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2. Characteristics of laser ablation-excited vibrations in concrete
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Yasuda, N., primary and Asakura, T., additional
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- 2023
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3. Bowel movement frequency, stool consistency, and risk of disabling dementia: a population-based cohort study in Japan
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Shimizu, Y., Inoue, M., Yasuda, N., Yamagishi, K., Iwasaki, M., Tsugane, S., and Sawada, N.
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- 2023
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4. Projectile fragment emission in the fragmentation of 56Fe on Al, C and CH2 targets
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Wang, Luo-Huan, Huo, Liang-Di, Zhu, Jia-Huan, Li, Hui-Ling, Li, Jun-Sheng, Kodaira, S., Yasuda, N., and Zhang, Dong-Hai
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Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
The emission angle distribution of projectile fragments (PFs) and the temperature of PFs emission source for fragmentation of $^{56}$Fe on polyethylene, carbon and aluminum targets at the highest energy of 496 A MeV are investigated using CR-39 plastic nuclear track detector. It is found that the averaged emission angle of PFs increases with the decrease of PF charge for the same target, and no obvious dependence of angular distribution on the mass of target nucleus is found for the same PF. The cumulated squared transverse momentum distribution of PF can be well represented by a single Rayleigh distribution, the temperature of PFs emission source is extracted from the distribution, which is about 1.0-8.0 MeV and do not depend on the mass of target for PF with charge of 9<=Z<=25., Comment: 13 pages, 12 figures
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- 2019
5. The total and the partial charge-changing cross sections of 40Ar fragmentation on elemental targets at 500 A MeV
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Zheng, Su-Hua, Duan, Hai-Rui, Wu, Jing-Ya, Li, Rong, Li, Yao, Zhang, Ru, Li, Jun-Sheng, Kodaira, S., Yasuda, N., and Zhang, Dong-Hai
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- 2022
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6. SN 2016jhj at redshift 0.34: extending the Type II supernova Hubble diagram using the standard candle method
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de Jaeger, T., Galbany, L., Filippenko, A. V., González-Gaitán, S., Yasuda, N., Maeda, K., Tanaka, M., Morokuma, T., Moriya, T. J., Tominaga, N., Nomoto, K., Komiyama, Y., Anderson, J. P., Brink, T. G., Carlberg, R. G., Folatelli, G., Hamuy, M., Pignata, G., and Zheng, W.
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
Although Type Ia supernova cosmology has now reached a mature state, it is important to develop as many independent methods as possible to understand the true nature of dark energy. Recent studies have shown that Type II supernovae (SNe II) offer such a path and could be used as alternative distance indicators. However, the majority of these studies were unable to extend the Hubble diagram above redshift $z=0.3$ because of observational limitations. Here, we show that we are now ready to move beyond low redshifts and attempt high-redshift ($z \gtrsim 0.3$) SN~II cosmology as a result of new-generation deep surveys such as the Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) survey. Applying the "standard candle method" to SN$\sim$2016jhj ($z=0.3398 \pm 0.0002$; discovered by HSC) together with a low-redshift sample, we are able to construct the highest-redshift SN II Hubble diagram to date with an observed dispersion of 0.27 mag (i.e., 12-13% in distance). This work demonstrates the bright future of SN~II cosmology in the coming era of large, wide-field surveys like that of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope., Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 12 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables
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- 2017
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7. The Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP Survey: Overview and Survey Design
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Aihara, H., Arimoto, N., Armstrong, R., Arnouts, S., Bahcall, N. A., Bickerton, S., Bosch, J., Bundy, K., Capak, P. L., Chan, J. H. H., Chiba, M., Coupon, J., Egami, E., Enoki, M., Finet, F., Fujimori, H., Fujimoto, S., Furusawa, H., Furusawa, J., Goto, T., Goulding, A., Greco, J. P., Greene, J. E., Gunn, J. E., Hamana, T., Harikane, Y., Hashimoto, Y., Hattori, T., Hayashi, M., Hayashi, Y., Hełminiak, K. G., Higuchi, R., Hikage, C., Ho, P. T. P., Hsieh, B. -C., Huang, K., Huang, S., Ikeda, H., Imanishi, M., Inoue, A. K., Iwasawa, K., Iwata, I., Jaelani, A. T., Jian, H. -Y., Kamata, Y., Karoji, H., Kashikawa, N., Katayama, N., Kawanomoto, S., Kayo, I., Koda, J., Koike, M., Kojima, T., Komiyama, Y., Konno, A., Koshida, S., Koyama, Y., Kusakabe, H., Leauthaud, A., Lee, C. -H., Lin, L., Lin, Y. -T., Lupton, R. H., Mandelbaum, R., Matsuoka, Y., Medezinski, E., Mineo, S., Miyama, S., Miyatake, H., Miyazaki, S., Momose, R., More, A., More, S., Moritani, Y., Moriya, T. J., Morokuma, T., Mukae, S., Murata, R., Murayama, H., Nagao, T., Nakata, F., Niida, M., Niikura, H., Nishizawa, A. J., Obuchi, Y., Oguri, M., Oishi, Y., Okabe, N., Okura, Y., Ono, Y., Onodera, M., Onoue, M., Osato, K., Ouchi, M., Price, P. A., Pyo, T. -S., Sako, M., Okamoto, S., Sawicki, M., Shibuya, T., Shimasaku, K., Shimono, A., Shirasaki, M., Silverman, J. D., Simet, M., Speagle, J., Spergel, D. N., Strauss, M. A., Sugahara, Y., Sugiyama, N., Suto, Y., Suyu, S. H., Suzuki, N., Tait, P. J., Takata, T., Takada, M., Tamura, N., Tanaka, M. M., Tanaka, M., Tanaka, Y., Terai, T., Terashima, Y., Toba, Y., Toshikawa, J., Turner, E. L., Uchida, T., Uchiyama, H., Umetsu, K., Uraguchi, F., Urata, Y., Usuda, T., Utsumi, Y., Wang, S. -Y., Wang, W. -H., Wong, K. C., Yabe, K., Yamada, Y., Yamanoi, H., Yasuda, N., Yeh, S., Yonehara, A., and Yuma, S.
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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics - Abstract
Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) is a wide-field imaging camera on the prime focus of the 8.2m Subaru telescope on the summit of Maunakea in Hawaii. A team of scientists from Japan, Taiwan and Princeton University is using HSC to carry out a 300-night multi-band imaging survey of the high-latitude sky. The survey includes three layers: the Wide layer will cover 1400 deg$^2$ in five broad bands ($grizy$), with a $5\,\sigma$ point-source depth of $r \approx 26$. The Deep layer covers a total of 26~deg$^2$ in four fields, going roughly a magnitude fainter, while the UltraDeep layer goes almost a magnitude fainter still in two pointings of HSC (a total of 3.5 deg$^2$). Here we describe the instrument, the science goals of the survey, and the survey strategy and data processing. This paper serves as an introduction to a special issue of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, which includes a large number of technical and scientific papers describing results from the early phases of this survey., Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables. Corrected for a typo in the coordinates of HSC-Wide spring equatorial field in Table 5
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- 2017
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8. Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB150418
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Bassa, C. G., Beswick, R., Tingay, S. J., Keane, E. F., Bhandari, S., Johnston, S., Totani, T., Tominaga, N., Yasuda, N., Stappers, B. W., Barr, E. D., Kramer, M., and Possenti, A.
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Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies - Abstract
A fading radio source, coincident in time and position with the fast radio burst FRB150418, has been associated with the galaxy WISE J071634.59-190039.2. Subsequent observations of this galaxy have revealed that it contains a persistent, but variable, radio source. We present e-MERLIN, VLBA, and ATCA radio observations and Subaru optical observations of WISE J071634.59-190039.2 and find that the persistent radio source is unresolved and must be compact (<0.01 kpc), and that its location is consistent with the optical centre of the galaxy. We conclude that it is likely that WISE J071634.59-190039.2 contains a weak radio AGN., Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters
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- 2016
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9. A Fast Radio Burst Host Galaxy
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Keane, E. F., Johnston, S., Bhandari, S., Barr, E., Bhat, N. D. R., Burgay, M., Caleb, M., Flynn, C., Jameson, A., Kramer, M., Petroff, E., Possenti, A., van Straten, W., Bailes, M., Burke-Spolaor, S., Eatough, R. P., Stappers, B. W., Totani, T., Honma, M., Furusawa, H., Hattori, T., Morokuma, T., Niino, Y., Sugai, H., Terai, T., Tominaga, N., Yamasaki, S., Yasuda, N., Allen, R., Cooke, J., Jencson, J., Kasliwal, M. M., Kaplan, D. L., Tingay, S. J., Williams, A., Wayth, R., Chandra, P., Perrodin, D., Berezina, M., Mickaliger, M., and Bassa, C.
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
In recent years, millisecond duration radio signals originating from distant galaxies appear to have been discovered in the so-called Fast Radio Bursts. These signals are dispersed according to a precise physical law and this dispersion is a key observable quantity which, in tandem with a redshift measurement, can be used for fundamental physical investigations. While every fast radio burst has a dispersion measurement, none before now have had a redshift measurement, due to the difficulty in pinpointing their celestial coordinates. Here we present the discovery of a fast radio burst and the identification of a fading radio transient lasting $\sim 6$ days after the event, which we use to identify the host galaxy; we measure the galaxy's redshift to be $z=0.492\pm0.008$. The dispersion measure and redshift, in combination, provide a direct measurement of the cosmic density of ionised baryons in the intergalactic medium of $\Omega_{\mathrm{IGM}}=4.9 \pm 1.3\%$, in agreement with the expectation from WMAP, and including all of the so-called "missing baryons". The $\sim6$-day transient is largely consistent with a short gamma-ray burst radio afterglow, and its existence and timescale do not support progenitor models such as giant pulses from pulsars, and supernovae. This contrasts with the interpretation of another recently discovered fast radio burst, suggesting there are at least two classes of bursts., Comment: Published in Nature, 2016 Feb 25
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- 2016
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10. Isophote Shapes of Early-Type Galaxies in Massive Clusters at z ∼ 1 and 0
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Mitsuda, K, Doi, M, Morokuma, T, Suzuki, N, Yasuda, N, Perlmutter, S, Aldering, G, and Meyers, J
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Space Sciences ,Physical Sciences ,galaxies: clusters: general ,galaxies: elliptical and lenticular ,cD ,galaxies: evolution ,galaxies: photometry ,galaxies: structure ,astro-ph.GA ,Astronomical and Space Sciences ,Atomic ,Molecular ,Nuclear ,Particle and Plasma Physics ,Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural) ,Astronomy & Astrophysics ,Astronomical sciences ,Particle and high energy physics ,Space sciences - Abstract
© 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We compare the isophote shape parameter a4 of early-type galaxies (ETGs) between z ∼ 1 and 0 as a proxy for dynamics to investigate the epoch at which the dynamical properties of ETGs are established, using cluster ETG samples with stellar masses of log(M∗/M⊙) ≥ 10.5 which have spectroscopic redshifts. We have 130 ETGs from the Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey for z ∼ 1 and 355 ETGs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey for z ∼ 0. We have developed an isophote shape analysis method, which can be used for high-redshift galaxies and has been carefully compared with published results. We have applied the same method for both the z ∼ 1 and 0 samples. We find similar dependence of the a4 parameter on the mass and size at z ∼ 1 and 0; the main population of ETGs changes from disky to boxy at a critical stellar mass of log(M∗/M⊙) ∼ 11.5 with the massive end dominated by boxy. The disky ETG fraction decreases with increasing stellar mass both at z ∼ 1 and 0, and is consistent between these redshifts in all stellar mass bins when the Eddington bias is taken into account. Although uncertainties are large, the results suggest that the isophote shapes and probably dynamical properties of ETGs in massive clusters are already in place at z > 1 and do not significantly evolve in z < 1, despite significant size evolution in the same galaxy population. The constant disky fraction favors less violent processes than mergers as the main cause of the size and morphological evolution of intermediate mass ETGs in z < 1.
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- 2017
11. Emerging Role of Fractalkine in the Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases
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Tanaka Y, Hoshino-Negishi K, Kuboi Y, Tago F, Yasuda N, and Imai T
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fractalkine ,cx3cr1 ,humanized anti-fractalkine monoclonal antibody (e6011) ,cd16+ monocyte ,rheumatic diseases ,Immunologic diseases. Allergy ,RC581-607 - Abstract
Yoshiya Tanaka,1 Kana Hoshino-Negishi,2 Yoshikazu Kuboi,2 Fumitoshi Tago,3 Nobuyuki Yasuda,2 Toshio Imai2 1First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan; 2 KAN Research Institute Inc, Hyogo, Japan; 3Eisai Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence: Yoshiya TanakaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata-Nishi, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 807-8555, JapanTel +81-93-603-1611Fax +81-93-691-9334Email tanaka@med.uoeh-u.ac.jpAbstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that affects joints and is characterized by synovial hyperplasia and bone erosion associated with neovascularization and infiltration of proinflammatory cells. The introduction of biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs has dramatically changed the treatment of RA over the last 20 years. However, fewer than 50% of RA patients enter remission, and 10– 15% are treatment refractory. There is currently no cure for RA. Fractalkine (FKN, also known as CX3CL1) is a cell membrane-bound chemokine that can be induced on activated vascular endothelial cells. FKN has dual functions as a cell adhesion molecule and a chemoattractant. FKN binds specifically to the chemokine receptor CX3CR1, which is selectively expressed on subsets of immune cells such as patrolling monocytes and killer lymphocytes. The FKN–CX3CR1 axis is thought to play important roles in the initiation of the inflammatory cascade and can contribute to exacerbation of tissue injury in inflammatory diseases. Accordingly, studies in animal models have shown that inhibition of the FKN–CX3CR1 axis not only improves rheumatic diseases but also reduces associated complications, such as pulmonary fibrosis and cardiovascular disease. Recently, a humanized anti-FKN monoclonal antibody, E6011, showed promising efficacy with a dose-dependent clinical response and favorable safety profile in a Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with RA (NCT02960438). Taken together, the preclinical and clinical results suggest that E6011 may represent a new therapeutic approach for rheumatic diseases by suppressing a major contributor to inflammation and mitigating concomitant cardiovascular and fibrotic diseases. In this review, we describe the role of the FKN–CX3CR1 axis in rheumatic diseases and the therapeutic potential of anti-FKN monoclonal antibodies to fulfill unmet clinical needs.Keywords: fractalkine, CX3CR1, humanized anti-fractalkine monoclonal antibody (E6011), CD16+ monocyte, rheumatic diseases
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- 2020
12. Soy product intake and risk of incident disabling dementia: Review and a prospective study using the JPHC disabling dementia study
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Murai, U., primary, Sawada, N., additional, Charvat, H., additional, Inoue, M., additional, Yasuda, N., additional, Yamagishi, K., additional, and Tsugane, S., additional
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- 2023
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13. Effects of aerobic capacity on DNA telomere length in adolescent cross-country skiers
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Oka, M., primary, Yoneda, A., additional, Hanaoka, K., additional, Tokairin, R., additional, Tanioka, T., additional, and Yasuda, N., additional
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- 2023
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14. Effects of dynamic Japanese drumming performance on autonomic nervous system and immune function in a traditional performing arts group
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Yasuda, N., primary and Shiraishi, H., additional
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- 2023
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15. Effects of 10 months of training on salivary mitochondrial DNA copy number in adolescent female volleyball players
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Imai, Y., primary, Hanaoka, K., additional, Tokairin, R., additional, Yoneda, A., additional, Tanioka, T., additional, and Yasuda, N., additional
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- 2023
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16. Effects of 6 months of training on salivary DNA telomere length in adolescent female sport athletes
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Hayashi, M., primary, Tokairin, R., additional, Yoneda, A., additional, Hanaoka, K., additional, Tanioka, T., additional, and Yasuda, N., additional
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- 2023
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17. Recent developments in MHz radioscopy: Towards the ultimate temporal resolution using storage ring-based light sources
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Rack, A., primary, Sekiguchi, H., additional, Uesugi, K., additional, Yasuda, N., additional, Takano, Y., additional, Okinaka, T., additional, Iguchi, A., additional, Milliere, L., additional, Lukić, B., additional, Olbinado, M.P., additional, and Etoh, T.G., additional
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- 2023
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18. Direct observation of lattice symmetry breaking at the hidden-order transition in URu2Si2
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Tonegawa, S., Kasahara, S., Fukuda, T., Sugimoto, K., Yasuda, N., Tsuruhara, Y., Watanabe, D., Mizukami, Y., Haga, Y., Matsuda, T. D., Yamamoto, E., Onuki, Y., Ikeda, H., Matsuda, Y., and Shibauchi, T.
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Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons - Abstract
Since the 1985 discovery of the phase transition at $T_{\rm HO}=17.5$ K in the heavy-fermion metal URu$_2$Si$_2$, neither symmetry change in the crystal structure nor magnetic ordering have been observed, which makes this "hidden order" enigmatic. Some high-field experiments have suggested electronic nematicity which breaks fourfold rotational symmetry, but direct evidence has been lacking for its ground state at zero magnetic field. Here we report on the observation of lattice symmetry breaking from the fourfold tetragonal to twofold orthorhombic structure by high-resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurements at zero field, which pins down the space symmetry of the order. Small orthorhombic symmetry-breaking distortion sets in at $T_{\rm HO}$ with a jump, uncovering the weakly first-order nature of the hidden-order transition. This distortion is observed only in ultrapure sample, implying a highly unusual coupling nature between the electronic nematicity and underlying lattice., Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures. Submitted version. Revisions have been made through the review process. See the published version in Nature Communications
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- 2014
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19. Projectile fragment emission in fragmentation of $^{56}$Fe on C, Al,and CH$_{2}$ targets at 471 A MeV
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Li, Y. J., Zhang, D. H., Yan, S. W., Wang, L. C., Cheng, J. X., Li, J. S., Kodaira, S., and Yasuda, N.
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Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
The emission angle and the transverse momentum distributions of projectile fragments produced in fragmentation of $^{56}$Fe on CH$_{2}$, C, and Al targets at 471 A MeV are measured. It is found that for the same target the average value and width of angular distribution decrease with increase of the projectile fragment charge, and for the same projectile fragment the average value of the distribution increases and the width of the distribution decreases with increasing the target charge number. The transverse momentum distribution of projectile fragment can be explained by a single Gaussian distribution and the averaged transverse momentum per nucleon decreases with the increase of the charge of projectile fragment. The cumulated squared transverse momentum distribution of projectile fragment can be well explained by a single Rayleigh distribution. The temperature parameter of emission source of projectile fragment, calculated from the cumulated squared transverse momentum distribution, decreases with the increase of the size of projectile fragment., Comment: 15 pages, 11 figures, Submitted to Chin. Phys. C
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- 2013
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20. Determination of number and diameter of superheated droplets in bubble detectors (BD) of Type T-12 by irradiation with high energy heavy ions 56Fe, 84Kr and 132Xe at accelerator
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Guo, S.-L., Doke, T., Zhang, D.-H., Chen, B.-L., Li, L., Li, J.-S., Hasebe, N., Yasuda, N., and Murakami, T.
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- 2019
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21. The total charge-changing cross sections and the partial cross sections of 56Fe fragmentation on Al, C and CH2 targets
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Huo, Liang-Di, Wang, Luo-Huan, Zhu, Jia-Huan, Li, Hui-Ling, Li, Jun-Sheng, Kodaira, S., Yasuda, N., and Zhang, Dong-Hai
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- 2019
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22. The Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey: III. Correlated Properties of Type Ia Supernovae and Their Hosts at 0.9 < z < 1.46
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Meyers, J., Aldering, G., Barbary, K., Barrientos, L. F., Brodwin, M., Dawson, K. S., Deustua, S., Doi, M., Eisenhardt, P., Faccioli, L., Fakhouri, H. K., Fruchter, A. S., Gilbank, D. G., Gladders, M. D., Goldhaber, G., Gonzalez, A. H., Hattori, T., Hsiao, E., Ihara, Y., Kashikawa, N., Koester, B., Konishi, K., Lidman, C., Lubin, L., Morokuma, T., Oda, T., Perlmutter, S., Postman, M., Ripoche, P., Rosati, P., Rubin, D., Rykoff, E., Spadafora, A., Stanford, S. A., Suzuki, N., Takanashi, N., Tokita, K., and Yasuda, N.
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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
Using the sample of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Cluster Supernova Survey and augmented with HST-observed SNe Ia in the GOODS fields, we search for correlations between the properties of SNe and their host galaxies at high redshift. We use galaxy color and quantitative morphology to determine the red sequence in 25 clusters and develop a model to distinguish passively evolving early-type galaxies from star-forming galaxies in both clusters and the field. With this approach, we identify six SN Ia hosts that are early-type cluster members and eleven SN Ia hosts that are early-type field galaxies. We confirm for the first time at z>0.9 that SNe Ia hosted by early-type galaxies brighten and fade more quickly than SNe Ia hosted by late-type galaxies. We also show that the two samples of hosts produce SNe Ia with similar color distributions. The relatively simple spectral energy distributions (SEDs) expected for passive galaxies enable us to measure stellar masses of early-type SN hosts. In combination with stellar mass estimates of late-type GOODS SN hosts from Thomson & Chary (2011), we investigate the correlation of host mass with Hubble residual observed at lower redshifts. Although the sample is small and the uncertainties are large, a hint of this relation is found at z>0.9. By simultaneously fitting the average cluster galaxy formation history and dust content to the red-sequence scatters, we show that the reddening of early-type cluster SN hosts is likely E(B-V) <~ 0.06. The similarity of the field and cluster early-type host samples suggests that field early-type galaxies that lie on the red sequence may also be minimally affected by dust. Hence, the early-type hosted SNe Ia studied here occupy a more favorable environment to use as well-characterized high-redshift standard candles than other SNe Ia., Comment: 37 pages, 15 figures
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- 2012
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23. The Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey: VI. The Volumetric Type Ia Supernova Rate
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Barbary, K., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Brodwin, M., Connolly, N., Dawson, K. S., Doi, M., Eisenhardt, P., Faccioli, L., Fadeyev, V., Fakhouri, H. K., Fruchter, A. S., Gilbank, D. G., Gladders, M. D., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, A., Hattori, T., Hsiao, E., Huang, X., Ihara, Y., Kashikawa, N., Koester, B., Konishi, K., Kowalski, M., Lidman, C., Lubin, L., Meyers, J., Morokuma, T., Oda, T., Panagia, N., Perlmutter, S., Postman, M., Ripoche, P., Rosati, P., Rubin, D., Schlegel, D. J., Spadafora, A. L., Stanford, S. A., Strovink, M., Suzuki, N., Takanashi, N., Tokita, K., and Yasuda, N.
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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
We present a measurement of the volumetric Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) rate out to z ~ 1.6 from the Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey. In observations spanning 189 orbits with the Advanced Camera for Surveys we discovered 29 SNe, of which approximately 20 are SNe Ia. Twelve of these SNe Ia are located in the foregrounds and backgrounds of the clusters targeted in the survey. Using these new data, we derive the volumetric SN Ia rate in four broad redshift bins, finding results consistent with previous measurements at z > 1 and strengthening the case for a SN Ia rate that is equal to or greater than ~0.6 x 10^-4/yr/Mpc^3 at z ~ 1 and flattening out at higher redshift. We provide SN candidates and efficiency calculations in a form that makes it easy to rebin and combine these results with other measurements for increased statistics. Finally, we compare the assumptions about host-galaxy dust extinction used in different high-redshift rate measurements, finding that different assumptions may induce significant systematic differences between measurements., Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures. Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal. Revised version following referee comments. See the HST Cluster SN Survey website at http://supernova.lbl.gov/2009ClusterSurvey for control time simulations in a machine-readable table and a complete listing of transient candidates from the survey
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- 2011
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24. The Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey: V. Improving the Dark Energy Constraints Above z>1 and Building an Early-Type-Hosted Supernova Sample
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Suzuki, N., Rubin, D., Lidman, C., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Barbary, K., Barrientos, L. F., Botyanszki, J., Brodwin, M., Connolly, N., Dawson, K. S., Dey, A., Doi, M., Donahue, M., Deustua, S., Eisenhardt, P., Ellingson, E., Faccioli, L., Fadeyev, V., Fakhouri, H. K., Fruchter, A. S., Gilbank, D. G., Gladders, M. D., Goldhaber, G., Gonzalez, A. H., Goobar, A., Gude, A., Hattori, T., Hoekstra, H., Hsiao, E., Huang, X., Ihara, Y., Jee, M. J., Johnston, D., Kashikawa, N., Koester, B., Konishi, K., Kowalski, M., Linder, E. V., Lubin, L., Melbourne, J., Meyers, J., Morokuma, T., Munshi, F., Mullis, C., Oda, T., Panagia, N., Perlmutter, S., Postman, M., Pritchard, T., Rhodes, J., Ripoche, P., Rosati, P., Schlegel, D. J., Spadafora, A., Stanford, S. A., Stanishev, V., Stern, D., Strovink, M., Takanashi, N., Tokita, K., Wagner, M., Wang, L., Yasuda, N., and Yee, H. K. C.
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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
We present ACS, NICMOS, and Keck AO-assisted photometry of 20 Type Ia supernovae SNe Ia from the HST Cluster Supernova Survey. The SNe Ia were discovered over the redshift interval 0.623 < z < 1.415. Fourteen of these SNe Ia pass our strict selection cuts and are used in combination with the world's sample of SNe Ia to derive the best current constraints on dark energy. Ten of our new SNe Ia are beyond redshift $z=1$, thereby nearly doubling the statistical weight of HST-discovered SNe Ia beyond this redshift. Our detailed analysis corrects for the recently identified correlation between SN Ia luminosity and host galaxy mass and corrects the NICMOS zeropoint at the count rates appropriate for very distant SNe Ia. Adding these supernovae improves the best combined constraint on the dark energy density \rho_{DE}(z) at redshifts 1.0 < z < 1.6 by 18% (including systematic errors). For a LambdaCDM universe, we find \Omega_\Lambda = 0.724 +0.015/-0.016 (68% CL including systematic errors). For a flat wCDM model, we measure a constant dark energy equation-of-state parameter w = -0.985 +0.071/-0.077 (68% CL). Curvature is constrained to ~0.7% in the owCDM model and to ~2% in a model in which dark energy is allowed to vary with parameters w_0 and w_a. Tightening further the constraints on the time evolution of dark energy will require several improvements, including high-quality multi-passband photometry of a sample of several dozen z>1 SNe Ia. We describe how such a sample could be efficiently obtained by targeting cluster fields with WFC3 on HST., Comment: 27 pages, 11 figures. Submitted to ApJ. This first posting includes updates in response to comments from the referee. See http://www.supernova.lbl.gov for other papers in the series pertaining to the HST Cluster SN Survey. The updated supernova Union2.1 compilation of 580 SNe is available at http://supernova.lbl.gov/Union
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25. The Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey: II. The Type Ia Supernova Rate in High-Redshift Galaxy Clusters
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Barbary, K., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Brodwin, M., Connolly, N., Dawson, K. S., Doi, M., Eisenhardt, P., Faccioli, L., Fadeyev, V., Fakhouri, H. K., Fruchter, A. S., Gilbank, D. G., Gladders, M. D., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, A., Hattori, T., Hsiao, E., Huang, X., Ihara, Y., Kashikawa, N., Koester, B., Konishi, K., Kowalski, M., Lidman, C., Lubin, L., Meyers, J., Morokuma, T., Oda, T., Panagia, N., Perlmutter, S., Postman, M., Ripoche, P., Rosati, P., Rubin, D., Schlegel, D. J., Spadafora, A. L., Stanford, S. A., Strovink, M., Suzuki, N., Takanashi, N., Tokita, K., and Yasuda, N.
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We report a measurement of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) rate in galaxy clusters at 0.9 < z < 1.45 from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Cluster Supernova Survey. This is the first cluster SN Ia rate measurement with detected z > 0.9 SNe. Finding 8 +/- 1 cluster SNe Ia, we determine a SN Ia rate of 0.50 +0.23-0.19 (stat) +0.10-0.09 (sys) SNuB (SNuB = 10^-12 SNe L_{sun,B}^-1 yr^-1). In units of stellar mass, this translates to 0.36 +0.16-0.13 (stat) +0.07-0.06 (sys) SNuM (SNuM = 10^-12 SNe M_sun^-1 yr^-1). This represents a factor of approximately 5 +/- 2 increase over measurements of the cluster rate at z < 0.2. We parameterize the late-time SN Ia delay time distribution with a power law (proportional to t^s). Under the assumption of a cluster formation redshift of z_f = 3, our rate measurement in combination with lower-redshift cluster SN Ia rates constrains s = -1.41 +0.47/-0.40, consistent with measurements of the delay time distribution in the field. This measurement is generally consistent with expectations for the "double degenerate" scenario and inconsistent with some models for the "single degenerate" scenario predicting a steeper delay time distribution at large delay times. We check for environmental dependence and the influence of younger stellar populations by calculating the rate specifically in cluster red-sequence galaxies and in morphologically early-type galaxies, finding results similar to the full cluster rate. Finally, the upper limit of one host-less cluster SN Ia detected in the survey implies that the fraction of stars in the intra-cluster medium is less than 0.47 (95% confidence), consistent with measurements at lower redshifts., Comment: 29 pages, 14 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ on 16 February 2011. See the HST Cluster Supernova Survey website at http://supernova.lbl.gov/2009ClusterSurvey for a version with full-resolution images and a complete listing of transient candidates from the survey. This version fixes a typo in the metadata; the paper is unchanged from v2
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26. Kinematics and line strength indices in the halos of the Coma Brightest Cluster Galaxies NGC 4874 and NGC 4889
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Coccato, L., Arnaboldi, M., Gerhard, O., Freeman, K. C., Ventimiglia, G., and Yasuda, N.
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We investigate the stellar kinematics and line strength indices in the outer halos of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in the Coma cluster to obtain the outer halo V_rot and sigma profiles and to derive constraints on the formation history of these objects. Methods: We analyzed absorption lines in deep, medium-resolution, long-slit spectra in the wavelength range ~ 4500 - 5900 Angstrom, out to ~50 kpc for NGC 4874 and ~65 kpc for NGC 4889, probing regions with a surface brightness down to mu_R ~24 mag/arcsec^2. Results: These data provide stellar velocity and velocity dispersion profiles along the major axes of both BCGs, and also along the minor axis of NGC 4889. The kinematic properties of NGC 4874 and NGC 4889 halos extend the previous relations of early-type galaxy halos to bright luminosities and indicate that the stars in the outer regions are still bound to these galaxies. For NGC 4889 we also determine Hbeta, Mg and Fe line strength indices, finding strong radial gradients for Mg and Fe. The current dataset for NGC 4889 is one of the most extended in radius, including both stellar kinematics AND line strength index measurements., Comment: 9 pages, 7 figure, accepted for publication in A&A
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27. Spectra and Light Curves of Six Type Ia Supernovae at 0.511 < z < 1.12 and the Union2 Compilation
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Amanullah, R., Lidman, C., Rubin, D., Aldering, G., Astier, P., Barbary, K., Burns, M. S., Conley, A., Dawson, K. S., Deustua, S. E., Doi, M., Fabbro, S., Faccioli, L., Fakhouri, H. K., Folatelli, G., Fruchter, A. S., Furusawa, H., Garavini, G., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, A., Groom, D. E., Hook, I., Howell, D. A., Kashikawa, N., Kim, A. G., Knop, R. A., Kowalski, M., Linder, E., Meyers, J., Morokuma, T., Nobili, S., Nordin, J., Nugent, P. E., Ostman, L., Pain, R., Panagia, N., Perlmutter, S., Raux, J., Ruiz-Lapuente, P., Spadafora, A. L., Strovink, M., Suzuki, N., Wang, L., Wood-Vasey, W. M., and Yasuda, N.
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We report on work to increase the number of well-measured Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) at high redshifts. Light curves, including high signal-to-noise HST data, and spectra of six SNe Ia that were discovered during 2001 are presented. Additionally, for the two SNe with z>1, we present ground-based J-band photometry from Gemini and the VLT. These are among the most distant SNe Ia for which ground based near-IR observations have been obtained. We add these six SNe Ia together with other data sets that have recently become available in the literature to the Union compilation (Kowalski et al. 2008). We have made a number of refinements to the Union analysis chain, the most important ones being the refitting of all light curves with the SALT2 fitter and an improved handling of systematic errors. We call this new compilation, consisting of 557 supernovae, the Union2 compilation. The flat concordance LambdaCDM model remains an excellent fit to the Union2 data with the best fit constant equation of state parameter w=-0.997^{+0.050}_{-0.054} (stat) ^{+0.077}_{-0.082} (stat+sys\ together) for a flat universe, or w=-1.035^{+0.055}_{-0.059} (stat)^{+0.093}_{-0.097} (stat+sys together) with curvature. We also present improved constraints on w(z). While no significant change in w with redshift is detected, there is still considerable room for evolution in w. The strength of the constraints depend strongly on redshift. In particular, at z > 1, the existence and nature of dark energy are only weakly constrained by the data., Comment: 33 pages, 18 figures; accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal. For data tables, code for cosmological analysis and full-resolution figures, see http://supernova.lbl.gov/Union/
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28. HST Discovery of a z = 3.9 Multiply Imaged Galaxy Behind the Complex Cluster Lens WARPS J1415.1+36 at z = 1.026
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Huang, X., Morokuma, T., Fakhouri, H. K., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Barbary, K., Brodwin, M., Connolly, N. V., Dawson, K. S., Doi, M., Faccioli, L., Fadeyev, V., Fruchter, A. S., Goldhaber, G., Gladders, M. D., Hennawi, J. F., Ihara, Y., Jee, M. J., Kowalski, M., Konishi, K., Lidman, C., Meyers, J., Moustakas, L. A., Perlmutter, S., Rubin, D., Schlegel, D. J., Spadafora, A. L., Suzuki, N., Takanashi, N., and Yasuda, N.
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We report the discovery of a multiply lensed Ly Alpha (Lya) emitter at z = 3.90 behind the massive galaxy cluster WARPS J1415.1+3612 at z = 1.026. Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope(HST) using ACS reveal a complex lensing system that produces a prominent, highly magnified arc and a triplet of smaller arcs grouped tightly around a spectroscopically confirmed cluster member. Spectroscopic observations using FOCAS on Subaru confirm strong Lya emission in the source galaxy and provide redshifts for more than 21 cluster members, from which we obtain a velocity dispersion of 807+/-185 km/s. Assuming a singular isothermal sphere profile, the mass within the Einstein ring (7.13+/-0.38") corresponds to a central velocity dispersion of 686+15-19 km/s for the cluster, consistent with the value estimated from cluster member redshifts. Our mass profile estimate from combining strong lensing and dynamical analyses is in good agreement with both X-ray and weak lensing results., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, accepted by ApJL. See http://www.supernova.lbl.gov/ for additional information pertaining to the HST Cluster SN Survey. (This added URL is the only change in this version.)
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29. Properties of Disks and Bulges of Spiral and Lenticular Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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Oohama, N., Okamura, S., Fukugita, M., Yasuda, N., and Nakamura, O.
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A bulge-disk decomposition is made for 737 spiral and lenticular galaxies drawn from a SDSS galaxy sample for which morphological types are estimated. We carry out the bulge-disk decomposition using the growth curve fitting method. It is found that bulge properties, effective radius, effective surface brightness, and also absolute magnitude, change systematically with the morphological sequence; from early to late types, the size becomes somewhat larger, and surface brightness and luminosity fainter. In contrast disks are nearly universal, their properties remaining similar among disk galaxies irrespective of detailed morphologies from S0 to Sc. While these tendencies were often discussed in previous studies, the present study confirms them based on a large homogeneous magnitude-limited field galaxy sample with morphological types estimated. The systematic change of bulge-to-total luminosity ratio, $B/T$, along the morphological sequence is therefore not caused by disks but mostly by bulges. It is also shown that elliptical galaxies and bulges of spiral galaxies are unlikely to be in a single sequence. We infer the stellar mass density (in units of the critical mass density) to be $\Omega=$0.0021 for spheroids, i.e., elliptical galaxies plus bulges of spiral galaxies, and $\Omega=$0.00081 for disks., Comment: 30 pages, 9 figures
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30. An Intensive HST Survey for z>1 Supernovae by Targeting Galaxy Clusters
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Dawson, K. S., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Barbary, K., Barrientos, L. F., Brodwin, M., Connolly, N., Dey, A., Doi, M., Donahue, M., Eisenhardt, P., Ellingson, E., Faccioli, L., Fadeyev, V., Fakhouri, H. K., Fruchter, A. S., Gilbank, D. G., Gladders, M. D., Goldhaber, G., Gonzalez, A. H., Goobar, A., Gude, A., Hattori, T., Hoekstra, H., Huang, X., Ihara, Y., Jannuzi, B. T., Johnston, D., Kashikawa, K., Koester, B., Konishi, K., Kowalski, M., Lidman, C., Linder, E. V., Lubin, L., Meyers, J., Morokuma, T., Munshi, F., Mullis, C., Oda, T., Panagia, N., Perlmutter, S., Postman, M., Pritchard, T., Rhodes, J., Rosati, P., Rubin, D., Schlegel, D. J., Spadafora, A., Stanford, S. A., Stanishev, V., Stern, D., Strovink, M., Suzuki, N., Takanashi, N., Tokita, K., Wagner, M., Wang, L., Yasuda, N., and Yee, H. K. C.
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We present a new survey strategy to discover and study high redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). By targeting massive galaxy clusters at 0.9
0.95, nine of which were in galaxy clusters. This strategy provides a SN sample that can be used to decouple the effects of host galaxy extinction and intrinsic color in high redshift SNe, thereby reducing one of the largest systematic uncertainties in SN cosmology., Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures, accepted by AJ, see http://www.supernova.lbl.gov for additional information pertaining to the HST Cluster SN Survey - Published
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31. Luminosity Functions of Type Ia Supernovae and their Host Galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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Yasuda, N. and Fukugita, M.
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The sample of 137 low-redshift type Ia supernovae with 0.05 < z < 0.3 obtained from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey for the southern equatorial stripe of 300 square degrees is used to derive the luminosity functions of type Ia supernovae and of their host galaxies in the gri passbands. We show that the luminosity function of type Ia supernova host galaxies matches well with that of galaxies in the general field, suggesting that the occurrence of type Ia supernovae does not favour a particular type of galaxies but is predominantly proportional to the luminosity of galaxies. The only evidence that points to possible correlation between the supernova rate and star formation activity is that the supernova rate in late-type galaxies is higher than that in early-type galaxies by 31+/-35%. The sample contains 8 type Ia supernovae whose host galaxies were not identified, but it is shown that their occurrence is consistent with them occurred in low luminous galaxies beyond the survey. The luminosity function of type Ia supernovae is approximately Gaussian with the full-width half maximum being a factor of 1.4 in luminosity. The Gaussian distribution becomes tighter if the ratio of extinction to reddening, R_V, is lower than the characteristic value for the Milky Way and if luminosity is corrected for the light curve shape. The colour excess is ~0.07 mag which is significantly smaller than reddening expected for field galaxies. This colour excess does not vary with the distance of the supernovae from the centre of the host galaxy to 15 kpc. This suggests that the major part of the colour excess appears to be either intrinsic or reddening that arises in the immediate environment of supernova, rather than interstellar reddening in host galaxies., Comment: 42 pages, 21 figures
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32. Projectile fragment emission in the fragmentation of 20Ne on C, Al and CH2 targets at 400 MeV/u
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Zhang, Dong-Hai, Shi, Rui, Li, Jun-Sheng, Kodaira, S., and Yasuda, N.
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33. Discovery of an Unusual Optical Transient with the Hubble Space Telescope
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Barbary, K., Dawson, K. S., Tokita, K., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Connolly, N. V., Doi, M., Faccioli, L., Fadeyev, V., Fruchter, A. S., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, A., Gude, A., Huang, X., Ihara, Y., Konishi, K., Kowalski, M., Lidman, C., Meyers, J., Morokuma, T., Nugent, P., Perlmutter, S., Rubin, D., Schlegel, D., Spadafora, A. L., Suzuki, N., Swift, H. K., Takanashi, N., Thomas, R. C., and Yasuda, N.
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We present observations of SCP 06F6, an unusual optical transient discovered during the Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey. The transient brightened over a period of ~100 days, reached a peak magnitude of ~21.0 in both i_775 and z_850, and then declined over a similar timescale. There is no host galaxy or progenitor star detected at the location of the transient to a 3 sigma upper limit of i_775 = 26.4 and z_850 = 26.1, giving a corresponding lower limit on the flux increase of a factor of ~120. Multiple spectra show five broad absorption bands between 4100 AA and 6500 AA and a mostly featureless continuum longward of 6500 AA. The shape of the lightcurve is inconsistent with microlensing. The transient's spectrum, in addition to being inconsistent with all known supernova types, is not matched to any spectrum in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) database. We suggest that the transient may be one of a new class., Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ. Data are available at http://supernova.lbl.gov/2006Transient/
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34. Light curve studies of nearby Type Ia Supernovae with a Multi-band Stretch method
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Takanashi, N., Doi, M., and Yasuda, N.
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We create new U, B, V, R and I-band light curve templates of type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) and re-analyze 122 nearby (redshift < 0.11) SNe Ia using a new ``Multi-band Stretch method,'' which is a revised Stretch method (cf. Perlmutter et al. 1997; Goldhaber et al. 2001) extended to five bands. We find (i) our I-band template can fit about 90% of SNe Ia I-band light curves, (ii) relationships between luminosity, colours and stretch factors, (iii) possible sub-groups of SNe Ia, and (iv) the ratio of total to selective extinction R in other galaxies can be consistent with that in the Milky Way under the assumption that SNe Ia have diversity in their intrinsic colour. Based on these results, we discuss how to select subsets of SNe Ia to serve as good distance indicators for cosmology. We find two possibilities: one is to choose ``BV bluest'' (-0.14 < (B-V)_{max} <= -0.10) objects and the other is to use only SNe Ia which occur in E or S0 galaxies. Within these subsets, we find the root mean square (r.m.s.) of peak B-band magnitudes is 0.17 mag (``BV bluest'' sample) and 0.12 mag (E or S0 sample)., Comment: 22 pages, 21 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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35. The Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS) - II. Optical Imaging and Photometric Catalogs
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Furusawa, H., Kosugi, G., Akiyama, M., Takata, T., Sekiguchi, K., Tanaka, I., Iwata, I., Kajisawa, M., Yasuda, N., Doi, M., Ouchi, M., Simpson, C., Shimasaku, K., Yamada, T., Furusawa, J., Morokuma, T., Ishida, C. M., Aoki, K., Fuse, T., Imanishi, M., Iye, M., Karoji, H., Kobayashi, N., Kodama, T., Komiyama, Y., Maeda, Y., Miyazaki, S., Mizumoto, Y., Nakata, F., Noumaru, J., Ogasawara, R., Okamura, S., Saito, T., Sasaki, T., Ueda, Y., and Yoshida, M.
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We present multi-waveband optical imaging data obtained from observations of the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS). The survey field, centered at R.A.=02:18:00, decl.=-05:00:00, has been the focus of a wide range of multi-wavelength observing programs spanning from X-ray to radio wavelengths. A large part of the optical imaging observations are carried out with Suprime-Cam on Subaru Telescope at Mauna Kea in the course of Subaru Telescope Observatory Projects. This paper describes our optical observations, data reduction and analysis procedures employed, and the characteristics of the data products. A total area of 1.22 sqdeg is covered in five contiguous sub-fields, each of which corresponds to a single Suprime-Cam field of view (34'x27'), in five broad-band filters B, V, Rc, i', z' to the depths of B=28.4, V=27.8, Rc=27.7, i'=27.7 and z'=26.6 (AB, 3-sigma, 2-arcsec aperture). The data are reduced and compiled into five multi-waveband photometric catalogs, separately for each Suprime-Cam pointing. The i'-band catalogs contain about 900,000 objects, making the SXDS catalogs one of the largest multi-waveband catalogs in corresponding depth and area coverage. The SXDS catalogs can be used for an extensive range of astronomical applications such as the number density of the Galactic halo stars to the large scale structures at the distant universe. The number counts of galaxies are derived and compared with those of existing deep extragalactic surveys. The optical data, the source catalogs, and configuration files used to create the catalogs are publicly available via the SXDS web page (http://www.naoj.org/Science/SubaruProject/SXDS/index.html), Comment: 55 pages, 22 figures, 9 tables, accepted by ApJS, a higher-resolution version is available at http://step.mtk.nao.ac.jp/sxds/
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36. A Measurement of the Rate of type-Ia Supernovae at Redshift $z\approx$ 0.1 from the First Season of the SDSS-II Supernova Survey
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Dilday, Benjamin, Kessler, R., Frieman, J. A., Holtzman, J., Marriner, J., Miknaitis, G., Nichol, R. C., Romani, R., Sako, M., Bassett, B., Becker, A., Cinabro, D., DeJongh, F., Depoy, D. L., Doi, M., Garnavich, P. M., Hogan, C. J., Jha, S., Konishi, K., Lampeitl, H., Marshall, J. L., McGinnis, D., Prieto, J. L., Riess, A. G., Richmond, M. W., Schneider, D. P., Smith, M., Takanashi, N., Tokita, K., van der Heyden, K., Yasuda, N., Zheng, C., Barentine, J., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Crotts, A., Dembicky, J., Harvanek, M., Im, M., Ketzeback, W., Kleinman, S. J., Krzesiński, J., Long, D. C., Malanushenko, E., Malanushenko, V., McMillan, R. J., Nitta, A., Pan, K., Saurage, G., Snedden, S. A., Watters, S., Wheeler, J. C., and York, D.
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We present a measurement of the rate of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the first of three seasons of data from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey. For this measurement, we include 17 SNe Ia at redshift $z\le0.12$. Assuming a flat cosmology with $\Omega_m = 0.3=1-\Omega_\Lambda$, we find a volumetric SN Ia rate of $[2.93^{+0.17}_{-0.04}({\rm systematic})^{+0.90}_{-0.71}({\rm statistical})] \times 10^{-5} {\rm SNe} {\rm Mpc}^{-3} h_{70}^3 {\rm year}^{-1}$, at a volume-weighted mean redshift of 0.09. This result is consistent with previous measurements of the SN Ia rate in a similar redshift range. The systematic errors are well controlled, resulting in the most precise measurement of the SN Ia rate in this redshift range. We use a maximum likelihood method to fit SN rate models to the SDSS-II Supernova Survey data in combination with other rate measurements, thereby constraining models for the redshift-evolution of the SN Ia rate. Fitting the combined data to a simple power-law evolution of the volumetric SN Ia rate, $r_V \propto (1+z)^{\beta}$, we obtain a value of $\beta = 1.5 \pm 0.6$, i.e. the SN Ia rate is determined to be an increasing function of redshift at the $\sim 2.5 \sigma$ level. Fitting the results to a model in which the volumetric SN rate, $r_V=A\rho(t)+B\dot \rho(t)$, where $\rho(t)$ is the stellar mass density and $\dot \rho(t)$ is the star formation rate, we find $A = (2.8 \pm 1.2) \times 10^{-14} \mathrm{SNe} \mathrm{M}_{\sun}^{-1} \mathrm{year}^{-1}$, $B = (9.3^{+3.4}_{-3.1})\times 10^{-4} \mathrm{SNe} \mathrm{M}_{\sun}^{-1}$., Comment: 65 pages, 12 figures
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37. Implications for Galaxy Evolution from the Cosmic Evolution of Supernova Rate Density
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Oda, T., Totani, T., Yasuda, N., Sumi, T., Morokuma, T., Doi, M., and Kosugi, G.
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We report a comprehensive statistical analysis of the observational data of the cosmic evolution of supernova (SN) rate density, to derive constraints on cosmic star formation history and the nature of type Ia supernova (SN Ia) progenitor. We use all available information of magnitude, SN type, and redshift information of both type Ia and core-collapse (CC) SNe in GOODS and SDF, as well as SN Ia rate densities reported in the literature. Furthermore, we also add 157 SN candidates in the past Subaru/Suprime-Cam data that are newly reported here, to increase the statistics. We find that the current data set of SN rate density evolution already gives a meaningful constraint on the evolution of the cosmic star formation rate (SFR) at z <~ 1, though strong constraints cannot be derived for the delay time distribution (DTD) of SNe Ia. We derive a constraint of the evolutionary index of SFR density alpha ~ 3--4 [(1+z)^alpha at z <~ 1] with an evidence for a significant evolution of mean extinction of CC SNe [E(B-V) ~ 0.5 at z ~ 0.5 compared with ~ 0.2 at z = 0], which does not change significantly within a reasonable range of various DTD models. This result is nicely consistent with the systematic trend of alpha estimates based on galactic SFR indicators in different wavelengths (ultraviolet, H_alpha, and infrared), indicating that there is a strong evolution in mean extinction of star forming regions in galaxies at relatively low redshift range of z <~ 0.5. These results are obtained by a method that is completely independent of galaxy surveys, and especially, there is no detection limit about the host galaxy luminosity in our analysis, giving a strong constraint on the star formation activity in high-z dwarf galaxies or intergalactic space., Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures, accepted to PASJ
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38. Seismic deformation method for longitudinal bending deformation of underground structure
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Yasuda, N., primary and Asakura, T., additional
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39. A New Determination of the High Redshift Type Ia Supernova Rates with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys
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Kuznetsova, N., Barbary, K., Connolly, B., Kim, A. G., Pain, R., Roe, N. A., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Dawson, K., Doi, M., Fadeyev, V., Fruchter, A. S., Gibbons, R., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, A., Gude, A., Knop, R. A., Kowalski, M., Lidman, C., Morokuma, T., Meyers, J., Perlmutter, S., Rubin, D., Schlegel, D. J., Spadafora, A. L., Stanishev, V., Strovink, M., Suzuki, N., Wang, L., and Yasuda, N.
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We present a new measurement of the volumetric rate of Type Ia supernova up to a redshift of 1.7, using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) GOODS data combined with an additional HST dataset covering the North GOODS field collected in 2004. We employ a novel technique that does not require spectroscopic data for identifying Type Ia supernovae (although spectroscopic measurements of redshifts are used for over half the sample); instead we employ a Bayesian approach using only photometric data to calculate the probability that an object is a Type Ia supernova. This Bayesian technique can easily be modified to incorporate improved priors on supernova properties, and it is well-suited for future high-statistics supernovae searches in which spectroscopic follow up of all candidates will be impractical. Here, the method is validated on both ground- and space-based supernova data having some spectroscopic follow up. We combine our volumetric rate measurements with low redshift supernova data, and fit to a number of possible models for the evolution of the Type Ia supernova rate as a function of redshift. The data do not distinguish between a flat rate at redshift > 0.5 and a previously proposed model, in which the Type Ia rate peaks at redshift >1 due to a significant delay from star-formation to the supernova explosion. Except for the highest redshifts, where the signal to noise ratio is generally too low to apply this technique, this approach yields smaller or comparable uncertainties than previous work., Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ
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40. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Search Algorithm and Follow-up Observations
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Sako, Masao, Bassett, B., Becker, A., Cinabro, D., DeJongh, F., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Doi, M., Frieman, J. A., Garnavich, P. M., Hogan, C. J., Holtzman, J., Jha, S., Kessler, R., Konishi, K., Lampeitl, H., Marriner, J., Miknaitis, G., Nichol, R. C., Prieto, J. L., Riess, A. G., Richmond, M. W., Romani, R., Schneider, D. P., Smith, M., SubbaRao, M., Takanashi, N., Tokita, K., van der Heyden, K., Yasuda, N., Zheng, C., Barentine, J., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Dembicky, J., Harnavek, M., Ihara, Y., Im, M., Ketzeback, W., Kleinman, S. J., Krzesiński, J., Long, D. C., Malanushenko, E., Malanushenko, V., McMillan, R. J., Morokuma, T., Nitta, A., Pan, K., Saurage, G., and Snedden, S. A.
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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey has identified a large number of new transient sources in a 300 sq. deg. region along the celestial equator during its first two seasons of a three-season campaign. Multi-band (ugriz) light curves were measured for most of the sources, which include solar system objects, Galactic variable stars, active galactic nuclei, supernovae (SNe), and other astronomical transients. The imaging survey is augmented by an extensive spectroscopic follow-up program to identify SNe, measure their redshifts, and study the physical conditions of the explosions and their environment through spectroscopic diagnostics. During the survey, light curves are rapidly evaluated to provide an initial photometric type of the SNe, and a selected sample of sources are targeted for spectroscopic observations. In the first two seasons, 476 sources were selected for spectroscopic observations, of which 403 were identified as SNe. For the Type Ia SNe, the main driver for the Survey, our photometric typing and targeting efficiency is 90%. Only 6% of the photometric SN Ia candidates were spectroscopically classified as non-SN Ia instead, and the remaining 4% resulted in low signal-to-noise, unclassified spectra. This paper describes the search algorithm and the software, and the real-time processing of the SDSS imaging data. We also present the details of the supernova candidate selection procedures and strategies for follow-up spectroscopic and imaging observations of the discovered sources., Comment: Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal (66 pages, 13 figures); typos corrected
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41. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary
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Frieman, Joshua A., Bassett, B., Becker, A., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., DeJongh, F., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Doi, M., Garnavich, P. M., Hogan, C. J., Holtzman, J., Im, M., Jha, S., Kessler, R., Konishi, K., Lampeitl, H., Marriner, J., Marshall, J. L., McGinnis, D., Miknaitis, G., Nichol, R. C., Prieto, J. L., Riess, A. G., Richmond, M. W., Romani, R., Sako, M., Schneider, D. P., Smith, M., Takanashi, N., Tokita, K., van der Heyden, K., Yasuda, N., Zheng, C., Adelman-McCarthy, J., Annis, J., Assef, R. J., Barentine, J., Bender, R., Blandford, R. D., Boroski, W. N., Bremer, M., Brewington, H., Collins, C. A., Crotts, A., Dembicky, J., Eastman, J., Edge, A., Edmondson, E., Elson, E., Eyler, M. E., Filippenko, A. V., Foley, R. J., Frank, S., Goobar, A., Gueth, T., Gunn, J. E., Harvanek, M., Hopp, U., Ihara, Y., Ivezić, Ž., Kahn, S., Kaplan, J., Kent, S., Ketzeback, W., Kleinman, S. J., Kollatschny, W., Kron, R. G., Krzesiński, J., Lamenti, D., Leloudas, G., Lin, H., Long, D. C., Lucey, J., Lupton, R. H., Malanushenko, E., Malanushenko, V., McMillan, R. J., Mendez, J., Morgan, C. W., Morokuma, T., Nitta, A., Ostman, L., Pan, K., Rockosi, C. M., Romer, A. K., Ruiz-Lapuente, P., Saurage, G., Schlesinger, K., Snedden, S. A., Sollerman, J., Stoughton, C., Stritzinger, M., SubbaRao, M., Tucker, D., Vaisanen, P., Watson, L. C., Watters, S., Wheeler, J. C., Yanny, B., and York, D.
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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) has embarked on a multi-year project to identify and measure light curves for intermediate-redshift (0.05 < z < 0.35) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using repeated five-band (ugriz) imaging over an area of 300 sq. deg. The survey region is a stripe 2.5 degrees wide centered on the celestial equator in the Southern Galactic Cap that has been imaged numerous times in earlier years, enabling construction of a deep reference image for discovery of new objects. Supernova imaging observations are being acquired between 1 September and 30 November of 2005-7. During the first two seasons, each region was imaged on average every five nights. Spectroscopic follow-up observations to determine supernova type and redshift are carried out on a large number of telescopes. In its first two three-month seasons, the survey has discovered and measured light curves for 327 spectroscopically confirmed SNe Ia, 30 probable SNe Ia, 14 confirmed SNe Ib/c, 32 confirmed SNe II, plus a large number of photometrically identified SNe Ia, 94 of which have host-galaxy spectra taken so far. This paper provides an overview of the project and briefly describes the observations completed during the first two seasons of operation., Comment: Submitted to The Astronomical Journal (24 pages, 10 figures)
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42. A Study of the Type Ia/IIn Supernova 2005gj from X-ray to the Infrared: Paper I
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Prieto, J. L., Garnavich, P. M., Phillips, M. M., DePoy, D. L., Parrent, J., Pooley, D., Dwarkadas, V. V., Baron, E., Bassett, B., Becker, A., Cinabro, D., DeJongh, F., Dilday, B., Doi, M., Frieman, J. A., Hogan, C. J., Holtzman, J., Jha, S., Kessler, R., Konishi, K., Lampeitl, H., Marriner, J., Marshall, J. L., Miknaitis, G., Nichol, R. C., Riess, A. G., Richmond, M. W., Romani, R., Sako, M., Schneider, D. P., Smith, M., Takanashi, N., Tokita, K., van der Heyden, K., Yasuda, N., Zheng, C., Wheeler, J. C., Barentine, J., Dembicky, J., Eastman, J., Frank, S., Ketzeback, W., McMillan, R. J., Morrell, N., Folatelli, G., Contreras, C., Burns, C. R., Freedman, W. L., Gonzalez, S., Hamuy, M., Krzeminski, W., Madore, B. F., Murphy, D., Persson, S. E., Roth, M., and Suntzeff, N. B.
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We present extensive ugrizYHJK photometry and optical spectroscopy of SN 2005gj obtained by the SDSS-II and CSP Supernova Projects, which give excellent coverage during the first 150 days after the time of explosion. These data show that SN 2005gj is the second clear case, after SN 2002ic, of a thermonuclear explosion in a dense circumstellar environment. Both the presence of singly and doubly ionized iron-peak elements (FeIII and weak SII, SiII) near maximum light as well as the spectral evolution show that SN 2002ic-like events are Type Ia explosions. Independent evidence comes from the exponential decay in luminosity of SN 2005gj, pointing to an exponential density distribution of the ejecta. The interaction of the supernova ejecta with the dense circumstellar medium is stronger than in SN 2002ic: (1) the supernova lines are weaker; (2) the Balmer emission lines are more luminous; and (3) the bolometric luminosity is higher close to maximum light. The velocity evolution of the Halpha components suggest that the CSM around SN 2005gj is clumpy and it has a flatter density distribution compared with the steady wind solution, in agreement with SN 2002ic. An early X-ray observation with Chandra gives an upper-limit on the mass loss rate from the companion of < 2x10^{-4} Msun/yr., Comment: 63 pages, 16 figures, submitted to AJ
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43. Rest-Frame R-band Lightcurve of a z~1.3 Supernova Obtained with Keck Laser Adaptive Optics
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Melbourne, J., Dawson, K. S., Koo, D. C., Max, C., Larkin, J. E., Wright, S. A., Steinbring, E., Barczys, M., Aldering, G., Barbary, K., Doi, M., Fadeyev, V., Goldhaber, G., Hattori, T., Ihara, Y., Kashikawa, N., Konishi, K., Kowalski, M., Kuznetsova, N., Lidman, C., Morokuma, T., Perlmutter, S., Rubin, D., Schlegel, D. J., Spadafora, A. L., Takanashi, N., and Yasuda, N.
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We present Keck diffraction limited H-band photometry of a z~1.3 Type Ia supernova (SN) candidate, first identified in a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) search for SNe in massive high redshift galaxy clusters. The adaptive optics (AO) data were obtained with the Laser Guide Star facility during four observing runs from September to November 2005. In the analysis of data from the observing run nearest to maximum SN brightness, the SN was found to have a magnitude H=23.9 +/- 0.14 (Vega). We present the H-band (approximately rest-frame R) light curve and provide a detailed analysis of the AO photometric uncertainties. By constraining the aperture correction with a nearby (4" separation) star we achieve 0.14 magnitude photometric precision, despite the spatially varying AO PSF., Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for Publication in AJ Updated the citations, fixed typos
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44. Emulsion Cloud Chamber technique to measure the fragmentation of a high-energy carbon beam
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De Lellis, G., Buontempo, S., Di Capua, F., Marotta, A., Migliozzi, P., Petukhov, Y., Pistillo, C., Russo, A., Lavina, L. Scotto, Strolin, P., Tioukov, V., Ariga, A., Naganawa, N., Toshito, T., Furusawa, Y., and Yasuda, N.
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Beams of Carbon nuclei are used or planned to be used in various centers for cancer treatment around the world because of their therapeutic advantages over proton beams. The knowledge of the fragmentation of Carbon nuclei when they interact with the human body is important to evaluate the spatial profile of their energy deposition in the tissues, hence the damage to the tissues neighboring the tumor. In this respect, the identification of the fragmentation products is a key element. We present in this paper the charge measurement of about 3000 fragments produced by the interaction of $^{12}$C nuclei with an energy of 400 MeV/nucleon in a detector simulating the density of the human body. The nuclear emulsion technique is used, by means of the so-called Emulsion Cloud Chamber. In order to achieve the large dynamical range required for the charge measurement, the recently developed techniques of the emulsion controlled fading are used. The nuclear emulsions are inspected using fast automated microscopes recently developed. A charge assignment efficiency of more than 99% is achieved. The separation of Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Berillium, Boron and Carbon can be achieved at two standard deviations or considerably more, according to the track length available for the measurement., Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures
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45. Japanese Virtual Observatory (JVO) as an advanced astronomical research enviroment
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Shirasaki, Y., Tanaka, M., Kawanomoto, S., Honda, S., Ohishi, M., Mizumoto, Y., Yasuda, N., Masunaga, Y., Ishihara, Y., Tsutsumi, J., Nakamoto, H., Kobayashi, Y., and Sakamoto, M.
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We present the design and implementation of the Japanese Virtual Observatory (JVO) system. JVO is a portal site to various kinds of astronomical resources distributed all over the world. We have developed five components for constructing the portal: (1) registry, (2) data service, (3) workflow system, (4) data analysis service (5) portal GUI. Registry services are used for publishing and searching data services in the VO, and they are constructed using an OAI-PMH metadata harvesting protocol and a SOAP web service protocol so that VO standard architecture is applied. Data services are developed based on the Astronomical Data Query Language (ADQL) which is an international VO standard and an extension of the standard SQL. The toolkit for building the ADQL-based service is released to the public on the JVO web site. The toolkit also provides the protocol translation from a Simple Image Access Protocol (SIAP) to ADQL protocol, so that both the VO standard service can be constructed using our toolkit. In order to federate the distributed databases and analysis services, we have designed a workflow language which is described in XML and developed execution system of the workflow. We have succeeded to connect to a hundred of data resources of the world as of April 2006. We have applied this system to the study of QSO environment by federating a QSO database, a Subaru Suprim-Cam database, and some analysis services such a SExtractor and HyperZ web services. These experiences are described is this paper., Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures, submitted to SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation, the Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy conference in Orlando
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46. Dietary patterns and colorectal cancer risk in middle-aged adults: A large population-based prospective cohort study
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Tsugane, S., Sawada, N., Iwasaki, M., Sasazuki, S., Yamaji, T., Shimazu, T., Hanaoka, T., Ogata, J., Baba, S., Mannami, T., Okayama, A., Kokubo, Y., Miyakawa, K., Saito, F., Koizumi, A., Sano, Y., Hashimoto, I., Ikuta, T., Tanaba, Y., Sato, H., Roppongi, Y., Takashima, T., Suzuki, H., Miyajima, Y., Suzuki, N., Nagasawa, S., Furusugi, Y., Nagai, N., Ito, Y., Komatsu, S., Minamizono, T., Sanada, H., Hatayama, Y., Kobayashi, F., Uchino, H., Shirai, Y., Kondo, T., Sasaki, R., Watanabe, Y., Miyagawa, Y., Kobayashi, Y., Machida, M., Kobayashi, K., Tsukada, M., Kishimoto, Y., Takara, E., Fukuyama, T., Kinjo, M., Irei, M., Sakiyama, H., Imoto, K., Yazawa, H., Seo, T., Seiko, A., Ito, F., Shoji, F., Saito, R., Murata, A., Minato, K., Motegi, K., Fujieda, T., Yamato, S., Matsui, K., Abe, T., Katagiri, M., Suzuki, M., Doi, M., Terao, A., Ishikawa, Y., Tagami, T., Sueta, H., Doi, H., Urata, M., Okamoto, N., Ide, F., Goto, H., Fujita, R., Onga, N., Takaesu, H., Uehara, M., Nakasone, T., Yamakawa, M., Horii, F., Asano, I., Yamaguchi, H., Aoki, K., Maruyama, S., Ichii, M., Takano, M., Tsubono, Y., Suzuki, K., Honda, Y., Yamagishi, K., Sakurai, S., Tsuchiya, N., Kabuto, M., Yamaguchi, M., Matsumura, Y., Sasaki, S., Watanabe, S., Akabane, M., Kadowaki, T., Inoue, M., Noda, M., Mizoue, T., Kawaguchi, Y., Takashima, Y., Yoshida, Y., Nakamura, K., Takachi, R., Ishihara, J., Matsushima, S., Natsukawa, S., Shimizu, H., Sugimura, H., Tominaga, S., Hamajima, N., Iso, H., Sobue, T., Iida, M., Ajiki, W., Ioka, A., Sato, S., Maruyama, E., Konishi, M., Okada, K., Saito, I., Yasuda, N., Kono, S., Akiba, S., Isobe, T., Sato, Y., Shin, Sangah, Saito, Eiko, Sawada, Norie, Ishihara, Junko, Takachi, Ribeka, Nanri, Akiko, Shimazu, Taichi, Yamaji, Taiki, Iwasaki, Motoki, Sasazuki, Shizuka, Inoue, Manami, and Tsugane, Shoichiro
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47. Plasma levels of n-3 fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease among Japanese: The Japan Public Health Center-based (JPHC) study
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Tsugane, S., Sawada, N., Iwasaki, M., Sasazuki, S., Yamaji, T., Shimazu, T., Goto, A., Hidaka, A., Hanaoka, T., Ogata, J., Baba, S., Mannami, T., Okayama, A., Kokubo, Y., Miyakawa, K., Saito, F., Koizumi, A., Sano, Y., Hashimoto, I., Ikuta, T., Tanaba, Y., Sato, H., Roppongi, Y., Takashima, T., Suzuki, H., Miyajima, Y., Suzuki, N., Nagasawa, S., Furusugi, Y., Nagai, N., Ito, Y., Komatsu, S., Minamizono, T., Sanada, H., Hatayama, Y., Kobayashi, F., Uchino, H., Shirai, Y., Kondo, T., Sasaki, R., Watanabe, Y., Miyagawa, Y., Kobayashi, Y., Machida, M., Kobayashi, K., Tsukada, M., Kishimoto, Y., Takara, E., Fukuyama, T., Kinjo, M., Irei, M., Sakiyama, H., Imoto, K., Yazawa, H., Seo, T., Seiko, A., Ito, F., Shoji, F., Saito, R., Murata, A., Minato, K., Motegi, K., Fujieda, T., Yamato, S., Doi, M., Matsui, K., Abe, T., Katagiri, M., Suzuki, M., Terao, A., Ishikawa, Y., Tagami, T., Sueta, H., Doi, H., Urata, M., Okamoto, N., Ide, F., Goto, H., Fujita, R., Sou, Y., Onga, N., Takaesu, H., Uehara, M., Nakasone, T., Yamakawa, M., Horii, F., Asano, I., Yamaguchi, H., Aoki, K., Maruyama, S., Ichii, M., Takano, M., Tsubono, Y., Suzuki, K., Honda, Y., Yamagishi, K., Sakurai, S., Tsuchiya, N., Kabuto, M., Yamaguchi, M., Matsumura, Y., Sasaki, S., Watanabe, S., Akabane, M., Kadowaki, T., Inoue, M., Noda, M., Mizoue, T., Kawaguchi, Y., Takashima, Y., Yoshida, Y., Nakamura, K., Takachi, R., Ishihara, J., Matsushima, S., Natsukawa, S., Shimizu, H., Sugimura, H., Tominaga, S., Hamajima, N., Iso, H., Sobue, T., Iida, M., Ajiki, W., Ioka, A., Sato, S., Maruyama, E., Konishi, M., Okada, K., Saito, I., Yasuda, N., Kono, S., Akiba, S., Isobe, T., Sato, Y., Hamazaki, Kei, Iso, Hiroyasu, Eshak, Ehab S., Ikehara, Satoyo, Ikeda, Ai, Iwasaki, Motoki, Hamazaki, Tomohito, and Tsugane, Shoichiro
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48. Spectroscopic confirmation of high-redshift supernovae with the ESO VLT
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Lidman, C., Howell, D. A., Folatelli, G., Garavini, G., Nobili, S., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Antilogus, P., Astier, P., Blanc, G., Burns, M. S., Conley, A., Deustua, S. E., Doi, M., Ellis, R., Fabbro, S., Fadeyev, V., Gibbons, R., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, A., Groom, D. E., Hook, I., Kashikawa, N., Kim, A. G., Knop, R. A., Lee, B. C., Mendez, J., Morokuma, T., Motohara, K., Nugent, P. E., Pain, R., Perlmutter, S., Prasad, V., Quimby, R., Raux, J., Regnault, N., Ruiz-Lapuente, P., Sainton, G., Schaefer, B. E., Schahmaneche, K., Smith, E., Spadafora, A. L., Stanishev, V., Walton, N. A., Wang, L., Wood-Vasey, W. M., and Yasuda, N.
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We present VLT FORS1 and FORS2 spectra of 39 candidate high-redshift supernovae that were discovered as part of a cosmological study using Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) over a wide range of redshifts. From the spectra alone, 20 candidates are spectrally classified as SNe Ia with redshifts ranging from z=0.212 to z=1.181. Of the remaining 19 candidates, 1 might be a Type II supernova and 11 exhibit broad supernova-like spectral features and/or have supernova-like light curves. The candidates were discovered in 8 separate ground-based searches. In those searches in which SNe Ia at z ~ 0.5 were targeted, over 80% of the observed candidates were spectrally classified as SNe Ia. In those searches in which SNe Ia with z > 1 were targeted, 4 candidates with z > 1 were spectrally classified as SNe Ia and later followed with ground and space based observatories. We present the spectra of all candidates, including those that could not be spectrally classified as supernova., Comment: 30 pages, 43 figures. Accepted by A&A. A version with higher resolution finding charts is available at http://supernova.lbl.gov/
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49. The Subaru Deep Field: The Optical Imaging Data
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Kashikawa, N., Shimasaku, K., Yasuda, N., Ajiki, M., Akiyama, M., Ando, H., Aoki, K., Doi, M., Fujita, S. S., Furusawa, H., Hayashino, T., Iwamuro, F., Iye, M., Karoji, H., Kobayashi, N., Kodaira, K., Kodama, T., Komiyama, Y., Matsuda, Y., Miyazaki, S., Mizumoto, Y., Morokuma, T., Motohara, K., Murayama, T., Nagao, T., Nariai, K., Ohta, K., Okamura, S., Ouchi, M., Sasaki, T., Sato, Y., Sekiguchi, K., Shioya, Y., Tamura, H., Taniguchi, Y., Umemura, M., Yamada, T., and Yoshida, M.
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The Subaru Deep Field (SDF) project is a program of Subaru Observatory to carry out a deep galaxy survey over a blank field as large as 34'x27'. The program consists of very deep multi-band optical imaging, near infrared imaging for smaller portions of the field and follow-up optical spectroscopy. Major scientific goals of the project are to construct large samples of Lyman-break galaxies at z~4-5 and Lyman alpha emitters at z~5.7 and 6.6, and to make detailed studies these very high-redshift galaxy populations. In this paper, we describe the optical imaging observations and data reduction, presenting mosaicked images and object catalogs in seven bandpasses.The optical imaging was made through five broad-band filters, B, V, R, i', z', and two narrow-band filters, NB816 (lambda_c=8150A) and NB921 (lambda_c=9196A) with almost 10 hours long integrations for each band. The limiting magnitudes measured at 3-sigma on a 2" aperture are B=28.45, V=27.74, R=27.80, i'=27.43, z'=26.62, NB816=26.63, and NB921=26.54 in the AB system. The object catalog constructed for each of the seven bands contains more than 10^5 objects. The galaxy number counts corrected for detection incompleteness and star count contribution are found to be consistent with previous results in the literature. The mosaicked images and catalogs of all the bands have been made open to the public on Oct. 1, 2004 on the SDF project website at http://soaps.naoj.org/sdf/., Comment: 18 pages, 10figures, accepted for publication in PASJ, and see also http://step.mtk.nao.ac.jp/sdf/ [Japan site], http://soaps.naoj.org/sdf/ [US site]
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50. A Strong Lyman-alpha Emitter at z=6.33 in the Subaru Deep Field Selected as an i' Dropout
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Nagao, T., Taniguchi, Y., Kashikawa, N., Kodaira, K., Kaifu, N., Ando, H., Karoji, H., Ajiki, M., Akiyama, M., Aoki, K., Doi, M., Fujita, S. S., Hurusawa, H., Hayashino, T., Iwamuro, F., Iye, M., Kobayashi, N., Kodama, T., Komiyama, Y., Matsuda, Y., Miyazaki, S., Mizumoto, Y., Morokuma, T., Motohara, K., Murayama, T., Nariai, K., Ohta, K., Okamura, S., Ouchi, M., Sasaki, T., Sato, Y., Sekiguchi, K., Shimasaku, K., Shioya, Y., Tamura, H., Tanaka, I., Umemura, M., Yamada, T., Yasuda, N., and Yoshida, M.
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We report on the discovery of a star-forming galaxy at z=6.33 in the Subaru Deep Field. This object is selected as a candidate of an i'-dropout, high-redshift galaxy around z=6 because of its red i'-z' color in our deep optical imaging survey in the Subaru Deep Field. Our follow up optical spectroscopy reveals that this object is a strong Ly-alpha emitter with only very faint ultraviolet continuum. The rest-frame equivalent width of the detected Ly-alpha emission is as much as 130 A. Thus the light detected in our z' image is largely attributed to the Ly-alpha emission, i.e., ~40% of the z'-band flux is the strong Ly-alpha emission, giving a very red i'-z' color. This is consistent with the photometric property of this object because the narrow-band data obtained with the NB921 filter shows a significant depression, z'-NB921 = -0.54 mag. By using the photometric data, we show that some other objects among the 48 i'-dropout high-redshift galaxy candidates found in the Subaru Deep Field also show a significant NB921 depression. We briefly discuss the nature of these NB921-depressed objects., Comment: 13 pages including 3 figures, to appear in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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