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Fujii Lab
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A lab that explores the atmospheres and surface environments of small planets outside the solar system.
AboutAbout the lab
Looking back at Earth from distant planets.
The Fujii Lab studies the properties of small planets outside the solar system (exoplanets).
By learning about exoplanets, the lab aims to place Earth and the solar system in a larger context.
The lab is particularly interested in the surface environments of Earth-like planets, including assessing whether life could exist there.
Associate Professor Fujii is affiliated with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and accepts graduate students through the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of Tokyo and through SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies).
Key terms
- Exoplanet
- A planet that orbits a star other than the Sun
- Habitable zone
- The range of distances from a star where conditions are moderate enough for liquid water to exist on a planet's surface
- Host star
- The central star that a planet orbits. It is many orders of magnitude brighter than the planet
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to clarify the properties of exoplanets and place Earth and the solar system in a larger context. To infer the surface environments of planets from limited observations, it models atmospheres and simulates the signals that would be observed.
*Illustrative imageSurface environments of Earth-like planets
Focusing on Earth-sized planets in the habitable zone, the lab investigates how to tell whether an environment could support life. Light from a planet is easily buried in the light of its host star, which is many orders of magnitude brighter, and even when a planet is detected, interpreting the data is not easy.
*Illustrative imageFrom atmospheric models to observational clues
The lab models the structure and evolution of atmospheres of planets under a variety of conditions, simulates the signals that appear in spectra and brightness, and evaluates whether they can be observed. It also analyzes data from astronomical observations and observation simulations.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorYuka Fujii
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Artist's impression of the planet orbiting Proxima Centauri (eso1629e)” ESO/M. Kornmesser / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Surface environments of Earth-like planets: “Pale Blue Dot” Voyager 1 / Public domain (cropped)
- From atmospheric models to observational clues: “Rocky Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c (Artist Concept)” NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Ikoma Lab (Exoplanet Theory Group)): “Artist's Impression of Kepler 138 Planetary System (2022-048)” NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kurokawa Lab): “HL Tau protoplanetary disk” ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Morota Lab): “FullMoon2010” Gregory H. Revera / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Namiki Lab (RISE Lunar and Planetary Exploration Study Office)): “PIA16587 - GRAIL's Gravity Field of the Moon” NASA/ARC/MIT / Public domain (cropped)
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