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Researcher Information

last modified:2025/12/05

Associate Professor NAKAJIMA, Kimihiko

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Faculty, Affiliation

Institute of Liberal Arts and Science Institute of Liberal Arts and Science

College and School Educational Field


Laboratory

309, General Education Hall 1

Academic Background

【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
The University of Tokyo Doctor School of Science Department of Astronomy 201403 Completed
The University of Tokyo Master School of Science Department of Astronomy 201103 Completed
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
The University of Tokyo Department of Astronomy 200903

Career

Kanazawa University Institute of Liberal Arts and Science Associate Professor(2025-)
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Division of Science(2020-2025)
(2018-2020)
(2016-2018)
(2014-2016)

Year & Month of Birth

Academic Society

The Astronomical Society of Japan

Award

The Astronomical Society of Japan
The Astronomical Society of Japan

Specialities

Astronomy

Speciality Keywords

Extragalactic Astronomy,Chemical Evolution,First Stars,Galaxy Formation,Galaxy Evolution,Cosmic Reionization

Research Themes

Books

Papers

  •  First Spectroscopic Evidence for High Ionization State and Low Oxygen Abundance in Lyα Emitters Nakajima, Kimihiko,Ouchi, Masami,Shimasaku, Kazuhiro,Hashimoto, Takuya,Ono, Yoshiaki,Lee, Janice C. The Astrophysical Journal 2013/05
  •  Ionization state of inter-stellar medium in galaxies: evolution, SFR-M*-Z dependence, and ionizing photon escape Nakajima, Kimihiko,Ouchi, Masami Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2014/07
  •  Average Metallicity and Star Formation Rate of Lyα Emitters Probed by a Triple Narrowband Survey Nakajima, Kimihiko,Ouchi, Masami,Shimasaku, Kazuhiro,Ono, Yoshiaki,Lee, Janice C.,Foucaud, Sebastien,Ly, Chun,Dale, Daniel A.,Salim, Samir,Finn, Rose,Almaini, Omar,Okamura, Sadanori The Astrophysical Journal 2012/01
  •  The Lyman Continuum Escape Survey. II. Ionizing Radiation as a Function of the [O iii]/[O ii] Line Ratio Nakajima, Kimihiko,Ellis, Richard S.,Robertson, Brant E.,Tang, Mengtao,Stark, Daniel P. The Astrophysical Journal 2020/02
  •  The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey: Nature, ISM properties, and ionizing spectra of CIII]λ1909 emitters at z = 2-4 Nakajima, K.,Schaerer, D.,Le Fèvre, O.,Amorín, R.,Talia, M.,Lemaux, B. C.,Tasca, L. A. M.,Vanzella, E.,Zamorani, G.,Bardelli, S.,Grazian, A.,Guaita, L.,Hathi, N. P.,Pentericci, L.,Zucca, E. Astronomy and Astrophysics 612 2018/05

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  •  The mean ultraviolet spectrum of a representative sample of faint z ̃ 3 Lyman alpha emitters Nakajima, Kimihiko,Fletcher, Thomas,Ellis, Richard S.,Robertson, Brant E.,Iwata, Ikuru Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 477 2 2098 2018/06
  •  A Hard Ionizing Spectrum in z = 3-4 Lyα Emitters with Intense [O III] Emission: Analogs of Galaxies in the Reionization Era? Nakajima, Kimihiko,Ellis, Richard S.,Iwata, Ikuru,Inoue, Akio K.,Kusakabe, Haruka,Ouchi, Masami,Robertson, Brant E. The Astrophysical Journal 831 1 2016/11
  •  EMPRESS. V. Metallicity Diagnostics of Galaxies over 12 + log(O/H) ≃ 6.9–8.9 Established by a Local Galaxy Census: Preparing for JWST Spectroscopy Kimihiko Nakajima,Masami Ouchi,Yi Xu,Michael Rauch,Yuichi Harikane,Moka Nishigaki,Yuki Isobe,Haruka Kusakabe,Tohru Nagao,Yoshiaki Ono,Masato Onodera,Yuma Sugahara,Ji Hoon Kim,Yutaka Komiyama,Chien-Hsiu Lee,Fakhri S. Zahedy The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 262 1 3 2022/09/01 
  •  JWST Census for the Mass-Metallicity Star Formation Relations at z = 4-10 with Self-consistent Flux Calibration and Proper Metallicity Calibrators Kimihiko Nakajima,Masami Ouchi,Yuki Isobe,Yuichi Harikane,Yechi Zhang,Yoshiaki Ono,Hiroya Umeda,Masamune Oguri Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series 269 2 2023/12/01
  •  Diagnostics for PopIII galaxies and direct collapse black holes in the early universe K Nakajima,R Maiolino Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2022/05/24

Conference Presentations

Others

  •  Exploring the Evolution of Inter-Stellar Medium in Galaxies Kimihiko Nakajima 115 3 179-188 2022/02
  •  Ionization State of Inter-Stellar Medium in Star-Forming Galaxies 108 1 51 2015/01

Arts and Fieldwork

Patent

Theme to the desired joint research

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

○「ジェームズウェッブ宇宙望遠鏡と理論で解き明かす始原ガスからの最初の星形成」(2024-2026) 
○「JWSTデータの徹底解析で挑む初代銀河形成」(2024-2028) 
○「最も若い銀河における星および金属の形成に関する観測的研究」(2020-2023) 

Competitive research funding,Contribution

Collaborative research,Consignment study

Classes (Bachelors)

Classes (Graduate Schools)

International Project

International Students

Lecture themes

Others (Social Activities)

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