Naoki Seto

Demagnified GWs from Cosmological Double Neutron Stars and GW Foreground Cleaning Around 1Hz (2009)

Seto, Naoki

Gravitational waves from cosmological double neutron star binaries can be significantly demagnified by strong gravitational lensing effect, and the proposed future missions such as BBO or DECIGO...

Search for Memory and Inspiral Gravitational Waves from Super-Massive Binary Black Holes with Pulsar Timing Arrays (2009)

Seto, Naoki

The merger of a super-massive binary black hole (SBBH) is one of the most extreme events in the universe with a huge amount of energy released by gravitational radiation. Although the characteristic...

Non-Gaussianity analysis of GW background made by short-duration burst signals (2009)

Seto, Naoki

We study an observational method to analyze non-Gaussianity of a gravitational wave (GW) background made by superposition of weak burst signals. The proposed method is based on fourth-order...

DECIGO pathfinder (2009)

Ando, Masaki, Kawamura, Seiji, Sato, Shuichi, Nakamura, Takashi, Tsubono, Kimio, Araya, Akito, ...

DECIGO pathfinder (DPF) is a milestone satellite mission for DECIGO (DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory), which is a future space gravitational wave antenna. DECIGO is expected...

DECIGO pathfinder (2008)

Ando, Masaki, Kawamura, Seiji, Nakamura, Takashi, Tsubono, Kimio, Tanaka, Takahiro, Funaki, Ikkoh, ...

DECIGO pathfinder (DPF) is a milestone satellite mission for DECIGO (DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory) which is a future space gravitational wave antenna. DECIGO is expected...

The Japanese space gravitational wave antenna; DECIGO (2008)

Kawamura, Seiji, Ando, Masaki, Nakamura, Takashi, Tsubono, Kimio, Tanaka, Takahiro, Funaki, Ikkoh, ...

DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (DECIGO) is the future Japanese space gravitational wave antenna. DECIGO is expected to open a new window of observation for gravitational...

Non-Gaussianity test for discriminating gravitational wave backgrounds around 0.1-1Hz (2008)

Seto, Naoki

We propose a non-Gaussianity test for gravitational wave backgrounds by combining data streams of multiple detectors. This simple method allows us to check whether a detected background is "smooth"...

Detecting Planets around Compact Binaries with Gravitational Wave Detectors in Space (2008)

Seto, Naoki

I propose a method to detect planets around compact binaries that are strong sources of gravitational radiation. This approach is to measure gravitational-wave phase modulations induced by the...

Polarization analysis of gravitational-wave backgrounds from the correlation signals of ground-based interferometers: measuring a circular-polarization mode (2008)

Seto, Naoki, Taruya, Atsushi

The Stokes V parameter characterizes asymmetry of amplitudes between right- and left-handed waves, and non-vanishing value of the V parameter yields a circularly polarized signal. Cosmologically, V...

Nonlinear Evolution Of The Genus Statistics With Zel'dovich Approximation (2007)

Naoki Seto, Takahiko Matsubara, Masaru Siino

Evolution of genus density is calculated from Gaussian initial conditions using Zel'dovich approximation. A new approach is introduced which formulates the desired quantity in a rotationally...

Measuring a Parity Violation Signature in the Early Universe via Ground-based Laser Interferometers (2007)

Seto, Naoki, Taruya, Atsushi

We show that pairs of widely separated interferometers are advantageous for measuring the Stokes parameter V of a stochastic background of gravitational waves. This parameter characterizes asymmetry...

Searching for primordial black hole dark matter with pulsar timing arrays (2007)

Seto, Naoki, Cooray, Asantha

We discuss the possibility of detecting the presence of primordial black holes (PBHs), such as those that might account for galactic dark matter, using modification of pulsar timing residuals when...

Quest for circular polarization of gravitational wave background and orbits of laser interferometers in space (2006)

Seto, Naoki

We show that isotropic component of circular polarization of stochastic gravitational wave background can be explored by breaking two dimensional configuration of multiple laser interferometers for...

Prospects for direct detection of circular polarization of gravitational-wave background (2006)

Seto, Naoki

We discussed prospects for directly detecting circular polarization signal of gravitational wave background. We found it is generally difficult to probe the monopole mode of the signal due to broad...

Correlation analysis of stochastic gravitational wave background around 0.1–1 Hz (2006)

Seto, Naoki

We discuss prospects for direct measurement of stochastic gravitational wave background around 0.1–1 Hz with future space missions. It is assumed to use correlation analysis technique with the...

Cosmological constraints on the very low frequency gravitational-wave background (2006)

Seto, Naoki, Cooray, Asantha

The curl modes of cosmic microwave background polarization allow one to indirectly constrain the primordial background of gravitational waves with frequencies around 10^(-18) to 10^(-16) Hz. The...

Prospects of LIGO for constraining inclination of merging compact binaries associated with three-dimensionally localized short-hard GRBs (2005)

Seto, Naoki

We study prospects of a method to constrain the inclination of a coalescing compact binary by detecting its gravitational waves associated with a three-dimensionally localized (direction and...

Correlation analysis of stochastic gravitational wave background around 0.1-1Hz (2005)

Seto, Naoki

We discuss prospects for direct measurement of stochastic gravitational wave background around 0.1-1Hz with future space missions. It is assumed to use correlation analysis technique with the optimal...

Did WMAP see Moving Local Structures? (2005)

Cooray, Asantha, Seto, Naoki

The divergence of the momentum density field of the large scale structure generates a secondary anisotropy contribution to the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). While the effect is best described as...

Probing the Largest Scale Structure in the Universe with Polarization Map of Galaxy Clusters (2005)

Seto, Naoki, Pierpaoli, Elena

We introduce a new formalism to describe the polarization signal of galaxy clusters on the whole sky. We show that a sparsely sampled, half-sky map of the cluster polarization at z~1 would allow us...

Gravitational Wave Astrometry for Rapidly Rotating Neutron Stars and Estimation of Their Distances (2005)

Seto, Naoki

We discuss an astrometric timing effect on data analysis of continuous gravitational waves from rapidly rotating isolated neutron stars. Special attention is directed to the possibility of...

Probing the largest scale structure in the universe with polarization map of galaxy clusters (2005)

Seto, Naoki, Pierpaoli, Elena

We introduce a new formalism to describe the polarization signal of galaxy clusters on the whole sky. We show that a sparsely sampled, half-sky map of the cluster polarization signal at $z\sim 1$...

Can LISA Resolve Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud? (2005)

Cooray, Asantha, Seto, Naoki

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is expected to detect N ~ 22 [x10^(+/- 1)] close white dwarf binaries in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) through their gravitational radiation with...

Cosmological Constraints on the Very Low Frequency Gravitational-Wave Background (2005)

Seto, Naoki, Cooray, Asantha

While there are no strong observational constraints on the gravitational wave background across six or more orders of magnitude between 10^{-16} Hz and 10^{-10} Hz and it is difficult to get a...

LISA measurement of gravitational wave background anisotropy: Hexadecapole moment via a correlation analysis (2004)

Seto, Naoki, Cooray, Asantha

We discuss spatial fluctuations in the gravitational wave background arising from unresolved Galactic binary sources, such as close white dwarf binaries, due to the fact the galactic binary source...

Search for small-mass black-hole dark matter with space-based gravitational wave detectors (2004)

Seto, Naoki, Cooray, Asantha

If the halo dark matter were composed of primordial black holes (PBHs) with mass between 10^16 and 10^20 g, their gravitational interaction with test masses of laser interferometer may lead to a...

Graviton mass from close white dwarf binaries detectable with LISA (2004)

Cooray, Asantha, Seto, Naoki

The arrival times of gravitational waves and optical light from orbiting binaries provide a mechanism to understand the propagation speed of gravity when compared to that of light or electromagnetic...

Search for Small-Mass Black Hole Dark Matter with Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detectors (2004)

Seto, Naoki, Cooray, Asantha

The high sensitivity of upcoming space-based gravitational wave detectors suggests the possibility that if halo dark matter were composed of primordial black holes (PBHs) with mass between $10^{16}$...

LISA Measurement of Gravitational Wave Background Anisotropy: Hexadecapole Moment via a Correlation Analysis (2004)

Seto, Naoki, Cooray, Asantha

We discuss spatial fluctuations in the gravitational wave background arising from unresolved Galactic binary sources, such as close white dwarf binaries, due to the fact the galactic binary source...

Annual modulation of the Galactic binary confusion noise bakground and LISA data analysis (2004)

Seto, Naoki

We study the anisotropies of the Galactic confusion noise background and its effects on LISA data analysis. LISA has two data streams of the gravitational waves signals relevant for low frequency...

Graviton Mass from Close White Dwarf Binaries Detectable with LISA (2003)

Cooray, Asantha, Seto, Naoki

The arrival times of gravitational waves and optical light from orbiting binaries provide a mechanism to understand the propagation speed of gravity when compared to that of light or electromagnetic...

Optical Identification of Close White Dwarf Binaries in the LISA Era (2003)

Cooray, Asantha, Farmer, Alison J., Seto, Naoki

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is expected to detect close white dwarf binaries (CWDBs) through their gravitational radiation. Around 3000 binaries will be spectrally resolved at...

Strong Gravitational Lensing and Localization of Merging Massive Black Hole Binaries with LISA (2003)

Seto, Naoki

We study how the angular resolution of LISA for merging massive black-hole binaries would be improved if we observe multiple gravitational wave ``images'' due to strong gravitational lensing. The...

Probing the equation of state of the early universe with a space laser interferometer (2003)

Seto, Naoki, Yokoyama, Jun'Ichi

We propose a method to probe the equation of state of the early universe and its evolution, using the stochastic gravitational wave background from inflation. A small deviation from purely radiation...

Effects of finite arm-length of LISA on analysis of gravitational waves from MBH binaries (2002)

Seto, Naoki

Response of an interferometer becomes complicated for gravitational wave shorter than the arm-length of the detector, as nature of wave appears strongly. We have studied how parameter estimation for...

Parameter estimation for Galactic binaries by LISA (2002)

Takahashi, Ryuichi, Seto, Naoki

We calculate how accurately parameters of the short-period binaries $(10^{-4} {Hz} \lsim f\lsim 10^{-2} {Hz})$ will be determined from the gravitational waves by LISA. In our analysis the chirp...

Long Term Operation of LISA and Galactic Close White Dwarf Binaries (2002)

Seto, Naoki

The binary confusion noise spectrum at LISA band depends strongly on observational period and abundance of Galactic close white dwarf binaries (CWDBs). We have investigated how the number of the...

Proposal for Determining the Total Masses of Eccentric Binaries Using Signature of Periastron Advance in Gravitational Waves (2001)

Seto, Naoki

We propose a new method for determining total masses of low frequency eccentric binaries (such as, neutron star binaries with orbital frequency $f\gsim 10^{-3}$Hz) from their gravitational waves. In...

Possibility of Direct Measurement of the Acceleration of the Universe Using 0.1 Hz Band Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Antenna in Space (2001)

Seto, Naoki, Kawamura, Seiji, Nakamura, Takashi

It may be possible to construct a laser interferometer gravitational wave antenna in space with $h_{rms}\sim 10^{-27}$ at $ f\sim 0.1{\rm Hz}$ in this century. We show possible specification of this...

Numerical Analyses of Weakly Nonlinear Velocity-Density Coupling (2001)

Seto, Naoki, Sugiyama, Naoshi

We study evolution of various statistical quantities of smoothed cosmic density and velocity fields using N-body simulations. The parameter $C\equiv /( )$ characterizes nonlinear coupling of these...

Evolution of Power Spectrum in Non-Gaussian Models (2001)

Seto, Naoki

Evolution of power spectrum is studied for non-Gaussian models of structure formation. We generalize the dark-matter-approach to these models and find that the evolved spectrum at weakly nonlinear...

Polarization Signal of Distant Clusters and Reconstruction of Primordial Potential Fluctuations (2000)

Seto, Naoki, Sasaki, Misao

We examine the polarization signal of the cosmic microwave background radiation associated with distant clusters. The polarization is induced by the Thomson scattering of microwave photons with...

Nonlinear Velocity-Density Coupling: Analysis by Second-Order Perturbation Theory (2000)

Seto, Naoki

Cosmological linear perturbation theory predicts that the peculiar velocity $V(x)$ and the matter overdensity $\delta(x)$ at a same point $x$ are statistically independent quantities, as log as the...

Perturbative Analysis of Adaptive Smoothing Methods in Quantifying Large-Scale Structure (2000)

Seto, Naoki

Smoothing operation to make continuous density field from observed point-like distribution of galaxies is crucially important for topological or morphological analysis of the large-scale structure,...

Sample Variance of the Higher-Order Cumulants of Cosmic Density and Velocity Fields (1998)

Seto, Naoki, Yokoyama, Jun'ichi

If primordial fluctuation is Gaussian distributed, higher-order cumulants of the cosmic fields reflect nonlinear mode coupling and provide useful information of gravitational instability picture of...

Sample variance of the cosmic velocity field (1998)

Seto, Naoki, Yokoyama, Jun'ichi

Since the cosmic peculiar velocity field depends on small wave-number modes strongly, we cannot probe its universal properties unless we observe a sufficiently large region. We calculate the expected...

Evolution of the Pairwise Peculiar Velocity Distribution Function in Lagrangian Perturbation Theory (1997)

Seto, Naoki, Yokoyama, Jun'ichi

The statistical distribution of the radial pairwise peculiar velocity of galaxies is known to have an exponential form as implied by observations and explicitly shown in N-body simulations. Here we...

Nonlinear Evolution of the Genus Statistics with Zel'dovich Approximation (1996)

Seto, Naoki, Yokoyama, Jun'ichi, Matsubara, Takahiko, Siino, Masaru

Evolution of genus density is calculated from Gaussian initial conditions using Zel'dovich approximation. A new approach is introduced which formulates the desired quantity in a rotationally...