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How to Study in the JASMINE Project

To study and conduct research as a graduate student, you need to enroll in one of the following graduate schools with a faculty member from the project as your advisor (see Members):

Alternatively, you can enroll in another graduate school and use the NAOJ Special Joint Research Student (Commissioned Graduate Student) system (please contact the accepting faculty member for details).

For specific research themes and contact information for each faculty member, please visit their webpage on the Members List. NAOJ and JAXA/ISAS members prepare a catalog of research topics related to the JASMINE Project. Please check the links below and contact the appropriate person if you are interested.

Seminars and Research Environment

Main Seminars

The main seminars available for graduate students within the JASMINE Project are as follows:

  • Reading Seminar (mainly M1): Seminar for reading basic textbooks.
  • Master's Thesis Seminar (mainly M2): Seminar for discussing fundamental papers and research progress required for the master's thesis.
  • Summer School Seminar (mainly M1): Seminar for reading fundamental papers and practicing presentations for the Young Astronomers Meeting Summer School.
  • Paper Alert Seminar (volunteers): An online, open and flat coffee break where participants browse astro-ph and discuss papers of interest from the week.
  • Others: Numerical computation exercises, data analysis exercises, paper writing guidance, etc., are held as needed according to students' requests.

Info

The details and format of seminars vary by faculty member. Faculty members are not independent and may hold joint seminars as needed. Please contact the faculty member you are applying to.

Research Environment

  • Desktop PC (Apple MacMini, etc.)
  • Shared GPU computing server (machine learning/deep learning environment) Hyades (2021–)
  • Shared library (general astronomy, galactic astronomy, astrometry, numerical simulations, observational instruments, paper writing guides, etc.)

Research Events

  • FY 2025: Development of infrared astronomical observation instruments for space telescope mounting (NAOJ/SOKENDAI Summer Student Program; Supervisor: Wada)
  • FY 2024: Development of infrared astronomical observation instruments for space telescope mounting (NAOJ/SOKENDAI Summer Student Program; Supervisor: Wada)
  • FY 2023: Development of infrared astronomical observation instruments for space telescope mounting (NAOJ/SOKENDAI Summer Student Program; Supervisor: Wada)
  • FY 2021: Study of mass evolution of open cluster Ruprecht 147 using N-body simulations (SOKENDAI Summer Student Project; Supervisor: Baba)

Info

For details on the Summer Student Program, please refer to SOKENDAI School of Advanced Sciences - Department of Astronomical Science and Summer Student Program (Summer Research Experience).

Past Research Themes

Doctoral Theses

  • FY 2017: Interpretation of Age Velocity Dispersion Relation and Constraint on the Gas Accretion History of Disk Galaxies (Tohoku University, commissioned)
  • FY 2016: The merger processes of multiple stellar-mass black holes (The University of Tokyo)

Master's Theses

  • FY 2021: Study of tidal tails in open clusters using Gaia data (The University of Tokyo) Supervisors: Kano, Baba
  • FY 2020: Study of dynamical effects of central mass concentration on double bar structures (The University of Tokyo) Supervisors: Gouda, Baba
  • FY 2019: Dynamical analysis of cluster tidal tails in galactic disks (The University of Tokyo) Supervisors: Gouda, Baba
  • FY 2018: Quantitative evaluation of the effect of stellar velocity dispersion on solar motion analysis (The University of Tokyo) Supervisors: Gouda, Baba
  • FY 2016: Radiation tolerance experiment of CCD for Nano-JASMINE using alpha rays (The University of Tokyo)
  • FY 2016: Effects of orbital resonances on the analysis of Galactic rotation and solar motion (The University of Tokyo) Supervisors: Gouda, Yano
  • FY 2015: Analysis of non-axisymmetric structures in the Galaxy using collective stellar motions (The University of Tokyo) Supervisors: Gouda, Yano
  • FY 2014: Analysis of astrometric gravitational lensing effects by exoplanets (The University of Tokyo) Supervisors: Gouda, Yano
  • FY 2013: Construction of phase space distribution function of galaxies using the made-to-measure method (The University of Tokyo) Supervisors: Gouda, Yano
  • FY 2012: Centroid determination method for stellar images of the nano-satellite "Nano-JASMINE" (The University of Tokyo) Supervisors: Gouda, Yano
  • FY 2011: Development of Nano-JASMINE: Space radiation and CCD (The University of Tokyo)
  • FY 2010: Development of the nano-satellite "Nano-JASMINE": Performance evaluation of onboard CCD (The University of Tokyo)
  • FY 2008: Development of TDI board and performance evaluation of CCD for the nano-satellite "Nano-JASMINE" (Tokai University, commissioned)
  • FY 2006: Development of the nano-satellite Nano-JASMINE (The University of Tokyo)