Research Interests

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General Topics

Main Field

Theoretical Astrophysics, High-energy Astrophysics, Plasma Astrophysics, Computational Astrophysics

Main targets (objects), Key words

Black Hole, Astrophysical Jets(Outflows), Accretion Disk, Gamma-Ray Bursts, AGNs, Super Nova, Particle Accerelation, General Relativity, Magnetohydrodynamics

Recent and Current works

• 2D General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simualtions of Collapsars (refereed papers 1, 2, 3)

• 3D General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Jet Formation; effect of perturbation into the accretion disk (proceeding 7)

• Development of New 3D General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Code ''RAISHIN'' (refereed paper 5)

• General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Jet Formation with a Thin Keplerian Disk
  (refereed pape 6)

• 3D Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Magnetized Spine-Sheath Relativistic Jets (refereed paper 7)

• Magnetohydrodynamic Boost Mechanism for Relativistic Jets (refereed paper 8)

• 2D General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simualtions of Jet Propagation

• 3D Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of current-driven instability

• Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of relativistic shell propagation
  
  etc.

Contribution

• 2D General Relativistic Magentohydrodynamic Simualtions of Black Hole Magnetosphere (main: Dutan)

• 3D Relativistic Particle-in-Cell Simulations of Jet Propagations (main: Nishikawa) (refereed paper 4)

• Development of 3D General Relativisitc Particle-in-Cell Code(main: Watson)

• Inflow and Outflow Structure of AGNs (main: Ghosh)

• Radiation Images of Accreting Black Hole System with Relativistic Jets (main: Fuerst) (refereed paper 9)
  
  etc.

Publications

Refereed Journals

1. "General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Collapsars"
   Y. Mizuno, S. Yamada, S. Koide & K. Shibata, 2004, ApJ, 606, 395 [ADS], [astro-ph/0310017]
   
2. "General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simualtions of Collapsars: Rotating Black Hole Cases"
   Y. Mizuno, S. Yamada, S. Koide & K. Shibata, 2004, ApJ, 615, 389 [ADS], [astro-ph/0404152]
   
3. ''Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Collapsars: Rotating Black Hole Cases''
   Y. Mizuno, S. Yamada, S. Koide & K. Shibata, 2005, Il Nuovo Cimento C, 28, 423 [ADS]
   
   New papers
   
4. "3D RPIC Simulations of Relativistic Jets: Acceleration, Magnetic Field Generation and Emission"
   K.-I. Nishikawa, C. B. Hededal, P. Hardee, G. J. Fishman, C. Kouvelioutou, & Y. Mizuno, 2006, ApSS, in prss [ADS]
   
5. ''RAISHIN: A High-Resolution Three-Dimensional General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics Code''
   Y. Mizuno, K.-I. Nishikawa, S. Koide, P. Hardee & G. J. Fishman, 2006, ApJS Submitted [Detail], [astro-ph/0609004]
   
6. "General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Jet Formation with a Thin Keplerian Disk"
   Y. Mizuno, K.-I. Nishikawa, S. Koide, P. Hardee & G. J. Fishman, 2006, ApJ, Submitted [Detail], [astro-ph/0609344]
   
7. "3D Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Magnetized Spine-Sheath Relativistic Jets"
   Y. Mizuno, P. Hardee & K.-I. Nishikawa, 2007, ApJ, in press [Detail]
   
8. "A Magnetohydrodynamic Boost for Relativistic Jets"
   Y. MIzuno, P. Hardee, D. H. Hartmann, K.-I. Nishikawa & B. Zhang, 2007, ApJ, Submitted
   
9. ''General Relativistic Radiative Transfer and General Relativistic MHD Simulations of Accretion and Outflows of
   Black Holes"
   S. Fuerst, Y. Mizuno, K.-I. Nishikawa & K. Wu, 2007, ApJ, Submitted

International Conference Proceedings

1. "General Relativistic MHD Simulations of the Gravitational Collapse of a Rotating Star with Magnetic Field as a Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts"
   Y. Mizuno, S. Yamada, K. Shibata & S. Koide
   The 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference, p.2733, 2003
   
2. "General Relativistic MHD Simulations of the Gravitational Collapse of a Rotating Star with Magnetic Field as a Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts"
   Y. Mizuno, S. Yamada, S. Koide & K. Shibata
   Gamma-Ray Bursts: 30 Years of Discovery: Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium, AIP Conference Proceedings, v.727, p.392, 2004 [astro-ph/0312060]
   
3. "General Relativistic MHD Simulations of the Gravitational Collapse of a Rotating Star with Magnetic Field as a Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts"
   Y. Mizuno, K. Shibata, S. Yamada & S. Koide
   Steller Mass, Intermediate Mass, & Supermassive Black Hole (10/2003, Kyoto, Japan), Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement, v.155, p.387, 2004
   
4. "Particle Acceleration in Electron-ion Jets"
   K.-I. Nishikawa, P. Hardee, C. B. Hededal, G. Richardson, R. Preece, H. Sol,G. J. Fishman & Y. Mizuno
   Astrophysical Sources of High Energy Particles and Radiation, AIP Conference Proceedings, v.801, p.184, 2005
   [astro-ph/059603]
   
5. "3D GRMHD Simulaitons of Disk-Jet Coupling and Emission"
   K.-I. Nishikawa, Y. Mizuno, S. Fuerst, K. Wu, P. Hardee, G. Richardson, S. Koide, K. Shibata & T. Kudoh
   Astrophysical Sources of High Energy Particles and Radiations, AIP Coference Proceedings, v.801, p.389, 2005
   [astro-ph/059601]
   
6. "Simulation Studies of Early Afterlows Observed with SWIFT"
   K.-I. Nishikawa, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, P. Hardee,C. B. Hededal, C. Kouvelioutou, G. J. FIshman & Y. Mizuno
   Gamma-Ray Bursts in Swift Era, AIP Conference Proceedings, v.836, p.265-270, 2006
   
7. "General Relativistic MHD Simulations of Relativistic Jets from a Rotating Black Hole Magnetosphere"
   Y. Mizuno, K.-I. Nishikawa, P. Hardee & S. Koide
   Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology - Einstein's Legacy, ESO Astrophysics Symposia, in press, 2006
   
8. "Particle Acceleration, Magnetic Field Generation, and Emission in Relativistic Pair Jets"
   K.-I. Nishikawa, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, P. Hardee,C. B. Hededal, C. Kouvelioutou, G. J. FIshman & Y. Mizuno
   Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology - Einstein's Legacy, ESO Astrophysics Symposia, in press, 2006
   
9. '' GRMHD Simulations of Jet Formation by Using a Newly Developed GRMHD Code''
   Y. Mizuno, K.-I. Nishikawa, S. Koide, P. Hardee, D. H. Hartmann & G. J. Fishman
   The 6th INTEGRAL Workshop: The Obscured Universe, ESA SP-622, in press, 2006
   
10. ''Particle Acceleration, Magnetic Field Generation and Emission from Relativistic Jets and Supernova Remnants''
    K.-I. Nishikawa, D. H. Hartmann, P. Hardee, C. B. Hededal, Y. Mizuno & G. J. Fishman
    The 6th INTEGRAL Workshop: The Obscured Universe, ESA SP-622, in press, 2006
    
11. ''GRMHD Simulations of Jet Formation by Using a Newly Developed GRMHD Code''
    Y. Mizuno, K.-I. Nishikawa, S. Koide, P. Hardee & G. J. Fishman
    VI Microqusasar Workshop: Microquasars and Beyond, PoS, MQW6, 045, 2006 [ADS]
    
12. "3D Relativistic MHD Simulations of Magnetized Spine-Sheath Relativistic Jets"
    Y. Mizuno, P. Hardee & K.-I. Nishikawa
    VI Microqusasar Workshop: Microquasars and Beyond, PoS, MQW6, 086, 2006 [ADS]
    
13. "3-D RPIC simulations of relativistic jets: Particle acceleration, magnetic field generation, and emission"
    K.-I. Nishikawa, P. E. Hardee, C. B. Hededal, Y. Mizuno & G. J. Fishman
    VI Microqusasar Workshop: Microquasars and Beyond, PoS, MQW6, 047, 2006 [ADS]
    
14. "GRMHD Simulations of Jet Formation with RAISHIN"
    Y. Mizuno, K.-I. Nishikawa, S. Koide, P. Hardee & G. J. Fishman
    The Eleventh Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, World Scientific, in press 2006
    
15. "3-D GRMHD and GRPIC Simulations of Disk-Jet Coupling and Emission"
    K.-I. Nishikawa, Y. Mizuno, M. Watson, P. Hardee, S. Fuerst, K. Wu & G. J. Fishman
    The Eleventh Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, World Scientific, in press 2006

Article

1. ''Central Engine of Gamma-Ray Bursts - General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Collapsars -''
   Y. Mizuno
   The Astrophysical Herald (ISSN 0374-2466), v.98, No.7, p.461, 2005

Presentation at International Conference (no proceedings)

1. '' General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Collapsars: Rotating Black Hole Cases''
   Y. Mizuno, S. Yamada, S. Koide & K. Shibata
   Post-Nishinomiya Yukawa Symposia, Nishinomiya, Japan, 2004 (poster)
   
2. "General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Collapsars: Rotating Black Hole Cases"
   Y. Mizuno, S. Yamada, S. Koide& K. Shibata
   East Asia Numerical Astrophysics Meeting, Mitaka, Japan, 2004 (poster)
   
3. "General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Collapsars: Rotating Black Hole Cases"
   Y. Mizuno, S. Yamada, S. Koide & K. Shibata
   International Workshop on Magnetohydrodynamic Accretion Flows and Jets, Kyoto, Japan, 2005 (poster)
   
4. "General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Collapsars: Rotating Black Hole Cases"
   Y. Mizuno, S. Yamada, S. Koide & K. Shibata
   Ultra Relativistic Jets in Astrophysics , Banff, Canada, 2005 (talk)
   
5. "General Relativistic MHD simulations of Jet Production"
   Y. Mizuno, K.-I. Nishikawa, P. Hardee, S. Koide, K. Ghosh & G. J. Fishman
   General Relativistic MHD simulations of Jet Production, 2005, Relativistic Jets: The Common Physics of AGN, Microquasars and Gamma-Ray Bursts, held at Ann Arbor, USA, 2005 (talk)
   
6. "Relativistic MHD simulations of Jets"
   Y. Mizuno, K.-I. Nishikawa, P. Hardee, S. Koide& G. J. Fishman
   Relativistic MHD simulations of Jets, 2005, Relativistic Jets: The Common Physics of AGN, Microquasars and Gamma-Ray Bursts, held at Ann Arbor, USA, 2005 (poster)
   
7. "Newly-Developed 3D GRMHD Code and its Application to Jet Formation"
   Y. Mizuno, K.-I. Nishikawa, S. Koide, P. Hardee& G. J. Fishman
   New Frontiers of Numerical Relativity, held at Golm, Germany, 2006 (talk)