Study of the Global Structure of Interstellar Gas Cycle in Galaxies

• Project/Area Number: 22253002
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Astronomy
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: YOSHII Yuzuru 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 教授 (00158388)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KAWARA Kimiaki 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 准教授 (50292834)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TANAKA Masuo 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 准教授 (70188340) ; KAWARA Kimiaki 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 准教授 (50292834) ; TANABE Toshihiko 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助教 (90179812) ; HANDA Toshihiro 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助教 (40202270) ; MINEZAKI Takeo 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助教 (60292835) ; MIYATA Takashi 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助教 (90323500) ; MOTOHARA Kentaro 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助教 (90343102) ; KONISHI Masahiro 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 特任助教 (50532545) ; KOSHIDA Shintaro 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 特任研究員 (60548890) ; SAKO Shigeyuki 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助教 (90533563)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥47,970,000 (Direct Cost: ¥36,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥11,070,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥14,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,390,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥14,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,360,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥18,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,320,000)
• Keywords: 銀河形成 / 赤外線 / パッシェンα / アタカマ / 銀河 / 星間物質 / 星形成

Research Abstract

We have carried out hydrogen Paschen-α(1.87μm) narrow-band imaging observations of the Galactic Plane and 41 nearby starburst galaxies, utilizing the near-infrared camera ANIR installed on the miniTAO 1m telescope. As the miniTAO is located at the summit of Co. Chajnantor with extremely high altitude of 5640m, it enables us to carry out observations of Pa-α emission from the ground, which is otherwise very difficult. We obtained new insights into the galaxy formation and evolution that (1) the dispersion known in the Kennicutt-Schimdt law (the correlation between molecular gas masses and star-formation rates) seems to be dependent on the age of star forming regions, and that (2) there may be a previously unknown star-forming mode in the starburst activities of galaxies.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Distributions of Dusty Star Forming Region in Local Starburst Galaxies (2013)
  • Author(s): Tateuchi K., Motohara, K., Konishi, M.,Takahashi, H., Kato, N., Kitagawa, Y., Yoshii, Y., Doi, M., Kohno, K., Kawara, K., Tanaka, M., Miyata, T., Tanabe, T., Minezaki, T., Sako, S., Morokuma, T., Tamura, Y., Aoki, T, Soyano, T., Tarusawa, K, Koshida, S., Kamizuka, T., Asano, K., Uchiyama, M. and Okada, K.
  • Journal Title: ASP Conference Series
• [Journal Article] Active Galactic Nucleus anExtended Starbursts in a Mid-stage Merger VV114 (2013)
  • Author(s): Iono, D., T. Saito, M. S. Yun, R. Kawabe, D. Espada, Y. Hagiwara, M. Imanishi, T. Izumi, K. Kohno, K. Motohara, K.Nakanishi, H. Sugai, K. Tateuchi, Y. Tamura, J. Ueda, and Y. Yoshii
  • Journal Title: Publication of Astronomical Society of Japan
  • URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013arXiv1305.4535I
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Paschen Observations of Be Stars Toward the SMC Cluster NGC 330 (2013)
  • Author(s): Tanabe, T., Motohara, K., Tateuchi, K., Matsunaga, N., Ita, Y., Toshikawa, K., Konishi, M., Kato, N., and Yoshii, Y.
  • Journal Title: Publication of AstronomicalSociety of Japan Volume: Volume 65
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Schmidt-Kennicutt Law of Matched-Age Star Forming Regions (2013)
  • Author(s): Komugi, S., et al.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Volume: 292 Issue: S292 Pages: 331-331
  • DOI: 10.1017/s1743921313001579
• [Journal Article] Paschen α Observations of Be Stars Toward SMC Cluster NGC 330 (2013)
  • Author(s): Tanabe, T., et al.
  • Journal Title: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Volume: 65
  • NAID: 10031146629
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] miniTAO/ANIR Pa?; SURVEY OF LOCAL LIRGs (2012)
  • Author(s): Tateuchi, K., K. Motohara, M. Konishi, H. Takahashi, N. Kato, Y. K. Uchimoto, K. Toshikawa, R. Ohsawa, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Yoshii, M. Doi, K. Kohno, K. Kawara,M. Tanaka, T. Miyata, T. Tanabe, T. Minezaki, S. Sako, T. Morokuma, Y. Tamura, T. Aoki, T. Soyano, K. Tarusawa, S. Koshida, T. Kamizuka, T. Nakamura, K. Asano, M. Uchiyama, K. Okada, and Y. Ita
  • Journal Title: Publication of Korean AstronomicalSociety Volume: Volume 27 Issue: 4 Pages: 297-298
  • DOI: 10.5303/pkas.2012.27.4.297
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Schmidt-Kennicutt Law of Matched-age Star-forming Regions;Pa? Observations of the Early-phase Interacting Galaxy Taffy I (2012)
  • Author(s): Komugi, S., K. Tateuchi, K. Motohara, T. Takagi, D. Iono, H. Kaneko, J. Ueda, T. R. Saitoh, N. Kato, M. Konishi, S. Koshida, T. Morokuma, H. Takahashi, T. Tanabe, and Y. Yoshii
  • Journal Title: TheAstrophysical Journal Volume: Volume757 Issue: 2 Pages: 138-138
  • DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/757/2/138
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of a new calibration method for ground-based Paschen-alpha imaging data (2012)
  • Author(s): Tateuchi, K., K. Motohara, M. Konishi, H. Takahashi, N. Kato, R. Ohsawa, K. Yutaro, Y. Yoshii, M. Doi, T. Handa, K. Kohno, K. Kawara, M. Tanaka, T. Miyata, T. Minezaki, S. Sako, T. Tanabe, T. Morokuma, Y. Tamura, T. Aoki, T. Soyano, K. Tarusawa, S. Koshida, T. Kamizuka, T. Nakamura, K. Asano, and M. Uchiyama
  • Journal Title: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series Volume: Volume 8446 Pages: 84467D-84467D
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.924263
• [Journal Article] Perfomance verification of the ground-based mid-infrared camera MAX38 on the MiniTAO Telescope (2012)
  • Author(s): Asano, K., T. Miyata, S. Sako, T. Kamizuka, T. Nakamura, M. Uchiyama, M. Yoneda, H. Kataza, Y. Yoshii, M. Doi, K. Kohno, K. Kawara, M. Tanaka, K. Motohara, T. Tanabe, T. Minezaki, T. Morokuma, Y. Tamura, T. Aoki, T. Soyano, K. Tarusawa, N. Kato, M. Konishi, S. Koshida, H. Takahashi, T. Handa, and K. Tateuchi
  • Journal Title: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series Volume: Volume8446 Pages: 844634-844634
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.925590
• [Journal Article] Evaluations of new atmospheric windows at thirty micron wavelengths for astronomy (2012)
  • Author(s): Miyata, T., et al. (including Takato, N.)
  • Journal Title: SPIE Volume: 8444 Pages: 84446B-84446B
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.925258
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Site Characteristics of the Summit of Cerro Chajnantor at the 5640 m Altitude (2011)
  • Author(s): Motohara, K., Aoki, T., Asano, K., Doi, M., et al.
  • Journal Title: Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Volume: 41 Pages: 83-86
• [Journal Article] ANIR : Infrared-Optical Simultaneous Imager for miniTAO 1 m Telescope at an Altitude of 5640 m3 (2010)
  • Author(s): Motohara, K., M. Konishi, N. Mitani, S.Sako, Y. K. Uchimoto, K. Toshikawa, R. Ohsawa, T. Yamamuro, T. Minezaki, T. Tanabe, T. Miyata, S. Koshida, D. Kato, T. Nakamura, K. Asano, Y. Yoshii, M. Doi, K. Kohno, M. Tanaka, K. Kawara, T. Handa, T. Aoki, T. Soyano, K. Tarusawa, Y. Ita, and H. Umeda
  • Journal Title: American Institute of Physics Conference Series Volume: Volume 1279 Pages: 397-399
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3509324
• [Journal Article] First Paschen alpha imaging from the ground: the first light of Atacama Near-Infrared Camera on the miniTAO1m telescope (2010)
  • Author(s): Motohara, K., M. Konishi, K.Toshikawa, N. Mitani, S. Sako, Y. K. Uchimoto, T. Yamamuro, T. Minezaki,T. Tanabe, T. Miyata, S. Koshida, D. Kato, R. Ohsawa, T. Nakamura, K. Asano, Y. Yoshii, M. Doi, K. Kohno, M. Tanaka, K. Kawara, T. Handa, T. Aoki, T. Soyano, K. Tarusawa, and Y. Ita
  • Journal Title: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series Volume: 7735 Pages: 77353K-77353K
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.856102
• [Journal Article] The University of Tokyo Atacama1.0-m Telescope (2010)
  • Author(s): Minezaki, T., D. Kato, S. Sako, M. Konishi, S. Koshida, N. Mitani, T. Aoki,M. Doi, T. Handa, Y. Ita, K. Kawara, K. Kohno, T. Miyata, K. Motohara, T. Soyano, T. Tanabe, M. Tanaka, K. Tarusawa, Y. Yoshii, L. Bronfman, M. T. Ruiz, and M. Hamuy
  • Journal Title: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series Volume: 7733 Pages: 773356-773356
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.856694
• [Presentation] 近傍高光度赤外線銀河のPaα輝線狭帯域撮像サーベイプロジェクト (2012)
  • Author(s): 館内謙
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会
  • Place of Presentation: 龍谷大学(京都府)
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-20
• [Presentation] miniTAO 1m望遠鏡用近赤外線カメラANIR:2011年度後期進捗報告 (2012)
  • Author(s): 館内謙
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会
  • Place of Presentation: 龍谷大学(京都府)
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-20
• [Presentation] miniTAO/ANIR Paschen Alpha Survey of Local LIRGS (2012)
  • Author(s): Tateuchi, K.
  • Organizer: The Second Akari Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Ramada Plaza Hotel, Jeju, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-28
• [Presentation] Distributions of Dusty Star Forming Region in Local Starburst Galaxies (2012)
  • Author(s): Tateuchi K.
  • Organizer: New Trends in Radio Astronomy in the ALMA Era
  • Place of Presentation: Hakone, Japan
• [Presentation] 近傍高光度赤外線銀河のPa α輝線狭帯域撮像サーベイプロジェクトII (2012)
  • Author(s): 舘内 謙
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会秋季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 大分大学
• [Presentation] Development of a new calibration method for ground-based Paschen alpha imaging data (2012)
  • Author(s): Tateuchi
  • Organizer: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• [Presentation] Paschen Alpha Survey ofLocal LIRGs by using miniTAO/ANIR (2012)
  • Author(s): Tateuchi, K.
  • Organizer: IAP-Subaru Joint International Conference : Stellar Populations across Cosmic Times'
  • Place of Presentation: IAP,Paris, France
• [Presentation] 近傍高光度赤外線銀河のPaα輝線狭帯域撮像サーベイプロジェクト (2012)
  • Author(s): 舘内 謙
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会春季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 龍谷大学
• [Presentation] miniTAO/ANIR PaschenAlpha Survey of Local LIRGs (2012)
  • Author(s): Takeuchi, K.
  • Organizer: The Second AKARIConference: Legacy of AKARI: A Panoramic View of the Dusty Universe
  • Place of Presentation: Ramada Plaza Hotel, Jeju, KOREA
• [Presentation] 近傍高光度赤外線銀河の Pa$\alpha$ 輝線狭帯域撮像サーベイプロジェクト II (2012)
  • Author(s): 舘内 謙
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2012年秋季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 大分大学
• [Presentation] 大質量星形成領域M8Eの長中間赤外線での観測 (2012)
  • Author(s): 内山瑞穂
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2012年秋季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 大分大学
• [Presentation] Development of a new calibration method for ground-based Paschen alpha imaging data (2012)
  • Author(s): Tateuchi, K.
  • Organizer: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• [Presentation] Evaluations of new atmospheric windows at thirty micron wavelengths for astronomy (2012)
  • Author(s): Miyata, T.
  • Organizer: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• [Presentation] Performance verifications of the ground-based mid-infrared camera MAX38 on the MiniTAO Telescope (2012)
  • Author(s): Asano, K.
  • Organizer: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• [Presentation] Thermal infrared observations of Asteroid 2005YU55 during closest approach (2012)
  • Author(s): Miyata, T.
  • Organizer: Asteroid, Comets, Meterors 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Toki Messe, Nigata
• [Presentation] miniTAO 1m望遠鏡用近赤外線カメラANIRのステータス (2011)
  • Author(s): 本原顕太郎
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学(鹿児島県)
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-20
• [Presentation] miniTAO/ANIR Paα輝線で探る初期衝突銀河-TaffyI-の星形成活動 (2011)
  • Author(s): 館内謙
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学(鹿児島県)
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-20
• [Presentation] miniTAO 1m望遠鏡遠隔観測システムの構築 (2011)
  • Author(s): 越田進太郎
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学(鹿児島県)
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-20
• [Presentation] 近赤外線による Wolf-Rayet星の探索:銀河中心領域クラスター (2011)
  • Author(s): 田中 培生
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会秋季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学
• [Presentation] 近赤外線による Wolf-Rayet星の探索:LMC30Doradus クラスター (2011)
  • Author(s): 高橋 英則
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会秋季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学
• [Presentation] miniTAO 1m 望遠鏡遠隔 観測システムの構築 (2011)
  • Author(s): 越田 進太郎
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会秋季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学
• [Presentation] miniTAO/ANIR Pa?輝線で探 る初期衝突銀河-TaffyI-の星形成活動 (2011)
  • Author(s): 舘内 謙
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会春季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学
• [Presentation] Paα輝線狭帯域撮像サーベイ により明かされる近傍 LIRGsの性質 (2011)
  • Author(s): 舘内謙
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会春季年会
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学
• [Presentation] Site Characteristics OfThe Summit of Co. Chajnantor at the5640 m Altitude (2010)
  • Author(s): Motohara, K.
  • Organizer: Atmospheric Data from Astronomical Site Testing in Chile
  • Place of Presentation: Hotel Diego de Almagro, Valparaiso, Chile
  • Year and Date: 2010-12-03
• [Presentation] The University of TokyoAtacama 1.0-m Telescope (2010)
  • Author(s): Minezaki, T.
  • Organizer: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation
  • Place of Presentation: Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA
• [Presentation] First Paschen α imaging from the ground: the first light of Atacama Near-Infrared camera on the miniTAO 1m telescope (2010)
  • Author(s): Motohara, K.
  • Organizer: SPIE "Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation
  • Place of Presentation: Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kibans/anir_en/
• [Remarks] 東京大学アタカマ天文台 (TAO) 計画
  • URL: http://www.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/TAO/
• [Remarks] アタカマ1m望遠鏡用近赤外線カメラ
  • URL: http://www.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kibans/anir/
• [Remarks] Atacama NIR Camera Wiki
  • URL: http://www.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kibans/anir_en/