Development of project on molecular evolution in space to international cooperation and interdisciplinary research

• Project Area: Evolution of molecules in space: from interstellar clouds to proto-planetary nebulae
• Project/Area Number: 15K21735
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Science and Engineering
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: KOUCHI Akira 北海道大学, 低温科学研究所, 教授 (60161866)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 橘 省吾 東京大学, 理学系研究科, 教授 (50361564)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAGAHARA Hiroko 東京工業大学, 地球生命研究所, フェロー (80172550) ; FUKAZAWA Tomoko 明治大学, 理工学部, 教授 (40409496) ; YAMAMOTO Satoshi 東京大学, 理学研究科, 教授 (80182624) ; YURIMOTO Hisayoshi 北海道大学, 理学研究院, 教授 (80191485) ; NARAOKA Hiroshi 九州大学, 理学研究院, 教授 (20198386)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-11-06 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥34,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥26,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥7,950,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥14,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,300,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥14,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,380,000)
• Keywords: 分子進化 / 星間分子雲 / 原始惑星系 / 氷 / 有機物

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the present project is to maximize scientific achievements of molecular evolution in space by international cooperation. We made various exchange programs between domestic and foreign institutions. Especially, we focused on following international large projects such as ALMA and sample return projects from primitive asteroids such as Hayabusa2. As a result, international cooperative studies advanced remarkably, and excellent results have been yielded. From these activities, we have trained young scientist as a next generation leader.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] 岩石学・地球化学研究所(フランス)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Instituto de Estructura de la Materia(スペイン)
• [Int'l Joint Research] OSIRIS-REx科学チーム(アメリカ他)
• [Int'l Joint Research] CSIC(スペイン)
• [Int'l Joint Research] NASA(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Institute of Structure of Materials-CSIC(スペイン)
• [Journal Article] An infrared measurement of chemical desorption from interstellar ice analogues (2018)
  • Author(s): Y. Oba, T. Tomaru, T. Lamberts, A. Kouchi, N. Watanabe
  • Journal Title: Nature Astronomy Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Pages: 228-232
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41550-018-0380-9
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Liquid-like behavior of UV-irradiated interstellar ice analog at low temperatures (2017)
  • Author(s): Tachibana Shogo、Kouchi Akira、Hama Tetsuya、Oba Yasuhiro、Piani Laurette、Sugawara Iyo、Endo Yukiko、Hidaka Hiroshi、Kimura Yuki、Murata Ken-ichiro、Yurimoto Hisayoshi、Watanabe Naoki
  • Journal Title: Science Advances Volume: 3 Issue: 9
  • DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao2538
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] One-pot synthesis of amino acid precursors with insoluble organic matter in planetesimals with aqueous activity (2017)
  • Author(s): Kebukawa Y., Chan Q. H. S., Tachibana S., Kobayashi K. and Zolensky M. E.
  • Journal Title: Science Advances Volume: 3 Issue: 3
  • DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602093
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Hayabusa2 Sampler: Collection of asteroidal surface material. (2017)
  • Author(s): Sawada, H., Okazaki, R., Tachibana, S., Sakamoto, K., Takano, Y., Okamoto, C., Yano, H., Miura, Y., Abe, M., Hasegawa, S., Noguchi, T. and Hayabusa2 sampler team
  • Journal Title: Space Science Reviews Volume: - Issue: 1-4 Pages: 1-26
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11214-017-0338-8
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Simulations and Spectra of Water in CO Matrices (2017)
  • Author(s): R. Escribano, E. Artacho, A. Kouchi, T. Hama, Y. Kimura, H. Hidaka, and N Watanabe
  • Journal Title: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Volume: 19 Issue: 10 Pages: 7280-7287
  • DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08248c
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Evolution of morphological and physical properties of laboratory interstellar organic residues with ultraviolet irradiation (2017)
  • Author(s): Piani L., Tachibana S., Hama T., Tanaka H., Endo Y., Sugawara I., Dessimoulie L., Kimura Y., Miyake A., Matsuno J., Tsuchiyama A., Fujita K., Nakatsubo S., Fukushi H., Mori S., Chigai T., Yurimoto H. and Kouchi A.
  • Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal Volume: 837 Issue: 1 Pages: 35-35
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa5ca6
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Hayabusa2 sample container: Metal-seal system for vacuum encapsulation of returned samples. (2016)
  • Author(s): Okazaki, R., Sawada, H., Yamanouchi, S., Tachibana, S., Miura, Y., Sakamoto, K., Takano, Y., Abe, M., Itoh, S., Yamada, K., Yabuta, H., Okamoto, C., Yano, H., Noguchi, T., Nakamura, T. and Nagao, K.
  • Journal Title: Space Science Reviews Volume: - Issue: 1-4 Pages: 1-18
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11214-016-0289-5
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Negative catalytic effect of water on the reactivity of hydrogen abstraction from the C-H bond of dimethyl ether by deuterium atoms through tunnling at low temperatures (2016)
  • Author(s): Y. Oba, N. Watanabe, A. Kouchi
  • Journal Title: Chemical Physics Letters Volume: 662 Pages: 14-18
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.07.058
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Deuterium fractionation during amino acid formation by photolysis of interstellar ice analogs containing deuterated methanol (2016)
  • Author(s): Y. Oba, Y. Takano, N. Watanabe, A. Kouchi
  • Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume: 827 Issue: 1 Pages: L18-L18
  • DOI: 10.3847/2041-8205/827/1/l18
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Matrix sublimation method for the formation of high-density amorphous ice (2016)
  • Author(s): A. Kouchi, T. Hama, Y. Kimura, H. Hidaka, R. Escribano, N. Watanabe
  • Journal Title: Chemical Physics Letters Volume: 658 Pages: 287-292
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.06.066
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Statistical ortho-to-para ratio of water desorbed from ice at 10 kelvin (2016)
  • Author(s): T. Hama, A. Kouchi, N. Watanabe
  • Journal Title: Science Volume: 351 Issue: 6268 Pages: 65-67
  • DOI: 10.1126/science.aad4026
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] In Situ Observation of Amorphous Ices by Ultrahigh Vacuum TEM (2018)
  • Author(s): A. Kouchi
  • Organizer: 2018 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Sampling techniques for Hayabusa-2 (2018)
  • Author(s): S. Tachibana
  • Organizer: ROADS TOWARDS SAMPLE RETURN FROM COMETS AND ASTEROIDS
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Asteroid sample return missions - Hayabusa-2 and OSIRIS-ReX (2018)
  • Author(s): S. Tachibana
  • Organizer: Workshop “Role of Sample Return in Addressing Major Outstanding Questions in Planetary Sciences”
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Analysis of the returned samples from asteroids Ryugu and Bennu (2018)
  • Author(s): H. C. Cnnolly Jr, S. Tachibana, D. S. Lauretta, S. Messenger, and the sample analysis team for HAYBUSA2 and OSIRIS-REX.
  • Organizer: Solar-System Symposium in Sapporo 2018
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Chemistry of Molecular-Cloud Macromolecular Organic Matter ; Photochemical Experiments with PICACHU (2018)
  • Author(s): S. Tachibana
  • Organizer: Solar-System Symposium in Sapporo 2018
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type near-Earth asteroid Ryugu (2017)
  • Author(s): Tachibana S., Watanabe S., and the Hayabusa2 Project Team
  • Organizer: 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Houston, USA
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-20
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Effect of UV Irradiation on the Soluble Organic Matter extract from the Murchison Chondrite (2017)
  • Author(s): Orthous-Daunay, L. Flandinet, R. Thissen, V. Vuitton, F. Moynier, L. Piani, S. Tachibana
  • Organizer: Solar－System symposium in Sapporo 2017
  • Place of Presentation: Rusutsu Resort(Hokkaido, Rusutsu)
  • Year and Date: 2017-02-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Nitrogen Isotopic Evolution of Organic Molecules in Interstellar Ice Analogues by UV Irradiation (2017)
  • Author(s): H. Sugahara, Y. Takano, S. Tachibana, H. Sugawara, N. O. Ogawa, Y. Chikaraishi, N. Ohkoshi, H. Yurimoto, and A. Kouchi
  • Organizer: Solar－System symposium in Sapporo 2017
  • Place of Presentation: Rusutsu Resort(Hokkaido, Rusutsu)
  • Year and Date: 2017-02-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Liquid-like behavior of UV-irradiated interstellar ice analog at low temperature (2017)
  • Author(s): S. Tachibana
  • Organizer: Symposium ‘Molecular Evolution in Space’
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] “Evolution of molecules in space: From interstellar clouds to proto-planetary nebulae” (2017)
  • Author(s): A. Kouchi and S. Tachibana
  • Organizer: Symposium ‘Molecular Evolution in Space’
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Effect of UV Irradiation on the Soluble Organic Matter Extract from the Murchison Chondrite (2017)
  • Author(s): Orthous-Daunay F-R, Flandinet L, Thissen R, Vuitton V, Moynier F, Piani L & Tachibana S
  • Organizer: GOLDSCHMID2018
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Observation of liquid-like behavior of UV-irradiated amorphous ices (2017)
  • Author(s): A. Kouchi
  • Organizer: Meeting on DIPSS (Dust and Ice Particles Spectroscopy and Scattering)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Laboratory studies of hydride ices: physical and chemical prosesses (2016)
  • Author(s): T. Hama, A.Kouchi, N. Watanabe
  • Organizer: The Hydride toolbox
  • Place of Presentation: Paris, France
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-12
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Formation of high-density amorphous ice by matrix sublimation method (2016)
  • Author(s): A. Kouchi, T. Hama,Y. Kimura, H. Hidaka,R. Escribano,and N. Watanabe
  • Organizer: Workshop on Interstellar Matter 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Hokkaido Univ.(Hokkaido, Sapporo)
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-19
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A supernova with mixing fallback as a last spike of short-lived radionuclides 107Pd, 129L and 182Hf in the early solar system (2016)
  • Author(s): Tachibana S.
  • Organizer: 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
  • Place of Presentation: Berlin, Germany
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-07
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Hayabusa2: A mission to reveal the material evolution on a C-Type asteroid Ryugu (2016)
  • Author(s): Watanabe S., Tachibana S., Sugita S., Kitazato K. and Tanaka S.
  • Organizer: Goldschmidt Conference 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Pacifico Yokohama (Kanagawa,Yokohama)
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-26
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Geology on small airless bodies (2016)
  • Author(s): Walsh K., Connolly H., Lauretta D., Tachibana S. and Bottke W.
  • Organizer: Goldschmidt Conference 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Pacifico Yokohama (Kanagawa,Yokohama)
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-26
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The dynamical evolution of asteroids constrained from sample analysis (2016)
  • Author(s): Connolly Jr. H.C., Lauretta D.S., Walsh K.J. and Tachibana S.
  • Organizer: Goldschmidt Conference 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Pacifico Yokohama (Kanagawa, Yokohama)
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-26
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Cooling experiments of Fe-Fes melts: A cooling speedometer of chondrules (2016)
  • Author(s): Mori M., Tachibana S., Piani L., Marrocchi Y., Schrader D.L. and Connolly, Jr. H.C.
  • Organizer: Goldschmidt Conference 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Pacifico Yokohama (Kanagawa,Yokohama)
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-26
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Formation of chiral glycine by surface reactions of normal glycine with deuterium atoms at 10 K (2016)
  • Author(s): Y. Oba, N. Watanabe, A. Kouchi
  • Organizer: Astrophysical Ices in the Lab
  • Place of Presentation: Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-07
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Observation of amorphous solid water by non-contact atomic force microscopy (2016)
  • Author(s): H. Hidaka, Y. Sugimoto, S. Nakatsubo, N. Watanabe, A. Kouchi
  • Organizer: Astrophysical Ices in the Lab
  • Place of Presentation: Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-07
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Development of an UHV transmission electron microscope for in-situ observation of ice (2016)
  • Author(s): A. Kouchi, N. Watanabe, H. Hidaka, T. Hama, Y. Kimura, S. Nakatubo, K. Fujita, K. Sinbori, M. Ikeda
  • Organizer: Astrophysical Ices in the Lab
  • Place of Presentation: Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-07
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Evolution of Molecules in Space: From Interstellar Clouds to Protoplanetary Systems (2016)
  • Author(s): A. Kouchi, S. Tachibana
  • Organizer: Solar-System symposium in Sapporo 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Rusutsu Resort, Rusutsu, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Photochemistry in Molecular Cloud: Evolution of Ice and Organic Residues through Warming and UV-Irradiation (2016)
  • Author(s): L.Piani, S. Tachibana, T. Hama, I. Sugawara, Y. Oba, H.Tanaka, Y. Kimura, A. Miyake, J. Matsuno, A. Tsuchiyama, H. Yurimoto, A. Kouchi
  • Organizer: Solar-System symposium in Sapporo 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Rusutsu Resort, Rusutsu, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Cooling Speedometer for Chondrules: Eutectic Structure of Metallic Iron and Iron Sulfide (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Mori, S. Tachibana, and L.Piani
  • Organizer: Solar-System symposium in Sapporo 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Rusutsu Resort, Rusutsu, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Mechanism of Water Diffusion in Silica Grass at 50 Bar Water Vapor Pressure (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Kuroda, S. Tachibana, N. Sakamoto, H. Yurimoto
  • Organizer: Solar-System symposium in Sapporo 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Rusutsu Resort, Rusutsu, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] HAYABUSA2: Sample Return from C-type Near-Earth Asteroid (162173) RYUGU (2016)
  • Author(s): S.Tachibana, H. Sawada, R. Okazaki, Y. Takano, K.Sakamoto, Y. Miura, Hayabusa2 Project Team
  • Organizer: Solar-System symposium in Sapporo 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Rusutsu Resort, Rusutsu, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Condensation and Evaporation Kinetics of Forsterite under Protoplanetary Disk Conditions (2016)
  • Author(s): S. Tachibana, A. Takigawa
  • Organizer: Solar-System symposium in Sapporo 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Rusutsu Resort, Rusutsu, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Kinetic Study on Hydrous Mineral Formation Reaction between Amorphous Silicate Forsterite and Water Vaper in Protoplanetary Disks (2016)
  • Author(s): D. Yamamoto, S.Tachibana
  • Organizer: Solar-System symposium in Sapporo 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Rusutsu Resort, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Evolution of molecules in space: from interstellar clouds to proto-planetary (2015)
  • Author(s): A. Kouchi, S. Tachibana
  • Organizer: HAYABUSA2015:3rd Symposium of Solar System Materials
  • Place of Presentation: ISAS宇宙科学研究所（神奈川県相模原市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-18
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Remarks] 北海道大学低温科学研究所 宇宙物質科学宇宙雪氷学グループHP
  • URL: http://www.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp/astro/index.html
• [Remarks] 宇宙における分子進化：星間雲から原始惑星系へ
  • URL: https://www.astromolecules.org/
• [Remarks] 北海道大学低温科学研究所 宇宙物質科学・宇宙雪氷グループ
  • URL: http://www.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp/astro/index.html
• [Remarks] 宇宙における分子進化：星間雲から原始惑星系へ
  • URL: http://www.astromolecules.org/
• [Funded Workshop] Solar-System Symposium in Sapporo 2018 (2018)
• [Funded Workshop] Solar-System Symposium in Sapporo 2017 (2017)
  • Place of Presentation: Rusutsu Resort
  • Year and Date: 2017-02-13
• [Funded Workshop] Symposium ‘Molecular Evolution in Space’ (2017)
• [Funded Workshop] Meeting on Dust and Ice Particles Spectroscopy and Scattering (2017)
• [Funded Workshop] Workshop on Interstellar Matter 2016 (2016)
  • Place of Presentation: Hokkaido University
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-19
• [Funded Workshop] Solar-System symposium in Sapporo 2016 (2016)
  • Place of Presentation: Rusutsu Resort, Rusutsu, Hokkaido
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-17
• [Funded Workshop] Workshop on Experimental Cosmochemistry (2016)
  • Place of Presentation: Pacifico Yokohama