All the PAHs: An AKARI–Spitzer Cross-archival Spectroscopic Survey of Aromatic Emission in Galaxies

TSY Lai, JDT Smith, S Baba, HWW Spoon… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a large sample of 2.5–38 μm galaxy spectra drawn from a cross-archival
comparison in the AKARI–Spitzer Extragalactic Spectral Survey, and investigate a subset of …

AKARI/IRC near-infrared asteroid spectroscopic survey: AcuA-spec

F Usui, S Hasegawa, T Ootsubo… - Publications of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Knowledge of water in the solar system is important for the understanding of a wide
range of evolutionary processes and the thermal history of the solar system. To explore the …

The Extremely Buried Nucleus of IRAS 17208–0014 Observed at Submillimeter and Near-infrared Wavelengths

S Baba, M Imanishi, T Izumi, T Kawamuro… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The ultraluminous infrared galaxy IRAS 17208− 0014 is a late-stage merger that hosts a
buried active galactic nucleus (AGN). To investigate its nuclear structure, we performed high …

The Near-infrared CO Absorption Band as a Probe to the Innermost Part of an AGN-obscuring Material

S Baba, T Nakagawa, N Isobe… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We performed a systematic analysis of the 4.67 μm CO ro-vibrational absorption band
toward nearby active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and analyzed the absorption profiles of 10 …

Anomalous hydrogen recombination line ratios in ultraluminous infrared galaxies

K Yano, S Baba, T Nakagawa, MA Malkan… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We conducted systematic observations of the H i Brα (4.05 μm) and Brβ (2.63 μm) lines in 52
nearby (z< 0.3) ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) with AKARI. Among 33 ULIRGs …

Ice features of low-luminosity protostars in near-infrared spectra of AKARI/IRC

J Kim, JE Lee, WS Jeong, IS Kim… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present near-infrared spectra of three low-luminosity protostars and one background star
in the Perseus molecular cloud, acquired using the infrared camera on board the AKARI …

Discovery of Two Infrared Objects with Strong Ice Absorption in the Akari Slitless Spectroscopic Survey of the Galactic Plane

T Onaka, T Kimura, I Sakon… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We discover two infrared objects that show deep absorption features of H 2 O, CO 2, and CO
ices in the AKARI/Infrared Camera slitless spectroscopic survey of the Galactic plane in 2.5 …

Near-infrared to Mid-infrared Observations of Galaxy Mergers: NGC 2782 and NGC 7727

T Onaka, T Nakamura, I Sakon, R Wu… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of near-infrared-to-mid-infrared (NIR-to-MIR) imaging and NIR
spectroscopic observations of two galaxy mergers, NGC 2782 (Arp 215) and NGC 7727 (Arp …

Revised wavelength and spectral response calibrations for AKARI near-infrared grism spectroscopy: Post-cryogenic phase

S Baba, T Nakagawa, F Usui… - Publications of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present a new calibration for the second-order light contamination in the near-infrared
grism spectroscopy with the Infrared Camera aboard AKARI, specifically for the post …

Thermal Modeling of Comet-like Objects from AKARI Observation

YP Bach, M Ishiguro, F Usui - The Astronomical Journal, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigated the physical properties of the comet-like objects 107P/(4015) Wilson–
Harrington (4015WH) and P/2006 HR30 (Siding Spring; HR30) by applying a simple …