Field of Research
Radio astronomy
Star Formation
Interstellar Matter (Molecular Clouds)
Instruments Development for mm-wave Telescope
Selected Publications
  • Minamidani, Tetsuhiro, Mizuno, Norikazu, Mizuno, Yoji, Kawamura, Akiko, Onishi, Toshikazu, Hasegawa, Tetsuo, Tatematsu, Ken'ichi, Ikeda, Masafumi, Moriguchi, Yoshiaki, Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki, Ott, Jürgen, Wong, Tony, Muller, Erik, Pineda, Jorge L., Hughes, Annie, Staveley-Smith, Lister, Klein, Ulrich, Mizuno, Akira, Nikolić, Silvana, Booth, Roy S., Heikkilä, Arto, Nyman, Lars-ðke, Lerner, Mikael, Garay, Guido, Kim, Sungeun, Fujishita, Motosuji, Kawase, Tokuichi, Rubio, Monicá, & Fukui, Yasuo, Submillimeter Observations of Giant Molecular Clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Temperature and Density as Determined from J=3-2 and J=1-0 Transitions of CO, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 175, 485-508, 2008
  • Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A. G., Bazer-Bachi, A. R., Behera, B., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Boisson, C., Bolz, O., Borrel, V., Braun, I., Brion, E., Brown, A. M., Bühler, R., Bulik, T., Büsching, I., Boutelier, T., Carrigan, S., Chadwick, P. M., Chounet, L.-M., Clapson, A. C., Coignet, G., Cornils, R., Costamante, L., Degrange, B., Dickinson, H. J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Domainko, W., O'C. Drury, L., Dubus, G., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Emmanoulopoulos, D., Espigat, P., Farnier, C., Feinstein, F., Fiasson, A., Förster, A., Fontaine, G., Fukui, Y., Funk, Seb., Funk, S., Füßling, M., Gallant, Y. A., Giebels, B., Glicenstein, J. F., Glück, B., Goret, P., Hadjichristidis, C., Hauser, D., Hauser, M., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hoffmann, A., Hofmann, W., Holleran, M., Hoppe, S., Horns, D., Jacholkowska, A., de Jager, O. C., Kendziorra, E., Kerschhaggl, M., Khélifi, B., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Lamanna, G., Latham, I. J., Le Gallou, R., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J.-P., Lohse, T., Martin, J. M., Martineau-Huynh, O., Marcowith, A., Masterson, C., Maurin, G., McComb, T. J. L., Moderski, R., Moriguchi, Y., Moulin, E., de Naurois, M., Nedbal, D., Nolan, S. J., Olive, J.-P., Orford, K. J., Osborne, J. L., Ostrowski, M., Panter, M., Pedaletti, G., Pelletier, G., Petrucci, P.-O., Pita, S., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Ranchon, S., Raubenheimer, B. C., Raue, M., Rayner, S. M., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Ripken, J., Rob, L., Rolland, L., Rosier-Lees, S., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruppel, J., Sahakian, V., Santangelo, A., Saugé, L., Schlenker, S., Schlickeiser, R., Schröder, R., Schwanke, U., Schwarzburg, S., Schwemmer, S., Shalchi, A., Sol, H., Spangler, D., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Superina, G., Takeuchi, T., Tam, P. H., Tavernet, J.-P., Terrier, R., van Eldik, C., Vasileiadis, G., Venter, C., Vialle, J. P., Vincent, P., Vivier, M., Völk, H. J., Volpe, F., Wagner, S. J., & Ward, M., Discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission coincident with molecular clouds in the W 28 (G6.4-0.1) field, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 481, 401-410, 2008 
  • Wong, T., Ladd, E. F., Brisbin, D., Burton, M. G., Bains, I., Cunningham, M. R., Lo, N., Jones, P. A., Thomas, K. L., Longmore, S. N., Vigan, A., Mookerjea, B., Kramer, C., Fukui, Y., & Kawamura, A., Molecular line mapping of the giant molecular cloud associated with RCW 106 - II. Column density and dynamical state of the clumps, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 399-, 2008 
  • Hitschfeld, M., Aravena, M., Kramer, C., Bertoldi, F., Stutzki, J., Bensch, F., Bronfman, L., Cubick, M., Fujishita, M., Fukui, Y., Graf, U. U., Honingh, N., Ito, S., Jakob, H., Jacobs, K., Klein, U., Koo, B.-C., May, J., Miller, M., Miyamoto, Y., Mizuno, N., Onishi, T., Park, Y.-S., Pineda, J. L., Rabanus, D., Röllig, M., Sasago, H., Schieder, R., Simon, R., Sun, K., Volgenau, N., Yamamoto, H., & Yonekura, Y., 12CO 4-3 and [CI] 1-0 at the centers of NGC 4945 and Circinus, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 479, 75-82, 2008 
  • Ito, Shingo, Yamamoto, Hiroaki, Ishigami, Shinji, Kawamura, Akiko, Mizuno, Norikazu, Onishi, Toshikazu, Fukui, Yasuo, & Mizuno, Akira, Molecular Clouds Possibly Associated with the Jets from a Compact Star of L = 348.5 degrees and SS433; ``Galactic vapor trail'' as a probe of black hole candidates, American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 968, 334-336, 2008 
  • Kramer, C., Cubick, M., Röllig, M., Sun, K., Yonekura, Y., Aravena, M., Bensch, F., Bertoldi, F., Bronfman, L., Fujishita, M., Fukui, Y., Graf, U. U., Hitschfeld, M., Honingh, N., Ito, S., Jakob, H., Jacobs, K., Klein, U., Koo, B.-C., May, J., Miller, M., Miyamoto, Y., Mizuno, N., Onishi, T., Park, Y.-S., Pineda, J. L., Rabanus, D., Sasago, H., Schieder, R., Simon, R., Stutzki, J., Volgenau, N., & Yamamoto, H., Clumpy photon-dominated regions in Carina. I. [C I] and mid-J CO lines in two 4'~4' fields, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 477, 547-555, 2008 
  • Nagai, M., Oka, T., Yamamoto, S., Moriguchi, Y., Fukui, Y., & Sekimoto, Y., A High-velocity [CI] Wing Emission Toward the M17 Molecular Cloud,  Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Volume . ISBN 978-0-387-72767-7. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2008, p. 359 2008 
  • Kawamura, A., Minamidani, T., Mizuno, Y., Iritani, H., Mizuno, N., Onishi, Toshikazu, Mizuno, A., & Fukui, Y., Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Magellanic Clouds, Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Volume . ISBN 978-0-387-72767-7. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2008, p. 343, 2008 
  • Wong, Tony, Blitz, Leo, Kawamura, A., Iritani, H., & Fukui, Y., Atomic and Molecular Gas in Disk Galaxies, Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Volume. ISBN 978-0-387-72767-7. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2008, p. 206, 2008 
  • Yang, Chao-Chin, Gruendl, Robert A., Chu, You-Hua, Mac Low, Mordecai-Mark, & Fukui, Yasuo, Large-Scale Gravitational Instability and Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud,  Astrophysical Journal Letters, 671, 374-379, 2007 
  • Bojičić, I. S., Filipović, M. D., Parker, Q. A., Payne, J. L., Jones, P. A., Reid, W., Kawamura, A., & Fukui, Y., Multifrequency study of the Large Magellanic Cloud supernova remnant (SNR) B0513-692 and new SNR candidate J051327-6911, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 378, 1237-1247, 2007 
  • Funk, S., Hinton, J. A., Moriguchi, Y., Aharonian, F. A., Fukui, Y., Hofmann, W., Horns, D., Pühlhofer,, G., Reimer, O., Rowell, G., Terrier, R., Vink, J., & Wagner, S. J., XMM-Newton observations of HESS J1813-178 reveal a composite Supernova remnant, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 470, 249-257, 2007 
  • Aharonian, F. A., Akhperjanian, A. G., Bazer-Bachi, A. R., Behera, B., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Boisson, C., Bolz, O., Borrel, V., Braun, I., Brion, E., Brown, A. M., Bühler, R., Büsching, I., Boutelier, T., Carrigan, S., Chadwick, P. M., Chounet, L.-M., Coignet, G., Cornils, R., Costamante, L., Degrange, B., Dickinson, H. J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Domainko, W., O'C. Drury, L., Dubus, G., Egberts, K., Emmanoulopoulos, D., Espigat, P., Farnier, C., Feinstein, F., Fiasson, A., Förster, A., Fontaine, G., Funk, Seb., Funk, S., Füßling, M., Gallant, Y. A., Giebels, B., Glicenstein, J. F., Glück, B., Goret, P., Hadjichristidis, C., Hauser, D., Hauser, M., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hoffmann, A., Hofmann, W., Holleran, M., Hoppe, S., Horns, D., Jacholkowska, A., de Jager, O. C., Kendziorra, E., Kerschhaggl, M., Khélifi, B., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Lamanna, G., Latham, I. J., Le Gallou, R., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lohse, T., Martin, J. M., Martineau-Huynh, O., Marcowith, A., Masterson, C., Maurin, G., McComb, T. J. L., Moulin, E., de Naurois, M., Nedbal, D., Nolan, S. J., Noutsos, A., Olive, J.-P., Orford, K. J., Osborne, J. L., Panter, M., Pedaletti, G., Pelletier, G., Petrucci, P.-O., Pita, S., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Ranchon, S., Raubenheimer, B. C., Raue, M., Rayner, S. M., Reimer, O., Ripken, J., Rob, L., Rolland, L., Rosier-Lees, S., Rowell, G., Ruppel, J., Sahakian, V., Santangelo, A., Saugé, L., Schlenker, S., Schlickeiser, R., Schröder, R., Schwanke, U., Schwarzburg, S., Schwemmer, S., Shalchi, A., Sol, H., Spangler, D., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Superina, G., Tam, P. H., Tavernet, J.-P., Terrier, R., Tluczykont, M., van Eldik, C., Vasileiadis, G., Venter, C., Vialle, J. P., Vincent, P., Völk, H. J., Wagner, S. J., Ward, M., Moriguchi, Y., & Fukui, Y., Discovery of a point-like very-high-energy γ-ray source in Monoceros, Astronomy and Astrophysics,  469, L1-L4, 2007 
  • Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A. G., Bazer-Bachi, A. R., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Boisson, C., Bolz, O., Borrel, V., Braun, I., Brown, A. M., Bühler, R., Büsching, I., Carrigan, S., Chadwick, P. M., Chounet, L.-M., Coignet, G., Cornils, R., Costamante, L., Degrange, B., Dickinson, H. J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Drury, L. O'C., Dubus, G., Egberts, K., Emmanoulopoulos, D., Espigat, P., Feinstein, F., Ferrero, E., Fiasson, A., Filipovic, M. D., Fontaine, G., Fukui, Y., Funk, Seb., Funk, S., Füßling, M., Gallant, Y. A., Giebels, B., Glicenstein, J. F., Goret, P., Hadjichristidis, C., Hauser, D., Hauser, M., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hiraga, J. S., Hoffmann, A., Hofmann, W., Holleran, M., Hoppe, S., Horns, D., Ishisaki, Y., Jacholkowska, A., de Jager, O. C., Kendziorra, E., Kerschhaggl, M., Khélifi, B., Komin, Nu., Konopelko, A., Kosack, K., Lamanna, G., Latham, I. J., Le Gallou, R., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lohse, T., Martin, J. M., Martineau-Huynh, O., Marcowith, A., Masterson, C., Maurin, G., McComb, T. J. L., Moulin, E., Moriguchi, Y., de Naurois, M., Nedbal, D., Nolan, S. J., Noutsos, A., Orford, K. J., Osborne, J. L., Ouchrif, M., Panter, M., Pelletier, G., Pita, S., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Ranchon, S., Raubenheimer, B. C., Raue, M., Rayner, S. M., Reimer, A., Ripken, J., Rob, L., Rolland, L., Rosier-Lees, S., Rowell, G., Sahakian, V., Santangelo, A., Saugé, L., Schlenker, S., Schlickeiser, R., Schröder, R., Schwanke, U., Schwarzburg, S., Schwemmer, S., Shalchi, A., Sol, H., Spangler, D., Spanier, F., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Superina, G., Tam, P. H., Tavernet, J.-P., Terrier, R., Tluczykont, M., van Eldik, C., Vasileiadis, G., Venter, C., Vialle, J. P., Vincent, P., Völk, H. J., Wagner, S. J., & Ward, M., H.E.S.S. Observations of the Supernova Remnant RX J0852.0-4622: Shell-Type Morphology and Spectrum of a Widely Extended Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Source, Astrophysical Journal, 661, 236-249, 2007 
  • Livanou, E., Gonidakis, I., Kontizas, E., Klein, U., Kontizas, M., Kester, D., Fukui, Y., Mizuno, N., & Tsalmantza, P., Star-forming Regions in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Multiwavelength Properties of Stellar Complexes, Astronomical Journal, 133, 2179-2186, 2007 
  • Tachihara, K., Rengel, M., Nakajima, Y., Yamaguchi, N., André, P., Neuhäuser, R., Onishi, T., Fukui, Y., & Mizuno, A., Gas and Dust Condensations and a Peculiar Class 0 Object in the Lupus 3 Star-Forming Cloud, Astrophysical Journal, 659, 1382-1393, 2007 
  • Blitz, L., Fukui, Y., Kawamura, A., Leroy, A., Mizuno, N., & Rosolowsky, E., Giant Molecular Clouds in Local Group Galaxies, Protostars and Planets V, 81-96, 2007 
  • Wong, T., Hughes, A., Ekers, R., Paladino, R., Murgia, M., Blitz, L., Helfer, T. T., Moscadelli, L., Gregorini, L., Staveley-Smith, L., Filipovic, M., Fukui, Y., & Mizuno, N., Radio Continuum, CO, and Thermal Infrared Emission in Nearby Star-Forming Galaxies, Island Universes - Structure and Evolution of Disk Galaxies, ŽGŽ–¼H391, 2007 
  • Yamamoto, H., Fukui, Y., Fujishita, M., Torii, K., Kudo, N., Nozawa, S., Takahashi, K., Matsumoto, R., Machida, M., Kawamura, A., Yonekura, Y., Mizuno, N., Onishi, T., & Mizuno, A., Molecular loops in the Galactic centre; evidence for magnetic floatation accelerating molecular gas, IAU Symposium, 237, 501-501, 2007 
  • Yamamoto, Hiroaki, Kawamura, Akiko, Tachihara, Kengo, Mizuno, Norikazu, Onishi, Toshikazu, & Fukui, Yasuo,  Large-scale CO observations of a far-infrared loop in Pegasus; detection of a large number of very small molecular clouds possibly formed via shocks, IAU Symposium, 237, 500-500, 2007 
  • Tachihara, Kengo, Hayashi, A., Onishi, T., Mizuno, A., & Fukui, Y., Dense core evolutions induced by shock triggering and turbulent dissipation, IAU Symposium, 237, 478-478, 2007 
  • Dawson, Joanne, Kawamura, A., Mizuno, N., Onishi, T., & Fukui, Y., Evidence for triggered star formation in the Carina Flare supershell, IAU Symposium, 237, 406-406, 2007 
  • Mizuno, N., Kawamura, A., Onishi, T., Mizuno, A., & Fukui, Y., NANTEN observations of triggered star formation: from H II regions to galaxy collisions, IAU Symposium, 237, 128-131, 2007 
  • Kawamura, A., Minamidani, T., Mizuno, Y., Onishi, T., Mizuno, N., Mizuno, A., & Fukui, Y., Giant molecular clouds and star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud, IAU Symposium, 237, 101-105, 2007 
  • Fukui, Yasuo, CO, HI, recent Spitzer SAGE results in the Large Magellanic Cloud, IAU Symposium, 237,  31-39, 2007 
  • Livanou, E., Kontizas, M., Gonidakis, I., Kontizas, E., Klein, U., Fukui, Y., & Mizuno, N., Star-Burst Regions in the LMC, IAU Symposium, 235, 318-318, 2007 
  • Gonidakis, I., Livanou, E., Kontizas, E., Klein, U., Kontizas, M., Kester, D., Fukui, Y., Mizuno, N., & Tsalmantza, P., Star-Forming Regions in the SMC, IAU Symposium, 235, 311-311, 2007
  • gMolecular Loops in the Galactic Center: Evidence for
    Magnetic Flotationh Fukui, Y., and 13 colleagues, Science, 314,
    106-109 (2006)
  • gA Complete Search for Dense Cloud Cores in
    Taurush, Onishi, Toshikazu; Mizuno, Akira; Kawamura, Akiko;
    Tachihara, Kengo; Fukui, Yasuo, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume
    575, Issue 2, pp. 950-973.(2002)
  • gFirst results of a CO survey of the Large Magellanic
    Cloud with NANTEN; giant molecular clouds as formation sites of
    populous clustershY. Fukui, et al., PASJ, 51, 745-749 and
    Plates 25-27 (1999).
  • gA C18O survey of dense cloud cores in Taurus: core
    propertieshT. Onishi, Y. Fukui, et al., Astrophys. J., 465, 815
    - 824 (1996).
  • gOverall distribution of dense molecular gas and star
    formation in the Taurus cloud complexhA. Mizuno, Y. Fukui, et
    al., Astrophys. J., 445, L161 - L165 (1995).
  • gMolecular condensation as a tracer of low-mass star
    formationhA. Mizuno, Y. Fukui et al., Nature, 368, 719 - 721
    (1994).
  • gA 110 GHz SIS receiver for radio astronomyhH.
    Ogawa, Y. Fukui, et al., Int. J. Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 11,
    717 - 726 (1990)
  • gMolecular outflows in protostellar evolutionhY.
    Fukui, et al., Nature, 342, 161 - 163 (1989).
  • gMolecular outflows: their implications on protostellar
    evolutionhY. Fukui, in ESO Workshop on Low mass star formation
    and pre-main sequence Objects, ed, B. Reipurth, (European Southern
    Observatoty, Garching bei Munchen), pp. 95 - 117 (1989).
  • gDiscovery of seven bipolar outflows by an unbiased
    surveyhY. Fukui, et al., Astrophys. J., (Letters), 311, L85 -
    L89 (1986).‚V