publication list of Quasar Absorption Line
Selected Publication List
2015
H. Washimi, G. P. Zank, Q. Hu, T. Tanaka, and K. Munakata, "MHD modeling of the outer heliospheric structures around the heliopause", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 809, Issue 16, pp.1-12 (2015)
2014
Y. Nagai, Y. Matsubara, Y. Itow, T. Sako, D. Lopez, Y. Sasai, T.Itow, K. Munakata, C. Kato, M. Kozai, T. Miyazaki, S. Shibata, H. Takamaru, H. Kojima, H. Tsuchiya, K. Watanabe, T. Koi, J. F. Valdes-Galicia, A. Hurtado, O. Musalem, E. Ortiz, L. X. Gonzalez, M. Anzorena, R. Garcia, "First cosmic-ray measurements by the SciCRT solar neutron experiment in Mexico", Astroparticle Physics, 59, 39-46 (2014)
M. Rockenbach, A. Dal Lago, N. J. Schuch, K. Munakata, T. Kuwabara, A. G. Oliveira, E. Echer, C. R. Braga, R. R. S. Mendonca, C. Kato, S. Yasue, M. Tokumaru, J. W. Bieber, P. Evenson, M. L. Duldig, J. E. Humble, H. K. Al Jassar, M. M. Sharma, I. Sabbah, "Global muon detector network used for space weather applications", Space Sci. Rev., 182, 1-18, 2014.
K. Munakata, M. Kozai, C. Kato, J. Kota, "Long term variation of the solar diurnal anisotropy of galactic cosmic rays observed with the Nagoya multi-directional muon detector", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 791, Issue 22, pp.1-16 (2014)
Y. Sasai, Y. Nagai, Y. Itow, Y. Matsubara, T. Sako, D. Lopez, T. Itow, K. Munakata, C. Kato, M. Kozai, T. Miyazaki, S. Shibata, A. Oshima, H. Kojima, H. Tsuchiya, K. Watanabe, T. Koi, J. F. Valdes-Galicia, L. X. Gonzalez, E. Ortiz, O. Musalem, A. Hurtado, R. Garcia, M. Anzorena, "Performance of the SciBar cosmic ray telescope (SciCRT) toward the detection of high-energy solar neutrons in solar cycle 24", Earth, Planets and Space, 66:130, 1-8, 2014.
M. Kozai, K. Munakata, C. Kato, T. Kuwabara, J. W. Bieber, P. Evenson, M. Rockenbach, A. Dal Lago, N. J. Schuch, M. Tokumaru, M. L. Duldig, J. E. Humble, I. Sabbah, H. K. Al Jassar, M. M. Sharma, J. Kota, "The spatial density gradient of galactic cosmic rays and its solar cycle variation observed with the Global Muon Detector Network", Earth, Planets and Space, 66,:151, 1-8, 2014.
2013
M. Amenomori et al., "Probe of the Solar Magnetic Field Using the "Cosmic-Ray Shadow" of the Sun", Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 011101-1~011101-5, 2013.
2012
H. Tsuchiya, K. Hibino, K. Kawata, N. Hotta, N. Tateyama, M. Ohnishi, M. Takita, D. Chen, J. Huang, M. Miyasaka, I. Kondo, E. Takahashi, S. Shimoda, Y. Yamada, H. Lu, J. L. Zhang, X. X. Yu, Y. H. Tan, S. M. Nie, K. Munakata, T. Enoto, and K. Makishima, "Observation of thundercloud-related gamma rays and neutrons in Tibet", Phys. Rev. D, 85, 092006-1~14, 2012.
M. Amenomori et al., "Is the large-scale sidereal anisotropy of the galactic cosmic-ray intensity really instable at TeV energies?", Astroparticle Physics., 36, 237-241, doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.06.005, 2012.
2011
H. Washimi, G. P. Zank, Q. Hu, T. Tanaka, K. Munakata and H. Shinagawa, "Realistic and time-varying outer heliospheric modeling", Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 416, 1475-1485, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19144.x, 2011.
M. Rockenbach, A. Dal Lago, W. D. Gonzalez, K. Munakata, C. Kato, T. Kuwabara, J. W. Bieber, N. J. Schuch, M. L. Duldig, J. E. Humble, H. K. Al Jassar, M. M. Sharma, and I. Sabbah, "Geomagnetic Storm's Precursors Observed from 2001 to 2007 with the Global Muon Detector Network - GMDN", Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L16108-1~4, doi:10.1029/2011GL048556, 2011.
K. Munakata, "Probing the heliosphere with the directional anisotropy of galactic cosmic-ray intensity", Proc. IAU Sympo., 286, 185-194, 2011.
2010
M. Amenomori et al, "Heliospheric signatures seen in the sidereal anisotropy of high-energy galactic cosmic ray intensity", AIP Conf. Proc., 1302, 285-290, 2010.
A. Fushishita, T. Kuwabara, C. Kato, S. Yasue, J.W. Bieber, P. Evenson, M.R. Da Silva, A. Dal Lago, N.J. Schuch, M. Tokumaru, M.L. Duldig, J.E. Humble, I. Sabbah, H.K.Al Jassar, M.M. Sharma, K. Munakata, "Precursors of the Forbush Decrease on 2006 December 14 Observed with the Global Muon Detector Network(GMDN)", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 715, Issue 2, pp.1239-1247 (2010)
K. Munakata, N. Matsumoto, S. Yasue, C. Kato, S. Mori, M. Takita, M.L. Duldig, J.E. Humble, J. Kota, "Sky-Maps of the Sidereal Anisotropy of Galactic Cosmic Ray Intensity and its Energy Dependence", Advances in Geosciences, Volume 21: Solar Terrestrial (ST). Edited by Marc Duldig. Singapore: World Scientific, 2010, p.211
A. Fushishita, T. Narumi, C. Kato, S. Yasue, K. Munakata, Y. Okazaki, T. Kuwabara, J.W. Bieber, P. Evenson, M.R. da Silva, A. Dal Lago, N.J. Schuch, M. Tokumaru, M.L. Duldig, J.E. Humble, I. Sabbah, J. Kota, "Drift Effects and the Average Features of Cosmic Ray Density Gradient in CIRS During Successive Two Solar Minimum Periods" Advances in Geosciences, Volume 21: Solar Terrestrial (ST). Edited by Marc Duldig. Singapore: World Scientific, 2010, p.199
K. Munakata, Y. Mizoguchi, C. Kato, S. Yasue, S. Mori, M. Takita, J. Kota, "Solar Cycle Dependence of the Diurnal Anisotropy of 0.6 TeV Cosmic-ray Intensity Observed with the Matsushiro Underground Muon Detector", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 712, Issue 2, pp.1100-1106 (2010).
2009
T. Kuwabara,J.W. Bieber, P. Evenson, K. Munakata, S. Yasue, C. Kato, A. Fushishita, M. Tokumaru, M.L. Duldig, J.E. Humble, M.R. Silva, A. Dal Lago, N.J. Schuch," Determination of interplanetary coronal mass ejection geometry and orientation from ground-based observations of galactic cosmic rays ", Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 114, Issue A5, CiteID A05109, DOI:10.1029/2008JA013717, 2009(May)
Y. Mizoguchi, K. Munakata, M. Takita and J. Kota, " The sidereal anisotropy of multi-TeV cosmic rays in an expanding Local Interstellar Cloud ", The 31st ICRC, LODZ, 2009
A. Fushishita, K. Munakata, E. Miyasaka, C. Kato, S. Yasue, T. Kuwabara, J.W. Bieber, P. Evenson, M.R. Da Silva, A. Dal Lago, N.J. Schuch, M. Tokumaru, M.L. Duldig, J.E. Humble and I. Sabbah, " Precursors of the forbush decrease on December 14, 2006 observed with the Global Muon Detector Network (GMDN) ", The 31st ICRC, LODZ, 2009
M. Amenomori, et.al., " Large-scale sidereal anisotropy of multi-TeV galactic cosmic rays and the heliosphere ", The 31st ICRC, LODZ, 2009
2008
Y. Okazaki, A. Fushishita, T. Narumi, C. Kato, S. Yasue, T. Kuwabara, J.W. Bieber, P. Evenson, M.R. Da Silva, A. Dal Lago, N.J. Schuch, Z. Fujii, M.L. Duldig, J.E. Humble, I. Sabbah, J. Kota, K. Munakata, " Drift Effects and the Cosmic Ray Density Gradient in a Solar Rotation Period: First Observation with the Global Muon Detector Network (GMDN) ", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 681, Issue 1, pp. 693-707 (2008)
2007
G. Guillian, et.al., " Observation of the Anisotropy of 10 TeV Primary Cosmic Ray Nuclei Flux with the Super-Kamiokande-I Detector ", Phys. Rev. D 75:0620031-1-0620031-17 2007(Mar)
M. Amenomori, et.al., " Implication of the sidereal anisotropy of ~5 TeV cosmic ray intensity observed with the Tibet III air shower array ", AIP Conf. Proc. 932:283-289 2007
2006
M. Amenomori, et.al., " Anisotropy and corotation of galactic cosmic rays ", Science 314:439-443 2006(Oct)
T. Kuwabara, J. W. Bieber, J. Clem, P. Evenson, R. Pyle, K. Munakata, S. Yasue, C. Kato, S. Akahane, M. Koyama, Z. Fujii, M. L. Duldig, J. E. Humble, M. R. Silva, N. B. Trivedi, W. D. Gonzalez and N. J. Schuch, " Real-time cosmic ray monitoring system for space weather ", Space Weather 4:S08001-1-S08001-10 2006(Aug)
M. Amenomori, et.al., " Variation of Sun shadow in the solar cycle 23 observed with the Tibet air shower array ", Adv. Space Res. 38:936-941 2006(Apr)
K. Munakata, S. Yasue, C. Kato, S. Akahane, M. Koyama, S. Mori, A. A. Darwish, H. Tsuchiya, H. Onuma, K. Mizutani, T. Yuda, M. Takita and J. Kota, " On the upper limiting energy of the solar diurnal anisotropy of galactic cosmic ray intensity ", Advances in Geosciences 2:125-134 2006
K. Munakata, S. Yasue, C. Kato, J. Kota, M. Tokumaru, M. Kojima, A. A. Darwish, T. Kuwabara and J. W. Bieber, " On the cross-field diffusion of galactic cosmic rays into the magnetic flux rope of a CME ", Advances in Geosciences 2:115-124 2006
-- 2005
K. Munakata, T. Kuwabara, J. W. Bieber, P. Evenson, R. Pyle, S. Yasue, C. Kato, Z. Fujii, M. L. Duldig, J. E. Humble, M. R. Silva, N. B. Trivedi, W. D. Gonzalez and N. J. Schuch, "CME-geometry and cosmic-ray anisotropy observed by a prototype muon detector network", Adv. Space Res. 36:1-4 2005(Dec)
M. Amenomori, et.al., "Large-scale sidereal anisotropy of galactic cosmic-ray intensity observed by the Tibet air shower array", Astrophys. J. Lett. 626:L19-L32 2005(Jun)
K. Munakata, T. Kuwabara, S. Yasue, C. Kato, S. Akahane, M. Koyama, Y. Ohashi, A. Okada, T. Aoki, H. Kojima and J. W. Bieber, "A "loss-cone" precursor of an approaching shock observed by a cosmic-ray muon hodoscope on October 28, 2003", Geophys. Res. Lett. 32:L03S04-1-L03S04-4 2005(Jan)
T. Kuwabara, K. Munakata, S. Yasue, C. Kato, S. Akahane, M. Koyama, J. W. Bieber, P. Evenson, R. Pyle, Z. Fujii, M. Tokumaru, M. Kojima, K. Marubashi, M. L. Duldig, J. E. Humble, M. Silva, N. Trivedi, W. Gonzalez and N. J. Schuch, "Geometry of an interplanetary CME on October 29, 2003 deduced from cosmic rays", Geophys. Res. Lett. 31:L19803-1-L19803-4 2004(Oct)
M. Amenomori, et.al., "Observation of the multi-TeV cosmic-ray anisotropy due to the terrestrial orbital motion around the sun in Tibet", Phys. Rev. Lett. 93(6):061101-1ー061101-4 2004(Aug)
S. Yasue, K. Munakata, C. Kato, T. Kuwabara, S. Akahane, M. Koyama, Z. Fujii, P. Evenson and J.W. Bieber, "Design of a recording system for a muon telescope using FPGA and VHDL", Proc. 28th Internat. Cosmic-ray Conf.(Tsukuba), 6:3461-3464, 2003
C. Kato, K. Munakata, S. Yasue, K. Inoue and F. B. McDonald, "A ~1.7 year quasi-periodicity in cosmic ray intensity variation observed in the outer heliosphere", J. Geophys. Res. 108:1362-1368 2003(Oct)
K. Munakata, H. Miyasaka, I. Sakurai, S. Yasue, C. Kato, S. Akahane, M. Koyama, D. L. Hall, Z. Fujii, K. Fujimoto, S. Sakakibara, J. E. Humble and M. L. Duldig, "Solar cycle variations of modulation parameters of galactic cosmic-rays in the heliosphere", Adv. Space Res. 29(10):1527-1532 2002
K. Munakata, J. W. Bieber, S. Yasue, C. Kato, M. Koyama, S. Akahane, K. Fujimoto, Z. Fujii, J. E. Humble and M. L. Duldig, "Precursors of geomagnetic storms observed by the muon detector network", J. Geophys. Res. 105(A12):27457-27468 2000(Dec)
K. Munakata, I. Sakurai, H. Miyasaka, S. Yasue, C. Kato, S. Akahane, M. Koyama, D.L. Hall, Z. Fujii, K. Fujimoto and S. Sakakibara, "Long term variation of cosmic ray latitude gradient in the heliosphere", Adv. Space Res. 23(3):459-462 1999
D. L. Hall, K. Munakata, S. Yasue, S. Mori, C. Kato, M. Koyama, S. Akahane, Z. Fujii, K. Fujimoto, J. E. Humble, A. G. Fenton, K. B. Fenton and M. L. Duldig, "Gaussian analysis of two hemisphere observations of galactic cosmic ray sidereal anisotropies", J. Geophys. Res. 104(A4):6737-6749 1999
K. Munakata, T. Kitawada, S. Yasue, S. Mori, C. Kato, M. Koyama, S. Akahane, D. L. Hall, Z. Fujii, K. Fujimoto, J. E. Humble, A. G. Fenton, K. B. Fenton and M. L. Duldig, "Enhanced sidereal diurnal variation of galactic cosmic rays observed by the two-hemisphere network of surface level muon telescopes", J. Geophys. Res. 104(A2):2511-2519 1999
D. L. Hall, K. Munakata, S. Yasue, S. Mori, C. Kato, M. Koyama, S. Akahane, Z. Fujii, K. Fujimoto, J. E. Humble, A. G. Fenton, K. B. Fenton and M. L. Duldig, "Preliminary analysis of two-hemisphere observations of sidereal anisotropies of galactic cosmic rays", J. Geophys. Res. 103(A1):367-372 1998
K. Munakata, T. Kitawada, S. Yasue, S. Mori, C. Kato, M. Koyama, S. Akahane, D. L. Hall, Z. Fujii, K. Fujimoto, J. E. Humble, A. G. Fenton, K. B. Fenton and M. L. Duldig, "Solar semidiurnal anisotropy of galactic cosmic ray intensity observed by the two-hemisphere network of surface-level muon telescopes", J. Geophys. Res. 103(A11):26851-26857 1998
K. Munakata, T. Kiuchi, S. Yasue, C. Kato, S. Mori, K. S. Hirata, K. Kihara, Y. Oyama, M. Mori, K. Fujita, S. Hatakeyama, M. Koga, T. Maruyama, A. Suzuki, T. Ishizuka, K. Miyano, H. Okazawa, Y. Fukuda, T. Hayakawa, K. Inoue, K. Ishihara, H. Ishino, S. Joukou, T. Kajita, S. Kasuga, Y. Koshio, T. Kumita, K. Matsumoto, M. Nakahata, K. Nakamura, K. Okumura, A. Sakai, M. Shiozawa, J. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, T. Tomoeda, Y. Totsuka, T. Horiuchi, K. Nishijima, M. Koshiba, T. Suda, A. T. Suzuki, T. Hara, Y. Nagashima, M. Takit a, T.Yamaguchi, Y. Hayato, K. Kaneyuki, T. Suzuki, Y. Takeuchi, T. Tanimori, S. Tasaka, E. Ichihara, S. Miyamoto and K. Nishikawa, "Large-scale anisotropy of the cosmic-ray muon flux in Kamiokande", Phys. Rev. D. 56(1):23-26 1997