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Motohide Tamura

Motohide Tamura

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Physics

D-Index
104
Citations
39878
World Ranking
1441
National Ranking
34

Overview

Motohide Tamura is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Spectroscopy.

The core topics of Motohide Tamura's research encompass:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

The frequent publication venues in which Tamura's work appears include:

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

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Motohide Tamura comprise:

  • 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
  • A Search for H-Dropout Lyman Break Galaxies at z ∼ 12-16 (2022), The Astrophysical Journal
  • Bound star clusters observed in a lensed galaxy 460 Myr after the Big Bang (2024), Nature
  • Accurate dust temperature determination in a z = 7.13 galaxy (2021), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Kotaro Kohno
  • Akio Inoue
  • Yuma Sugahara
  • Tom J. L. C. Bakx
  • Hideki Umehata

Best Publications

  • VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way

    D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas;J. P. Emerson;R. K. Saito

  • Circular polarization in star-formation regions: implications for biomolecular homochirality.

    Jeremy Bailey;Antonio Chrysostomou;J. H. Hough;T. M. Gledhill

  • Interstellar Extinction Law toward the Galactic Center III: J, H, Ks bands in the 2MASS and the MKO systems, and 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8.0 micron in the Spitzer/IRAC system

    Shogo Nishiyama;Motohide Tamura;Hirofumi Hatano;Daisuke Kato

  • The UKIDSS galactic plane survey

    P.~W. Lucas;M.~G. Hoare;A. Longmore;A.~C. Schröder

  • Vvv dr1: the first data release of the milky way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared eso public survey vista variables in the via lactea

    R. K. Saito;M. Hempel;D. Minniti;D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas

  • INTERSTELLAR EXTINCTION LAW TOWARD THE GALACTIC CENTER III: J, H, KS BANDS IN THE 2MASS AND THE MKO SYSTEMS, AND 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8.0 μm IN THE SPITZER/IRAC SYSTEM

    Shogo Nishiyama;Motohide Tamura;Hirofumi Hatano;Daisuke Kato

  • The Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics System: Enabling High-Contrast Imaging on Solar-System Scales

    N. Jovanovic;N. Jovanovic;F. Martinache;O. Guyon;O. Guyon;C. Clergeon

  • Discovery of Small-Scale Spiral Structures in the Disk of SAO 206462 (HD 135344B): Implications for the Physical State of the Disk from Spiral Density Wave Theory

    T. Muto;T. Muto;C. A. Grady;J. Hashimoto;M. Fukagawa

  • SIRUS: a near infrared simultaneous three-band camera

    Takahiro Nagayama;Chie Nagashima;Yasushi Nakajima;Tetsuya Nagata

  • Spiral Arms in the Asymmetrically Illuminated Disk of MWC 758 and Constraints on Giant Planets

    C. A. Grady;T. Muto;J. Hashimoto;M. Fukagawa

  • DIRECT IMAGING OF A COLD JOVIAN EXOPLANET IN ORBIT AROUND THE SUN-LIKE STAR GJ 504

    M. Kuzuhara;M. Kuzuhara;M. Kuzuhara;M. Tamura;M. Tamura;M. Tamura;T. Kudo;M. Janson

  • The IRSF magellanic clouds point source catalog

    Daisuke Kato;Chie Nagashima;Takahiro Nagayama;Takahiro Nagayama;Mikio Kurita

  • Direct Imaging Discovery of a `Super-Jupiter' Around the late B-Type Star Kappa And

    J. Carson;C. Thalmann;M. Janson;T. Kozakis

  • Spiral Arms in the Asymmetrically Illuminated Disk of MWC 758 and Constraints on Giant Planets

    C. A. Grady;T. Muto;J. Hashimoto;M. Fukagawa

  • INTERSTELLAR EXTINCTION LAW IN THE J, H, AND Ks BANDS TOWARD THE GALACTIC CENTER

    Shogo Nishiyama;Tetsuya Nagata;Nobuhiko Kusakabe;Noriyuki Matsunaga

  • Direct Imaging of Fine Structures in Giant Planet Forming Regions of the Protoplanetary Disk around AB Aurigae

    J. Hashimoto;M. Tamura;T. Muto;T. Kudo

  • Investigation of the Physical Properties of Protoplanetary Disks around T Tauri Stars by a 1 Arcsecond Imaging Survey: Evolution and Diversity of the Disks in Their Accretion Stage*

    Yoshimi Kitamura;Munetake Momose;Sozo Yokogawa;Ryohei Kawabe

  • Variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds: results from OGLE and SIRIUS

    Yoshifusa Ita;Toshihiko Tanabé;Noriyuki Matsunaga;Yasushi Nakajima

  • Interstellar Extinction Law toward the Galactic Center II: V, J, H, and Ks Bands

    Shogo Nishiyama;Tetsuya Nagata;Motohide Tamura;Ryo Kandori

  • Spiral Structure in the Circumstellar Disk around AB Aurigae

    Misato Fukagawa;Masahiko Hayashi;Masahiko Hayashi;Motohide Tamura;Yoichi Itoh

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiji Akiyama
Eiji Akiyama Tohoku University
J. H. Hough
J. H. Hough University of Glasgow
Gillian R. Knapp
Gillian R. Knapp Princeton University
Wolfgang Brandner
Wolfgang Brandner Max Planck Society
Joshua N. Winn
Joshua N. Winn Princeton University
Shu-ichiro Inutsuka
Shu-ichiro Inutsuka Nagoya University
Toru Yamada
Toru Yamada Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

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