Academic Staff and Fellows

INOUE TARO Kaiki: Professor PhD (Natural Science); Department/Science　 Graduate school/Science

In Inoue Laboratory, we study various phenomena on cosmological scales using theoretical and observational methods, in order to elucidate unknown physical laws and mechanisms in the Universe. In particular, we focus on the bending of light paths due to general relativistic effects (gravitational lensing) and changes in light energy (gravitational redshift), and verify the consistency of cosmological models through synergy between theory and observations. In recent years, we have been focusing on observational studies with the ALMA and Subaru telescopes, including verification of dark matter models, galaxy evolution in extremely large-scale low-density regions, deep learning for detecting astronomical objects, and the effect of active galactic nuclei (AGN) on galaxy formation.

Probing dark matter fluctuations with gravitational lens (credit: Kindai and NAOJ)

Research Area	Cosmology, Astrophysics, Galactic Astronomy
Research Interests	Observational cosmology, gravitational lens, dark matter, dark energy, cosmic microwave background, large scale structure, cosmic topology, gravitational wave, galaxy formation, active galactic nuclei
Selected Publications	(1) 'ALMA Measurement of 10 kpc-scale Lensing Power Spectra towards the Lensed Quasar MG J0414+0534' DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aceb5f K.T. Inoue, T. Minezaki, S. Matsushita, K. Nakanishi, The Astrophysical Journal, 954, No.2 197 (2023) Press release from ALMA observator y and National Astronomical Observbatory of Japan （Sep. 4 2023） (2) 'ALMA 50-parsec-resolution Imaging of Jet–ISM Interaction in the Lensed Quasar MG J0414+0534' K.T. Inoue, S. Matsushita, K. Nakanishi, T. Minezaki, Astrophysical Journal Letter, 892, No.2 L18 (2020) DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/ab7b7e Press release from ALMA observatory, Kindai, NAOJ, University of Tokyo, and ASIAA　（Mar. 27 2020 ） (3) 'Evidence for a Dusty Dark Dwarf Galaxy in the Quadruple Lens MG0414+0534' DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/835/2/L23 K.T. Inoue, S. Matsushita, T. Minezaki and M. Chiba, Astrophysical Journal Letter, 835, Number 2 L23, (2017)　 Press release from Kindai and University of Tokyo （Feb. 9 2017）
Affiliated Academic Societies	ASJ, JPS, IAU
Education (Undergraduate Course)	BA: International Christian University, Department of Liberal Arts
Education (Master's/Doctral Course)	MS and PhD: Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science
Title of Thesis, Institute, Date	Exploring Topology of the Universe in the Cosmic Microwave Background Kyoto University March 23, 2001

Laboratory for Cosmology

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