A GRADIENT-T SZE

HATTORI MAKOTO,OKABE NOBUHIRO The Korean Astronomical Society 2004 Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society Vol.37 No.5

The inverse Compton scattering of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation with electrons in the intracluster medium which has a temperature gradient, was examined by the third-order perturbation theory of the Compton scattering. A new type of the spectrum distortion of the CMB was found and named as gradient T Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (gradT SZE). The spectrum has an universal shape. There is a zero distortion point, the cross over frequency, at 326GHz. When the hotter region locates closer to an observer, the intensity becomes brighter than the CMB in the frequency region lower than the cross over frequency and fainter than the CMB in the frequency region higher than the cross over frequency. When the cooler region locates closer to an observer, the distorted part of the spectrum has an opposite sign to the above case. The amplitude of the spectrum distortion does not de-pend on the electron density and depends on the heat conductivity and the total temperature variation along a line of sight. Therefore, the gradT SZE provides an unique opportunity to measure thermally nonequilibrium electron momentum distribution function in the ICM and combined with the X-ray measurements of the electron temperature distribution provides an opportunity of direct measurement of the heat conductivity in the ICM.

Dmesons in a magnetic field

Gubler, Philipp,Hattori, Koichi,Lee, Su Houng,Oka, Makoto,Ozaki, Sho,Suzuki, Kei American Physical Society 2016 Physical review. D Vol.93 No.5

<P>We investigate the mass spectra of open heavy flavor mesons in an external constant magnetic field within QCD sum rules. Spectral Ansatze on the phenomenological side are proposed in order to properly take into account mixing effects between the pseudoscalar and vector channels, and the Landau levels of charged mesons. The operator product expansion is implemented up to dimension-5 operators. As a result, we find for neutral D mesons a significant positive mass shift that goes beyond simple mixing effects. In contrast, charged D mesons are further subject to Landau level effects, which together with the mixing effects almost completely saturate the mass shifts obtained in our sum rule analysis.</P>

GENERATION OF MAGNETIC FIELDS BY TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS

OKABE NOBUHIRO,HATTORI MAKOTO The Korean Astronomical Society 2004 Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society Vol.37 No.5

We showed that magnetic fields are generated in the plasma which have the temperature inhomogeneities. The mechanism is the same as the Weibel instability because the velocity distribution functions are at non-equilibrium and anisotropic under the temperature gradients. The growth timescale is much shorter than the dynamical time of structure formation. The coherence length of magnetic fields at the saturated time is much shorter than kpc scale and then, at nonlinear phase, become longer by inverse-cascade process. We report the application of our results to clusters of galaxies, not including hydrodynamic effects.

Clinical Value of Dividing False Positive Urine Cytology Findings into Three Categories: Atypical, Indeterminate, and Suspicious of Malignancy

Matsumoto, Kazumasa,Ikeda, Masaomi,Hirayama, Takahiro,Nishi, Morihiro,Fujita, Tetsuo,Hattori, Manabu,Sato, Yuichi,Ohbu, Makoto,Iwam, Masatsugu Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.5

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate 10 years of false positive urine cytology records, along with follow-up histologic and cytologic data, to determine the significance of suspicious urine cytology findings. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed records of urine samples harvested between January 2002 and December 2012 from voided and catheterized urine from the bladder. Among the 21,283 urine samples obtained during this period, we located 1,090 eligible false positive findings for patients being evaluated for the purpose of confirming urothelial carcinoma (UC). These findings were divided into three categories: atypical, indeterminate, and suspicious of malignancy. Results: Of the 1,090 samples classified as false positive, 444 (40.7%) were categorized as atypical, 367 (33.7%) as indeterminate, and 279 (25.6%) as suspicious of malignancy. Patients with concomitant UC accounted for 105 (23.6%) of the atypical samples, 147 (40.1%) of the indeterminate samples, and 139 (49.8%) of the suspicious of malignancy samples (p<0.0001). The rate of subsequent diagnosis of UC during a 1-year follow-up period after harvesting of a sample with false positive urine cytology initially diagnosed as benign was significantly higher in the suspicious of malignancy category than in the other categories (p<0.001). The total numbers of UCs were 150 (33.8%) for atypical samples, 213 (58.0%) for indeterminate samples, and 199 (71.3%) for samples categorized as suspicious of malignancy. Conclusions: Urine cytology remains the most specific adjunctive method for the surveillance of UC. We demonstrated the clinical value of dividing false positive urine cytology findings into three categories, and our results may help clinicians better manage patients with suspicious findings.

ADVANTAGES OF THE AKARI FIR ALL-SKY MAPS

YASUO DOI,SATOSHI TAKITA,TAKAFUMI OOTSUBO,KO ARIMATSU,MASAHIRO TANAKA,TAKAHIRO MORISHIMA,MITSUNOBU KAWADA,SHUJI MATSUURA,YOSHIMI KITAMURA,MAKOTO HATTORI,TAKAO NAKAGAWA,GLENN WHITE,NORIO IKEDA 한국천문학회 2017 天文學論叢 Vol.32 No.1

We present the {\it AKARI} far-infrared (FIR) all-sky maps and describe its characteristics, calibration accuracy and scientific capabilities. The {\it AKARI} FIR survey has covered 97\% of the whole sky in four photometric bands, which cover continuously 50--180 micron with band central wavelengths of 65, 90, 140, and 160 microns. The data have been publicly released in 2014 \citep{2015PASJ...67...50D} with improved data quality that have been achieved since the last internal data release \citep{2012PKAS...27..111D}. The accuracy of the absolute intensity is $\leq10$\% for the brighter regions. Quantitative analysis of the relative intensity accuracy and its dependence upon spatial scan numbers has been carried out. The data for the first time reveal the whole sky distribution ofinterstellar matter with arcminute-scale spatial resolutions at the peakof dust continuum emission, enabling us to investigate large-scaledistribution of interstellar medium in great detail. The filamentarystructure covering the whole sky is well traced by the all-sky maps. We describe advantages of the AKARI FIR all-sky maps for the study of interstellar matter comparing to other observational data.

SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE ZODIACAL DUST CLOUD OBSERVED IN FAR-INFRARED WITH AKARI

TAKAFUMI OOTSUBO,YASUO DOI,SATOSHI TAKITA,SHUJI MATSUURA,MITSUNOBU KAWADA,TAKAO NAKAGAWA,KO AROMATSU,MASAHIRO TANAKA,TORU KONDO,DAISUKE ISHIHARA,Fumihiko Usui,MAKOTO HATTORI 한국천문학회 2017 天文學論叢 Vol.32 No.1

The zodiacal light emission is the thermal emission from the interplanetary dust and the dominant diffuse radiation in the mid- to far-infrared wavelength region. Even in the far-infrared, the contribution of the zodiacal emission is not negligible at the region near the ecliptic plane. The AKARI far-infrared all-sky survey covered 97\% of the whole sky in four photometric bands with band central wavelengths of 65, 90, 140, and 160~$\mu$m. AKARI detected the small-scale structure of the zodiacal dust cloud, such as the asteroidal dust bands and the circumsolar ring, in far-infrared wavelength region. Although the most part of the zodiacal light structure in the AKARI far-infrared all-sky image can be well reproduced with the DIRBE zodiacal light model, there are discrepancies in the small-scale structures. In particular, the intensity and the ecliptic latitude of the peak position of the asteroidal dust bands cannot be reproduced precisely with the DIRBE models. The AKARI observational data during more than one year has advantages over the 10-month DIRBE data in modeling the full-sky zodiacal dust cloud. The resulting small-scale zodiacal light structure template has been used to subtract the zodiacal light from the AKARI all-sky maps.

AKARI FAR-INFRARED ALL-SKY SURVEY MAPS

Doi, Yasuo,Komugi, Shinya,Kawada, Mitsunobu,Takita, Satoshi,Arimatsu, Ko,Ikeda, Norio,Kato, Daisuke,Kitamura, Yoshimi,Nakagawa, Takao,Ootsubo, Takafumi,Morishima, Takahiro,Hattori, Makoto,Tanaka, Masa The Korean Astronomical Society 2012 天文學論叢 Vol.27 No.4

Far-infrared observations provide crucial data for the investigation and characterisation of the properties of dusty material in the Interstellar Medium (ISM), since most of its energy is emitted between ~ 100 and $200{\mu}m$. We present the first all-sky image from a sensitive all-sky survey using the Japanese AKARI satellite, in the wavelength range $50-180{\mu}m$. Covering > 99% of the sky in four photometric bands with four filters centred at $65{\mu}m$, $90{\mu}m$, $140{\mu}m$, and $160{\mu}m$ wavelengths, this achieved spatial resolutions from 1 to 2 arcmin and a detection limit of < 10 MJy $sr^{-1}$, with absolute and relative photometric accuracies of < 20%. All-sky images of the Galactic dust continuum emission enable astronomers to map the large-scale distribution of the diffuse ISM cirrus, to study its thermal dust temperature, emissivity and column density, and to measure the interaction of the Galactic radiation field and embedded objects with the surrounding ISM. In addition to the point source population of stars, protostars, star-forming regions, and galaxies, the high Galactic latitude sky is shown to be covered with a diffuse filamentary-web of dusty emission that traces the potential sites of high latitude star formation. We show that the temperature of dust particles in thermal equilibrium with the ambient interstellar radiation field can be estimated by using $90{\mu}m$, $140{\mu}m$, and $160{\mu}m$ data. The FIR AKARI full-sky maps provide a rich new data set within which astronomers can investigate the distribution of interstellar matter throughout our Galaxy, and beyond.