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Akira Tsuchiyama

Akira Tsuchiyama

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
50
Citations
11279
World Ranking
4908
National Ranking
84

Overview

Akira Tsuchiyama is affiliated with Ritsumeikan University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Astronomy and Astrophysics and Geophysics, with additional work in Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics covered in Tsuchiyama's research include Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, and High-pressure Geophysics and Materials. They have also worked on Geological and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Tsuchiyama's publication record includes a notable number of papers in several prominent scientific venues. These frequently include:

  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Nature Astronomy
  • Icarus
  • Science Advances

Recent significant papers authored by or associated with Tsuchiyama are:

  • Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples, 2022, Science
  • Pebbles and sand on asteroid (162173) Ryugu: In situ observation and particles returned to Earth, 2022, Science
  • A pristine record of outer Solar System materials from asteroid Ryugu's returned sample, 2022, Nature Astronomy
  • A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu, 2022, Nature Astronomy
  • Ubiquitous and progressively increasing ferric iron content on the lunar surfaces revealed by the Chang'e-5 sample, 2023, Nature Astronomy

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Akira Miyake, Kentaro Uesugi, Junya Matsuno, Tatsuhiro Michikami, and Masanao Abe. These coauthors have each worked on multiple publications alongside Tsuchiyama.

Best Publications

  • Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope.

    Don Brownlee;Peter Tsou;Jérôme Aléon;Conel M O'd Alexander

  • Mineralogy and petrology of comet 81P/wild 2 nucleus samples

    Michael E. Zolensky;Thomas J. Zega;Hajime Yano;Sue Wirick

  • Dissolution kinetics of plagioclase in the melt of the system diopside-albite-anorthite, and origin of dusty plagioclase in andesites

    Akira Tsuchiyama

  • Itokawa Dust Particles: A Direct Link Between S-Type Asteroids and Ordinary Chondrites

    Tomoki Nakamura;Takaaki Noguchi;Masahiko Tanaka;Michael E. Zolensky

  • Three-Dimensional Structure of Hayabusa Samples: Origin and Evolution of Itokawa Regolith

    Akira Tsuchiyama;Masayuki Uesugi;Takashi Matsushima;Tatsuhiro Michikami

  • The search for and analysis of direct samples of early Solar System aqueous fluids.

    Michael E. Zolensky;Robert J. Bodnar;Hisayoshi Yurimoto;Shoichi Itoh

  • Low core-mantle boundary temperature inferred from the solidus of pyrolite.

    Ryuichi Nomura;Kei Hirose;Kei Hirose;Kentaro Uesugi;Yasuo Ohishi

  • Chondrulelike Objects in Short-Period Comet 81P/Wild 2

    Tomoki Nakamura;Takaaki Noguchi;Akira Tsuchiyama;Takayuki Ushikubo

  • Compositional dependence of infrared absorption spectra of crystalline silicate: II. Natural and synthetic olivines

    C. Koike;H. Chihara;H. Chihara;A. Tsuchiyama;H. Suto

  • Elemental Compositions of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples Collected by Stardust

    George J. Flynn;Pierre Bleuet;Janet Borg;John P. Bradley

  • 3D Shape Characterization and Image-Based DEM Simulation of the Lunar Soil Simulant FJS-1

    Takashi Matsushima;Jun Katagiri;Kentaro Uesugi;Akira Tsuchiyama

  • Oxygen isotopic compositions of asteroidal materials returned from Itokawa by the Hayabusa mission.

    Hisayoshi Yurimoto;Ken Ichi Abe;Masanao Abe;Mitsuru Ebihara

  • Irradiation History of Itokawa Regolith Material Deduced from Noble Gases in the Hayabusa Samples

    Keisuke Nagao;Ryuji Okazaki;Tomoki Nakamura;Yayoi N. Miura

  • A pristine record of outer Solar System materials from asteroid Ryugu’s returned sample

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  • Space weathered rims found on the surfaces of the Itokawa dust particles

    Takaaki Noguchi;Makoto Kimura;Takahito Hashimoto;Mitsuru Konno

  • Melting kinetics of a plagioclase feldspar

    Akira Tsuchiyama;Eiichi Takahashi

  • Volatilization of sodium from silicate melt spheres and its application to the formation of chondrules

    Akira Tsuchiyama;Hiroko Nagahara;Ikuo Kushiro

  • Compositional dependence of infrared absorption spectra of crystalline silicates - I. Mg–Fe pyroxenes

    H. Chihara;H. Chihara;C. Koike;A. Tsuchiyama;S. Tachibana

  • Effect of stirring on crystallization kinetics of basalt: texture and element partitioning

    Akira Kouchi;Akira Tsuchiyama;Ichiro Sunagawa

  • Magma deformation may induce non-explosive volcanism via degassing through bubble networks

    Satoshi Okumura;Michihiko Nakamura;Shingo Takeuchi;Akira Tsuchiyama

  • Evolution of bubble microstructure in sheared rhyolite: Formation of a channel-like bubble network

    Satoshi Okumura;Michihiko Nakamura;Akira Tsuchiyama;Tsukasa Nakano

  • Low-temperature single crystal reflection spectra of forsterite

    H. Suto;H. Sogawa;S. Tachibana;C. Koike

  • Three-dimensional diffusion of non-sorbing species in porous sandstone: computer simulation based on X-ray microtomography using synchrotron radiation.

    Yoshito Nakashima;Tsukasa Nakano;Koichi Nakamura;Kentaro Uesugi

  • Neutron Activation Analysis of a Particle Returned from Asteroid Itokawa

    M. Ebihara;S. Sekimoto;N. Shirai;Y. Hamajima

  • Analytical dual-energy microtomography: A new method for obtaining three-dimensional mineral phase images and its application to Hayabusa samples

    A. Tsuchiyama;T. Nakano;K. Uesugi;M. Uesugi

  • Shear deformation experiments on vesicular rhyolite: Implications for brittle fracturing, degassing, and compaction of magmas in volcanic conduits

    Satoshi Okumura;Michihiko Nakamura;Tsukasa Nakano;Kentaro Uesugi

  • Quantitative evaluation of attenuation contrast of X-ray computed tomography images using monochromatized beams

    Akira Tsuchiyama;Kentaro Uesugi;Tsukasa Nakano;Susumu Ikeda

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Zolensky
Michael E. Zolensky National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Tomoki Nakamura
Tomoki Nakamura Tohoku University
Kentaro Uesugi
Kentaro Uesugi Stanford University
Takaaki Noguchi
Takaaki Noguchi Kyoto University
Akira Miyake
Akira Miyake University of Colorado Boulder
John Bridges
John Bridges University of Leicester
Frank E. Brenker
Frank E. Brenker Goethe University Frankfurt
Anton T. Kearsley
Anton T. Kearsley Natural History Museum
Manfred Burghammer
Manfred Burghammer European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Peter Cloetens
Peter Cloetens European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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