Tomoharu Kurayama

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Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of School Education, Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Teikyo University of Science

Researcher number: 90425405
J-GLOBAL ID: 202301014459849687
researchmap Member ID: R000046650

Research Interests

Research Areas

Natural sciences / Astronomy /

Research History

Apr, 2017 - Present

Associate Professor, Department of School Education, Faculty of Child Science & Education, Teikyo University of Science
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2017

Lecturer, Department of School Education, Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Teikyo University of Science
Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2016

Lecturer, Center for Fundamental Education, Teikyo University of Science
Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2012

Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University
Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2009

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Apr, 2005 - Mar, 2008

Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Education

Apr, 2000 - Mar, 2005

Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 1996 - Mar, 2000

Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo

Awards

Mar, 2015

PASJ Excellent Paper Award, Fundamental Parameters of the Milky Way Galaxy Based on VLBI Astrometry, Astronomical Society of Japan

Mareki Honma, Takumi Nagayama, Kazuma Ando, Takeshi Bushimata, Yoon Kyung Choi, Toshihiro Handa, Tomoya Hirota, Hiroshi Imai, Takaaki Jike, Mi Kyoung Kim, Osamu Kameya, Noriyuki Kawaguchi, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Tomoharu Kurayama, Seisuke Kuji, Naoko Matsumoto, Seiji Manabe, Takeshi Miyaji, Kazuhito Motogi, Akiharu Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Kotaro Niinuma, Chung Sik Oh, Toshihiro Omodaka, Tomoaki Oyama, Nobuyuki Sakai, Katsuhisa Sato, Mayumi Sato, Katsunori M. Shibata, Satoshi Shiozaki, Kazuyoshi Sunada, Yoshiaki Tamura, Yuji Ueno, Aya Yamauchi

Papers

The Development and Evaluation of New Teaching Materials for Learning about Crystal Lattice Structures Using Springs Made of Ti-Ni Shape Memory Alloy

Kazuhiro KITAMURA, Mamoru KOIKE, Tomoharu KURAYAMA, Kiyofumi YAMAGIWA

Journal of Research in Science Education, 64(3) 249-263, Mar 31, 2024
Astrometric VLBI observations of H2O masers in an extreme OH/IR star candidate NSV 17351

Akiharu Nakagawa, Atsushi Morita, Nobuyuki Sakai, Tomoharu Kurayama, Hiroshi Sudou, Gabor Orosz, Akito Yuda, Daichi Kaseda, Masako Matsuno, Shota Hamada …

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 75(3) 529-545, Apr 17, 2023 Peer-reviewed
East Asian VLBI Network astrometry toward the extreme outer Galaxy: Kinematic distance with the proper motion of G034.84−00.95

Nobuyuki Sakai, Bo Zhang, Shuangjing Xu, Daisuke Sakai, Yoshiaki Tamura, Takaaki Jike, Taehyun Jung, Chungsik Oh, Jeong-Sook Kim, Noriyuki Kawaguchi …

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 75(1) 208-224, Dec 16, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Study on Development of Teaching Materials to Understand the Causes of Buoyancy Correctly

Journal of educational research and teacher development, Teikyo University of Science, 8(1) 1-15, Oct 31, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Study on Development of Accelerometers to Understand the Newton’s Second Law through Experiments

Journal of educational research and teacher development, Teikyo University of Science, 8(1) 17-30, Oct 31, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Study on Development of Obliquely Launched Projectile Experiment Teaching Materials to Understand Theory with Experiments

Journal of educational research and teacher development, Teikyo University of Science, 7(2) 1-12, Mar 31, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Study on Development of Experimental Teaching Materials to Understand the Principle of Cloud Formation

Journal of educational research and teacher development, Teikyo University of Science, 7(2) 13-29, Mar 31, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Research on Development and Utilization of Chemical Equilibrium : Teaching Materials Using the Energy Concept

Journal of educational research and teacher development, Teikyo University of Science, 7(1) 1-13, Oct 31, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Development of Model Teaching Material to Learn a Pulse by Learning Longitudinal Wave : Attempt to Understand Life Activity by Energy Transfer

Journal of educational research and teacher development, Teikyo University of Science, 6(2) 13-23, Mar 31, 2021 Peer-reviewed
A Study on Roberval’s balance as a Teaching Material for Mechanics: Practice Evidence from Upper Secondary school Physics Class

Journal of educational research and teacher development, Teikyo University of Science, 6(1) 1-12, Nov 30, 2020 Peer-reviewed
VEDA: VERA data analysis software for VLBI phase-referencing astrometry

Takumi Nagayama, Tomoya Hirota, Mareki Honma, Tomoharu Kurayama, Yuuki Adachi, Yoshiaki Tamura, Yukitoshi Kanya

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 72(4) 51, May 29, 2020
Development of a Teaching Material to Foster Understanding of the Concept of Convection by Linking Temperature Difference and Movement: Based on a Fourth-Grade Elementary School Science Class

KOIKE Mamoru, TAKAHASHI Hiroto, MATSUMOTO Marina, KAMIYAMA Riku, KURAYAMA Tomoharu, OHINATA Hiroshi

Journal of Research in Science Education, 60(2) 347-359, Nov 29, 2019
Development of Sundial Application that can be Utilized in Astronomy Learning: With a Science Class at Lower Secondary School

KOIKE Mamoru, OBATA Naoki, SATO Hiroki, KURAYAMA Tomoharu

Journal of Research in Science Education, 59(2) 253-264, Nov 30, 2018
Astrometric VLBI Observations of the Galactic LPVs, Miras, and OH/IR stars

Akiharu Nakagawa, Tomoharu Kurayama, Gabor Orosz, Ross A. Burns, Tomoaki Oyama, Takumi Nagayama, Takashi Miyata, Mamoru Sekido, Junichi Baba, Kiichi Wada

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 13(S336) 365-368, Sep, 2017
Development of a Sundial Simulator for School Education

KOIKE Mamoru, SUZUKI Yoshinao, YANAGI Syungo, KURAYAMA Tomoharu, KAWASAKI Masato, TAKATSUTO Suguru

Journal of Science Education in Japan, 41(2) 230-245, 2017
SiO MASERS AROUND WX PSC MAPPED WITH THE KVN AND VERA ARRAY (KaVA)

Youngjoo Yun, Se-Hyung Cho, Hiroshi Imai, Jaeheon Kim, Yoshiharu Asaki, James O. Chibueze, Yoon Kyung Choi, Richard Dodson, Dong-Jin Kim, Kozue Kusuno …

The Astrophysical Journal, 822(1) 3, Apr 25, 2016
Annual parallax measurements of a Mira variable star, U Lyncis

Tatsuya Kamezaki, Akiharu Nakagawa, Toshihiro Omodaka, Toshihiro Handa, Kan-ichiro Inoue, Tomoharu Kurayama, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Takumi Nagayama, Yuji Ueno

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 68(5) 71, Jun 2, 2015
Astrometry of Galactic star-forming regions G48.99−0.30 and G49.19−0.34 with VERA: Astrometric accuracy verification of VERA

Takumi Nagayama, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Toshihiro Omodaka, Yasuhiro Murata, Ross A. Burns, Mareki Honma, Tomoharu Kurayama, Akiharu Nakagawa, Tomoaki Oyama, Yoshiaki Tamura …

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 67(4) 65, Dec 30, 2014
Annual parallax measurements of a semi-regular variable star, RW Leporis: Special Feature : Recent Results from VERA

66(6) 107, Dec 1, 2014
ASTROMETRY AND SPATIO-KINEMATICS OF H2O MASERS IN THE MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGION NGC 6334I(NORTH) WITH VERA

James O. Chibueze, Toshihiro Omodaka, Toshihiro Handa, Hiroshi Imai, Tomoharu Kurayama, Takumi Nagayama, Kazuyoshi Sunada, Makoto Nakano, Tomoya Hirota, Mareki Honma

The Astrophysical Journal, 784(2) 114, Mar 12, 2014

Misc.

Annual parallax measurement of a Mira variable star BX Cam with VERA

Masako Matsuno, Akiharu Nakagawa, Atsushi Morita, Tomoharu Kurayama, Toshihiro Omodaka, Takumi Nagayama, Mareki Honma, Katsunori M Shibata, Yuji Ueno, Takaaki Jike …

72(4) 56, Mar 6, 2020
The First VERA Astrometry Catalog

VERA collaboration, Tomoya Hirota, Takumi Nagayama, Mareki Honma, Yuuki Adachi, Ross A. Burns, James O. Chibueze, Yoon Kyung Choi, Kazuya Hachisuka, Kazuhiro Hada …

72(4) 50, Feb 8, 2020
Vertical Structure and Kinematics of the Galactic Outer Disk

Nobuyuki Sakai, Takumi Nagayama, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Nagito Koide, Tomoharu Kurayama, Natsuko Izumi, Tomoya Hirota, Toshihiro Yoshida, Katsunori M. Shibata, Mareki Honma

72(4) 53, Oct 17, 2019
Outer rotation curve of the Galaxy with VERA IV: Astrometry of IRAS 01123+6430 and the possibility of cloud-cloud collision

Nagito Koide, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Nobuyuki Sakai, Asao Habe, Kazuhiro Shima, Tomoharu Kurayama, Mitsuhiro Matsuo, Daisuke Tezuka, Kohei Kurahara, Saeko Ueno …

Sep 22, 2019
Parallax of a Mira variable R Ursae Majoris studied with astrometric VLBI

Akiharu Nakagawa, Tomoharu Kurayama, Makoto Matsui, Toshihiro Omodaka, Mareki Honma, Katsunori M Shibata, Katsuhisa Sato, Takaaki Jike

68(5) 78, Jul 5, 2016
Outer Rotation Curve of the Galaxy with VERA III: Astrometry of IRAS 07427-2400 and Test of the Density-Wave Theory

Nobuyuki Sakai, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Mitsuhiro Matsuo, Nagito Koide, Daisuke Tezuka, Tomoharu Kurayama, Katsunori M. Shibata, Yuji Ueno, Mareki Honma

67(4) 69, May 13, 2015
Outer Rotation Curve of the Galaxy with VERA II: Annual Parallax and Proper Motion of the Star-Forming Region IRAS21379+5106

Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Nobuyuki Sakai, Tomoharu Kurayama, Mitsuhiro Matsuo, Hiroshi Imai, Ross A. Burns, Takeaki Ozawa, Mareki Honma, Katsunori Shibata, Noriyuki Kawaguchi

67(4) 68, Mar 25, 2015
VLBI observations of bright AGN jets with KVN and VERA Array (KaVA): Evaluation of Imaging Capability

Kotaro Niinuma, Sang-Sung Lee, Motoki Kino, Bong Won Sohn, Kazunori Akiyama, Guang-Yao Zhao, Satoko Sawada-Satoh, Sascha Trippe, Kazuhiro Hada, Taehyun Jung …

66(6) 103, Jun 17, 2014
Trigonometric Parallax of IRAS 22555+6213 with VERA: 3-Dimensional View of Sources Along the Same Line of Sight

James O. Chibueze, Hirofumi Sakanoue, Takumi Nagayama, Toshihiro Omodaka, Toshihiro Handa, Tatsuya Kamezaki, Ross Burns, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Mareki Honma …

Jun 11, 2014
The First Very Long Baseline Interferometry Image of 44 GHz Methanol Maser with the KVN and VERA Array (KaVA)

Naoko Matsumoto, Tomoya Hirota, Koichiro Sugiyama, Kee-Tae Kim, Mikyoung Kim, Do-Young Byun, Taehyun Jung, James O. Chibueze, Mareki Honma, Osamu Kameya …

789(1) L1, Jun 9, 2014
Properties of Intrinsic Polarization Angle Ambiguities in Faraday Tomography

Kohei Kumazaki, Takuya Akahori, Shinsuke Ideguchi, Tomoharu Kurayama, Keitaro Takahashi

Feb 4, 2014
VLBI Observation of Microquasar Cyg X-3 during an X-ray State Transition from Soft to Hard in the 2007 May-June Flare

Jeong-Sook Kim, Soon-Wook Kim, Tomoharu Kurayama, Mareki Honma, Tetsuo Sasao, Sang Joon Kim

Jul 4, 2013
Evolution of the Water Maser Expanding Shell in W75N VLA 2

Jeong-Sook Kim, Soon-Wook Kim, Tomoharu Kurayama, Mareki Honma, Tesuo Sasao, Gabriele Surcis, Jorge Canto, Jose M. Torrelles, Sang Joon Kim

767(1) 86, Mar 7, 2013
27aEC-5 Study of Cosmic Magnetism toward the SKA : Development of Faraday Tomography

Akahori T., Kumazaki K., Ideguchi S., Takahashi K., Nakanishi H., Kurayama T.

Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 68.1.2 280, 2013
The outer rotation curve project with VERA: Trigonometric parallax of IRAS 05168+3634

Nobuyuki Sakai, Mareki Honma, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Hirofumi Sakanoue, Tomoharu Kurayama, the VERA collaboration

Nov 29, 2012
Annual Parallax Distance and Secular Motion of the Water Fountain Source IRAS 18286-0959

Hiroshi Imai, Tomoharu Kurayama, Mareki Honma, Takeshi Miyaji

65(2) 28, Nov 27, 2012
Fundamental Parameters of the Milky Way Galaxy Based on VLBI astrometry

Mareki Honma, Takumi Nagayama, Kazuma Ando, Takeshi Bushimata, Yoon Kyung Choi, Toshihiro Handa, Tomoya Hirota, Hiroshi Imai, Takaaki Jike, Mi Kyoung Kim …

64(6) 136, Nov 16, 2012
Pilot VLBI Survey of SiO v=3 J=1--0 Maser Emission around Evolved Stars

Hiroshi Imai, Miyako Oyadomari, Sze Ning Chong, Akiharu Nakagawa, Tomoharu Kurayama, Jun-ichi Nakashima, Naoko Matsumoto, Takumi Nagayama, Tomoaki Oyama, Shota Mizuno …

64(6) L6-1"-"L6-5", Sep 18, 2012
Outer Rotation Curve of the Galaxy with VERA I: Trigonometric parallax of IRAS 05168+3634

Nobuyuki Sakai, Mareki Honma, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Hirofumi Sakanoue, Tomoharu Kurayama, Katsunori M. Shibata, Makoto Shizugami

64(5) 108, Apr 21, 2012
VLBI Astrometry of the Semiregular Variable RX Bootis

Tatsuya Kamezaki, Akiharu Nakagawa, Toshihiro Omodaka, Tomoharu Kurayama, Hiroshi Imai, Daniel Tafoya, Makoto Matsui, Yoshiro Nishida, Takumi Nagayama, Mareki Honma …

64(1) 7, Jan 18, 2012

Teaching Experience

Apr, 2012 - Present

Physics I (Teikyo University of Science)
Oct, 2011 - Mar, 2012

Fundamental Physics B II (Kagoshima University)
Apr, 2011 - Sep, 2011

Space Sciences (Kagoshima University)

Research Projects

Kinematics of the Milky Way Galaxy using accurate astrometric observation of Mira type variables

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2009 - 2010

NAKAGAWA Akiharu, KURAYAMA Tomoharu

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