Welcome to Chiba's World

Prof. Masashi Chiba
Astronomical Institute
Tohoku University
Sendai 980-8578
Japan
Phone: 022-795-6505
Fax: 022-795-6513
Email: *_at_astr.tohoku.ac.jp (* = chiba)

Research Activity

Research Interests ("Wasted Time")

Galaxy formation and evolution, Galactic archaeology,
Dark matter in galaxies, Observational cosmology
Articles in Japanese ("The Last Resort")

Pioneering Galactic Archaeology and Future Prospects (2022), Probing the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies with HSC (2019), Galactic Archaeology (2008), Cold Dark Matter (2005), Galactic Magnetic Field (1992)
銀河系の端が見えてきた！ (2020), HSCが拓く銀河系と近傍宇宙 (2019), TMTによる近傍宇宙サイエンス (2018)
CV_jap, CV_eng ("Life in the Fast Lane")
Recent Publications: ADS ("Take It Easy")
Press Release ("Take It To The Limit")

2007, 2010, 2016 (jap, eng), 2017,
2019a (jap, eng), 2019b (jap, eng)
TMT x Tohoku Univ Science Cafe in 2017: YouTube ("The Sad Cafe")
Text Books in Japanese: Site ("The Long Run")
Lens_you: *.zip file

Lecture Notes

MOOC (受講期間限定)
Sokendai Lecture 2020
Lecture on Near-field Cosmology/Galactic Archaeology 2024
Physics of Galaxies and the Universe II 2024 (銀河宇宙物理学II 2024)
Astronomy 2020 (3セメ天文学2020)
Research Subjects for Undergraduates

Other Activities

Essays in a local news paper 2008 - 2009

2008_0402, 2008_0604, 2008_0730, 2008_0924, 2008_1119, 2009_0121, 2009_0318

Link

How to get to Sendai from Narita Airport
Astronomical Picture of the Day
Astronomy preprints in astro-ph
Subaru Telescope
Hubble site
Gravitational Lensing Homepage
Gravitational Lens Data Base
An Atlas of The Universe