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HAMIDANI, Hamid Associate Professor

HAMIDANI, Hamid Associate Professor

Affiliation:

Department of Media Architecture

Research Fields

Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computational Astrophysics

Academic Background

Tohoku University

Subjects in Charge (Undergraduate)

Data Science Exercise

Degree

Ph.D. (Science)

Message for Students

Information science allows us not only to create things, but also to understand the mysteries of the Universe, its scale, and its past and future.

Research Contents

I am a computational astrophysicist who studies the mysteries of the universe and complex, catastrophic events using computer science and simulations.

Attractive Factors of My Research

Allows for exploring the mysteries of the universe on a scale beyond imagination.

Achievement

Developed mathematical models of jets in gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful stellar explosions in the universe, based on computer science, physics, and mathematics.

Major Books and Papers

  • Hamidani, H., Ioka, K, Kashiyama, K., Tanaka, M., “Gamma-Ray Burst Jets in Circumstellar Material: Dynamics, Breakout, and Diversity of Transients”, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 988, 30, July 2025, (DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/addd13)
  • Hamidani, H., Sato, Y., Kashiyama, K., Tanaka, M., Ioka, K., Kimura, S., S., “EP240414a: A Gamma-Ray Burst Jet Weakened by an Extended Circumstellar Material”, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 986, L4, June 2025, (DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/add99d)
  • Hamidani, H., Kimura, S., S., Tanaka, M., Ioka, K., “Late Engine Activity in Neutron Star Mergers and Its Cocoon: An Alternative Scenario for the Blue Kilonova”, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 963, 22 pp., March 2024, (DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad20d0)
  • Hamidani, H., Kiuchi, K., Ioka, K., “Jet propagation in neutron star mergers and GW170817”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 491, issue 3, pp. 3192– 3216, January 2020, (DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz3231)