研究者業績
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- 所属
- 国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構 宇宙科学研究所 助教総合研究大学院大学 物理科学研究科 助教
- 学位
- 理学博士(1998年3月)
- J-GLOBAL ID
- 200901028844431929
- researchmap会員ID
- 5000050859
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銀河、銀河団などの宇宙の大規模構造の形成と進化の研究。主にX線による観測を手段とします。
愛知県一宮高校卒業、
名古屋大学 理学部卒業、
東京大学理学系研究科 理学博士取得、
宇宙科学研究所、SRON(NL)にてポスドク。
現在、JAXA/宇宙科学研究所勤務。
愛知県一宮高校卒業、
名古屋大学 理学部卒業、
東京大学理学系研究科 理学博士取得、
宇宙科学研究所、SRON(NL)にてポスドク。
現在、JAXA/宇宙科学研究所勤務。
研究分野
2経歴
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2020年11月 - 現在
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2020年11月 - 現在
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2020年9月 - 現在
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2007年4月 - 現在
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2020年11月 - 2021年3月
受賞
3論文
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 76(3) 512-522 2024年5月2日Abstract The reported detection of a 3.5 keV emission line in the Perseus cluster, possibly originating from dark matter decay, is still under scrutiny. Despite extensive observations, the detection has not yet been confirmed, and its origin remains a topic of active debate. Most of the previous searches relied on spectroscopy with X-ray charge-coupled devices, such as the X-ray Imaging Spectrometer on Suzaku. Although this provided a large amount of observational data, it only offered moderate spectral resolution. The X-ray astronomy satellite Hitomi offers new results using its high-resolution X-ray spectrometer (Soft X-ray Spectrometer). However, the data gathered were somewhat limited in terms of statistics. In this work, we present the results of a new spectral analysis of the Perseus cluster that combines the spectra from the XIS and SXS, along with the Soft X-ray Imager on Hitomi, thereby complementing each other’s capability. Our search was conducted for a line emission or absorption in the energy range of 2.6–5.9 keV assuming the Navarro–Frenk–White mass distribution with a concentration parameter of 5.0 and virial radius, r200, of 1.79 Mpc. We also considered the instrumental systematic uncertainty caused by the effective area calibration, which we empirically evaluated using the Crab Nebula spectra. On combining these results, we found no significant line features above the baryonic thermal emission from the intra-cluster medium. The upper limit at 3.5 keV, at a 3σ confidence level, is tightly constrained to 4.2 × 10−5 photons cm−2 s−1 for the $15^{\prime }$ circular sky region, which encloses a dark matter mass of $1.67\times 10^{14}\, M_{\odot }$, assuming a line velocity dispersion of 180 km s−1. This constraint is three times tighter than the previous one, which only used the SXS. On the basis of these findings, we provide the upper limit of the dark matter decay rate and the mixing angle for the sterile neutrino origin.
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2022年10月5日 査読有りCIZA J1358.9-4750 is a nearby galaxy cluster in the early phase of a major merger. The two-dimensional temperature map using XMM-Newton EPIC-PN observation confirms the existence of a high temperature region, which we call the "hot region", in the "bridge region" connecting the two clusters. The ~ 500 kpc wide region between the southeast and northwest boundaries also has higher pseudo pressure compared to the unshocked regions, suggesting the existence of two shocks. The southern shock front is clearly visible in the X-ray surface brightness image and has already been reported by Kato et al. (2015). The northern one, on the other hand, is newly discovered. To evaluate their Mach number, we constructed a three-dimensional toy merger model with overlapping shocked and unshocked components in line of sight. The unshocked and preshock ICM conditions are estimated based on those outside the interacting bridge region assuming point symmetry. The hot region spectra are modeled with two-temperature thermal components, assuming that the shocked condition follows the Rankin-Hugoniot relation with the preshock condition. As a result, the shocked region is estimated to have a line-of-sight depth of ~ 1 Mpc with a Mach number of ~ 1.3 in the southeast shock and ~ 1.7 in the northwest shock. The age of the shock waves is estimated to be ~ 260 Myr. This three dimensional merger model is consistent with the Sunyaev-Zeldovich signal obtained using the Planck observation within the CMB fluctuations. The total flow of the kinetic energy of the ICM through the southeast shock was estimated to be ~ 2.2 x $10^{42}$ erg/s. Assuming that 10 % of this energy is converted into ICM turbulence, the line-of-sight velocity dispersion is calculated to be ~ 200 km/s, which is basically resolvable via coming high spectral resolution observations.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2022年3月26日Abstract There are few direct measurements of ICM velocity structure, despite its importance for understanding clusters. We present a detailed analysis of the velocity structure of the Centaurus cluster using XMM-Newton observations. Using a new EPIC-pn energy scale calibration, which uses the Cu Kα instrumental line as reference, we are able to obtain velocity measurements with uncertainties down to Δv ∼ 79 km/s. We create 2D spectral maps for the velocity, metallicity, temperature, density, entropy and pressure with an spatial resolution of 0.25′. We have found that the velocity structure of the ICM is similar to the velocity structure of the main galaxies while the cold fronts are likely moving in a plane perpendicular to our line of sight with low velocity. Finally, we have found a contribution from the kinetic component of $<25\%$ to the total energetic budget for radius >30 kpc.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 511(3) 4511-4527 2022年2月26日ABSTRACT We present a detailed analysis of the velocity structure of the Virgo cluster using XMM–Newton observations. Using a novel technique which uses the Cu K α instrumental line to calibrate the EPIC-pn energy scale, we are able to obtain velocity measurements with uncertainties down to Δv ∼ 100 km s−1. We created 2D projected maps for the velocity, temperature, metallicity, density, pressure, and entropy with an spatial resolution of 0.25 arcmin. We have found that in the innermost gas there is a high velocity structure, most likely indicating the presence of an outflow from the AGN while our analysis of the cluster cool core using RGS data indicates that the velocity of the gas agrees with the M87 optical redshift. An overall gradient in the velocity is seen, with larger values as we move away from the cluster core. The hot gas located within the western radio flow is redshifted, moving with a velocity ∼331 km s−1 while the hot gas located within the eastern radio flow is blueshifted, with a velocity ∼258 km s−1, suggesting the presence of backflows. Our results reveal the effects of both AGN outflows and gas sloshing, in the complex velocity field of the Virgo cluster.
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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 7(03) 2021年7月1日
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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 11444 2020年
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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 11444 2020年
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Astronomy & Astrophysics 633 2020年1月
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 2019年6月The reported detection of a 3.5 keV emission signal in the Perseus cluster core by Bulbul et al. (2014, ApJ, 789, 13) was ruled out at high confidence in analysis conducted by Aharonian et al. (2017, ApJ, 837, L15) of X-ray spectra at 5 eV energy resolution obtained with the Hitomi observatory Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS). Using the same data, we search the full 2-12 keV SXS energy band for previously unidentified emission and absorption features. No significant unidentified line emission or absorption is found. Line flux upper limits (1σ per resolution element) vary with photon energy and assumed intrinsic width, decreasing from ∼100 at 2 keV to <10 photons cm-2 s-1 sr-1 over most of the 5-10 keV energy range for a Gaussian line with Doppler broadening of 640 km s-1. Limits for narrower and broader lines have a similar energy dependence and are systematically smaller and larger, respectively. These line flux limits are used to constrain the decay rate of hypothetical dark matter candidates. For the sterile neutrino decay rate, we place new constraints over the mass range of 4-24 keV with mass resolution better than any previous X-ray analysis. Additionally, the accuracy of relevant thermal spectral models and atomic data are evaluated. The Perseus cluster spectra may be described by a composite of multi-temperature thermal and active galactic nuclei (AGN) power-law continua. Superposed on these, a few line emission signals possibly originating from unmodeled atomic processes (including Si XIV and Fe XXV) are marginally detected and tabulated. Comparisons with previous X-ray upper limits and future prospects for dark matter searches using high-energy resolution spectroscopy are discussed....
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2019年2月High-resolution spectroscopy of the core of the Perseus Cluster of galaxies, using the Hitomi satellite above 2 keV and the XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer at lower energies, provides reliable constraints on the abundances of O, Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, and Ni. Accounting for all known systematic uncertainties, the Ar/Fe, Ca/Fe, and Ni/Fe ratios are determined with a remarkable precision of less than 10%, while the constraints on Si/Fe, S/Fe, and Cr/Fe are at the 15% level, and Mn/Fe is measured with a 20% uncertainty. The average biases in determining the chemical composition using archival CCD spectra from XMM-Newton and Suzaku range typically from 15-40%. A simple model in which the enrichment pattern in the Perseus Cluster core and the proto-solar nebula are identical gives a surprisingly good description of the high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy results, with χ2 = 10.7 for 10 d.o.f. However, this pattern is challenging to reproduce with linear combinations of existing supernova nucleosynthesis calculations, particularly given the precise measurements of intermediate α-elements enabled by Hitomi. We discuss in detail the degeneracies between various supernova progenitor models and explosion mechanisms, and the remaining uncertainties in these theoretical models. We suggest that including neutrino physics in the core-collapse supernova yield calculations may improve the agreement with the observed pattern of α-elements in the Perseus Cluster core. Our results provide a complementary benchmark for testing future nucleosynthesis calculations required to understand the origin of chemical elements....
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 70(6) 2018年11月
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 71(3) 2018年11月 査読有り
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 70(3) 2018年6月We present results from the Hitomi X-ray observation of a young composite-type supernova remnant (SNR) G21.5-0.9, whose emission is dominated by the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) contribution. The X-ray spectra in the 0.8-80 keV range obtained with the Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS), Soft X-ray Imager, and Hard X-ray Imager (HXI) show a significant break in the continuum as previously found with the NuSTAR observation. After taking into account all known emissions from the SNR other than the PWN itself, we find that the Hitomi spectra can be fitted with a broken power law with photon indices of Γ1 = 1.74 ± 0.02 and Γ2 = 2.14 ± 0.01 below and above the break at 7.1 ± 0.3 keV, which is significantly lower than the NuSTAR result (̃9.0 keV). The spectral break cannot be reproduced by time-dependent particle injection one-zone spectral energy distribution models, which strongly indicates that a more complex emission model is needed, as suggested by recent theoretical models. We also search for narrow emission or absorption lines with the SXS, and perform a timing analysis of PSR J1833-1034 with the HXI and the Soft Gamma-ray Detector. No significant pulsation is found from the pulsar. However, unexpectedly, narrow absorption line features are detected in the SXS data at 4.2345 keV and 9.296 keV with a significance of 3.65 σ. While the origin of these features is not understood, their mere detection opens up a new field of research and was only possible with the high resolution, sensitivity, and ability to measure extended sources provided by an X-ray microcalorimeter....
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SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2018: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY 10699 2018年 査読有り
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 70(SP1) S22.1‐S22.20 2018年1月1日
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2017年12月18日The present paper investigates the temperature structure of the X-ray emitting plasma in the core of the Perseus cluster using the 1.8--20.0 keV data obtained with the Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS) onboard the Hitomi Observatory. A series of four observations were carried out, with a total effective exposure time of 338 ks and covering a central region $\sim7'$ in diameter. The SXS was operated with an energy resolution of $\sim$5 eV (full width at half maximum) at 5.9 keV. Not only fine structures of K-shell lines in He-like ions but also transitions from higher principal quantum numbers are clearly resolved from Si through Fe. This enables us to perform temperature diagnostics using the line ratios of Si, S, Ar, Ca, and Fe, and to provide the first direct measurement of the excitation temperature and ionization temperature in the Perseus cluster. The observed spectrum is roughly reproduced by a single temperature thermal plasma model in collisional ionization equilibrium, but detailed line ratio diagnostics reveal slight deviations from this approximation. In particular, the data exhibit an apparent trend of increasing ionization temperature with increasing atomic mass, as well as small differences between the ionization and excitation temperatures for Fe, the only element for which both temperatures can be measured. The best-fit two-temperature models suggest a combination of 3 and 5 keV gas, which is consistent with the idea that the observed small deviations from a single temperature approximation are due to the effects of projection of the known radial temperature gradient in the cluster core along the line of sight. Comparison with the Chandra/ACIS and the XMM-Newton/RGS results on the other hand suggests that additional lower-temperature components are present in the ICM but not detectable by Hitomi SXS given its 1.8--20 keV energy band.
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 70(2) 2017年12月14日
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 70(2) 2017年12月6日
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 70(2) 2017年11月21日
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 70(2) 2017年11月16日
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 70(2) 2017年11月1日
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 70(2) 2017年10月12日
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 70(2) 2017年7月27日
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 70(2) 2017年6月30日
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Astrophysical Journal 842(2) 2017年6月20日 査読有り
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The Astrophysical Journal 837(1) L15-L15 2016年7月25日High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy with Hitomi was expected to resolve the origin of the faint unidentified E=3.5 keV emission line reported in several low-resolution studies of various massive systems, such as galaxies and clusters, including the Perseus cluster. We have analyzed the Hitomi first-light observation of the Perseus cluster. The emission line expected for Perseus based on the XMM-Newton signal from the large cluster sample under the dark matter decay scenario is too faint to be detectable in the Hitomi data. However, the previously reported 3.5 keV flux from Perseus was anomalously high compared to the sample-based prediction. We find no unidentified line at the reported high flux level. Taking into account the XMM measurement uncertainties for this region, the inconsistency with Hitomi is at a 99% significance for a broad dark-matter line and at 99.7% for a narrow line from the gas. We do not find anomalously high fluxes of the nearby faint K line or the Ar satellite line that were proposed as explanations for the earlier 3.5 keV detections. We do find a hint of a broad excess near the energies of high-n transitions of Sxvi (E=3.44 keV rest-frame) -- a possible signature of charge exchange in the molecular nebula and another proposed explanation for the unidentified line. While its energy is consistent with XMM pn detections, it is unlikely to explain the MOS signal. A confirmation of this interesting feature has to wait for a more sensitive observation with a future calorimeter experiment.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 456(4) 4475-4487 2016年1月9日 査読有り
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SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2014: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY 9144 2014年12月3日
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Universal profiles of the intracluster medium from Suzaku X-ray and Subaru weak-lensing observationsPUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 66(5) 2014年10月 査読有り
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Astrophysical Journal 782(1) 2013年12月14日
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 65(6) 2013年12月 査読有り
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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 766(2) 2013年4月 査読有り
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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 8443 2012年10月16日
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EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY 34(2) 519-549 2012年10月
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 64(5) 2012年10月 査読有り
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SUZAKU 2011: EXPLORING THE X-RAY UNIVERSE: SUZAKU AND BEYOND 1427 2012年 査読有り
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SUZAKU 2011: EXPLORING THE X-RAY UNIVERSE: SUZAKU AND BEYOND 1427 2012年 査読有り
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SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2010: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY 7732 2010年10月24日
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 62(2) 371-389 2010年4月 査読有り
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 61(5) 1117-1133 2009年6月18日
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Astrophysical Journal 705(1) L62-L66 2009年 査読有り
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Astrophysical Journal 701(1) 377-395 2009年 査読有り
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Astronomy and Astrophysics 468(3) 849-858 2007年6月 査読有り
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 59(1 SPEC. ISS.) 2007年4月8日
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Progress of theoretical physics. Supplement (169) 20-24 2007年We report Suzaku observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 1795 that extend to r_<200>≈2Mpc, the radius within which the mean cluster mass density is 200 times the cosmic critical density. These observations roughly double the maximum radius at which X-ray emission has been detected from this object. We extend the declining cluster temperature profile beyond the radial limits (r~1Mpc) of existing Chandra and XMM data. These observations demonstrate Suzaku's capability for spatially resolved spectroscopy at very low surface brightness levels.
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ESO Astrophysics Symposia 2007 398-400 2007年 査読有り
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PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS SUPPLEMENT (169) 312-315 2007年 査読有り
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電子情報通信学会 衛星通信研究会(SAT) 2023年5月26日 招待有り
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IAU Symposium 342 – Perseus in Sicily: 2018年5月13日
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2022年5月 - 2022年5月宇宙地球系物理学概論のゲストスピーカー (2022-5-26) (立教大学理学部)
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2020年4月 - 2021年3月基礎物理 (サレジオ工業高等専門学校)
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2022年4月 - 現在
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2021年7月 - 現在
共同研究・競争的資金等の研究課題
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日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 学術変革領域研究(A) 2020年11月 - 2025年3月
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日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C) 2014年4月 - 2018年3月
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日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C) 2012年4月 - 2015年3月
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日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 2007年 - 2009年
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文部科学省 科学研究費補助金(若手研究(B)) 2004年 - 2006年