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Kotaro Kohno

Kotaro Kohno

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78
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Overview

Kotaro Kohno is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan with a focus on physics and astronomy. Their work spans several subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, spectroscopy, atomic and molecular physics, optics, as well as nuclear and high energy physics.

Their research covers diverse topics primarily related to galaxies and star formation. These include galaxies' formation, evolution, and phenomena; astrophysics and star formation studies; astronomy and astrophysical research; stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; astrophysical phenomena and observations; gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; and spectroscopy and laser applications.

Notable recent papers by Kotaro Kohno include:

  • "Large Population of ALMA Galaxies at z > 6 with Very High [O iii] 88 μm to [C ii] 158 μm Flux Ratios: Evidence of Extremely High Ionization Parameter or PDR Deficit?" (2020, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • "ALMA uncovers the [C ii] emission and warm dust continuum in a z = 8.31 Lyman break galaxy" (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
  • "Detection of stellar light from quasar host galaxies at redshifts above 6" (2023, Nature)
  • "Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XIII. Large-scale Feedback and Star Formation in a Low-luminosity Quasar at z = 7.07 on the Local Black Hole to Host Mass Relation" (2021, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • "ALCHEMI, an ALMA Comprehensive High-resolution Extragalactic Molecular Inventory" (2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kotaro Kohno include Bunyo Hatsukade, Hideki Umehata, Seiji Fujimoto, Yoichi Tamura, and Takuma Izumi.

Kotaro Kohno has published extensively in various scientific venues, with a notable presence in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Best Publications

  • The Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE)

    Hajime Ezawa;Ryohei Kawabe;Kotaro Kohno;Satoshi Yamamoto

  • Breakdown of Kennicutt-Schmidt Law at GMC Scales in M33

    Sachiko Onodera;Nario Kuno;Tomoka Tosaki;Kotaro Kohno

  • An Intensely Star-forming Galaxy at z ~ 7 with Low Dust and Metal Content Revealed by Deep ALMA and HST Observations

    Masami Ouchi;Masami Ouchi;Richard Ellis;Yoshiaki Ono;Kouichiro Nakanishi

  • Evidence for a Population of High-Redshift Submillimeter Galaxies from Interferometric Imaging

    Joshua D. Younger;Giovanni G. Fazio;Jia-Sheng Huang;Min S. Yun

  • Detection of an oxygen emission line from a high-redshift galaxy in the reionization epoch

    Akio K. Inoue;Yoichi Tamura;Hiroshi Matsuo;Ken Mawatari

  • AzTEC millimeter survey of the COSMOS field - III. Source catalog over 0.72 sq. deg. and plausible boosting by large-scale structure

    I. Aretxaga;G.W. Wilson;E. Aguilar;S. Alberts

  • Compact Starbursts in z ̃ 3-6 Submillimeter Galaxies Revealed by ALMA

    Soh Ikarashi;Soh Ikarashi;R. J. Ivison;R. J. Ivison;Karina I. Caputi;Itziar Aretxaga

  • A dominant population of optically invisible massive galaxies in the early Universe

    T. Wang;T. Wang;C. Schreiber;C. Schreiber;C. Schreiber;D. Elbaz;Y. Yoshimura

  • Detection of molecular gas in the quasar BR1202 - 0725 at redshift z = 4.69.

    K. Ohta;K. Ohta;Toru Yamada;K. Nakanishi;K. Kohno

  • BREAKDOWN OF KENNICUTT–SCHMIDT LAW AT GIANT MOLECULAR CLOUD SCALES IN M33

    Sachiko Onodera;Nario Kuno;Tomoka Tosaki;Kotaro Kohno

  • High-Resolution Imaging of Molecular Line Emission from High-Redshift QSOs

    C. L. Carilli;Kataro Kohno;Ryohei Kawabe;Kouji Ohta

  • HerMES: The Contribution to the Cosmic Infrared Background from Galaxies Selected by Mass and Redshift

    M. P. Viero;L. Moncelsi;R. F. Quadri;V. Arumugam

  • Deep 1.1 mm-wavelength imaging of the GOODS-South field by AzTEC/ASTE -- II. Redshift distribution and nature of the submillimetre galaxy population

    Min S. Yun;K. S. Scott;Yicheng Guo;I. Aretxaga

  • DETERMINING STAR FORMATION TIMESCALE AND PATTERN SPEED IN NEARBY SPIRAL GALAXIES

    Fumi Egusa;Fumi Egusa;Kotaro Kohno;Yoshiaki Sofue;Hiroyuki Nakanishi

  • Large Population of ALMA Galaxies at z>6 with Very High [OIII]88um to [CII]158um Flux Ratios: Evidence of Extremely High Ionization Parameter or PDR Deficit?

    Yuichi Harikane;Masami Ouchi;Akio K. Inoue;Yoshiki Matsuoka

  • "Big Three Dragons": a z = 7.15 Lyman BreakGalaxy Detected in [OIII] 88 $\mu$m, [CII] 158 $\mu$m, and Dust Continuum with ALMA

    Takuya Hashimoto;Akio K. Inoue;Ken Mawatari;Yoichi Tamura

  • AzTEC millimetre survey of the COSMOS field – III. Source catalogue over 0.72 deg2 and plausible boosting by large-scale structure

    I. Aretxaga;Graham Wallace Wilson;E. Aguilar;S. Alberts

  • Substructures revealed by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect at 150 GHz in a high-resolution map of RX J1347-1145

    Eiichiro Komatsu;Eiichiro Komatsu;Hiroshi Matsuo;Tetsu Kitayama;Makoto Hattori

  • HerMES: THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COSMIC INFRARED BACKGROUND FROM GALAXIES SELECTED BY MASS AND REDSHIFT*

    M. P. Viero;L. Moncelsi;R. F. Quadri;V. Arumugam

  • Substructures revealed by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect at 150GHz in the high resolution map of RXJ1347-1145

    Eiichiro Komatsu;Hiroshi Matsuo;Tetsu Kitayama;Makoto Hattori

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Ivison
Rob Ivison European Southern Observatory
Masatoshi Imanishi
Masatoshi Imanishi The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Tohru Nagao
Tohru Nagao Ehime University
Min S. Yun
Min S. Yun University of Massachusetts Amherst
Masami Ouchi
Masami Ouchi University of Tokyo
Yuichi Matsuda
Yuichi Matsuda The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Mamoru Doi
Mamoru Doi University of Tokyo
Tadayuki Kodama
Tadayuki Kodama Tohoku University
Yuzuru Yoshii
Yuzuru Yoshii University of Tokyo
Masamune Oguri
Masamune Oguri Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

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