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  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his commitment to establishing the global gravitational wave network through his contributions to the design and conceptualization of the Large Cryogernic Gravitational Wave Telescope in Japan and the EU Advanced Virgo Interferometer in Italy

Overview

H. Yamamoto is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States and has an extensive publication record in the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, and Medicine. Their research spans a number of specialized subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ocean Engineering, Geophysics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Surgery.

The scientist's recent academic contributions include studies on astrophysical phenomena, gravitational wave detection technology, and precision instrumentation. Notable papers published by Yamamoto include:

  • Formation of the Musca filament: evidence for asymmetries in the accretion flow due to a cloud-cloud collision (2020, Springer Link, Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • High-mass star formation in Orion B triggered by cloud-cloud collision: Merging molecular clouds in NGC 2024 (2020, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan)
  • Characterization of Core Optics in Gravitational-Wave Detectors: Case Study of KAGRA Sapphire Mirrors (2020, Physical Review Applied)
  • Determination of the light exposure on the photodiodes of a new instrumented baffle for the Virgo input mode cleaner end-mirror (2020, Classical and Quantum Gravity)
  • Measurement of the stray light in the Advanced Virgo input mode cleaner cavity using an instrumented baffle (2022, Classical and Quantum Gravity)

Yamamoto frequently collaborates with several researchers including M. Martí́nez, L. M. Mir, A. Romero, Kengo Tachihara, and A. Chiummo, which highlights a focus on collaborative investigation across multiple institutions and disciplines.

The researcher's work often appears in specific publication venues that align well with their research domains. These include:

  • Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
  • Physical Review D
  • Rigakuryoho Kagaku
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Main research topics addressed by Yamamoto are varied and include:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Geophysics and Sensor Technology
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Recognition for Yamamoto's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2011. This award cited their involvement in the development of instruments essential to the global gravitational wave detection network, including work on the Large Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope in Japan and the EU Advanced Virgo Interferometer in Italy.

Best Publications

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State.

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Tests of general relativity with GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;M. Abernathy

  • Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable by Ground-based Gravitational-wave Detectors

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19-solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the first Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Exploring the Sensitivity of Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light

    J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

    J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Observation of Large CP Violation in the Neutral B Meson System

    Kazuo Abe;Y. Chao;S. Kobayashi;S. Yanaka

  • Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
D. C. Coyne
D. C. Coyne California Institute of Technology
David E. McClelland
David E. McClelland Australian National University

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