Faculty and Researchers
Mathematics and Physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
An introduction to faculty staff members and laboratories in the Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Note: Information on the laboratories is current as of the 2024 academic year. There may be changes to this information in the 2025 academic year.
ISHIBASHI Akihiro
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- General Relativity and Cosmology Laboratory
General Relativity, Gravitation, Cosmology
Investigation is conducted into overall space dynamics and black holes using general relativity. A focus of research is on high-dimensional space models and high-dimensional black holes, which look at the possibilities of high-dimensional space-time.
INOUE TARO Kaiki
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory for Cosmology
Cosmology, Astrophysics, Galactic Astronomy
In Inoue Laboratory, we study various phenomena on cosmological scales using theoretical and observational methods, in order to elucidate unknown physical laws and mechanisms in the Universe. In particular, we focus on the bending of light paths due to general relativistic effects (gravitational lensing) and changes in light energy (gravitational redshift), and verify the consistency of cosmological models through synergy between theory and observations. In recent years, we have been focusing on observational studies with the ALMA and Subaru telescopes, including verification of dark matter models, galaxy evolution in extremely large-scale low-density regions, deep learning for detecting astronomical objects, and the effect of active galactic nuclei (AGN) on galaxy formation.
NOBUKAWA Kumiko
- Position
- Lecturer
- Laboratory
- High-energy Astrophysics Lab.
High-energy Astrophysics
X-ray observations have revealed that the universe is hot and energetic. My research focuses on high-energy phenomena occurring in our galaxy. I am also developing the CCD detector onboard the XRISM satellite.