Infrared Astronomy

    Far-Infrared Interferometer

    Balloon-Borne Telescope

    Infrared Galaxies

    Large-Scale Star Formation (Star Burst)

    Active Galactic Nuclei

• Radiation effects on stressed Ge:Ga array detector of Far-infrared Surveyor on AKARI
  T. Suzuki, H. Kaneda, S. Matsuura, M. Shirahata, T. Nakagawa, Y. Doi, T. Onaka, Y. Hibi, H.Shibai, M. Kawada
  submitted to Publ. Astron. Soc. Jp.

• Si and Fe depletion in Galactic star-forming regions observed by the Spitzer Space Telescope
  Y. Okada, T. Onaka, T. Miyata, Y. K. Okamoto, I. Sakon, H. Shibai, H. Takahashi
  submitted to Astrophys. J.

• New High Resolution Imaging Method For Fizeau Interferometer
  T. Matsuo, H. Shibai, M. Kawada, M. Hattori, I. S. Ohta, H. Matsuo,
  Publ. Astron. Soc. Jp., 60 (2), in press, 2008 (April)

• The Infrared Astronomical Mission AKARI
  H. Murakamim, H. Baba, P. Barthel, M. Cohen, Y. Doi, K. Enya, E. Figueredo, N. Fujishiro, M. Fujiwara, P. Garcia-Lario, T. Goto, S. Hasegawa, T. Hirao, S. S. Hong, K. Imai, D. Ishihara, Y. Ita, W.-S. Jeong, K. S. Jeong, H. Kaneda, H. Kataza, M. Kawada, A. Kawamura, D. J. M. Kester, M. F. Kessler, T. Kii, D. C. Kim, W. Kim, B. C. Koo, S. M. Kwon, H. M. Lee, S. Makiuti, H. Mutsuhara, T. Matsumoto, H. Matsuo, S. Matsuura, T. G. Muller, N. Murakami, H. Nagata, T. Nakagawa, T. Naoi, M. Narita, M. Noda, S. Oh, Y. Ohyama, Y. Okada, H. Okuda, S. Oliver, T. Onaka, T. Ootsubo, S. Oyabu, S. Pak, Y.-S. Park, C. P. Pearson, M. Rowan-Robinson, I. Sakon, A. Salama, R. S. Savage, S. Serjeant, H. Shibai, M. Shirahata, J. J. Sohn, T. Suzuki, T. Takagi, H. Takahashi, T. Tanabe, K. Uemizu, M. Ueno, F. Usui, T. Wada, G. J. White, I. Yamamura, C. Yamauchi, L. Wang, T. Watabe, and H. Watarai
  Publ. Astron. Soc. Jp., 59 (SP2), S369-S376, 2007

• The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) for AKARI
  M. Kawada, M. Cohen, Y. Doi, M. Fujiwara, S. Hasegawa, Y. Hibi, T. Hirao, N. Hiromoto, W.-S. Jeong, H. Kaneda, T. Kawai, T. Kii, H. Kobayashi, S. M. Kwon, H. M. Lee, S. Makiuti, H. Matsuo, S. Matsuura, T. G. Mueller, N. Murakami, H. Nagata, T. Nakagawa, M. Narita, M. Noda, S. H. Oh, Y. Okada, H. Okuda, T. Ootsubo, S. Pak, Y.-S. Park, C. P. Pearson, T. Saito, S. Sato, H. Shibai, M. Shirahata, J..J. Sohn, T. Suzuki, H. Takahashi, F. Usui, T. Watabe,  I. Yamamura, and A. Yasuda
  Publ. Astron. Soc. Jp., 59 (SP2), S389-S400, 2007

• The Far-Infrared Properties of Spatially Resolved AKARI Observations
  W-S. Jeong, T. Nakagawa, I. Yamamura, C. P. Pearson, R. S. Savage, H. M. Lee, H. Shibai, S. Makiuti, H. Baba, D. Clements, Y. Doi, E. Figueredo, T. Goto, S. Hasegawa, M. Kawada, A.        Kawamura, D. Kester, S. M. Kwon, H. Matsuhara, S. Matsuura, H. Murakami, S. H. Oh, S. Pak, Y.-S. Park, M. Rowan-Robinson, S. Serjeant, M. Shirahata, J. Sohn, T. Takagi, L. Wang, G. J. White, C. Yamauchi
  Publ. Astron. Soc. Jp., 59 (SP2), S429-S435, 2007

• AKARI Infrared Imaging of Reflection Nebulae IC4954 and IC4955
  D. Ishihara, T. Onaka, H. Kaneda, T. Suzuki, H. Kataza, I. Sakon, Y. Okada, Y. Doi, N. Fujishiro, H. Fujiwara, Y. Ita, T. Kii, W. Kim, S. Makiuti, T. Matsumoto, H. Matsuhara, H. Murakami, T. Nakagawa, Y. Ohyama, S. Oyabu, S. Stephen, H. Shibai, T. Takagi, T. Tanab?, K. Uemizu, M. Ueno, F. Usui, T. Wada, and H. Watarai
  Publ. Astron. Soc. Japan 59, S443--S454 (2007)

• Far-infrared distributions in nearby spiral galaxies NGC2841 and NGC2976 observed with AKARI/FIS
  H. Kaneda, T. Suzuki, T. Onaka, Y. Doi, M. Kawada, B. -C. Koo, S. Makiuti, T. Nakagawa, Y. Okada, S. Serjeant, H. Shibai, and M. Shirahata
  Publ. Astron. Soc. Jp., 59 (SP2), S463-S471, 2007

• Spatial Distribution of Cold and Warm Interstellar Dust in M101 Resolved with AKARI/FIS
  T. Suzuki, H. Kaneda, T. Nakagawa, S. Makiuti, Y. Okada, H. Shibai, M. Kawada, Y. Doi
  Publ. Astron. Soc. Jp., 59 (SP2), S473-S481, 2007

• AKARI Far-Infrared Source Counts in the Lockman Hole
  S. Matsuura, M. Shirahata, M. Kawada, Y. Doi, T. Nakagawa, C. P. Pearson, H. Shibai, T. Takagi, W. S. Jeong, S. Oyabu, and H. Matsuhara
  Publ. Astron. Soc. Jp., 59 (SP2), S503-S513, 2007

• Galaxy colours in the AKARI deep SEP survey
  C. P. Pearson, W.-S. Jeong, S. Matsuura, H. Matsuhara, T. Nakagawa, H. Shibai, M. Kawada, T. Takagi, H. M. Lee, M. Shirahata
  Adv. Sp. Res., 40 (5), 605-611, 2007        

• AKARI (ASTRO-F): Flight performance and preliminary results
  H. Shibai
  Adv. Sp. Res., 40 (5), 595-599, 2007

• Far-infrared Dust Properties in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds
  H. Hirashita, Y. Hibi, and H. Shibai
  Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 379, 974?984, 2007

• Planetary Formation Scenarios Revisited: Core-Accretion versus Disk Instability
  T. Matsuo, H. Shibai, T. Ootsubo, & M. Tamura
  Astrophys. J., 662. 1282-1292, 2007 (Jun.)

• Mid- to Far-Infrared Spectral Energy Distribution of the Diffuse Galactic Radiation
  T. Onaka, D. Tokura, I. Sakon, Y. Tajiri, T. Takagi, & H. Shibai
  Astrophys. J., 654, 844-857, 2007 (Jan.)

• H. Shibai: AKARI (ASTRO-F): Flight performance and preliminary results. Adv. Sp. Res., accepted for publication, 2007, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2007.03.073 

• H. Shibai, S. Arimura, M. Tanaka, et al.: FIRBE: Far-Infrared Balloon-Borne Experiment. Advances in Space Research, 30 (5), 1289-1295, 2002

• ASTRO-F (infrared imaging surveyor) project. H. Shibai, Advances in Space Research, 30 (9), 2089-2097, (2002)

• Absorption measurement of hydrogen molecules in the eEarly universe. H. Shibai, T. T. Takeuchi, et al., Publ. Astron. Soc.Jp., 53, 589-593, (2001)

• The infrared imaging surveyor (IRIS) project: ASTRO-F. H. Shibai, Advances in Space Research, 25, 2273-2276, (2000)
  
  
• [CII] diffuse emission observed by the IRTS. H. Shibai, et al., Publ. Astron. Soc.Jp., 48, L127-L131, (1996)
  
  
• Infrared imaging surveyor (IRIS) project. H. Shibai & H. Murakami, Infrared Technology & Application XII, Proc. SPIE 2744, 75-83, (1996)
  
  
• An eight-element stressed Ge:Ga linear array: development and performance. H. Shibai, et al., Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing II, Proc. SPIE 2268, 142-149, (1994)
  
  
• Far-infrared line mapper (FILM) on IRTS. H. Shibai, M. Yui, H. Matsuhara, et al., Astrophys. J., 428, 377-383, (1994)
  
  
• Balloon observations of interstellar CII (158 microns) and OI (63 microns) forbidden lines. H. Shibai, et al., Advances in Space Research, 13, 201-204, (1993)
  
  
• Large-scale [CII] 158 micron emission from the galaxy. H. Shibai, et al., Astrophys. J., 374, 522-531, (1991)
  
  
• Far-infrared rotational transition lines of interstellar water vapor. H. Shibai & T. Maihara, Prog. Theor. Phys., 69, 77-88, (1983)