Masafumi Imai, Ph.D.
| Department: |
Department of Space Physics |
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| Position: |
Research Scientist |
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| Phone: |
+420 267 103 059 |
| Room: |
G307 |
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Other info:
- Imai et al. (2026). Compact Low-Frequency Radio Observatory LWA-Niyodo in Japan, in Planetary, Solar and Heliospheric Radio Emissions X. L. Lamy, C. K. Louis, G. Fischer, D. Morosan, P. Zarka eds. OSU Pythéas/AMU, Observatoire de Paris. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.25935/prex-mz59
Projects:
- AV ČR, prémie Lumina quaeruntur LQ100422501 , Radio emissions from Jupiter, 2025-2029, investigator (IAP): Imai Masafumi
Publications:
- Taubenschuss, U., Santolík, O., Píša, D., Imai, M., Fischer, G., Wu, S., Morooka, M.W., Kurth, W. S., 2025: A Global Map of Average Electron Densities in the Magnetosphere of Saturn, Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, 130, 10, e2025JA034007
- Fischer, G., Taubenschuss, U., Píša, D., Imai, M., Kurth, W. S., 2025: Spectral Structures of Jovian Broadband Kilometric Radiation Revealed by Cassini and Juno, Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, 130, 1, e2024JA032826
- Fischer, G., Imai, M., Taubenschuss, U., Píša, D., Kurth, W. S., 2025: The Radio Wave Polarization of Saturn Lightning Observed by Cassini, Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, 130, 6, e2024JA033560
- Kurth, W. S., Sulaiman, A. H., Connerney, J. E. P., (...), Imai, M., Bolton, S.J., 2025: Juno Observations of Io´s Alfvén Wing From 23 Io Radii, Geophysical Research Letters, 52, 13, e2025GL115497
- Imai, M., Imai, K., Tsuji, M., Tokumitsu, M., Wakabayashi, M., 2024: Hands-on Manufacturing Education: Radio Reception Experiment from KOSEN CubeSat Using Cardboard Yagi Antenna, Journal of JSEE, 72, 5, 117-122
- Imai, M., Imai, K., Hirakoso,N. et al., 2024: One-Year Operation of Technology Demonstration CubeSat KOSEN-1, Journal of Evolving Space Activities, 2, 2015
- Wakabayashi, M., K. Imai, M. Imai, M. Tokumitsu, J. Nakaya, Y. Murakami, T. Takada, N. Hirakoso, K. Shimada, 2024: Development of Space Related Human Resources through Collaboration between Space Academia 2021 and the All KOSEN Space Contest, Journal of Evolving Space Activities, 2, 220
- Kolmašová, I., Santolík, O., Imai, M., Kurth, W. S., Hospodarsky, G. B., Connerney, J. E. P., Bolton, S.J., Lán, R., 2023: Lightning at Jupiter pulsates with a similar rhythm as in-cloud lightning at Earth, Nature Communications, 14, 2707
- Menietti, J. D., Averkamp, T. F., Kurth, W. S., Imai, M., Faden, J. B., Hospodarsky, G. B., Santolík, Ondřej, Clark, G., Allegrini, F., Elliott, S.S., Sulaiman, A. H., Bolton, S.J., 2021: Analysis of Whistler-Mode and Z-Mode Emission in the Juno Primary Mission, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, 11, e2021JA029885
- Imai, M., Wong, M. H., Kolmašová, Ivana, Brown, S. T., Santolík, Ondřej, Kurth, W. S., Hospodarsky, G. B., Bolton, S.J., Levin, S. M., 2020: High-Spatiotemporal Resolution Observations of Jupiter Lightning-Induced Radio Pulses Associated With Sferics and Thunderstorms, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL088397
- Imai, M., Kolmašová, Ivana, Kurth, W. S., Santolík, Ondřej, Hospodarsky, G. B., Gurnett, D. A., Brown, S. T., Bolton, S.J., Connerney, J. E. P., Levin, S. M., 2019: Evidence for low density holes in Jupiter’s ionosphere, Nature Communications, 10, 2751
more- Brown, S., Janssen, M., Adumitroaie, V., Atreya, S., Bolton, S., Gulkis, S., Ingersoll, A., Levin, S., Li, Ch., Li, L., Lunine, J., Misra, S., Orton, G., Steffes, P., Tabataba-Vakili, F., Kolmašová, Ivana, Imai, M., Santolík, Ondřej, Kurth, W., Hospodarsky, G., Gurnett, D., Connerney, J., 2018: Prevalent lightning sferics at 600 megahertz near Jupiter’s poles, Nature, 558, 87, 87-90
- Kolmašová, Ivana, Imai, M., Santolík, Ondřej, Kurth, W. S., Hospodarsky, G. B., Gurnett, D. A., Connerney, J. E. P., Bolton, S.J., 2018: Discovery of rapid whistlers close to Jupiter implying lightning rates similar to those on Earth, Nature Astronomy, 2, 7, 544-548
- Imai, M., Santolík, Ondřej, Brown, S. T., Kolmašová, Ivana, Kurth, W. S., Janssen, M. A., Hospodarsky, G. B., Gurnett, D. A., Bolton, S.J., Levin, S. M., 2018: Jupiter lightning-induced whistler and sferic eventswith Waves and MWR during Juno perijoves, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 15, 7268-7276
