Keiichi Maeda
Kyoto University
Department of Astronomy
2023 Open Campus（youtube; Japanese）：
0:10〜: Introduction to Department of Astronomy and Observatory
5:10〜: Introduction to Theory Group
I am an astronomer, working at Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University. My main focus in on astrophysical explosive and transient phenomena in the Universe, including supernovae and gamma-ray bursts among others. The related topics covered here include stellar evolution, origins of elements, cosmic rays, and dust grains, and observational cosmology.
The methodology includes both theoretical and observational study. The theoretical research adopts various different approaches, covering both analytical work and intensive supercomputing simulations. The main physical processes frequently considered here are the following; hydrodynamics, nuclear reactions and nucleosynthesis, radiation transfer, and stellar evolution. In the observational side, we use various telescopes across the world (including those the space); I am a PI of an extensive follow-up program with thr Seimei telescope of Kyoto University for supernovae and extragalactic transients in the local Universe, and also using various telescopes across wavelengths, including the Subaru, ALMA, Chandra telescopes, among others. Infrating developement in computational power and observational technology now provides extremely massive data set, both in theoretical and observational activities; the big/massive data analysis, e.g., machine learning, is also one of the forcused fields in my research projects.
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