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NOTSU, Shota Assistant Professor Earth and Planetary System Science Group Office: Faculty of Science Building 1 West-721 E-mail: HP: http://sites.google.com/view/shotanotsu/
Research Field Formation of planetary systems, Astrochemistry, Astrophysics, Astronomical observations Current Research My researches have been focused on star and planet formation processes, especially chemical evolution from molecular clouds to protostellar envelopes, protoplanetary disks, and exoplanetary atmospheres, from both theoretical and observational points of view. Here is the main theme of my studies until now. "Snowline" is the common keyword of these studies: (1) Chemical structures of protoplanetary disks and possibility to locate the position of the water snowline using spectroscopic observations (2) Relationship between the chemical structure of exoplanetary atmospheres and protoplanetary disks - Elemental composition ratios and planet formation environments (3) Chemical diversities in protostellar sources: X-ray-induced and cosmic-ray-induced chemistry of water and related molecules Representative Publications 1. Notsu, S., Ohno, K., Ueda, T., Walsh, C., Eistrup, C., Nomura, H. (2022) "The Molecular Composition of Shadowed Proto- solar Disk Midplanes Beyond the Water Snowline", The Astrophysical Journal, 936, 188 2. Notsu, S., van Dishoeck, E. F.; Walsh C., Bosman, A. D., Nomura, H. (2021) "X-ray-induced chemistry of water and related molecules in low-mass protostellar envelopes", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 650, A180 3. Notsu, S., Nomura, H., Ishimoto, D., Walsh, C., Honda, M., Hirota, T., Millar, T. J. (2017) “Candidate Water Vapor Lines to Locate the H2O Snowline Through High-dispersion Spectroscopic Observations. II. The Case of a Herbig Ae Star", The Astrophysical Journal, 836, 118

NOTSU, Shota

Assistant Professor
Earth and Planetary System Science Group

Office: Faculty of Science Building 1 West-721
E-mail:
HP: http://sites.google.com/view/shotanotsu/

Research Field

Formation of planetary systems, Astrochemistry, Astrophysics, Astronomical observations

Current Research

My researches have been focused on star and planet formation processes, especially chemical evolution from molecular clouds to protostellar envelopes, protoplanetary disks, and exoplanetary atmospheres, from both theoretical and observational points of view. Here is the main theme of my studies until now. "Snowline" is the common keyword of these studies: (1) Chemical structures of protoplanetary disks and possibility to locate the position of the water snowline using spectroscopic observations (2) Relationship between the chemical structure of exoplanetary atmospheres and protoplanetary disks - Elemental composition ratios and planet formation environments (3) Chemical diversities in protostellar sources: X-ray-induced and cosmic-ray-induced chemistry of water and related molecules

Representative Publications

1. Notsu, S., Ohno, K., Ueda, T., Walsh, C., Eistrup, C., Nomura, H. (2022) "The Molecular Composition of Shadowed Proto- solar Disk Midplanes Beyond the Water Snowline", The Astrophysical Journal, 936, 188
2. Notsu, S., van Dishoeck, E. F.; Walsh C., Bosman, A. D., Nomura, H. (2021) "X-ray-induced chemistry of water and related molecules in low-mass protostellar envelopes", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 650, A180
3. Notsu, S., Nomura, H., Ishimoto, D., Walsh, C., Honda, M., Hirota, T., Millar, T. J. (2017) “Candidate Water Vapor Lines to Locate the H2O Snowline Through High-dispersion Spectroscopic Observations. II. The Case of a Herbig Ae Star", The Astrophysical Journal, 836, 118