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Nakamoto Lab
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A lab that uses theory and simulation to explore how stars and planets are born.
AboutAbout the lab
Approaching the birth of stars and planets through disks, dust, and radiation.
The Nakamoto Lab conducts theoretical research in astronomy and planetary science.
Its goal is to clarify how stars and planetary systems are born.
With the keywords "disks, dust, and radiation," the lab advances its research through computer simulations and other methods.
Its work covers protoplanetary disks where planets form, the birth of massive stars, and the atmospheres of exoplanets.
Key terms
- Protoplanetary disk
- A disk of gas and dust surrounding a newly formed star. Planets are thought to be born from it.
- Dust particles
- Small solid grains of ice, rock, metal, and other materials contained in the gas of a protoplanetary disk.
- Radiation
- The energy of light and heat emitted by celestial objects. Calculating how it propagates is called radiative transfer calculation.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts theoretical research in astronomy and planetary science, with the goal of clarifying how stars and planetary systems formed. The keywords are "disks, dust, and radiation."
*Illustrative imageFormation and evolution of protoplanetary disks
The lab investigates how the protoplanetary disks that give birth to planets form, evolve, and build planets. This includes numerical radiative transfer simulations and comparisons with observational data.
*Illustrative imageEvolution of dust particles in disks
The lab investigates how dust particles in disks merge and grow until they become planets. It focuses especially on the early stage when the particles are still small, studying the heating of dust and the evolution of asteroid materials such as chondrules.
*Illustrative imageHow massive stars form
How stars much more massive than the Sun form is a problem that remains little understood. Drawing on its experience with radiative transfer calculations, the lab studies the effects of radiation pressure, the pressure of the intense light from the central object.
*Illustrative imageExoplanet atmospheres
The lab investigates the temperature of a planet's atmosphere from the balance between heating by light from the central star and cooling by radiation into space. It also studies what can be learned from light that has passed through the atmosphere.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research students.As of 2025
- ProfessorTaishi NakamotoPublications ↗
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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.
- Top image: “Artist’s impression of protoplanetary disc (weic2329a)” ESO/L. Calçada / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Formation and evolution of protoplanetary disks: “TW Hydrae protoplanetary disc” S. Andrews (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA); B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Evolution of dust particles in disks: “NWA 5930 Meteorite Thin Section Chondrule - Image 7” Solar Anamnesis / CC0 (cropped)
- How massive stars form: “NASA’s Webb Reveals Cosmic Cliffs, Glittering Landscape of Star Birth” NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI / Public domain (cropped)
- Exoplanet atmospheres: “Illustration (Artist’s Impression) of WASP-39 b and Its Star (weic2221a)” NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (奥住研究室): “HL Tau protoplanetary disk” ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (玄田研究室): “The Earth seen from Apollo 17” NASA/Apollo 17 crew / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (佐藤研究室): “Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea (geminiann12013b)” International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Subaru Observatory / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (癸生川研究室): “Carbonaceous chondrite (Murchison Meteorite) ( )” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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