Yuzuru Yoshii
- Laureate Professor, Astronomy
Contact
- (520) 621-2288
- Steward Observatory, Rm. N208
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- yyoshii@arizona.edu
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Scholarly Contributions
Books
- Yoshii, Y. (2019). The hightest astronomical observatory, TAO. Akashi Shoten (Japanese publisher).
Journals/Publications
- Yoshii, Y. (2021). Freeze-thaw cycles and snow impact at arid permafrost region in Chajnantor Volcano, Atacama, northern Chile. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 53, 60-66.
- Yoshii, Y. (2021). High-spatial resolution long-mid-infrared observations of massive star-forming regions: Local star formation sequence. Publications of Astronomical Society of Japan, 73(6), 1638-1655.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020). Environmental Impact on Star-forming Galaxies in a z ~ 0.9 Cluster during the Course of Galaxy Accretion. Astrophysical Journal, 899(1), 64, 14pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020). Mg II and Fe II Fluxes of Luminous Quasars at z ~ 2.7 and the Evaluation of the Baldwin Effect in the Flux-to-abundance Conversion Method for Quasars. Astrophysical Journal, 904(2), 162, 13pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2019). Ground-based Paα narrow-band imaging of local luminous infrared galaxies. II. Bulge structure and star formation activity. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 71, 64, pp.1-10. doi:10.1093/pasj/psz042
- Yoshii, Y. (2019). Reverberation Measurements of the Inner Radii of the Dust Tori in Quasars. Astrophysical Journal, 886, 150, 24pp.. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab4f7b
- Yoshii, Y. (2019). TARdYS: Design and prototype of an exoplanet hunter for TAO using a R6 Echelle grating. Experimental Astronomy, 48, p.145-169. doi:10.1007/s10686-019-09642-y
- Yoshii, Y. (2018). Astronomical Distance Determination in the Space Age. Secondary Distance Indicators. Space Science Reviews.
- Yoshii, Y. (2018). Challenge of TAO Project - Infrared Observation through the Highest Astronomical Observatory in Chile,. Informacion Latino Americana.
- Yoshii, Y. (2018). The 1.87- and 2.07-mum observations of three Galactic Centre clusters with miniTAO at Atacama: classification of stellar components in massive star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Proceedings Publications
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, December). A domeless, mobile 2-meter telescope. In SPIE, 11445, 114453K, 13pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, December). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5 m telescope: Development of the telescope and the control system. In SPIE, 11445, 114452R, 7pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, December). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m Telescope: Design of mirror coating system and its performances II. In SPIE, 11445, 1144564, 14pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, December). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m Telescope: overview and construction status. In SPIE, 11445, 1144514, 12pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, December). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope: On-sky performance evaluations of the mid-infrared instrument MIMIZUKU on the Subaru telescope. In SPIE, 11447, 114475X, 19pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, December). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope: On-sky performance of the near-infrared instrument SWIMS on the Subaru telescope. In SPIE, 11447, 114475H, 15pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, December). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope: Permafrost hazards and the high-altitude infrastructures. In SPIE, 11445, 1144540, 15pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, December). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope: Safety management at the extremely high altitude at Chajnantor mountain. In SPIE, 11445, 1144567, 6pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, December). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope: site development. In SPIE, 11445, 1144506, 7pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, December). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope: update of the Near-Infrared Echelle Spectrograph NICE as a first light instrument. In SPIE, 11447, 114476I, 8pp.
- Yoshii, Y. (2018, July). Development status of the simultaneous two-color near-infrared multi-object spectrograph SWIMS for the TAO 6.5m telescope,. In SPIE.
- Yoshii, Y. (2018, July). Laboratory performance evaluation of the mid-infrared camera and spectrograph MIMIZUKU for the TAO 6.5-m telescope. In SPIE.
- Yoshii, Y. (2018, July). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope: project overview and current status. In SPIE.
Presentations
- Yoshii, Y. (2021, March). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) Project. Chajnantor Working Group 2021. Santiago, Chile: CONICYT, Chile.
- Yoshii, Y. (2021, March). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m Telescope: overview and construction status. Spring Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Tokyo: Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2021, September). NIR camera/MOS spectrograph SWIMS for TAO 6.5m telescope: performance of initial operation at Subaru Telescope. Autumn Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Niigata: Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2021, September). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m Telescope: current status. Autumn Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Niigata: Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2021, September). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m Telescope: performance evaluation of mirror coating system. Autumn Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Niigata: Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, December). Astronomical instrument hunts for ancient metal - A new study looks at quasars to explore the origin of the iron in your blood. University of Tokyo, School of Science, Press Release. University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo, School of Science.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, March). Prospects for Observation of Transient objects by TAO 6.5m Telescope. Spring Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Online, Tsukuba City, Japan: The Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, March). Reverberation Measurements of the Inner Radii of the Dust Tori in Quasars. Spring Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Online, Tsukuba City, Japan: The Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, March). [Mg/Fe] abundance diagnostics of the broad line region in quasars: evaluation of the Baldwin effect. Spring Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Online, Tsukuba City, Japan: The Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2020, September). Effect of Galaxy Interaction Probed by NIR Emission Lines of Nearby LIRGs. Autumn Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Online, Hirosaki City, Japan: The Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2019, April). TAO Project: 6.5 Meter Infrared Telescope in the World's Highest Observatory. Japanese MOFA science seminar. Tokyo, Japan: Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Yoshii, Y. (2019, September). Current status of the University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) 6.5m telescope. Autumn Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Kumamoto University, Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2019, September). MIMIZUKU, the mid-infrared instrument for TAO 6.5m telescope: Second engineering observation at SUBARU. Autumn Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Kumamoto University, Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2019, September). NIR Camera/Spectrograph SWIMS for TAO 6.5m Telescope: Commissioning Observations at Subaru Telescope. Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Kumamoto University, Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2018, March). Development status of the NIR camera/spectrograph SWIMS for TAO 6.5m telescope. Spring Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2018, March). MIMIZUKU, the mid-infrared instrument for TAO 6.5-m telescope: Performance evaluation after transportation. Spring Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2018, March). Research for Properties of Massive Star Clusters in LMC/30Dor by Near-Infrared Narrow-band Imaging Observations. Spring Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2018, March). The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) Project: Current status of the TAO 6.5-m telescope. Spring Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2018, September). First light of the NIR camera/spectrograph SWIMS for TAO 6.5m telescope at Subaru telescope. Autumn Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan.
- Yoshii, Y. (2018, September). MIMIZUKU, the mid-infrared instrument for TAO 6.5-m telescope: Operation optimization of Aquarius detector and first-light observation on Subaru. Autumn Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan.