2022

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Spatially resolved observations of Europa's surface with Subaru

Tan, S., Y. Sekine, M. Kuzuhara (2022) 

IRCS at 1.0−1.8 μm: Upper limits to the abundances of hydrated Cl-bearing salts” The Planetary Science Journal, in press DOI : 10.48550/arXiv.2203.08995

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Enceladus as a potential oasis for life: Science goals and investigations for future explorations 

Nimmo, K. Olsson Francis, M. Panning, F. Postberg, J. Saur, J. Schmidt, Y. Sekine, T. Shibuya, C. Sotin, O. Soucek, C. Szopa, T. Usui, S. Vance, T. Van Hoolst  

52, in press (2022) Experimental Astronomy,

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2021

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Model simulations of chemical effects of sprites in relation with satellite observation

Holger Winkler, Takayoshi Yamada, Yasuko Kasai, Uwe Berger, and Justus Notholt (2021)

Atmos, Chem. Phys., 21, 7579–7596, DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-7579-2021

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Development of a Molecular Assessment High-resolution Observation Spectrometer (MAHOS) for Microsatellites

Maho Nakagawa, Takayoshi Yamada, Shigeru Sato, Ichiro Kato, Toshiyuki Nishibori, Kenichi Harada,Toru Taniguchi, Hiroaki Kawamoto, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Takahiro Kuhara, and Yasuko Kasai (2021)

IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems, DOI 10.1109/JMASS.2021.3093549 (2021) CI 

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Field investigations of chemical partitioning and aqueous chemistry of freezing closed-basin lakes in Mongolia as analogs of subsurface brines on icy bodies

Yoda, M., Y. Sekine, K. Fukushi, T. Kitajima, B. Gankhurel, D. Davaasuren, T. Gerelmaa, S. Ganbat, D. Shoji, M. Y. Zolotov, Y. Takahashi (2021)

Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, 126, e2021JE006972, 1–22  DOI: 10.1029/2021JE006972

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The Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE): Mission, science, and instrumentation of its receiver modules

Keigo Enya, Masanori Kobayashi,Jun Kimura, Hiroshi Araki, Noriyuki Namiki, Hirotomo Noda, Shingo Kashima, Shoko Oshigami, Ko Ishibashi, T.Yamawaki, Kazuyuki Tohara, Yoshifumi Saito, Masanobu Ozaki, Takahide Mizuno, Shunichi Kamata, Koji Matsumoto, Sho Sasaki, Kiyoshi Kuramoto, Yuki Sato, Takeshi Yokozawa, Tsutomu Numata, Satoko Mizumoto, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Kenta Nagami, Akihiko Sawamura, Kazuo Tanimoto, Hisato Imai, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Okiharu Kirino, David Green, Masayuki Fujii, Satoru Iwamura, Naofumi Fujishiro, Yoshiaki Matsumoto, Kay Lingenauber, Reinald Kallenbach, Christian Althaus, Thomas Behnke, Jan Binger, Anna DaurskikhnHen, Eisenmenger, Ulrich Heer, Christian Hüttig, Luisa M.Lara, Alexander Lichopoj, Horst Georg Lötzke,

Fabian Lüdicke, Harald Michaelis, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Garcia, Kerstin Rösner, Alexander Stark, Gregor Steinbrügge, Pascal Thabaut, Nicolas Thomas, Simonedel Togno, Daniel Wahl , Belinda Wendler, Kai Wickhusen, KonradWillner, Hauke Hussmann

Vol. 69, Issue 5, 1 March 2022, Pages 2283-2304 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.11.036

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Calibration of the JUICE RWI antennas by numerical simulation.

Fischer, G., M. Panchenko, W. Macher, Y. Kasaba, H. Misawa, M. Tokarz,

L. Wisniewski, B. Cecconi, J. Bergman, J. E. Wahlund (2021).

Radio Science 56, e2021RS007309. DOI : 10.1029/2021RS007309

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Variation of Jupiter's Aurora Observed by Hisaki

Chihiro Tao, Tomoki Kimura, Elena A. Kronberg, Fuminori Tsuchiya, Go Murakami, Atsushi Yamazaki, Marissa F. Vogt, Bertrand Bonfond, Kazuo Yoshioka, Ichiro Yoshikawa, Yasumasa Kasaba, Hajime Kita, Shogo Okamoto (2021)

EXCEED: 4. Quasi-Periodic Variation, Journal of Geophysical Research, in press, DOI: 10.1002/essoar.10504013.1

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Enceladus and Titan: emerging worlds of the Solar System.

Sulaiman, A.H., Achilleos, N., Bertucci, C. A. Coates, M. Dougherty, L. Hadid, M. Holmberg, H-W Hsu, T. Kimura, et al. (2021)

Experimental Astronomy DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09810-z

Jupiter's X-ray aurora during UV dawn storms and injections as observed by XMM–Newton, Hubble, and Hisaki

A D Wibisono, G Branduardi-Raymont, W R Dunn, T Kimura, A J Coates, D Grodent, Z H Yao, H Kita, P Rodriguez, G R Gladstone, B Bonfond, R P Haythornthwaite, (2021)

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507, 1, October 2021, P1216-1228 DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab2218

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Suzaku observations of Jovian diffuse hard X-ray emission

Masaki Numazawa, Yuichiro Ezoe, Takaya Ohashi, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Daikou Shiota, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Tomoki Kimura (2021)

PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 73(4) 894-911 DOI : 10.1093/pasj/psab053

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Compact 480 GHz radiometer calibration unit with specular-reflection absorber for atmospheric remote sensor on-board microsatellite

Nakagawa, M., Y. Uchiyama, T. Yamada, T. Nishibori, S. Ochiai, M. Mizuno, A. Uematsu, S. Sato, Y. Nakano, Y. Kasai (2021)

IEEE remote sensing, accepted, DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2021.3095436

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The role of hydrothermal sulfate reduction in the sulfur cycles within Europa: Laboratory experiments on sulfate reduction at 100 MPa

Tan, S., Y. Sekine, T. Shibuya, C. Miyamoto, Y. Takahashi (2021)

Icarus, 357, 114222, 1-13, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114222

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2020

In-situ formation of monohydrocalcite in alkaline saline lakes in the Valley of Gobi Lakes: Prediction of Mg, Ca, and total dissolved carbonate concentrations in Enceladus' ocean and alkaline-carbonate ocean worlds

Fukushi, K., E. Imai, Y. Sekine, T. Kitajima, B. Gankhurel, D. Davaasren, N. Hasebe (2020)
Minerals, 10, 669, 1-15, DOI: 10.3390/min10080669

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Habitability and planetary redox

Sekine, Y. (2020)

Viva Origino, 48, 6, 1-13 DOI: Viva Origino, 48, 6, 1-13

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Experimental and simulation efforts in the astrobiological exploration of exooceans

Taubner, R.-S., K. Olsson-Francis, S. Vance, N.K. Ramkissoon, F. Postberg, J.-P. de Vera, A. Antunes, E. Camprubi Casas, Y. Sekine, L. Noack, L. Barge, J. Goodman, M. Jebbar, B. Journaux, Ӧ. Karatekin, F. Klenner, E. Rabbow, P. Rettberg, T. Rückriemen-Bez, J. Saur, T. Shibuya, K. Soderlund (2020), 
Space Science Review, 216: 9, 1-41, doi: 10.1007/s11214-020-0635-5

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2019

The Ganymede laser altimeter (GALA): key objectives, instrument design, and performance

Hussmann, H., K. Lingenauber, R. Kallenbach. K. Enya. N. Thomas, L. M. Lara, C. Althaus, H. Araki, T. Behnke, J. M. Castro-Marin, H. Eisenmenger, T. Gerber, M. H. de la Revilla, C. Hüttig, K. Ishibashi, J. Jiménez-Ortega, J. Kimura, M. Kobayashi, H. Lötzke, A. Lichopoj, F. Lüdicke, I. Martínez-Navajas, H. Michaelis, N. Namiki, H. Noda, J. Oberst, S. Oshigami, J. García, J. Rodrigo, K. Rösner, A. Stark, G. Steinbrügge, P. Thabaut, S. Togno, K. Touhara, S. Villamil, B. Wendler, K. Wickhusen, K. Willner (2019)

CEAS Space Journal, 11-4, 381–390, DOI: 10.1007/s12567-019-00282-8

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Short-term Variation in the Dawn-Dusk Asymmetry of the Jovian Radiation Belt Obtained from GMRT and Hisaki EXCEED Observations

Kita, H, H. Misawa, A. Bhardwaj, F. Tsuchiya, G. Murakami, C. Tao, T. Kimura, K. Yoshioka, A. Yamazaki, Y. Kasaba, I. Yoshikawa, M. Fujimoto (2019)

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 872, 2, DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab0427 

Azimuthal Variation in the Io Plasma Torus Observed by the Hisaki Satellite From 2013 to 2016

Tsuchiya, F., R. Arakawa, H. Misawa, M. Kagitani, R. Koga, F. Suzuki, R. Hikida, K. Yoshioka, A. Steffl, F. Bagenal, P. Delamere, T. Kimura, Y. Kasaba, G. Murakami, I. Yoshikawa, A. Yamazaki, M. Yoneda (2019)
J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 124, 5,  DOI: 10.1029/2018JA026038 

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On the Relation Between Jovian Aurorae and the Loading/Unloading of the Magnetic Flux: Simultaneous Measurements From Juno, Hubble Space Telescope, and Hisaki

Yao Z. H., D. Grodent, W. S. Kurth, G. Clark, B. H. Mauk, T. Kimura, B. Bonfond, S.‐Y. Ye, A. T. Lui, A. Radioti, B. Palmaerts, W. R. Dunn, L. C. Ray, F. Bagenal, S. V. Badman, I. J. Rae, R. L. Guo, Z. Y. Pu, J.‐C. Gérard, K. Yoshioka, J. D. Nichols, S. J. Bolton, S. M. Levin (2019)
J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 46, 21, DOI: 10.1029/2019GL084201 

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Transient change of Io's neutral oxygen cloud and plasma torus observed by Hisaki

Koga, R., F. Tsuchiya, M. Kagitani, T. Sakanoi, K. Yoshioka, I. Yoshikawa, T. Kimura, G. Murakami, A. Yamazaki, H. T. Smith, F. Bagenal (2019)

J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 124, 12, DOI: 10.1029/2019JA026877 

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Jovian UV aurora's response to the solar wind: Hisaki EXCEED and Juno observations

Kita, H., T. Kimura, C. Tao, F. Tsuchiya, G. Murakami, A. Yamazaki, K. Yoshioka, R.W. Ebert, R.J. Wilson, F. Allegrini, G. Clark, J. E. P. Connerney, G. R. Gladstone, I. Yoshikawa, M. Fujimoto (2019)
J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 124, 12, DOIi: 10.1029/2019JA026997 

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Spatially asymmetric increase in hot electron fraction in the Io plasma torus during volcanically active period revealed by observations by Hisaki/EXCEED from November 2014 to May 2015

Hikida, R., K. Yoshioka, F. Tsuchiya, M. Kagitani, T. Kimura, F. Bagenal, N. Schneider, G. Murakami, A. Yamazaki, H. Kita, E. Nerney, I. Yoshikawa (2019)

J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 125, 3,DOI: 10.1029/2019JA027100 

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Optical properties of intracloud and cloud-to-ground discharges derived from JEM-GLIMS lightning observations Bandholnopparat

K., M. Sato, T. Ushio, T. Adachi, and Y. Takahashi (2019)

J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 189, 87-97, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2019.04.005 

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Constraints on Venus lightning from Akatsuki's first three years in orbit

Lorenz, Ralph D., M. Imai, Y. Takahashi, M. Sato, A. Yamazaki, T.M. Sato, T. Imamura, T. Satoh, M. Nakamura (2019)

Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 7955–7961, DOIi: 10.1029/2019GL083311 

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Performance Model Simulation of Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) for the JUICE Mission

Araki. H., K. Ishibashi, N. Namiki, H. Noda, M. Kobayashi, K. Enya, M. Ozaki, T. Mizuno, Y. Saito, K. Touhara, S. Oshigami, S. Kashima, J. Kimura, S. Kobayashi, G. Steinbruegge, A. Stark, C. Althaus, S. D. Togno, K. Lingenauber, H. Hussmann (2019)

Trans. JSASS Aerospace Tech. Japan, 17 doi.org/10.2322/tastj.17.150

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Seasonal variation of north-south asymmetry in the intensity of Saturn Kilometric Radiation from 2004 to 2017

Nakamura, Y., Y. Kasaba, T. Kimura, L. Lamy, B. Cecconi, G. Fischer, A. Sasaki, C. Tao, F. Tsuchiya, H. Misawa, A. Kumamoto, A. Morioka (2019)

Planet. Space Sci., 178, 104711 DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2019.104711

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Meeting the Magnetic EMC Challenges for the In-Situ Field Measurements on the Juice Mission
Brown, P., U. Auster, J.E.S. Bergman, J. Fredriksson, Y. Kasaba, M. Mansour, A. Pollinger, R. Baughen, M. Berglund, D. Hercik, H. Misawa, A.Retino, M. Bendyk, W. Magnes, B. Cecconi, M.K. Dougherty, G. Fischer (2019)
Proc. of 2019 ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC, DOI: 10.23919/AeroEMC.2019.8788942 

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Active Surface and Interior of Europa as a Potential Deep Habitat

Jun Kimura (2019)

Astrobiology (Eds. A. Yamagishi, T. Kakegawa and T. Usui), DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3639-3_24

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HO2 generation above sprite-producing thunderstorms derived from low-noise SMILES observation spectra

Yamada, T., T.O. Sato, T. Adachi, H. Winkler, K. Kuribayashi, R.Larsson, N. Yoshida, Y. Takahashi, M. Sato, A. B. Chen, R. R. Hsu, Y. Nakano, T. Fujinawa, S. Nara, Y. Uchiyama, Y. Kasai (2019)Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, DOI: 10.1029/2019GL085529 

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Science Objectives of the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) for the JUICE mission

Jun KIMURA, Hauke HUSSMANN, Shunichi KAMATA, Koji MATSUMOTO, Jürgen OBERST, Gregor STEINBRÜGGE, Alexander STARK, Klaus GWINNER, Shoko OSHIGAMI, Noriyuki NAMIKI, Kay LINGENAUBER, Keigo ENYA, Kiyoshi KURAMOTO, Sho SASAKI(2019)

Trans. JSASS Aerospace Tech. Japan, ,17,2  P234-243 DOI: 10.2322/tastj.17.234​

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2018

Mars sub-millimeter sensor on micro-satellite: sensor feasibility study, geoscientific instrumentation methods and data systems

Larsson, R., Y. Kasai, T. Kuroda, S. Sato, T. Yamada, H. Maezawa, Y. Hasegawa, T. Nishibori, S. Nakasuka, P. Hartogh (2018)

Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 7, 331-341, DOI: 10.5194/gi-7-331-2018

Solving non-LTE problems in rotational transitions using the Gauss–Seidel method and its implementation in the Atmospheric Radiative Transfer Simulator

Yamada, T., L. Rezac, R. Larsson, P. Hartogh, N. Yoshida, Y. Kasai (2018)

A&A, 619, A181, DOIi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833566 

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Feasibility of the exploration of the subsurface structures of Jupiter's icy moons by interference of Jovian hectometric and decametric radiation

A.Kumamoto, Y. Kasaba, F. Tsuchiya, H. Misawa, H. Kita, W. Puccioy, J.-E. Wahlundy, J. Bergmany, B. Cecconi, Y. Goto, J. Kimura, T. Kobayashi (2018)
Planetary Radio Emissions VIII, Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop, doi: 10.1553/PRE8s127

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2014

Parameterization of radiative heating and cooling rates in the stratosphere of Jupiter

Kuroda, T., S. Medvedev, P. Hartogh (2014)
Icarus, 242, 149-157, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.001

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