Shoichi Yamada

Effects of Rotation on Standing Accretion Shock Instability in Nonlinear Phase for Core-Collapse Supernovae (2008)

Iwakami, Wakana, Kotake, Kei, Ohnishi, Naofumi, Yamada, Shoichi, Sawada, Keisuke

We studied the effects of rotation on standing accretion shock instability (SASI) by performing three-dimensional hydrodynamics simulations. Taking into account a realistic equation of state and...

Oscillation and Future Detection of Failed Supernova Neutrinos from Black Hole Forming Collapse (2008)

Nakazato, Ken'ichiro, Sumiyoshi, Kohsuke, Suzuki, Hideyuki, Yamada, Shoichi

Recently, stellar collapse involving black hole formation from massive stars is suggested to emit enormous fluxes of neutrinos on par with ordinary core-collapse supernovae. We investigate their...

General Relativistic Hydrodynamic Simulations and Linear Analysis of the Standing Accretion Shock Instability around a Black Hole (2008)

Nagakura, Hiroki, Yamada, Shoichi

We study the stability of standing shock waves in advection-dominated accretion flows into a Schwarzschild black hole by 2D general relativistic hydrodynamic simulations as well as linear analysis in...

Astrophysical Implications of Equation of State for Hadron-Quark Mixed Phase: Compact Stars and Stellar Collapses (2008)

Nakazato, Ken'ichiro, Sumiyoshi, Kohsuke, Yamada, Shoichi

We construct an equation of state including the hadron-quark phase transition. The mixed phase is obtained by the Gibbs conditions for finite temperature. We adopt the equation of state based on the...

Three-Dimensional Simulations of Standing Accretion Shock Instability in Core-Collapse Supernovae (2007)

Iwakami, Wakana, Kotake, Kei, Ohnishi, Naofumi, Yamada, Shoichi, Sawada, Keisuke

We have studied non-axisymmetric standing accretion shock instability, or SASI, by 3D hydrodynamical simulations. This is an extention of our previous study on axisymmetric SASI. We have prepared a...

Numerical Simulations of Equatorially-Asymmetric Magnetized Supernovae: Formation of Magnetars and Their Kicks (2007)

Sawai, Hidetomo, Kotake, Kei, Yamada, Shoichi

A series of numerical simulations on magnetorotational core-collapse supernovae are carried out. Dipole-like configurations which are offset northward are assumed for the initially strong magnetic...

Numerical Study on Stellar Core Collapse and Neutrino Emission: Probe into the Spherically Symmetric Black Hole Progenitors with 3 - 30Msun Iron Cores (2007)

Nakazato, Ken'ichiro, Sumiyoshi, Kohsuke, Yamada, Shoichi

The existence of various anomalous stars, such as the first stars in the universe or stars produced by stellar mergers, has been recently proposed. Some of these stars will result in black hole...

Effects of QCD phase transition on gravitational radiation from two-dimensional collapse and bounce of massive stars (2007)

Yasutake, Nobutoshi, Kotake, Kei, Hashimoto, Masa-aki, Yamada, Shoichi

We perform two-dimensional, magnetohydrodynamical core-collapse simulations of massive stars accompanying the QCD phase transition. We study how the phase transition affects the gravitational...

The g-mode Excitation in the Proto Neutron Star by the Standing Accretion Shock Instability (2007)

Yoshida, Shijun, Ohnishi, Naofumi, Yamada, Shoichi

The so-called "acoustic revival mechanism" of core-collapse supernova proposed recently by the Arizona group is an interesting new possibility. Aiming to understand the elementary processes involved...

Gravitational Radiation from Standing Accretion Shock Instability in Core-Collapse Supernovae (2006)

Kotake, Kei, Ohnishi, Naofumi, Yamada, Shoichi

We present the results of numerical experiments, in which we study how the asphericities induced by the growth of the standing accretion shock instability (SASI) produce the gravitational waveforms...

Stability of the Accretion Flows with Stalled Shocks in Core-Collapse Supernovae (2006)

Yamasaki, Tatsuya, Yamada, Shoichi

Bearing in mind the application to the theory of core-collapse supernovae, we performed a global linear analysis on the stability of spherically symmetric accretion flows through a standing shock...

Standing Accretion Shocks in the Supernova Core: Effects of Convection and Realistic EOS (2006)

Yamasaki, Tatsuya, Yamada, Shoichi

We investigated the structure of the spherically symmetric accretion flows through the standing shock wave onto the proto-neutron star in the post-bounce phase of the collapse-driven supernova. We...

Inelastic Neutrino-Helium Scatterings and Standing Accretion Shock Instability in Core-Collapse Supernovae (2006)

Ohnishi, Naofumi, Kotake, Kei, Yamada, Shoichi

We present the results of numerical experiments, in which we have investigated the influence of the inelastic neutrino-helium interactions on the standing accretion shock instability supposed to...

Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of A Rotating Massive Star Collapsing to A Black Hole (2006)

Fujimoto, Shin-ichiro, Kotake, Kei, Yamada, Shoichi, Hashimoto, Masa-aki, Sato, Katsuhiko

We perform two-dimensional, axisymmetric, magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the collapse of a rotating star of 40 Msun and in the light of the collapsar model of gamma-ray burst. Considering two...

Heavy element nucleosynthesis in a collapsar (2006)

Fujimoto, Shin-ichirou, Hashimoto, Masa-aki, Kotake, Kei, Yamada, Shoichi

We investigate synthesis of heavy elements in a collapsar. We have calculated detailed composition of magnetically driven jets ejected from a collapsar, which is based on long-term,...

Toward Radiation-Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations in Core-Collapse Supernovae (2005)

Kotake, Kei, Ohnishi, Naofumi, Yamada, Shoichi, Sato, Katsuhiko

We report a current status of our radiation-magnetohydrodynamic code for the study of core-collapse supernovae. In this contribution, we discuss the accuracy of our newly developed numerical code by...

Gravitational Collapse and Neutrino Emission of Population III Massive Stars (2005)

Nakazato, Ken'ichiro, Sumiyoshi, Kohsuke, Yamada, Shoichi

Pop III stars are the first stars in the universe. They do not contain metals and their formation and evolution may be different from that of stars of later generations. In fact, according to the...

Numerical Analysis on Standing Accretion Shock Instability with Neutrino Heating in the Supernova Cores (2005)

Ohnishi, Naofumi, Kotake, Kei, Yamada, Shoichi

We have numerically studied the instability of the spherically symmetric standing accretion shock wave against non-spherical perturbations. We have in mind the application to the collapse-driven...

Effects of Magnetic Fields on Proto-Neutron Star Winds (2005)

Ito, Hirotaka, Yamada, Shoichi, Sumiyoshi, Kohsuke, Nagataki, Shigehiro

We discuss effects of magnetic fields on proto-neutron star winds by performing numerical simulation. We assume that the atmosphere of proto-neutron star has a homogenous magnetic field (ranging from...

The Core-Collapse Supernova with "Non-Uniform" Magnetic Fields (2005)

Sawai, Hidetomo, Kotake, Kei, Yamada, Shoichi

We perform two-dimensional numerical simulations on the core-collapse of a massive star with strong magnetic fields and differential rotations using a numerical code ZEUS-2D. Changing field...

R-Process Nucleosynthesis in MHD Jet Explosions of Core-Collapse Supernovae (2005)

Nishimura, Sunao, Kotake, Kei, Hashimoto, Masa-aki, Yamada, Shoichi, Nishimura, Nobuya, Fujimoto, Shinichiro, ...

We investigate $r$-process nucleosynthesis during the magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) explosion of supernova in a massive star of 13 $M_{\odot}$. Contrary to the case of the spherical explosion, jet-like...

North-South Neutrino Heating Asymmetry in Strongly Magnetized and Rotating Stellar Cores (2004)

Kotake, Kei, Yamada, Shoichi, Sato, Katsuhiko

We perform a series of two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of supernova cores. Since the distributions of the angular momentum and the magnetic fields of strongly magnetized stars are...

Hydrodynamical effects in internal shock of relativistic outflows (2004)

Kino, Motoki, Mizuta, Akira, Yamada, Shoichi

We study both analytically and numerically hydrodynamical effects of two colliding shells, the simplified models of the internal shock in various relativistic outflows such as gamma-ray bursts and...

General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Collapsars: Rotating Black Hole Cases (2004)

Mizuno, Yosuke, Yamada, Shoichi, Koide, Shinji, Shibata, Kazunari

We have performed 2.5-dimensional general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of collapsars including a rotating black hole. This paper is an extension of our previous paper (Mizuno et...

Propagation and Dynamics of Relativistic Jets (2004)

Mizuta, Akira, Yamada, Shoichi, Takabe, Hideaki

We investigate the dynamics and morphology of jets propagating into the interstellar medium using 2D relativistic hydrodynamic simulations. The calculations are performed assuming axisymmetric...

Gravitational Radiation from Rotational Core Collapse: Effects of Magnetic Fields and Realistic Equation of States (2004)

Kotake, Kei, Yamada, Shoichi, Sato, Katsuhiko, Sumiyoshi, Kohsuke, Ono, Hiroyuki, Suzuki, Hideyuki

We perform a series of two-dimensional, axisymmetric, magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the rotational collapse of a supernova core. In order to calculate the waveforms of the gravitational wave, we...

General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Collapsars (2003)

Mizuno, Yosuke, Yamada, Shoichi, Koide, Shinji, Shibata, Kazunari

We have performed 2.5-dimensional general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the gravitational collapse of a magnetized rotating massive star as a model of gamma ray bursts (GRBs)....

Gravitational Radiation from Axisymmetric Rotational Core Collapse (2003)

Kotake, Kei, Yamada, Shoichi, Sato, Katsuhiko

We have done a series of two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of the rotational collapse of a supernova core in axisymmetry. We have employed a realistic equation of state (EOS) and taken into...

Anisotropic $e^+ e^-$ pressure due to the QED effect in strong magnetic fields and the application to the entropy production in neutrino-driven wind (2001)

Kohri, K., Yamada, Shoichi, Nagataki, S.

We study the equation of state of electron in strong magnetic fields which are greater than the critical value $B_c \simeq 4.4 \times 10^{13}$ Gauss. We find that such a strong magnetic field induces...

Polarization tensors in a strong magnetic field (2001)

Kohri, K., Yamada, Shoichi

The vacuum polarization tensor in strong external magnetic fields has been evaluated numerically for various strengths of magnetic fields and momenta of photons under the threshold of the $e^{\pm}$...

Boltzmann equations for neutrinos with flavor mixings (2000)

Yamada, Shoichi

With a view of applications to the simulations of supernova explosion and proto neutron star cooling, we derive the Boltzmann equations for the neutrino transport with the flavor mixing based on the...

Reduction of neutrino - nucleon scattering rate by nucleon - nucleon collisions (1999)

Yamada, Shoichi

We studied possible modifications of the neutrino - nucleon scattering rate due to the nucleon - nucleon collisions in the hot dense matter which we find in the supernova core. We show that the...

Neutrino - nucleon reaction rates in the supernova core in the relativistic random phase approximation (1999)

Yamada, Shoichi, Toki, Hiroshi

In view of the application to supernova simulations, we calculate neutrino reaction rates with nucleons via the neutral and charged currents in the supernova core in the relativistic random phase...

Cloning and Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of gyrB of Bacillus cereus, B. thuringiensis, B. mycoides, and B. anthracis and Their Application to the Detection of B. cereus in Rice (1999)

Yamada, Shoichi, Ohashi, Eiji, Agata, Norio, Venkateswaran, Kasthuri

As 16S rRNA sequence analysis has proven inadequate for the differentiation of Bacillus cereus from closely related species, we employed the gyrase B gene (gyrB) as a molecular diagnostic marker. The...

Neutrino transport in type II supernovae: Boltzmann solver vs. Monte Carlo method (1998)

Shoichi Yamada, Hans-thomas Janka

. We have coded a Boltzmann solver based on a finite difference scheme (S N method) aiming at calculations of neutrino transport in type II supernovae. Close comparison between the Boltzmann solver...

Neutrino transport in type II supernovae: Boltzmann solver vs. Monte Carlo method (1998)

Yamada, Shoichi, Janka, Hans-Thomas, Suzuki, Hideyuki

We have coded a Boltzmann solver based on a finite difference scheme (S_N method) aiming at calculations of neutrino transport in type II supernovae. Close comparison between the Boltzmann solver and...

Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Axisymmetrically Deformed Type II Supernovae (1997)

Nagataki, Shigehiro, Hashimoto, Masa-aki, Sato, Katsuhiko, Yamada, Shoichi

Explosive nucleosynthesis under the axisymmetric explosion in Type II supernova has been performed by means of two dimensional hydrodynamical calculations. We have compared the results with the...

An Implicit Lagrangean Code for Spherically Symmetric General Relativistic Hydrodynamics with an Approximate Riemann Solver (1996)

Yamada, Shoichi

An implicit Lagrangian hydrodynamics code for general relativistic spherical collapse is presented. This scheme is based on an approximate linearized Riemann solver (Roe type scheme). This code is...

Cloning and Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of gyrB of Bacillus cereus, B. thuringiensis, B. mycoides, and B. anthracis and Their Application to the Detection of B. cereus in Rice

Yamada, Shoichi, Ohashi, Eiji, Agata, Norio, Venkateswaran, Kasthuri

As 16S rRNA sequence analysis has proven inadequate for the differentiation of Bacillus cereus from closely related species, we employed the gyrase B gene (gyrB) as a molecular diagnostic marker. The...

Cloning and Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of gyrB of Bacillus cereus, B. thuringiensis, B. mycoides, and B. anthracis and Their Application to the Detection of B. cereus in Rice

Yamada, Shoichi, Ohashi, Eiji, Agata, Norio, Venkateswaran, Kasthuri

As 16S rRNA sequence analysis has proven inadequate for the differentiation of Bacillus cereus from closely related species, we employed the gyrase B gene (gyrB) as a molecular diagnostic marker. The...