Science, The University of Tokyo

Astronomy, Astronomy

2019
Shinshu University, School ofGeneral Education, Professor

2013 - 2019
Shinshu University, School ofGeneral Education, Associate Professor

2011 - 2012
National Astronomical Observatory, Visiting Assistant Professor

2010
RIKEN, Visiting Researcher

2010 - 2013
Shinshu University, School of General Education, Senior Assistant Professor

2008 - 2010
RIKEN, Special Postdoctoral Researcher

2003 - 2008
Pennsylvania State University, Postdoctoral Scholar

2003 - 2003
National Astronomical Observatory, Assistant Research Staff

1998, Tohoku University, Science, Astronomy andGeophysics

2003, University of Tokyo, Science, Astronomy

2000, University of Tokyo, Science, Astronomy

Similarity between Compact Extremely Red Objects Discovered with JWST in Cosmic Dawn and Blue-excess Dust-obscured Galaxies Known in Cosmic Noon
Akatoki Noboriguchi, Akio K. Inoue, Tohru Nagao, Yoshiki Toba, Toru Misawa
The Astrophysical Journal Letteres, 959(2), article id. L14, 15 Dec. 2023, Refereed

The physical origin for spatially large scatter of IGM opacity at the end of reionization: The IGM Lyα opacity-galaxy density relation
Rikako Ishimoto, Nobunari Kashikawa, Daichi Kashino, Kei Ito, Yongming Liang, Zheng Cai, Takehiro Yoshioka, Katsuya Okoshi, Toru Misawa, Masafusa Onoue, Yoshihiro Takeda, Hisakazu Uchiyama
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(4), 5914-5926, 25 Aug. 2022, Refereed

The WISSH quasars project X. Discovery of a multi-component and highly-variable UV ultra-fast outflow in a z=3.6 quasar
G. Vietri, T. Misawa, E. Piconcelli, P. Franzetti, A. Travascio, A. Luminari, M.Bischetti, S. Bisogni, A. Bongiorno, G. Bruni, C. Feruglio, A. Giunta, F. Nicastro, I. Saccheo, V. Testa, F. Tombesi, C. Vignali, L. Zappacosta, F. Fiore
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 16 Aug. 2022, Refereed

Exploratory Study of the Transverse Proximity Effect around BAL Quasars
Toru Misawa, Rikako Ishimoto, Satoshi Kobu, Nobunari Kashikawa, Katsuya Okoshi, Akatoki Noboriguchi, Malte Schramm, Qiang Liu
The Astrophysical Journal, 933(2), article id. 239, 19 Jul. 2022, Refereed
Lead, Corresponding

MCMC-based Voigt Profile Fitting to a Mini-BAL System in the Quasar UM 675
Dai Ishita, Toru Misawa, Daisuke Itoh, Jane C. Charlton, Michael Eracleous
The Astrophysical Journal, 921(2), article id. 119, 08 Nov. 2021, Refereed
Corresponding

Multiple Mg II Absorption Systems in the Lines of Sight to Quadruply Lensed Quasar H1413+1143
Katsuya Okoshi, Yosuke Minowa, Nobunari Kashikawa, Toru Misawa, Daichi Kashino, Hajime Sugai, Kazuya Matsubayashi, Atsushi Shimono, Shinobu Ozaki
The Astronomical Journal, 162(5), article id. 175, 04 Oct. 2021, Refereed

The X-rays wind connection in PG 2112+059
C. Saez, W. N. Brandt, F. E. Bauer, G. Chartas, T. Misawa, F. Hamann, S. C. Gallagher
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506(1), 343, 17 Jun. 2021, Refereed

The COS-legacy survey of C IV absorbers: properties and origins of the intervening systems
Aditya Manuwal, Anand Narayanan, Purvi Udhwani, Raghunathan Srianand, Blair D. Savage, Jane C. Charlton, Toru Misawa
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505(3), 3635, 29 May 2021, Refereed

Origin of Weak Mg II and Higher-ionization Absorption Lines in Outflows from Intermediate-redshift Dwarf Galaxies
Akimi Fujita, Toru Misawa, Jane C. Charlton, Avery Meiksin, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
The Astrophysical Journal, 909, article id. 157, 15 Mar. 2021, Refereed

Search for intrinsic NALs in BAL/mini-BAL quasar spectra
Daisuke Itoh, Toru Misawa, Takashi Horiuchi, Kentaro Aoki
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 499, 3094–3110, 21 Sep. 2020, Refereed

Three-dimensional Distribution Map of H I Gas and Galaxies around an Enormous Lyα Nebula and Three QSOs at z = 2.3 Revealed by the H I Tomographic Mapping Technique
S. Mukae, M. Ouchi, Z. Cai, K.-G. Lee, J. X. Prochaska, S. Cantalupo, Y. Ono, Z. Zheng, K. Nagamine, N. Suzuki, J. D. Silverman, T. Misawa, A. K. Inoue, J. F. Hennawi, Y. Matsuda, K. Mawatari, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal, 896, article id.45, 11 Jun. 2020, Refereed

A Comparison of Properties of Quasars with and without Rapid Broad Absorption Line Variability
Takashi Horiuchi, Tomoki Morokuma, Toru Misawa, Hidekazu Hanayama, Toshihiro Kawaguchi
The Astronomical Journal, 159, 237, 27 Apr. 2020, Refereed

The effect of our local motion on the Sandage–Loeb test of the cosmic expansion
Takuya Inoue, Eiichiro Komatsu, Wako Aoki, Takeshi Chiba, Toru Misawa, Tomonori Usuda
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 72, L1, 23 Dec. 2019, Refereed

The WISSH quasars project VI. Fraction and properties of BAL quasars in the hyper-luminosity regime
G. Bruni, E. Piconcelli, T. Misawa, L. Zappacosta, F. G. Saturni, G. Vietri, C. Vignali, A. Bongiorno, F. Duras, C. Feruglio, F. Tombesi, F. Fiore
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 630, A111, 30 Sep. 2019, Refereed

Probing quasar winds using intrinsic narrow absorption lines
Chris Culliton, Jane Charlton, Mike Eracleous, Rajib Ganguly, Toru Misawa
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(4), 4690, 07 Aug. 2019, Refereed

Direct Measurement of Quasar Outflow Wind Acceleration
Toru Misawa, Michael Eracleous, Jane C. Charlton, Nobunari Kashikawa
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 870(2), article id.68, 09 Jan. 2019, Refereed

Spectroscopic Observations of the Outflowing Wind in the Lensed Quasar SDSS J1001+5027
Toru Misawa, Naohisa Inada, Masamune Oguri, Jane C. Charlton, Michael Eracleous, Suzuka Koyamada, Daisuke Itoh
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 854(1), article id.69, 13 Feb. 2018, Refereed

Discovery of Strong Balmer Line Absorption in Two Luminous LoBAL Quasars at z ~ 1.5
Andreas Schulze, Toru Misawa, Wenwen Zuo, Xue-Bing Wu
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 853(2), article id.167, 05 Feb. 2018, Refereed

Resolving the Internal Structure of Circumgalactic Medium Using Gravitationally Lensed Quasars
Suzuka Koyamada, Toru Misawa, Naohisa Inada, Masamune Oguri, Nobunari Kashikawa, Katsuya Okoshi
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 851(2), article id.88, 15 Dec. 2017, Refereed

Multi-Sightline Observation of Narrow Absorption Lines in Lensed Quasar SDSS J1029+2623
Toru Misawa, Cristian Saez, Jane C. Charlton, Michael Eracleous, George Chartas, Franz E. Bauer, Naohisa Inada, Hisakazu Uchiyama
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 825(1), article id.25, 27 Jun. 2016, Refereed

The Wide-angle Outflow of the Lensed z = 1.51 AGN HS 0810+2554
G. Chartas, M. Cappi, F. Hamann, M. Eracleous, S. Strickland, M. Giustini, T. Misawa
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 824(1), article id. 53, 10 Jun. 2016, Refereed

Optical variability properties of mini-BAL and NAL quasars
Takashi Horiuchi, Toru Misawa, Tomoki Morokuma, Suzuka Koyamada, Kazuma Takahashi, Hisashi Wada
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 68(4), article id.48, 16 May 2016, Refereed

Resolving the Clumpy Structure of the Outflow Winds in the Gravitationally Lensed Quasar SDSS J1029+2623
Toru Misawa, Naohisa Inada, Masamune Oguri, Poshak Gandhi, Takashi Horiuchi, Suzuka Koyamada, Rina Okamoto
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS, 794(2), article id. L20, 01 Oct. 2014, Refereed

The UVES Large Program for testing fundamental physics - III. Constraints on the fine-structure constant from three telescopes
T. M. Evans, M. T. Murphy, J. B. Whitmore, T. Misawa, M. Centurion, S. D'Odorico, S. Lopez, C. J. A. P. Martins, P. Molaro, P. Petitjean, H. Rahmani, R. Srianand, M. Wendt
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445, 128-150, 23 Sep. 2014, Refereed

Monitoring the Variability of Intrinsic Absorption Lines in Quasar Spectra
T. Misawa, J. C. Charlton, M. Eracleous
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 792(1), article id. 77, 18 Aug. 2014, Refereed

The COS/UVES Absorption Survey of the Magellanic Stream. III: Ionization, Total Mass, and Inflow Rate onto the Milky Way
A. J. Fox, B. P. Wakker, K. A. Barger, A. K. Hernandez, P. Richter, N. Lehner, J. Bland-Hawthorn, J. C. Charlton, T. Westmeier, C. Thom, J. Tumlinson, T. Misawa, J. C. Howk, L. M. Haffner, J. Ely, P. Rodriguez-Hidalgo, N. Kumari
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 787, article id. 147, 13 May 2014, Refereed

Magnified Views of the Ultrafast Outflow of the z = 1.51 Active Galactic Nucleus HS 0810+2554
G. Chartas, F. Hamann, M. Eracleous, T. Misawa, M. Cappi, M. Giustini, J. C. Charlton, M. Marvin
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 783, article id. 57, 13 Feb. 2014, Refereed

Extended Lyα Emission from a Damped Lyα Absorber at z = 3.115
N. Kashikawa, T. Misawa, Y. Minowa, K. Okoshi, T. Hattori, J. Toshikawa, S. Ishikawa, M. Onoue
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 780, article id. 116, 16 Dec. 2013, Refereed

A census of quasar-intrinsic absorption in the Hubble Space Telescope archive: systems from high-resolution echelle spectra
R. Ganguly, R. S. Lynch, J. C. Charlton, M. Eracleous, T. M. Tripp, C. Palma, K. R. Sembach, T. Misawa, J. R. Masiero, N. Milutinovic, B. D. Lackey, T. M. Jones
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435, 1233-1264, Oct. 2013, Refereed

Modeling Line-Driven Disk Wind for Broad Absorption Lines of Quasars
M. Nomura, K. Ohsuga, K. Wada, H. Susa, T. Misawa
Publications of theAstronomical Society of Japan, 65(2), Article No.40, Apr. 2013, Refereed

Spectroscopy along Multiple, Lensed Sight Lines through Outflowing Winds in the Quasar SDSS J1029+2623
T. Misawa, N. Inada, K. Ohsuga, P. Gandhi, R. Takahashi, M. Oguri
Astronomical Journal, 145, article id. 48, Jan. 2013, Refereed

The Physical Conditions of the Intrinsic N V Narrow Absorption Line Systems of Three Quasars
J. Wu, J. C. Charlton,T. Misawa, M. Eracleous,R. Ganguly
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 722, 997-1012, Oct. 2010, Refereed

A Spectropolarimetric Test of the Structure ofthe Intrinsic Absorbers in the Quasar HS 1603+3820
T. Misawa,K. S. Kawabata, M. Eracleous, J. C. Charlton, N. Kashikawa
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 719, 1890-1895, Aug. 2010, Refereed

A Bare Molecular Cloud at z ~ 0.45
T. M. Jones, T. Misawa, J. C. Charlton, A. C. Mshar, G. J. Ferland
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 715, 1497-1507, Jun. 2010, Refereed

Identification of New Near-Infrared DIBs in the Orion Nebula
T. Misawa, P. Gandhi, A. Hida, T. Tamagawa, T. Yamaguchi
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 700, 1988-1993, Aug. 2009, Refereed

High velocity outflows in narrow absorption line quasars
G. Chartas, J. Charlton, M. Eracleous, M. Giustini, P. Rodriguez Hidalgo, R. Ganguly, F. Hamann, T. Misawa, D. Tytler
New Astronomy Reviews, 53, 128-132, 01 Jul. 2009, Refereed

The Magellanic Bridge as a Damped Lyman Alpha System: Physical Properties of Cold Gas Toward PKS0312-770
T. Misawa, J. C. Charlton, H. A. Kobulnicky, B. P. Wakker, J. Bland-Hawthorn
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 695, 1382-1398, Apr. 2009, Refereed

The Chemical and Ionization Conditions in Weak Mg II Absorbers
A. Narayanan, J. C. Charlton, T. Misawa, R. E. Green, T.-S. Kim
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 689, 782-815, Dec. 2008, Refereed

Super-Solar Metallicity in Weak Mg II Absorption Systems at z~1.7
T. Misawa, J. C. Charlton,A. Narayanan
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 679, 220-238, May 2008, Refereed

Exploratory Study of the X-Ray Properties of Quasars with Intrinsic Narrow Absorption Lines
T. Misawa, M. Eracleous, G. Chartas, J. C. Charlton
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 677, 863-879, Apr. 2008, Refereed

Spectroscopic Analysis of H I Absorption Line Systems in 40 HIRES Quasars
T. Misawa, D. Tytler, M. Iye, D. Kirkman, N.Suzuki,D. Lubin, N. Kashikawa
Astronomical Journal, 134, 1634-1654, Dec. 2007, Refereed

A Catalog of Absorption Lines in Eight HST/STIS E230M 1.0N. Milutinovic, T. Misawa, R. S. Lynch, J. R. Masiero, C. Palma, J. C. Charlton,D. Kirkman, S. Bockenhauer, D. Tytler
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 382, 1094-1104, Oct. 2007, Refereed

The Habitat Segregation between Lyman Break Galaxies and Lyman alphaEmitters around a QSO at z~5
N. Kashikawa, T. Kitayama, M. Doi, T. Misawa, Y. Komiyama, K. Ota
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 663, 765-773, Jul. 2007, Refereed

A Census ofIntrinsic Narrow Absorption Linesin the Spectra of Quasars at z=2-4
T. Misawa, J.C. Charlton, M. Eracleous, R. Ganguly, D. Tytler, D. Kirkman, N. Suzuki, D. Lubin
Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 171, 1-28, Jul. 2007, Refereed

A Surveyof Weak Mg II Absorbers at 0.4A. Narayanan, T. Misawa, J. C. Charlton, T.-S. Kim
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 660, 1093-1105, May 2007, Refereed

Results of Monitoring the Dramatically Variable C IV Mini-BAL System in the Quasar HS 1603+3820
T. Misawa, M. Eracleous, J.C.Charlton,N. Kashikawa
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 660, 152-166, May 2007, Refereed

The Advantage of Increased Resolutionin theStudy of Quasar Absorption Systems
A. Narayanan, T. Misawa, J.C. Charlton, R. Ganguly
Astronomical Journal, 132, 2099-2113, Nov. 2006, Refereed

Near-Infrared Search for CIVAbsorption Counterparts alongthe Line-of-sights to Pair Quasars
T. Misawa, N. Kashikawa, Y. Ohyama, T. Hashimoto, M. Iye
Astronomical Journal, 131, 34-40, Jan. 2006, Refereed

Time-Variable Complex Metal Absorption Lines in the Quasar HS 1603+3820
T. Misawa, M. Eracleous, J.C. Charlton, A. Tajitsu
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 629, 115-130, Aug. 2005, Refereed

HI Gas in Higher Density Regions of the Intergalactic Medium
T. Misawa, D. Tytler, M. Iye, P. Paschos,M. Norman, D. Kirkman, J. O'Meara, N. Suzuki, N. Kashikawa
Astronomical Journal, 128, 2954-2961, Dec. 2004, Refereed

Subaru High Resolution Spectroscopy of Complex Metal Absorption Lines of QSO HS1603+3820
T. Misawa, T. Yamada, M. Takada-Hidai, Y. Wang, N. Kashikawa, M. Iye, I. Tanaka
Astronomical Journal, 125, 1336-1344, Mar. 2003, Refereed

C IV and other Metal Absorption Line Systems in 18 z=4 Quasars
T. Misawa, D. Tytler, M. Iye,L.J. Storrie-Lombardi, N. Suzuki, A.M. Wolfe
Astronomical Journal, 123, 1847-1863, Apr. 2002, Refereed

Luminosity versus Phase-Space-Density Relation of Galaxies Revisited
K. Kodaira,N. Kashikawa, T. Misawa
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 531, 665-675, Mar. 2000, Refereed

Monitoring of a Dramatically Variable C IV Mini-BAL in the Quasar HS1603+3820
T. Misawa, M. Eracleous, J.C. Charlton, N. Kashikawa
209th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 08 Jan. 2007, the American Astronomical Society

A Census of Intrinsic Narrow Absorption Lines at z ~3.0
T. Misawa, J.C. Charlton, M. Eracleous, R. Ganguly, D. Tytler, D. Kirkman, N. Suzuki,D. Lubin
207th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 09 Jan. 2006, the American Astronomical Society

Time-Variable Complex Metal Absorption Lines in theQuasar HS1603+3820
T. Misawa, M. Eracleous, J.C. Charlton, A. Tajitsu
205th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 13 Jan. 2005, the American Astronomical Society

A Census of Intrinsic Narrow Absorption Lines at z ~ 3.0
T. Misawa, M. Eracleous, J.C. Charlton,R. Ganguly, D. Tytler, D. Kirkman, J. O'Meara, N. Suzuki, D. Lubin
203rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 07 Jan. 2004, the American Astronomical Society

Dynamics
Shinshu University

Astronomy in daily life
Shinshu University

Electromagnetism
Shinshu University

An Introduction to Observational Astronomy
Shinshu University

Dec. 2004 - Mar. 2008
American Astronomical Society

Mar. 1999
Astronomical Society of Japan

Mar. 2006
International Astronomical Union

Statistical analysis of metal absorption line

Correlation between metal absorption lines and galaxies

Geometrical structure of active galactic nuclei

Search for carbon clusters in the interstellarregion