K. Masuda

Publication List Details

Period

1976 - 2008

Number

114

Co-Authors

Microlensing Event MOA-2007-BLG-400: Exhuming the Buried Signature of a Cool, Jovian-Mass Planet (2008)

Dong, Subo, Bond, I. A., Gould, A., Kozlowski, Szymon, Miyake, N., Gaudi, B. S., ...

We report the detection of the cool, Jovian-mass planet MOA-2007-BLG-400Lb. The planet was detected in a high-magnification microlensing event (with peak magnification A_max = 628) in which the...

An integrated model for the assessment of global water resources ? Part 1: Input meteorological forcing and natural hydrological cycle modules (2008)

Hanasaki, N., Kanae, S., Oki, T., Masuda, K., Motoya, K., Shen, Y., ...

An integrated global water resources model was developed consisting of six modules: land surface hydrology, river routing, crop growth, reservoir operation, environmental flow requirement estimation,...

Characteristics of chlorites in seismogenic fault zones: the Taiwan Chelungpu Fault Drilling Project (TCDP) core sample (2008)

Hashimoto, Y., Tadai, O., Tanimizu, M., Tanikawa, W., Hirono, T., Aoike, K., ...

The iron content and the asymmetry of iron and magnesium ions in chlorites are examined for the Chelungpu Fault in Taiwan, which is a seismogenic fault. The samples are collected from the cores...

Characteristics of chlorites in seismogenic fault zones: the Taiwan Chelungpu Fault Drilling Project (TCDP) core sample (2008)

Hashimoto, Y., Tadai, O., Tanimizu, M., Tanikawa, W., Hirono, T., Lin, W., ...

The iron content and the asymmetry of iron and magnesium ions in chlorites are examined for the Chelungpu Fault in Taiwan, which is a seismogenic fault. The samples are collected from the cores...

An integrated model for the assessment of global water resources ? Part 1: Input meteorological forcing and natural hydrological cycle modules (2008)

Hanasaki, N., Kanae, S., Oki, T., Masuda, K., Motoya, K., Shen, Y., ...

An integrated global water resources model was developed consisting of six modules: land surface hydrology, river routing, crop growth, reservoir operation, environmental flow requirement estimation,...

Characteristics of chlorites in seismogenic fault zones: the Taiwan Chelungpu Fault Drilling Project (TCDP) core sample (2008)

Hashimoto, Y., Tadai, O., Tanimizu, M., Tanikawa, W., Hirono, T., Aoike, K., ...

The iron content and the asymmetry of iron and magnesium ions in chlorites are examined for the Chelungpu Fault in Taiwan, which is a seismogenic fault. The samples are collected from the cores...

Characteristics of chlorites in seismogenic fault zones: the Taiwan Chelungpu Fault Drilling Project (TCDP) core sample (2008)

Hashimoto, Y., Tadai, O., Tanimizu, M., Tanikawa, W., Hirono, T., Lin, W., ...

The iron content and the asymmetry of iron and magnesium ions in chlorites are examined for the Chelungpu Fault in Taiwan, which is a seismogenic fault. The samples are collected from the cores...

A Low-Mass Planet with a Possible Sub-Stellar-Mass Host in Microlensing Event MOA-2007-BLG-192 (2008)

Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Udalski, A., Sumi, T., Abe, F., Fukui, A., ...

We report the detection of an extrasolar planet of mass ratio q ~ 2 x 10^(-4) in microlensing event MOA-2007-BLG-192. The best fit microlensing model shows both the microlensing parallax and finite...

OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the Most Massive M-Dwarf Planetary Companion? (2008)

Dong, Subo, Gould, Andrew, Udalski, Andrzej, Anderson, Jay, Christie, G. W., Gaudi, B. S., ...

We combine all available information to constrain the nature of OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the second planet discovered by microlensing and the first in a high-magnification event. These include...

MOA-cam3: a wide-field mosaic CCD camera for a gravitational microlensing survey in New Zealand (2008)

Sako, T., Sekiguchi, T., Sasaki, M., Okajima, K., Abe, F., Bond, I. A., ...

We have developed a wide-field mosaic CCD camera, MOA-cam3, mounted at the prime focus of the Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) 1.8-m telescope. The camera consists of ten E2V CCD4482...

Discovery of a Jupiter/Saturn Analog with Gravitational Microlensing (2008)

Gaudi, B. S., Bennett, D. P., Udalski, A., Gould, A., Christie, G. W., Maoz, D., ...

Searches for extrasolar planets have uncovered an astonishing diversity of planetary systems, yet the frequency of solar system analogs remains unknown. The gravitational microlensing planet search...

Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker inhibits fibrosis in rat nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (2007)

Hirose, A., Ono, M., Saibara, T., Nozaki, Y., Masuda, K., Yoshioka, A., ...

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is now the most frequent cause of chronic liver impairment in developed countries and is a suggested causative factor in the development of cryptogenic cirrhosis...

Determination of stellar shape in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33 (2006)

Rattenbury, N.J., Abe, F., Bennett, D.P., Bond, I.A., Calitz, J.J., Claret, A., ...

We report a measurement of the shape of the source star in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33. The lens for this event was a close binary whose centre-of-mass passed almost directly in front of the...

Determination of stellar shape in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33 (2006)

Rattenbury, N.J., Abe, F., Bennett, D.P., Bond, I.A., Calitz, J.J., Claret, A., ...

We report a measurement of the shape of the source star in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33. The lens for this event was a close binary whose centre-of-mass passed almost directly in front of the...

Determination of stellar shape in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33 (2006)

Rattenbury, N.J., Abe, F., Bennett, D.P., Bond, I.A., Calitz, J.J., Claret, A., ...

We report a measurement of the shape of the source star in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33. The lens for this event was a close binary whose centre-of-mass passed almost directly in front of the...

Potential Direct Single-Star Mass Measurement (2005)

Ghosh, H., Depoy, D.L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B.S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

We analyze the lightcurve of the microlensing event OGLE-2003-BLG-175/MOA-2003-BLG-45 and show that it has two properties that, when combined with future high resolution astrometry, could lead to a...

The MOA 1.8-metre alt-az wide-field survey telescope and the MOA project (2005)

Hearnshaw, J. B., Abe, F., Bond, I. A., Gilmore, A. C., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., ...

A new 1.8-m wide-field alt-az survey telescope was installed at Mt John University Observatory in New Zealand in October 2004. The telescope will be dedicated to the MOA (Microlensing Observations in...

Determination of stellar shape in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33 (2005)

Rattenbury, N. J., Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Calitz, J. J., Claret, A., ...

We report a measurement of the shape of the source star in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33. The lens for this event was a close binary whose centre-of-mass passed almost directly in front of the...

Multiple Outbursts of a Cataclysmic Variable in the Globular Cluster M22 (2005)

Bond, I. A., Abe, F., Eguchi, S., Furuta, Y., Hearnshaw, J. B., Kamiya, K., ...

We present a 4 year light curve of a cataclysmic variable in M22, based on an analysis of accumulated data from the MOA microlensing survey. The position of the star coincides with that of a...

Determination of stellar shape in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33 (2005)

Rattenbury, N.J., Abe, F., Bennett, D.P., Bond, I.A., Calitz, J.J., Claret, A., ...

We report a measurement of the shape of the source star in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33. The lens for this event was a close binary whose centre-of-mass passed almost directly in front of the...

Determination of stellar shape in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33 (2005)

Rattenbury, N.J., Abe, F., Bennett, D.P., Bond, I.A., Calitz, J.J., Claret, A., ...

We report a measurement of the shape of the source star in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33. The lens for this event was a close binary whose centre-of-mass passed almost directly in front of the...

Search for Low-Mass Exoplanets by Gravitational Microlensing at High Magnification (2004)

Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Eguchi, S., Furuta, Y., Hearnshaw, J. B., ...

Observations of the gravitational microlensing event MOA 2003-BLG-32/OGLE 2003-BLG-219 are presented for which the peak magnification was over 500, the highest yet reported. Continuous observations...

OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53: A planetary microlensing event (2004)

Bond, I. A., Udalski, A., Jaroszynski, M., Rattenbury, N. J., Paczynski, B., Soszynski, I., ...

We present observations of the unusual microlensing event OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53. In this event a short duration (~7 days) low amplitude deviation in the light curve due a single lens...

OGLE 2003--BLG--235/MOA 2003--BLG--53: A planetary microlensing (2004)

I. A. Bond, A. Udalski, M. Jaroszynski, N. J. Rattenbury, B. Paczynski, I. Soszynski, ...

We present observations of the unusual microlensing event OGLE 2003--BLG-- 235/MOA 2003--BLG--53. In this event a short duration ( 7 days) low amplitude deviation in the light curve due a single lens...

MOA 2003-BLG-37: A Bulge Jerk-Parallax Microlens Degeneracy (2004)

DePoy, D. L., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., Han, C., Pogge, R. W., ...

We analyze the Galactic bulge microlensing event MOA-2003-BLG-37. Although the Einstein timescale is relatively short, t_e=43 days, the lightcurve displays deviations consistent with parallax effects...

Potential Direct Single-Star Mass Measurement (2004)

Ghosh, H., Depoy, D.L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B.S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

We analyze the lightcurve of the microlensing event OGLE-2003-BLG-175/MOA-2003-BLG-45 and show that it has two properties that, when combined with future high resolution astrometry, could lead to a...

Potential Direct Single-Star Mass Measurement (2004)

Ghosh, H., Depoy, D.L., Gal-Yam, A., Gaudi, B.S., Gould, A., Han, C., ...

We analyze the lightcurve of the microlensing event OGLE-2003-BLG-175/MOA-2003-BLG-45 and show that it has two properties that, when combined with future high resolution astrometry, could lead to a...

Probing the atmosphere of a solar-like star by galactic microlensing at high magnification (2003)

Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Calitz, J. J., Claret, A., Cook, K. H., ...

We report a measurement of limb darkening of a solar-like star in the very high magnification microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33. A 15 hour deviation from the light curve profile expected for a...

Microlensing optical depth towards the Galactic bulge from MOA observations during 2000 with Difference Image Analysis (2002)

Sumi, T., Abe, F., Bond, I. A., Dodd, R. J., Hearnshaw, J. B., Honda, M., ...

We analyze the data of the gravitational microlensing survey carried out by by the MOA group during 2000 towards the Galactic Bulge (GB). Our observations are designed to detect efficiently high...

Molecular profile of synovial fibroblasts in rheumatoid arthritis depends on the stage of proliferation. (2002)

Masuda, K, Masuda, R, Neidhart, M, Simmen, B R, Michel, B A, Müller-Ladner, U, ...

The aim of this study was to explore the molecular profile of proliferating rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts (RA-SF). Total RNA was extracted from two cultures of RA-SF (low-density [LD]...

Study of variable stars in the MOA data base: long-period red variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2001)

Noda, S., Takeuti, M., Abe, F., Bond, I. A., Dodd, R. J., Hearnshaw, J. B., ...

One hundred and forty six long-period red variable stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) from the three year MOA project database were analysed. A careful periodic analysis was performed on these...

Improving the Prospects for Detecting Extrasolar Planets in Gravitational Microlensing in 2002 (2001)

Bond, I. A., Abe, F., Dodd, R. J., Hearnshaw, J. B., Kilmartin, P. M., Masuda, K., ...

Gravitational microlensing events of high magnification have been shown to be promising targets for detecting extrasolar planets. However, only a few events of high magnification have been found...

Moulded Products from Radiata Pine Bark (2001)

MASUDA, K., YANO, Hiroyuki, KAWAI, S.

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Correlation Between the Loss of the Chaperone-like Activity and the Oxidation, Isomerization and Racemization of Gamma-irradiated Alpha-crystallin¶ (2001)

N. Fujii, K. Hiroki, S. Matsumoto, K. Masuda, M. Inoue, Y. Tanaka, ...

Alpha-crystallin possesses a molecular chaperone-like activity that prevents proteins from aggregating; however, the mechanism of this activity is not well known. Here we have taken gamma-irradiated...

Study by MOA of extra-solar planets in gravitational microlensing events of high magnification (2001)

Bond, I. A., Rattenbury, N. J., Skuljan, J., Abe, F., Dodd, R. J., Hearnshaw, J. B., ...

A search for extra-solar planets was carried out in three gravitational microlensing events of high magnification, MACHO 98-BLG-35, MACHO 99-LMC-2, and OGLE 00-BUL-12. Photometry was derived from...

Real-Time Difference Imaging Analysis of MOA Galactic Bulge Observations During 2000 (2001)

Bond, I. A., Abe, F., Dodd, R. J., Hearnshaw, J. B., Honda, M., Jugaku, J., ...

We describe observations carried out by the MOA group of the Galactic Bulge during 2000 that were designed to detect efficiently gravitational microlensing of faint stars in which the magnification...

Recent results by the MOA group on gravitational microlensing (2000)

Yock, P., Bond, I., Rattenbury, N., Skuljan, J., Sumi, T., Abe, FR., ...

Recent work by the MOA gravitational microlensing group is briefly described, including (i) the current observing strategy, (ii) use of a high-speed parallel computer for analysis of results by...

Photometry of pulsating stars in the Magellanic Clouds as observed in the MOA project (1999)

Hearnshaw, J. B., Bond, I. A., Rattenbury, N. J., Noda, S., Takeuti, M., Abe, F., ...

A review of the MOA (Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics) project is presented. MOA is a collaboration of approximately 30 astronomers from New Zealand and Japan established with the aim of...

On Planetary Companions to the MACHO-98-BLG-35 Microlens Star (1999)

Rhie, S. H., Bennett, D. P., Becker, A. C., Peterson, B. A., Fragile, P. C., Johnson, B. R., ...

We present observations of microlensing event MACHO-98-BLG-35 which reached a peak magnification factor of almost 80. These observations by the Microlensing Planet Search (MPS) and the MOA...