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Taichi Kawamura is affiliated with the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in France, contributing extensively to the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses on planetary science and exploration, seismic wave analysis, and geophysical studies related to planetary bodies, particularly Mars.

Their research spans multiple subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Ocean Engineering. The main topics covered by their research include planetary science and exploration, astro and planetary science, seismic waves and analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake detection and analysis, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Kawamura has published numerous papers in a range of scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, Geophysical Research Letters, Earth and Space Science, and Nature Geoscience.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kawamura include:

  • Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Constraints on the shallow elastic and anelastic structure of Mars from InSight seismic data, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Seismic detection of the martian core, 2021, Science
  • The seismicity of Mars, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • The atmosphere of Mars as observed by InSight, 2020, Nature Geoscience

Their research collaborations frequently include Philippe Lognonné, W. B. Banerdt, Domenico Giardini, Simon C. Stähler, and R. García, with whom they have jointly contributed to numerous studies in planetary seismology and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars

    W. Bruce Banerdt;Suzanne E. Smrekar;Don Banfield;Domenico Giardini

  • SEIS: Insight’s Seismic Experiment for Internal Structure of Mars

    P. Lognonné;W. B. Banerdt;D. Giardini;W. T. Pike

  • Constraints on the shallow elastic and anelastic structure of Mars from InSight seismic data

    Philippe Lognonné;Philippe Lognonné;W. B. Banerdt;W. T. Pike;Domenico Giardini

  • Seismic detection of the martian core.

    Simon C. Stähler;Amir Khan;Amir Khan;W. Bruce Banerdt;Philippe Lognonné

  • The seismicity of Mars

    Domenico Giardini;P. Lognonné;P. Lognonné;W. B. Banerdt;W. T. Pike

  • The atmosphere of Mars as observed by InSight

    Don Banfield;Aymeric Spiga;Claire Newman;François Forget

  • The Marsquake catalogue from InSight, sols 0–478

    John F. Clinton;Savas Ceylan;Martin van Driel;Domenico Giardini

  • Atmospheric Science with InSight

    Aymeric Spiga;Aymeric Spiga;Don Banfield;Nicholas A. Teanby;François Forget

  • Lunar Seismology: A Data and Instrumentation Review

    Ceri Nunn;Ceri Nunn;Raphael F. Garcia;Yosio Nakamura;Angela G. Marusiak

  • The marsquake catalogue from InSight, sols 0–1011

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  • Surface waves and crustal structure on Mars

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  • Lunar Seismology: An Update on Interior Structure Models

    Raphael F. Garcia;Raphael F. Garcia;Amir Khan;Mélanie Drilleau;Ludovic Margerin

  • Newly formed craters on Mars located using seismic and acoustic wave data from InSight

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  • Detection, Analysis, and Removal of Glitches From InSight's Seismic Data From Mars

    John‐Robert Scholz;Rudolf Widmer-Schnidrig;Paul Davis;Philippe Lognonné

  • Tectonics of Cerberus Fossae unveiled by marsquakes

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  • The Far Side of Mars: Two Distant Marsquakes Detected by InSight

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  • Evaluating the Wind-Induced Mechanical Noise on the InSight Seismometers

    Naomi Murdoch;David Mimoun;Raphael F. Garcia;William Rapin

  • Geophysical evidence for an enriched molten silicate layer above Mars’s core

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  • Companion guide to the marsquake catalog from InSight, Sols 0–478: Data content and non-seismic events

    Savas Ceylan;John Francis Clinton;Domenico Giardini;Maren Böse;Maren Böse

  • S1222a—The Largest Marsquake Detected by InSight

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  • First observations of core-transiting seismic phases on Mars

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  • Impact-Seismic Investigations of the InSight Mission

    Ingrid Daubar;Philippe Lognonné;Nicholas A. Teanby;Katarina Miljkovic

  • First focal mechanisms of marsquakes

    Nienke Brinkman;Simon C. Stähler;Domenico Giardini;Cédric Schmelzbach

  • Estimations of the Seismic Pressure Noise on Mars Determined from Large Eddy Simulations and Demonstration of Pressure Decorrelation Techniques for the Insight Mission

    Naomi Murdoch;Balthasar Kenda;Taichi Kawamura;Aymeric Spiga

  • Modeling of Ground Deformation and Shallow Surface Waves Generated by Martian Dust Devils and Perspectives for Near-Surface Structure Inversion

    Balthasar Kenda;Philippe Lognonné;Aymeric Spiga;Taichi Kawamura

  • Subsurface Structure at the InSight Landing Site From Compliance Measurements by Seismic and Meteorological Experiments

    Balthasar Kenda;Mélanie Drilleau;Raphaël F. Garcia;Taichi Kawamura

  • The Marsquake Service: Securing Daily Analysis of SEIS Data and Building the Martian Seismicity Catalogue for InSight

    J. Clinton;Domenico Giardini;M. Böse;M. Böse;Savas Ceylan

  • The present-day flux of large meteoroids on the lunar surface—A synthesis of models and observational techniques

    J. Oberst;J. Oberst;A. Christou;R. Suggs;D. Moser

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Lognonné
Philippe Lognonné Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
John Clinton
John Clinton ETH Zurich
Amir Khan
Amir Khan ETH Zurich
Raphaël F. Garcia
Raphaël F. Garcia National Higher French Institute of Aeronautics and Space
Maren Böse
Maren Böse ETH Zurich
Savas Ceylan
Savas Ceylan ETH Zurich
Aymeric Spiga
Aymeric Spiga Sorbonne University
Naomi Murdoch
Naomi Murdoch National Higher French Institute of Aeronautics and Space

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