evolution. I will describe several new puzzles arising from the combination of virial masses with luminosity and redshift measurements, many of which are...

26th Colloquium

Relativistic Jets and Black Hole Accretion Disks

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Geoffrey Bicknell

The Australian National University

Since about 2005 our group at the ANU, in collaboration with Alex Wagner, has been conducting fundamental research on the interaction of jets with the interstellar medium of evolving galaxies. One area of research involves the interaction of relativistic jets with an inhomogeneous interstellar medium consisting of dense clouds. This...

25th Colloquium

1. The effects of Chern-Simons Gravity and Electromagnetic fields in Blach Hole space-time 2. Space-time rotation induced Landau quantization

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Takahashi Rohta

Tomakomai National College of Technology

1. One of the goals of galactic center black hole observations is the validation of theories of gravity. In addition, recent radio observations have revealed visibility and positional information of light source, and in hte near future we will obtain interferometer observations that will show how the magnetic radiation plasma...

24th Colloquium

Are Lyman alpha emitters the building blocks of the Milky Way?

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Hidenobu Yajima

Pennsylvania State University

Strong Lyman alpha emitting galaxies have been observed in large numbers over a wide range in redshift. Such galaxies are called Lyman alpha emitters (LAEs), and they are thought to be galaxies in the early stages of evolution. However, there are still many open questions regarding their formation and evolution....

52nd Colloquium

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Relativistic Godunov SPH Simulations of High-Velocity Jets from Compact Astrophysical Objects

Kanta Kitajima

Nagoya University

Relativistic jets are widely observed in astronomical objects including active galactic nuclei and gamma-ray bursts. However, the acceleration mechanisms that drive these jets are not yet fully understood. Recent studies have shown that when a jet possesses an initial velocity corresponding to approximately 90% of the speed of light, it...

March 2025   13 : 00     relativistic jets, SPH, and Godunov scheme
51st Colloquium

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Low frequency radio observation with MWA and SKA Low exploring the cosmic dawn and epoch of reionization

Shintaro Yoshiura

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Low and Mid, the world's largest radio telescopes, are currently under construction in Australia and South Africa. Covering frequency ranges of 50–350 MHz for SKA Low and 350 MHz–15.4 GHz for SKA Mid, the SKA will enable a wide range of scientific studies, leveraging its...

February 2025   13 : 30     21cm line, SKA, and MWA
50th Colloquium

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Tracing Early Galaxy Formation with FirstLight Zoom-In Simulations: Statistical Insights and Inner Structures of $z>6$ Galaxies

Yurina Nakazato

University of Tokyo

Recent JWST observations have revealed a wealth of detail about high-redshift galaxies, including strong [OIII] emission and clumpy structures. To interpret these observations, we utilize FirstLight zoom-in simulations with pc-scale resolution. This talk will discuss: (1) the physical properties of [OIII] emitters and the use of line diagnostics, (2) the...

February 2025   13 : 00     first galaxies, early universe, and cosmological simulations
49th Colloquium

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Theoretical models of optically-thick accretion disk corona

Norita Kawanaka

NAOJ/Tokyo Metropolitan University

This talk is about modelling the X-ray emission from black hole accretion discs. We discuss the standard model for these discs, and how this model needs to be modified in order to explain the observational data, in particular from super-Eddington discs and X-ray binaries. The standard model is a simple...

January 2025   13 : 30     accretion discs
48th Colloquium

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Formation of Young Massive Clusters by Fast HI Gas Collision

Ryunosuke Maeda

Tohoku University

We present simulations of the formation of young massive clusters (YMCs) through high-velocity collisions of HI gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The simulation models the magnetized interstellar gas dynamics, including the effects of self-gravity, heating/cooling, and stellar feedback. The results show that fast collisions of HI gas can form...

November 2024   13 : 30     star formation and clouds
47th Colloquium

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IMF transition across various environments in the early universe

Ito Mana

Tohoku University

We study the thermal evolution of star-forming clouds in the primordial halos at $z>100$, considering the effect of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The CMB inhibits the formation of H2 via the photodissociation of H-, resulting in a higher temperature than in the standard evolution of the first stars at...

October 2024   13 : 00     first stars, IMF, and SPH
46th Colloquium

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Investigating Black Hole-Disk-Jet System through Polarization Images

Yuh Tsunetoe

Harvard University

We investigate the innermost structure of black hole-disk-jet systems through polarization images. First, we focus on linear and circular polarization (LP and CP) separation along the jet, based on our general relativistic radiation transfer code. We find that the LP and CP components are separated by the Faraday effects. Next,...

June 2024   13 : 00     black holes, accretion discs, and relativistic jets
45th Colloquium

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Protoplanetary disk evolution: fragmentation and dust ring formation

Ryoki Matsukoba

Kyoto University

We study the metallicity dependence of the disk fragmentation using 2D hydrodynamics simulations. We perform long-term simulations up to 0.1 Myr with a wide metallicity range of $10^{-5}Z_{\odot} May 2024   13 : 00     protoplanetary discs, hydrodynamics, and dust

44th Colloquium

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State Transitions and Time Variations of Black Hole Accretion Flows

Ryoji Matsumoto

Chiba University

Black hole candidates display transitions between hard and soft X-ray states. During the transition, quasi-periodic oscillations and jet ejections are observed, and the black hole accretion flow shows intense activity. Our group has investigated the process of the formation of the soft X-ray emitting region by the cooling of the...

December 2022   13 : 30     accretion discs, AGN, and MHD
43rd Colloquium

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A fierce new challenge: unveiling the connection between the first galaxies and reionization

Enrico Garaldi

Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik

The Epoch of Reionization (EoR) shaped the properties of the baryonic content of the Universe. Using hydrodynamical and radiative-transfer numerical simulations, we investigate in detail the processes taking place in the IGM before, during and after the EoR. Present and future observations by, e.g., PAPER, LOFAR, SKA, and E-ELT, will...

July 2022   13 : 30     reionization, high-z galaxies, and IGM
42nd Colloquium

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Computing the Universe: from Intergalactic to Interstellar Medium

Renyue Cen

Princeton University

This talk will highlight some progress made based on our efforts of computing the universe, in order to understand the dynamics of gas in the universe, from intergalactic to interstellar medium. Select observables presented include the cosmic web from redshift zero to z=2-4, and the escape fraction of Lyman continuum...

June 2019   13 : 30     computational fluid dynamics, galaxy evolution, and cosmological simulations
41st Colloquium

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Probing dust aggregate structure in protoplanetary disks by millimeter-wave polarization

Ryo Tazaki

University of Tohoku

Dust coagulation in protoplanetary disks is the first step of planetesimal formation. However, a pathway from dust aggregates to planetesimals remains unclear. Both laboratory and numerical studies have so far shown that the structure of a dust aggregate plays important roles in planetesimal formation. However, the aggregate structure has been...

May 2019   13 : 30     dust and protoplanetary discs
40th Colloquium

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Radiation hydrodynamical simulations of first-star binaries including radiative feedback

Kazuyuki Sugimura

University of Tohoku

The formation of the first stars after the big bang is one of the most important outstanding problems in modern astrophysics. While recent theoretical studies of the formation of individual first stars revealed the importance of radiative feedback and led to estimates first star the masses of first stars, studies...

February 2019   15 : 15     numerical simulations, radiative transfer, and first stars
39th Colloquium

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Uncovering the formation of extremely distant galaxies with ALMA

Takuya Hashimoto

Osaka Sangyo University / NAOJ

電波干渉系 ALMA の登場によって、宇宙再電離時代 (宇宙年齢がおそよ2-10億年) にある銀河の研究は新時代を拓いた。サブミリ波帯に赤方偏移した遠赤外の微細構造輝線 ([OIII] 88μm, [CII] 158μm など) を ALMA で観測することで、再電離時代の星形成銀河を分光同定することが可能になったのである (e.g., Inoue et al. 2016, Science)。さらに、このような宇宙初期の時代、既に豊富なダストが存在することも明らかになってきた (e.g., Watson et al. 2015, Nature)。  本発表では、私たちのグループが推進している超遠方銀河の微細構造輝線 (主に [OIII] 88 μm) およびダスト連続光の観測結果を紹介する。まず私たちは、重力レンズ効果によって明るく見えている遠方銀河1天体を観測した。この結果、赤方偏移 z = 9.11 (宇宙年齢 5.5億年) にある [OIII] 88 μm の分光検出に成功した (Hashimoto et al. 2018a, Nature)。これは現在最も遠い輝線天体である。さらに、ハッブル宇宙望遠鏡やスピッツァー宇宙望遠鏡のデータも組み合わせた多波長データ解析から、観測時点よりも過去の星形成の歴史を遡った。この結果、この銀河が星形成を開始したのは z ~ 15 (宇宙年齢2.5億年) の頃だと推定され、宇宙最初期の星形成に知見を得た。次に、z...

October 2018   13 : 30     reionization, ALMA, first galaxies, and first stars
38th Colloquium

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The most rapidly growing black holes: Narrow Line Seyfert 1s across cosmic time

Chris Done

University of Durham

Narrow Line Seyfert 1s (NLS1) are the lowest mass, highest mass accretion rate Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the local Universe, with black hole masses of 1-10 million x Msun, accreting at the Eddington limit or beyond. These properties are similar to those expected for the majority of the first...

September 2018   13 : 30     seyfert galaxies, NLS1, AGN, and black holes
37th Colloquium

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Fragmentation in self-gravitating accretion disks; Influence of binary systems

Jannes Klee

University of Kiehl

Self-gravitation can play a role in protoplanetary- and AGN-disks. If they are massive enough, gravitoturbulence sets in and acts as a strong driver for angular momentum redistribution. Thereby it moves large amounts of gas from the outer parts of the disk to the central object. However, if the disk cools...

August 2018   13 : 30     accretion discs, computational fluid dynamics, and numerical simulations
36th Colloquium

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A New Stellar Population in the Bulge, and a new survey

R. Michael Rich

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

By mass, the Galactic bulge is actually dominated by a relatively metal rich bar. This population exhibits relatively rapid rotation that reflects a pattern speed independent of Galactic latitude. We have completed a survey of 955 RR Lyrae stars in the bulge region, and find a remarkable population that does...

March 2016   10 : 30     galaxy formation and observations
35th Colloquium

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What young stars' infrared variability reveals about protoplanetary disks

Neal Turner

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech

Young stars' infrared emission shows several puzzling features: variability uncorrelated with visible-light changes, foreground extinction that recurs erratically on weekly timescales, and excesses over the stellar photosphere too large to explain with starlight absorbed and re-emitted by a hydrostatic protostellar disk. I will discuss how each of these features can...

October 2015   15 : 30     protoplanetary discs and MHD
34th Colloquium

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Density scratches and formation processes of primordial dark matter haloes via dry mergers

Go Ogiya

LMU/MPI

Galaxy collisions and merging is a ubiquitous process in the theory hierarchical galaxy formation。We investigate the effects of galaxy collisions and mergers on the formation and evolution of galaxies using N-body simulations. In this talk we present two recent results. 1. In the case in which the two colliding systems...

October 2015   13 : 30     DM Halo, N-body simulation, and structure formation
33rd Colloquium

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The composition of interstellar molecular gas in galaxies

Nanase Harada

Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA)

The molecular composition in star-forming regions in the Milky Way is useful, for example, for determining the current stage of star-formation of a system. In starburst galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGN), the molecular composition is thought to vary strongly. In the past few years, ALMA observations of multiple species...

September 2015   13 : 00     ULIRG, IR, radiative transfer, and protostellar disc
32nd Colloquium

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Radiation transport calculation of the thermal radiation from gamma-ray burst jets

Sanshiro Shibata

Konan University

Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are the one of the most energetic phenomena in the universe, with typically 1051 erg in gamma rays emitted within of order few tens of seconds. In the case long gamma-ray burst, the radiation is emitted from relativistic jets launched as a result of the gravitational collapse...

March 2015   13 : 30     GRB
31st Colloquium (Part 1)

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Dancing in the dark: galactic properties trace spin swings along the cosmic web

Yohan Dubois

IAP

A large-scale hydrodynamical cosmological simulation, Horizon-AGN , is used to investigate the alignment between the spin of galaxies and the large-scale cosmic filaments above redshift z = 1.2. The analysis of more than 150 000 galaxies per time step in the redshift range 1.2 &less; z &less; 1.8, resolved with...

October 2014   13 : 30     SMBH and galaxy formation
31st Colloquium (Part 2)

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Exploring the Role of AGN Feedback in Galaxy Formation

Rebekka Bieri

IAP

Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is routinely included in semi-analytic and numerical simulations, which have shown that such feedback is able to quench cooling flows and decrease star formation. Radio-mode feedback models from AGN jets are, however, still in the early stages of development. The impact of the jet...

October 2014   14 : 30     AGN feedback and galaxy evolution
30th Colloquium

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The Epoch of Reionization: observations and simulations

Benoît Semelin

LERMA, Observatoire de Paris

I will first briefly review the current observationnal constraints on the Epoch of Reionization, then I will describe the basic physics of reionization and emission of the 21 cm signal. I will then describe the current status and future prospects of 21cm observations and finally I will present modeling techniques...

September 2014   13 : 30     reionization
29th Colloquium

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A Dynamically Collapsing Cloud Core and a Precursor of a Core in a Filament Supported by Turbulent and Magnetic Pressures

Rei Furuya

Tokushima University

To understand the formation of molecular cores, the eventual sites of star formation, it is not enough to know only the physical state of the star-forming high-density gas. One must also determine the velocity field and density structure of the more diffuse medium surrounding the dense gas. One can go...

July 2014   13 : 30     GMC, turbulence, MHD, star formation, molecular cores, and observations
28th Colloquium

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Watching a Little Gas Cloud on its Way into the Galactic Supermassive Black Hole

Andreas Burkert

Ludwig Maximilians Universität München

The Galactic center is one of the most fascinating and extreme places in the Galaxy. Harboring a supermassive black hole with a mass of order 4 million solar masses it experiences cycles of activity and star formation, separated by periods of quiescence that last of order a million years. The...

February 2014   17 : 00     hydrodynamics, G2, clouds, Galactic center, SMBH, AGN, and accretion discs
27th Colloquium (Part 1)

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Puzzling Features of Quasar Accretion

Charles Steinhardt

Kavli IPMU

The development of virial mass estimates for the central black hole using one quasar spectrum has allowed a dramatic improvement in our understanding of supermassive black hole evolution. I will describe several new puzzles arising from the combination of virial masses with luminosity and redshift measurements, many of which are...

August 2013   15 : 00     quasars, SMBH, and AGN
27th Colloquium (Part 3)

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The Evolution of Star-Forming Galaxies Over Cosmic Time

Josh Speagle

Harvard University, Kavli IPMU

The assembly and evolution of galaxies over cosmic time is a complex process. Historically, galaxy evolution was thought to be governed by mainlystochastic, potentially divergent processes such as major mergers, whichwere linked to active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity and vigorous starformation followed by a rapid "quenching" process. In the last...

August 2013   16 : 20     quasars, SMBH, and AGN
27th Colloquium (Part 2)

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How Does Galaxy Environment Influence AGN Activity?

Emil Khabiboulline

Caltech, Kavli IPMU

The development of virial mass estimates for the central black hole using one quasar spectrum has allowed a dramatic improvement in our understanding of supermassive black hole evolution. I will describe several new puzzles arising from the combination of virial masses with luminosity and redshift measurements, many of which are...

August 2013   15 : 40     quasars, SMBH, and AGN
26th Colloquium

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Relativistic Jets and Black Hole Accretion Disks

Geoffrey Bicknell

The Australian National University

Since about 2005 our group at the ANU, in collaboration with Alex Wagner, has been conducting fundamental research on the interaction of jets with the interstellar medium of evolving galaxies. One area of research involves the interaction of relativistic jets with an inhomogeneous interstellar medium consisting of dense clouds. This...

July 2013   14 : 00     AGN, AGN feedback, AGN jets, SMBH, M-sigma relation, MHD, accretion discs, radio galaxies, and Hydra A
25th Colloquium

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1. The effects of Chern-Simons Gravity and Electromagnetic fields in Blach Hole space-time 2. Space-time rotation induced Landau quantization

Takahashi Rohta

Tomakomai National College of Technology

1. One of the goals of galactic center black hole observations is the validation of theories of gravity. In addition, recent radio observations have revealed visibility and positional information of light source, and in hte near future we will obtain interferometer observations that will show how the magnetic radiation plasma...

March 2012   13 : 30     black holes, general relativity, and radiative transfer
24th Colloquium

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Are Lyman alpha emitters the building blocks of the Milky Way?

Hidenobu Yajima

Pennsylvania State University

Strong Lyman alpha emitting galaxies have been observed in large numbers over a wide range in redshift. Such galaxies are called Lyman alpha emitters (LAEs), and they are thought to be galaxies in the early stages of evolution. However, there are still many open questions regarding their formation and evolution....

March 2012   13 : 30     LAE, cosmology, radiative transfer, and Milky Way

52nd Colloquium Relativistic Godunov SPH Simulations of High-Velocity Jets from Compact Astrophysical Objects

Kanta Kitajima (Nagoya University)
March 2025   13 : 00     relativistic jets, SPH, and Godunov scheme

51st Colloquium Low frequency radio observation with MWA and SKA Low exploring the cosmic dawn and epoch of reionization

Shintaro Yoshiura (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
February 2025   13 : 30     21cm line, SKA, and MWA

50th Colloquium Tracing Early Galaxy Formation with FirstLight Zoom-In Simulations: Statistical Insights and Inner Structures of $z>6$ Galaxies

Yurina Nakazato (University of Tokyo)
February 2025   13 : 00     first galaxies, early universe, and cosmological simulations

49th Colloquium Theoretical models of optically-thick accretion disk corona

Norita Kawanaka (NAOJ/Tokyo Metropolitan University)
January 2025   13 : 30     accretion discs

48th Colloquium Formation of Young Massive Clusters by Fast HI Gas Collision

Ryunosuke Maeda (Tohoku University)
November 2024   13 : 30     star formation and clouds

47th Colloquium IMF transition across various environments in the early universe

Ito Mana (Tohoku University)
October 2024   13 : 00     first stars, IMF, and SPH

46th Colloquium Investigating Black Hole-Disk-Jet System through Polarization Images

Yuh Tsunetoe (Harvard University)
June 2024   13 : 00     black holes, accretion discs, and relativistic jets

45th Colloquium Protoplanetary disk evolution: fragmentation and dust ring formation

Ryoki Matsukoba (Kyoto University)
May 2024   13 : 00     protoplanetary discs, hydrodynamics, and dust

44th Colloquium State Transitions and Time Variations of Black Hole Accretion Flows

Ryoji Matsumoto (Chiba University)
December 2022   13 : 30     accretion discs, AGN, and MHD

43rd Colloquium A fierce new challenge: unveiling the connection between the first galaxies and reionization

Enrico Garaldi (Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik)
July 2022   13 : 30     reionization, high-z galaxies, and IGM

42nd Colloquium Computing the Universe: from Intergalactic to Interstellar Medium

Renyue Cen (Princeton University)
June 2019   13 : 30     computational fluid dynamics, galaxy evolution, and cosmological simulations

41st Colloquium Probing dust aggregate structure in protoplanetary disks by millimeter-wave polarization

Ryo Tazaki (University of Tohoku)
May 2019   13 : 30     dust and protoplanetary discs

40th Colloquium Radiation hydrodynamical simulations of first-star binaries including radiative feedback

Kazuyuki Sugimura (University of Tohoku)
February 2019   15 : 15     numerical simulations, radiative transfer, and first stars

39th Colloquium Uncovering the formation of extremely distant galaxies with ALMA

Takuya Hashimoto (Osaka Sangyo University / NAOJ)
October 2018   13 : 30     reionization, ALMA, first galaxies, and first stars

38th Colloquium The most rapidly growing black holes: Narrow Line Seyfert 1s across cosmic time

Chris Done (University of Durham)
September 2018   13 : 30     seyfert galaxies, NLS1, AGN, and black holes

37th Colloquium Fragmentation in self-gravitating accretion disks; Influence of binary systems

Jannes Klee (University of Kiehl)
August 2018   13 : 30     accretion discs, computational fluid dynamics, and numerical simulations

36th Colloquium A New Stellar Population in the Bulge, and a new survey

R. Michael Rich (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
March 2016   10 : 30     galaxy formation and observations

35th Colloquium What young stars' infrared variability reveals about protoplanetary disks

Neal Turner (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech)
October 2015   15 : 30     protoplanetary discs and MHD

34th Colloquium Density scratches and formation processes of primordial dark matter haloes via dry mergers

Go Ogiya (LMU/MPI)
October 2015   13 : 30     DM Halo, N-body simulation, and structure formation

33rd Colloquium The composition of interstellar molecular gas in galaxies

Nanase Harada (Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA))
September 2015   13 : 00     ULIRG, IR, radiative transfer, and protostellar disc

32nd Colloquium Radiation transport calculation of the thermal radiation from gamma-ray burst jets

Sanshiro Shibata (Konan University)
March 2015   13 : 30     GRB

31st Colloquium (Part 1) Dancing in the dark: galactic properties trace spin swings along the cosmic web

Yohan Dubois (IAP)
October 2014   13 : 30     SMBH and galaxy formation

31st Colloquium (Part 2) Exploring the Role of AGN Feedback in Galaxy Formation

Rebekka Bieri (IAP)
October 2014   14 : 30     AGN feedback and galaxy evolution

30th Colloquium The Epoch of Reionization: observations and simulations

Benoît Semelin (LERMA, Observatoire de Paris)
September 2014   13 : 30     reionization

29th Colloquium A Dynamically Collapsing Cloud Core and a Precursor of a Core in a Filament Supported by Turbulent and Magnetic Pressures

Rei Furuya (Tokushima University)
July 2014   13 : 30     GMC, turbulence, MHD, star formation, molecular cores, and observations

28th Colloquium Watching a Little Gas Cloud on its Way into the Galactic Supermassive Black Hole

Andreas Burkert (Ludwig Maximilians Universität München)
February 2014   17 : 00     hydrodynamics, G2, clouds, Galactic center, SMBH, AGN, and accretion discs

27th Colloquium (Part 1) Puzzling Features of Quasar Accretion

Charles Steinhardt (Kavli IPMU)
August 2013   15 : 00     quasars, SMBH, and AGN

27th Colloquium (Part 3) The Evolution of Star-Forming Galaxies Over Cosmic Time

Josh Speagle (Harvard University, Kavli IPMU)
August 2013   16 : 20     quasars, SMBH, and AGN

27th Colloquium (Part 2) How Does Galaxy Environment Influence AGN Activity?

Emil Khabiboulline (Caltech, Kavli IPMU)
August 2013   15 : 40     quasars, SMBH, and AGN

26th Colloquium Relativistic Jets and Black Hole Accretion Disks

Geoffrey Bicknell (The Australian National University)
July 2013   14 : 00     AGN, AGN feedback, AGN jets, SMBH, M-sigma relation, MHD, accretion discs, radio galaxies, and Hydra A

25th Colloquium 1. The effects of Chern-Simons Gravity and Electromagnetic fields in Blach Hole space-time 2. Space-time rotation induced Landau quantization

Takahashi Rohta (Tomakomai National College of Technology)
March 2012   13 : 30     black holes, general relativity, and radiative transfer

24th Colloquium Are Lyman alpha emitters the building blocks of the Milky Way?

Hidenobu Yajima (Pennsylvania State University)
March 2012   13 : 30     LAE, cosmology, radiative transfer, and Milky Way

23rd Colloquium The AGN/Starburst connection at z~2 from an IR/submillimeter point of view

Laurie Riguccini (Ehime University)
February 2012   13 : 30     AGN, starbursts, high-z galaxies, galaxy formation, IR, and submm

22nd Colloquium The effect of photo-dissociation in the mass accretion phase of PopIII.1 stars

Hajime Susa (Konan University)
December 2011   13 : 30     PopIII stars, accretion discs, radiative feedback, and star formation

21st Colloquium The formation of the first stars and galaxies

Thomas Greif (Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik)
September 2011   15 : 00     first stars and first galaxies

20th Colloquium (Part 2) Modeling the Electromagnetic Signature of Merging Supermassive Black Holes

Takamitsu Tanaka (Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik)
August 2011   15 : 00     SMBH, SMBH mergers, and accretion discs

20th Colloquium (Part 1) A Road to Supermassive Black Hole Merger

Kimitake Hayasaki (Kyoto University)
August 2011   15 : 00     SMBH, SMBH mergers, accretion discs, SPH, and X-rays

19th Colloquium Relativistic Jet Feedback in Evolving Galaxies

Alexander Wagner (The Australian National University)
October 2010   15 : 00     AGN jets, AGN feedback, galaxy formation, m-sigma relation, and hydrodynamics

18th Colloquium Massive stars in galaxies: their Feedback over their Lives

Gerhardt Hensler (University of Vienna)
September 2010   15 : 00     massive stars and supernovae

17th Colloquium The Chemo-dynamical Treatment of Galaxy Evolution

Gerhardt Hensler (University of Vienna)
September 2010   15 : 00     chemodynamics, massive stars, and supernovae

16th Colloquium Physics and Fluid-Dynamical Simulations Using GPUs

Muranushi Takayuki (University of Kyoto)
July 2010   15 : 00     GPU and hydrodynamics

15th Colloquium Numerical Simulations of High-energy Phenomena in the Universe

Shigehiro Nagataki (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)
June 2010   15 : 00     high-energy astrophysics

14th Colloquium Performance of Godunov SPH Schemes

Tsukamoto Yusuke (University of Tokyo)
June 2010   15 : 00     SPH, Godunov scheme, and Riemann solvers

13th Colloquium Late-type stars in the Andromeda galaxy

Andreas Koch (Leicester University, UK)
June 2010   15 : 00     Andromeda and stellar populations

12th Colloquium Black Hole Flywheel Engine Theory and Applications to statistical AGN characteristics

Nitta Shinya (Tsukuba University of Technology)
February 2010   15 : 00     AGN and SMBH

11th Colloquium Magnetic field amplification and turbulence in supernova remnants

Tsuyoshi Inoue (National Astronomical Observatory Japan)
February 2010   15 : 00     supernova remnants, MHD, and clouds

10th Colloquium The other dynamical friction: Supression of dynamical friction by the core structure of a halo

Shigeki Inoue (Tohoku University)
November 2009   13 : 30     N-body simulations, dark matter, and dynamical friction

9th Colloquium Galaxy evolution and cosmic reionization probed through Lyman alpha galaxies

Kazuaki Oota (Riken)
October 2009   13 : 30     LAE and observations

8th Colloquium Fast Reionization Simulations for LOFAR

Rajat Mani Thomas (IPMU)
September 2009   14 : 00     reionization, LOFAR, and radiative transfer

7th Colloquium Escape fraction of ionizing photons in high-z galaxies: implications on DLAs and LAEs

Kentaro Nagamine (Unversity of Nevada)
August 2009   13 : 30     LAE, DLA, reionization, and hydrodynamics

6th Colloquium Evolution of SMBH binaries through interaction with stellar systems

Masaki Iwasawa (NAOJ, Theory Group)
June 2009   13 : 30     SMBH binaries

5th Colloquium Testing the black hole paradigm with future observations of SgrA*

Cosimo Bambi (IPMU)
June 2009   13 : 30     SgrA*, black holes, and observations

4th Colloquium A New Perspective on the Complex Halo of M31

R. Michael Rich (University of California)
June 2009   14 : 00     Andromeda and galactic halos

3rd Colloquium One-dimensional steady-state solution of the black hole accretion disc taking into account the magnetic field

Hiroshi Oda (University of Chiba)
May 2009   13 : 30     accretion discs, SMBH, and MHD

2nd Colloquium Numerical simulations with GPU

Naohito Nakasato (University of Aizu)
April 2009   15 : 00     GPU

1st Colloquium A submm exploration of the protocluster SSA22

Yoichi Tamura (NAOJ Nobeyama)
April 2009   15 : 00     submm, protoclusters, and observations
  1. Relativistic Godunov SPH Simulations of High-Velocity Jets from Compact Astrophysical Objects, Kanta Kitajima (Nagoya University)   March 2025  
  2. Low frequency radio observation with MWA and SKA Low exploring the cosmic dawn and epoch of reionization, Shintaro Yoshiura (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)   February 2025  
  3. Tracing Early Galaxy Formation with FirstLight Zoom-In Simulations: Statistical Insights and Inner Structures of $z>6$ Galaxies, Yurina Nakazato (University of Tokyo)   February 2025  
  4. Theoretical models of optically-thick accretion disk corona, Norita Kawanaka (NAOJ/Tokyo Metropolitan University)   January 2025  
  5. Formation of Young Massive Clusters by Fast HI Gas Collision, Ryunosuke Maeda (Tohoku University)   November 2024  
  6. IMF transition across various environments in the early universe, Ito Mana (Tohoku University)   October 2024  
  7. Investigating Black Hole-Disk-Jet System through Polarization Images, Yuh Tsunetoe (Harvard University)   June 2024  
  8. Protoplanetary disk evolution: fragmentation and dust ring formation, Ryoki Matsukoba (Kyoto University)   May 2024  
  9. State Transitions and Time Variations of Black Hole Accretion Flows, Ryoji Matsumoto (Chiba University)   December 2022  
  10. A fierce new challenge: unveiling the connection between the first galaxies and reionization, Enrico Garaldi (Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik)   July 2022  
  11. Computing the Universe: from Intergalactic to Interstellar Medium, Renyue Cen (Princeton University)   June 2019  
  12. Probing dust aggregate structure in protoplanetary disks by millimeter-wave polarization, Ryo Tazaki (University of Tohoku)   May 2019  
  13. Radiation hydrodynamical simulations of first-star binaries including radiative feedback, Kazuyuki Sugimura (University of Tohoku)   February 2019  
  14. Uncovering the formation of extremely distant galaxies with ALMA, Takuya Hashimoto (Osaka Sangyo University / NAOJ)   October 2018  
  15. The most rapidly growing black holes: Narrow Line Seyfert 1s across cosmic time, Chris Done (University of Durham)   September 2018  
  16. Fragmentation in self-gravitating accretion disks; Influence of binary systems, Jannes Klee (University of Kiehl)   August 2018  
  17. A New Stellar Population in the Bulge, and a new survey, R. Michael Rich (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))   March 2016  
  18. What young stars' infrared variability reveals about protoplanetary disks, Neal Turner (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech)   October 2015  
  19. Density scratches and formation processes of primordial dark matter haloes via dry mergers, Go Ogiya (LMU/MPI)   October 2015  
  20. The composition of interstellar molecular gas in galaxies, Nanase Harada (Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA))   September 2015  
  21. Radiation transport calculation of the thermal radiation from gamma-ray burst jets, Sanshiro Shibata (Konan University)   March 2015  
  22. The Epoch of Reionization: observations and simulations, Benoît Semelin (LERMA, Observatoire de Paris)   September 2014  
  23. A Dynamically Collapsing Cloud Core and a Precursor of a Core in a Filament Supported by Turbulent and Magnetic Pressures, Rei Furuya (Tokushima University)   July 2014  
  24. Watching a Little Gas Cloud on its Way into the Galactic Supermassive Black Hole, Andreas Burkert (Ludwig Maximilians Universität München)   February 2014  
  25. How Does Galaxy Environment Influence AGN Activity?, Emil Khabiboulline (Caltech, Kavli IPMU)   August 2013  
  26. Relativistic Jets and Black Hole Accretion Disks, Geoffrey Bicknell (The Australian National University)   July 2013  
  27. 1. The effects of Chern-Simons Gravity and Electromagnetic fields in Blach Hole space-time 2. Space-time rotation induced Landau quantization, Takahashi Rohta (Tomakomai National College of Technology)   March 2012  
  28. Are Lyman alpha emitters the building blocks of the Milky Way?, Hidenobu Yajima (Pennsylvania State University)   March 2012  
  29. The AGN/Starburst connection at z~2 from an IR/submillimeter point of view, Laurie Riguccini (Ehime University)   February 2012  
  30. The effect of photo-dissociation in the mass accretion phase of PopIII.1 stars, Hajime Susa (Konan University)   December 2011  
  31. The formation of the first stars and galaxies, Thomas Greif (Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik)   September 2011  
  32. Modeling the Electromagnetic Signature of Merging Supermassive Black Holes, Takamitsu Tanaka (Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik)   August 2011  
  33. Massive stars in galaxies: their Feedback over their Lives, Gerhardt Hensler (University of Vienna)   September 2010  
  34. The Chemo-dynamical Treatment of Galaxy Evolution, Gerhardt Hensler (University of Vienna)   September 2010  
  35. Physics and Fluid-Dynamical Simulations Using GPUs, Muranushi Takayuki (University of Kyoto)   July 2010  
  36. Numerical Simulations of High-energy Phenomena in the Universe, Shigehiro Nagataki (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)   June 2010  
  37. Performance of Godunov SPH Schemes, Tsukamoto Yusuke (University of Tokyo)   June 2010  
  38. Late-type stars in the Andromeda galaxy, Andreas Koch (Leicester University, UK)   June 2010  
  39. Black Hole Flywheel Engine Theory and Applications to statistical AGN characteristics, Nitta Shinya (Tsukuba University of Technology)   February 2010  
  40. Magnetic field amplification and turbulence in supernova remnants, Tsuyoshi Inoue (National Astronomical Observatory Japan)   February 2010  
  41. The other dynamical friction: Supression of dynamical friction by the core structure of a halo, Shigeki Inoue (Tohoku University)   November 2009  
  42. Galaxy evolution and cosmic reionization probed through Lyman alpha galaxies, Kazuaki Oota (Riken)   October 2009  
  43. Fast Reionization Simulations for LOFAR, Rajat Mani Thomas (IPMU)   September 2009  
  44. Escape fraction of ionizing photons in high-z galaxies: implications on DLAs and LAEs, Kentaro Nagamine (Unversity of Nevada)   August 2009  
  45. Evolution of SMBH binaries through interaction with stellar systems, Masaki Iwasawa (NAOJ, Theory Group)   June 2009  
  46. Testing the black hole paradigm with future observations of SgrA*, Cosimo Bambi (IPMU)   June 2009  
  47. A New Perspective on the Complex Halo of M31, R. Michael Rich (University of California)   June 2009  
  48. One-dimensional steady-state solution of the black hole accretion disc taking into account the magnetic field, Hiroshi Oda (University of Chiba)   May 2009  
  49. Numerical simulations with GPU, Naohito Nakasato (University of Aizu)   April 2009  
  50. A submm exploration of the protocluster SSA22, Yoichi Tamura (NAOJ Nobeyama)   April 2009