Annual Report of the NAOJ Volume 17 Fiscal 2014

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• Table of Contents
• Preface
• I Scientific Highlights
  1. Solar Rotation Inferred from Radial Velocities of the Sun-as-a-Star during the 2012 May 21 Eclipse
  2. The Opposition Effect of the Asteroid 4 Vesta
  3. Lightcurve Survey of V-Type Asteroids in the Inner Asteroid Belt
  4. Near-Infrared Circular Polarization Survey in Star-Forming Regions: Correlations and Trends
  5. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of M Dwarfs. I. CO Molecule as an Abundance Indicator of Carbon
  6. Coronal Mass Ejections Observed at the Total Solar Eclipse on 13 November 2012
  7. Mare Volcanism: Reinterpretation Based on Kaguya Lunar Radar Sounder Data
  8. Statistical Analysis of the Horizontal Divergent Flow in Emerging Solar Active Regions
  9. Energy Diagnostics of Nearby Luminous Infrared Galaxies Using ALMA
  10. Growth Process of a Protostellar Binary Revealed with ALMA
  11. Gas Kinematics of Lyman α Emitters at z ~ 2.2
  12. High-Speed Fluid Dynamics in Magnetic Reconnection in a Low-β Plasma
  13. Structure and Mass of Filamentary Isothermal Cloud Threaded by Lateral Magnetic Field
  14. Two γ-Ray Bursts from Dusty Regions with Little Molecular Gas
  15. Fine Strand-Like Structure in the Solar Corona from Magnetohydrodynamic Transverse Oscillations
  16. Formation of Carbon Grains in Red-Supergiant Winds of Very Massive Population III Stars
  17. Origins of Large Amounts of Dust Grains and Unusual Extinction Curves in High-Redshift Dusty Quasars
  18. Waves and Electron Heating in the Reconnection Separatrix Regions
  19. Explosive Lithium Production in the Classical Nova V339 Del
  20. Discovery of Dramatic Optical Variability in a Possible Radio-Loud Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy
  21. Universal Profiles of the Intracluster Medium from Suzaku X-Ray and Subaru Weak Lensing Obesrvations
  22. Spectrum of Gamma-Ray Burst’s Afterglow Indicates the Beginning of the Reionization Process
  23. Pitch Angle of Galactic Spiral Arms
  24. Identification of the Progenitors of Rich Clusters and Member Galaxies in Rapid Formation at z >2
  25. An Early Phase of Environmental Effects on Galaxy Properties Unveiled by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Protocluster Galaxies at z >2
  26. Visible-Wavelength Spectroscopy of Subkilometer-Sized Near-Earth Asteroids with a Low Delta-ν
  27. Mapping Observations of the Continuum Emission in Orion KL with ALMA
  28. VERA and ALMA Observations of the Maser Burst in Orion KL
  29. Evidence fot a Gas-Rich Major Merger in a Proto-cluster at z = 2.5
  30. Near-Infrared Brightness of the Galilean Satellites Eclipsed in Jovian Shadow: A New Technique to Investigate Jovian Upper Atmosphere
  31. Discovery of Extended Ionized Clouds in a Cluster of Galaxies at z ~ 0.4
  32. Rapid Change of the Plasma Tail of C/2013 R1(Lovejoy)
  33. Studying Near-Infrared Extragalactic Background with the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment-2 (CIBER-2)
  34. A Study on the Methyl Formate in Its Ground and Torsional Excited State Toward Orion KL Using ALMA Sceience Verification Data
  35. Discovery of a Disk Gap Candidate at 20 AU in TW Hya
  36. Revised Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis with Exotic Dark Matter Particle: Detailed Quantum Mechanical Calculation
  37. Asymmetric Neutrino Emission from Magnetized Proto-Neutron Stars: Effects of Absorption Cross-Sections in Iso-Entropical Conditions
  38. Cosmological Solutions to the Big-Bang Lithium Problem: Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis with Photon Cooling, X-Particle Decay and a Primordial Magnetic Field
  39. Supernova Nucleosynthesis of ²⁶Al and Nuclear Structure of ²⁶Si
  40. Accelerated Evolution of the Lyα Luminosity Function at z ≳ 7 Revealed by the Subaru Ultra-Deep Survey
  41. Opacity of Fluffy Dust Aggregates
  42. Survey Observations of Geosynchronous Orbit Objects and Short-Term Variability Observations Using the Time-Delay Integration Method
  43. Statistical Analysis of Current Helicity and Twist in Solar Active Regions over the Phases of the Solar Cycle Using the Spectro-Polarimeter Data of Hinode
  44. Developments of Wide Field Millimeter/Submillimeter Instruments
  45. The Gas Inflow and Outflow Rate in Star-Forming Galaxies at z ~ 1.4
  46. Enhancement of CO(3.2)/CO(1.0) Ratios and Star Formation Efficiencies in Supergiant HII Regions
  47. Witness of Gas Infall and Outflow in the Young Starburst Dwarf Galaxy NGC 52
  48. Unresolved Mixed Polarity Magnetic Fields at Flux Cancellation Site in Solar Photosphere at 0". 3 Spatial Resolution
  49. The First Very Long Baseline Interferometry Image of a 44 GHz Methanol Maser with the KVN and VERA Array (KaVA)
  50. Torus-Fitting Method in Two-Dimensional Galactic Potentials
  51. Discovery of Star Formation in the Extreme Outer Galaxy Possibly Induced by a High-Velocity Cloud Impact
  52. Discovery of a Rich Galaxy Cluster Candidate at z = 1.52
  53. A Chemical Signature of First-Generation Very-Massive Stars
  54. The Moment Approach for Resolving the Orbital Elements of Astrometric Binaries: Possible Application to Cygnus X-1
  55. Photospheric Flow Field Related to the Evolution of the Sun’s Polar Magnetic Patches Observed by Hinode SOT
  56. ALMA Observation of 158 μm [CII] Line and Dust Continuum of a z = 7 Normally Star-Forming Galaxy in the Epoch of Reionization
  57. KVN and VERA Array (KaVA) Observations of Bright AGN Jets
  58. Photospheric Properties of Warm EUV Loops and Hot X-Ray Loops
  59. Toward the Inversion of the Scattering Polarization and the Hanle Effect in the Hydrogen Lyα Line
  60. Sterile Neutrino Oscillations in Core-Collapse Supernova Simulations
  61. Supernova Relic Neutrinos and the Supernova Rate Problem: Analysis of Uncertainties and the Role of Failed Supernovae
  62. The In-Medium Effects on the Neutrino Reaction in Dense Matter
  63. Induced Amino Acid Chirality from Strong Magnetic Fields in Interstellar Environments
  64. Neutrino Magnetic Moment, CP Violation and Flavor Oscillations in Matter
  65. Neutrino Oscillation and Nucleosynthesis in Core-Collapse Supernova Explosion
  66. Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectro-Polarimeter Design for Precise Polarization Measurements
  67. Evidence of Electron Acceleration around the Reconnection X-point in a Solar Flare
• II Status Reports of Research Activities
• III Organization
• IV Finance
• V KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)
• VI Research Collaboration
• VII Graduate Course Education
• VIII Public Access to Facilities
• IX Overseas Travel
• X Award Winners
• XI Library, Publications
• XII Important Dates
• XIII Publications, Presentations

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