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Hirofumi Noda, Associate Professor
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The Noda Lab observes high-energy objects such as black holes in X-rays, and at the same time develops instruments to be mounted on satellites. Associate Professor Noda joined the Astronomical Institute at Tohoku University in April 2024 and established the lab as an X-ray astronomy lab. Supermassive black holes lie hidden at the centers of galaxies, and when they swallow surrounding matter, they emit intense electromagnetic radiation as active galactic nuclei. Because X-rays are absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere and do not reach the ground, they are observed from space by placing detectors on satellites.
Makoto Hattori, Associate Professor
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The Hattori Lab studies the beginning of the universe through precision observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and research on interstellar dust. The lab developed superconducting detectors for precision CMB observations, installed them on GroundBIRD, a CMB telescope located on Tenerife in Spain, and has started full-scale scientific observations. This research was carried out as an international collaboration with overseas research institutions in countries such as Spain, the Netherlands, South Korea, and the UK, with the solution of fundamental questions as its ultimate goal.
Takashi Murayama, Associate Professor
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The Murayama Lab is an astronomy lab in the Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University. Its research keywords are active galactic nuclei and galaxies. Its listed research topics include the formation and evolution of large-scale structure in the universe, Lyman-alpha emitters, and searches for protogalaxies.
Takahiro Morishita, Associate Professor
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The Morishita Lab studies the properties of galaxies that formed in the era from a few hundred million to a few billion years after the universe began. It does this using observational data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Its research themes are galaxies in the epoch of reionization, the chemical evolution of galaxies, the structural evolution of galaxies, and large-scale structure and protoclusters in the distant universe. The lab is also involved in processing grism and prism data from the Roman Space Telescope.
Yoshifusa Ita, Assistant Professor
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The Ita Lab uses observations to study how low- and intermediate-mass stars evolve while losing mass, as well as stellar pulsation and circumstellar dust. Assistant Professor Yoshifusa Ita has studied Mira variables and variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds through observation since being a student. As a postdoctoral researcher, Ita joined the development team for the Infrared Camera (IRC), a near- and mid-infrared imager and spectrograph aboard the AKARI astronomy satellite. Ita wrote software to analyze imaging data from the IRC and released it worldwide together with a manual.
Shijun Yoshida, Assistant Professor
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The Yoshida Lab studies magnetized neutron stars from the standpoint of theoretical astrophysics. Neutron stars are considered to be central objects in high-energy astrophysical phenomena, but our understanding of their internal magnetic fields remains insufficient, in both observation and theory. The lab develops formulations and numerical codes to efficiently compute theoretically self-consistent models of magnetized neutron stars within the framework of general relativity.
Toru Yamada
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The Yamada Lab conducts observation-based research on the birth and evolution of galaxies. The lab promotes the WISH (Wide-field Imaging Surveyor for High-redshift) mission, a wide-field satellite project for exploring the early universe. The lab is also interested in the search for and observation of exoplanets.
Kenji Toma, Professor
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The Toma Lab conducts theoretical research in physics, mainly dealing with relativistic astrophysics. The lab takes up black hole jets and gamma-ray bursts, and also studies changes in spacetime caused by energy release from black holes. The lab also conducts research that combines physics with life sciences and sociology, as well as research on the social significance of physics. Prof. Toma is a professor at the Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences and also holds a concurrent appointment in the Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, but does not accept new graduate students through that concurrent appointment.
Kohei Ichikawa, Associate Professor
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Ichikawa Lab studies how the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies grow and how they meet their end. It is an observational astronomy lab that uses observational and public data in X-ray, infrared, radio, and other wavelengths to study active galactic nuclei and the growth of supermassive black holes. The lab also works on uncovering astronomical and meteorological phenomena preserved in historical records. Associate Professor Kohei Ichikawa, the head of the lab, has been affiliated with the Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences since October 2025.
Shigeo Kimura, Associate Professor
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Kimura Lab studies high-energy astrophysical phenomena, such as gas flows around black holes and the processes occurring in active galactic nuclei. The lab also investigates electromagnetic waves and neutrinos from objects that emit gravitational waves, the mechanisms by which particles are accelerated, and the origins of cosmic rays and astrophysical neutrinos. The formation of stars and planets, in particular the dynamics of protoplanetary disks, is also a subject of its research.
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