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Toshikazu Onishi is affiliated with Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Physics and Astronomy, with a specialization in Astronomy and Astrophysics as well as related subfields including Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their work covers a range of scientific topics such as:

  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Toshikazu Onishi has contributed extensively to the literature, with over 140 publications primarily appearing in notable venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Astrophysical Journal (25 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (18 publications)
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (10 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (7 publications)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2 publications)

Recent papers demonstrate research on molecular clouds, star formation, and cosmic phenomena. Some notable publications are:

  • FRagmentation and Evolution of Dense Cores Judged by ALMA (FREJA). I. Overview: Inner ∼1000 au Structures of Prestellar/Protostellar Cores in Taurus (2020, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • The 30 Doradus Molecular Cloud at 0.4 pc Resolution with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array: Physical Properties and the Boundedness of CO-emitting Structures (2022, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • ALMA CO Observations of Gamma-Ray Supernova Remnant N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Possible Evidence for Shocked Molecular Clouds Illuminated by Cosmic-Ray Protons (2020, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • ALMA CO observations of a giant molecular cloud in M33: Evidence for high-mass star formation triggered by cloud-cloud collisions (2020, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan)
  • ALMA Observations of Giant Molecular Clouds in M33. I. Resolving Star Formation Activities in the Giant Molecular Filaments Possibly Formed by a Spiral Shock (2020, The Astrophysical Journal)

Collaboration has been an element in their work, with frequent co-authors including Kazuki Tokuda, Y. Fukui, Kengo Tachihara, Akiko Kawamura, and Kisetsu Tsuge, each contributing extensively to joint research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud, Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE) I: Overview and Initial Results

    Margaret Meixner;Karl D. Gordon;Remy Indebetouw;Joseph L. Hora

  • Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud: Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE). I. Overview and Initial Results

    Margaret Meixner;Karl D. Gordon;Remy Indebetouw;Joseph L. Hora

  • Planck Early Results: All sky temperature and dust optical depth from Planck and IRAS: Constraints on the "dark gas" in our galaxy

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. Arnaud

  • Planck early results. XIX. All-sky temperature and dust optical depth from Planck and IRAS. Constraints on the "dark gas" in our Galaxy

    Peter A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. Arnaud;M. Ashdown

  • Molecular clouds towards RCW 49 and Westerlund 2; Evidence for cluster formation triggered by cloud-cloud collision

    Naoko Furukawa;Joanne R. Dawson;Akio Ohama;Akiko Kawamura

  • THE SECOND SURVEY OF THE MOLECULAR CLOUDS IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD BY NANTEN. II. STAR FORMATION

    Akiko Kawamura;Yoji Mizuno;Tetsuhiro Minamidani;Tetsuhiro Minamidani;Miroslav D. Fillipović

  • Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution in the Tidally-Stripped, Low Metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud (SAGE-SMC). I. Overview

    Karl D. Gordon;Margaret Meixner;Marilyn Meade;Barbara A. Whitney

  • Molecular Clouds Toward the Super Star Cluster NGC3603; Possible Evidence for a Cloud-Cloud Collision in Triggering the Cluster Formation

    Yasuo Fukui;Akio Ohama;Naoki Hanaoka;Naoko Furukawa

  • The Second Survey of the Molecular Clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud by NANTEN. I. Catalog of Molecular Clouds

    Y. Fukui;A. Kawamura;T. Minamidani;T. Minamidani;Y. Mizuno

  • First Results of a CO Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud with NANTEN; Giant Molecular Clouds as Formation Sites of Populous Clusters

    Yasuo Fukui;Norikazu Mizuno;Reiko Yamaguchi;Akira Mizuno

  • A C18O Survey of Dense Cloud Cores in Taurus: Star Formation

    Toshikazu Onishi;Akira Mizuno;Akiko Kawamura;Hideo Ogawa

  • Spitzer SAGE survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud III: star formation and ~1000 new candidate young stellar objects

    B.A. Whitney;M. Sewilo;R. Indebetouw;T.P. Robitaille

  • Molecular clouds toward RCW49 and westerlund 2: Evidence for cluster formation triggered by cloud-cloud collision

    N. Furukawa;J. R. Dawson;J. R. Dawson;A. Ohama;A. Kawamura

  • A C 18O Survey of Dense Cloud Cores in Taurus: Core Properties

    Toshikazu Onishi;Akira Mizuno;Akiko Kawamura;Hideo Ogawa

  • A Complete Search for Dense Cloud Cores in Taurus

    Toshikazu Onishi;Akira Mizuno;Akiko Kawamura;Kengo Tachihara

  • Overall Distribution of Dense Molecular Gas and Star Formation in the Taurus Cloud Complex

    A. Mizuno;T. Onishi;Y. Yonekura;T. Nagahama

  • Cloud-cloud collision as a trigger of the high-mass star formation; a molecular line study in RCW120

    K. Torii;K. Hasegawa;Y. Hattori;H. Sano

  • Molecular Clouds toward the Super Star Cluster NGC 3603 Possible Evidence for a Cloud-Cloud Collision in Triggering the Cluster Formation

    Y. Fukui;A. Ohama;N. Hanaoka;N. Furukawa;N. Furukawa

  • Spitzer SAGE Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud. II. Evolved Stars and Infrared Color-Magnitude Diagrams

    R.D. Blum;J.R. Mould;K.A. Olsen;J.A. Frogel

  • Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud, Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE). IV. Dust Properties in the Interstellar Medium

    Jean Philippe Bernard;William T. Reach;Deborah Paradis;Margaret Meixner

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuo Fukui
Yasuo Fukui Nagoya University
Akiko Kawamura
Akiko Kawamura National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Remy Indebetouw
Remy Indebetouw National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Margaret Meixner
Margaret Meixner Space Telescope Science Institute
Shu-ichiro Inutsuka
Shu-ichiro Inutsuka Nagoya University
William T. Reach
William T. Reach Universities Space Research Association
Gavin Rowell
Gavin Rowell University of Adelaide
Lister Staveley-Smith
Lister Staveley-Smith University of Western Australia
Brian Babler
Brian Babler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alberto D. Bolatto
Alberto D. Bolatto University of Maryland, College Park

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