Prof. Dr. Masataka Fukugita

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAstrophysics,Elementary Particle Physics
KeywordsMissing baryons, Cosmology with Sloan Digital Sky Survey (photometr, Cosmic energy inventory

Current contact address

CountryJapan
CityKashiwa
InstitutionUniversity of Tokyo
InstituteKavli Institute for Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hans BöhringerMax-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2016

Programme(s)

2015Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Nominator's project description

Prof. Fukugita is an internationally outstanding cosmologist and particle physicist who played an essential role in establishing observational cosmology in Japan. He was a leading member of the most successful astronomical sky survey, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and crucially promoted its success by creating a novel photometric filter system for the survey. With his visit to Germany, he plans to pursue his project of the mass and energy budget of the various components of the Universe, providing an important check of our understanding of the make-up of our Cosmos.

Publications (partial selection)

2019M. Fukugita, K. Murase: Energetics of high-energy cosmic radiations. In: Physical Review Journals, 2019, 1-14
2019M. Fukugita, A. Serenelli, R.D. Rohrmann: Nature of blackbody stars. In: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2019, 1-7
2018Masataka Fukugita, N. Suzuki: Blackbody stars. In: Astronomical Journal , 2018, 1-21
2017Masataka Fukugita, Ting-Wen Lan: Mg II absorbers: metallicity evolution and cloud morphology. In: Astrophysical Journal, 2017, 1-14
2017Matsataka Fukugita, Hans Boehringer, Gayoung Chon: The extended ROSAT-ESO Flux-Limited X-ray Galaxy Cluster Survey (REFLEX II) VII The Mass Function of Galaxy Clusters. In: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017, 1-7