Study of early black hole foramtion and cosmic reionization using high-z quasars
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15H03645
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Astronomy
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Research Institution | The University of Tokyo (2018) National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (2015-2017) |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥16,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,780,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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Keywords | 初期宇宙 / ブラックホール / 宇宙再電離 / 銀河形成 / 銀河共進化 / 銀河進化 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aimed to I) discover high-z quasars at z>7, and II) construct a statistical sample of z~6 quasars at z~6, by using both a great light-gathering power and a wide-field imaging capability of Subaru telescope. In this study, we found 89 quasars, which is 100 times fainter than the previous sample, at z~6, increasing significantly the number of quasars at this epoch. Based on the sample, we measured the luminosity function, estimate the photon budget to the reionization, and discovery of a z~7 quasar. We also measure the dynamical mass and black hole mass by the following radio and near-infrared observations, and published the papers on the coevolution with galaxies, and the initial evolution of black holes.
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
巨大ブラックホールの誕生過程は謎に包まれており、宇宙初期にどの程度普遍的に存在するのか、そしてその個数密度はどれくらいか、といった基本的な事も分かっていなかった。これまでの探査では、現在の宇宙では珍しいような、最重量級の巨大ブラックホールに限られていた。本研究では、最新鋭の超広視野主焦点カメラHSCを用いた300夜に渡る大規模な探査観測を通じて、83個の超遠方クェーサーを新発見することに成功した。これらは従来知られていたクェーサーのわずか数パーセント程度の明るさで、今回初めてその微弱な光をとらえ、普通の重さの巨大ブラックホールが超遠方宇宙にも多数存在することを初めて明らかにした。
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Report
(5 results)
Research Products
(76 results)
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[Journal Article] Luminous quasars do not live in the most overdense regions of galaxies at z ~ 42018
Author(s)
Uchiyama Hisakazu、Toshikawa Jun、Kashikawa Nobunari、Overzier Roderik、Chiang Yi-Kuan、Marinello Murilo、Tanaka Masayuki、Niino Yuu、Ishikawa Shogo、Onoue Masafusa、Ichikawa Kohei、Akiyama Masayuki、Coupon Jean、Harikane Yuichi、Imanishi Masatoshi、Kodama Tadayuki、Komiyama Yutaka、et al.
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Journal Title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Volume: 70
Issue: SP1
Pages: 32-46
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Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
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[Journal Article] A New Constraint on Reionization from the Evolution of the Lyα Luminosity Function at z~6-7 Probed by a Deep Census of z = 7.0 Lyα Emitter Candidates to 0.3L2017
Author(s)
Ota, Kazuaki; Iye, Masanori; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Konno, Akira; Nakata, Fumiaki; Totani, Tomonori; Kobayashi, Masakazu A. R.; Fudamoto, Yoshinobu; Seko, Akifumi; Toshikawa, Jun; Ichikawa, Akie; Shibuya, Takatoshi; Onoue, Masafusa
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Journal Title
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume: 844
Issue: 1
Pages: 85-122
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Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] Resolving the Internal Structure of Circumgalactic Medium Using Gravitationally Lensed Quasars2017
Author(s)
Koyamada, S., Misawa, T., Inada, N., Oguri, M., Kashikawa, N. & Okoshi, K.
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Journal Title
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume: 851
Issue: 2
Pages: 88100-88100
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Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] GOLDRUSH. III. A systematic search for protoclusters at z~4 based on the >100 deg2 area2017
Author(s)
Toshikawa Jun、Uchiyama Hisakazu、Kashikawa Nobunari、Ouchi Masami、Overzier Roderik、Ono Yoshiaki、Harikane Yuichi、Ishikawa Shogo、Kodama Tadayuki、Matsuda Yuichi、Lin Yen-Ting、Onoue Masafusa、Tanaka Masayuki、Nagao Tohru、Akiyama Masayuki、Komiyama Yutaka、Goto Tomotsugu、Lee Chien-Hsiu
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Journal Title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Volume: 70
Issue: SP1
Pages: 1-11
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Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
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[Journal Article] The redshift-selected sample of long gamma-ray burst host galaxies: The overall metallicity distribution at z < 0.42017
Author(s)
Niino, Yuu; Aoki, Kentaro; Hashimoto, Tetsuya; Hattori, Takashi; Ishikawa, Shogo; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Kosugi, George; Onoue, Masafusa; Toshikawa, Jun; Yabe, Kiyoto
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Journal Title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Volume: 69
Issue: 2
Pages: 27-37
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Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
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[Journal Article] Discovery of an Enormous Lyα Nebula in a Massive Galaxy Overdensity at z = 2.32017
Author(s)
Cai, Zheng; Fan, Xiaohui; Yang, Yujin; Bian, Fuyan; Prochaska, J. Xavier; Zabludoff, Ann; McGreer, Ian; Zheng, Zhen-Ya; Green, Richard; Cantalupo, Sebastiano; Frye, Brenda; Hamden, Erika; Jiang, Linhua; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Wang, Ran
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Journal Title
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume: 837
Issue: 1
Pages: 71-81
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Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
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[Journal Article] Similarities and uniqueness of Ly α emitters among star-forming galaxies at z = 2.52017
Author(s)
Shimakawa, Rhythm; Kodama, Tadayuki; Shibuya, Takatoshi; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Tanaka, Ichi; Matsuda, Yuichi; Tadaki, Ken-ichi; Koyama, Yusei; Hayashi, Masao; Suzuki, Tomoko L.; Yamamoto, Moegi
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Journal Title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume: 468
Pages: 1123-1141
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Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
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[Journal Article] Direct evidence for Lyboldsymbol{alpha } depletion in the protocluster core2017
Author(s)
Shimakawa, Rhythm; Kodama, Tadayuki; Hayashi, Masao; Tanaka, Ichi; Matsuda, Yuichi; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Shibuya, Takatoshi; Tadaki, Ken-ichi; Koyama, Yusei; Suzuki, Tomoko L.; Yamamoto, Moegi
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Journal Title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Volume: 468
Issue: 1
Pages: 21-25
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Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
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[Journal Article] Detection of an oxygen emission line from a high-redshift galaxy in the reionization epoch2016
Author(s)
Inoue, Akio K.; Tamura, Yoichi; Matsuo, Hiroshi; Mawatari, Ken; Shimizu, Ikkoh; Shibuya, Takatoshi; Ota, Kazuaki; Yoshida, Naoki; Zackrisson, Erik; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Kohno, Kotaro; Umehata, Hideki; Hatsukade, Bunyo; Iye, Masanori; Matsuda, Yuichi; Okamoto, Takashi; Yamaguchi, Yuki
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Journal Title
Science
Volume: 325
Issue: 6293
Pages: 1559-1562
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Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
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[Journal Article] A Systematic Survey of Protoclusters at z ~ 3-6 in the CFHTLS Deep Fields2016
Author(s)
Toshikawa, Jun; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Overzier, Roderik; Malkan, Matthew A.; Furusawa, Hisanori; Ishikawa, Shogo; Onoue, Masafusa; Ota, Kazuaki; Tanaka, Masayuki; Niino, Yuu; Uchiyama, Hisakazu
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Journal Title
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume: 826
Issue: 2
Pages: 114-138
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Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
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[Journal Article] Physical Properties of Spectroscopically Confirmed Galaxies at z~6. III. Stellar Populations from SED Modeling with Secure Lyα Emission and Redshifts2016
Author(s)
Jiang, Linhua; Finlator, Kristian; Cohen, Seth H.; Egami, Eiichi; Windhorst, Rogier A.; Fan, Xiaohui; Dave, Romeel; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Mechtley, Matthew; Ouchi, Masami; Shimasaku, Kazuhiro; Clement, Benjamin
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Journal Title
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume: 816
Issue: 1
Pages: 16-33
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Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] Thirty Meter Telescope Detailed Science Case: 20152015
Author(s)
Skidmore, Warren; TMT International Science Development Teams; Science Advisory Committee, TMT (including Norio Narita) (総著者数143名)
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Journal Title
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume: 15
Issue: 12
Pages: 1945-2140
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Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
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[Presentation] The Redshift Selected Sample of Long Gamma-Ray Busrt Host Galaxies: The Complete Metallicity Measurements at z < 0.412016
Author(s)
Niino, Y.; Aoki, K.; Hashimoto, T.; Hattori, T.; Ishikawa, S.; Kashikawa, N.; Kosugi, G.; Onoue, M.; Toshikawa, J.; Yabe, K.
Organizer
Eighth Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium
Place of Presentation
Huntsville(アメリカ)
Year and Date
2016-10-24
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Int'l Joint Research
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[Presentation] TMT2015
Author(s)
柏川伸成
Organizer
天文・天体物理 夏の学校
Place of Presentation
ホテル圓山荘(長野県)
Year and Date
2015-07-27
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Invited
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[Presentation] PFSへの期待2015
Author(s)
柏川伸成
Organizer
PFS ワークショップ
Place of Presentation
国立天文台(東京都)
Year and Date
2015-07-09
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Invited
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