publications

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2026

  1. Unveiling the Ionized and Neutral ISM at z > 10: The Origin of [O III] /[C II] Ratios from a Subparsec Resolution Radiative Transfer Simulation
    Yurina Nakazato, Kazuyuki Sugimura, Akio K. Inoue, and Massimo Ricotti
    \apj, Feb 2026
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  2. RIOJA. A Clumpy Galaxy Assembly at Redshift 6.81 Revealed by JWST
    Ken Mawatari, Luca Costantin, Mitsutaka Usui, Takuya Hashimoto, Javier Álvarez-Márquez, and 19 more authors
    \apj, Feb 2026
    DOI
  3. Clump-Scale Dust Attenuation in Epoch of Reionization Galaxies: Spatially Resolved Properties from FirstLight Simulations
    Yurina Nakazato, Kosei Matsumoto, Akio K. Inoue, Daniel Ceverino, Takashi Hosokawa, and 1 more author
    arXiv e-prints, Feb 2026
    DOI
  4. A UV-Luminous Galaxy at z=11 with Surprisingly Weak Star Formation Activity
    Yuichi Harikane, Pablo G. Perez-Gonzalez, Javier Alvarez-Marquez, Masami Ouchi, Yurina Nakazato, and 6 more authors
    arXiv e-prints, Jan 2026
    DOI

2025

  1. A merger-driven scenario for clumpy galaxy formation in the epoch of reionization: Physical properties of clumps in the FirstLight simulation
    Yurina Nakazato
    In IAU Symposium, Dec 2025
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  2. Rapid Carbonaceous Dust Evolution in EoR Galaxies: Synergies Among JWST, PRIMA, and ALMA
    Yurina Nakazato, Kosei Matsumoto, Tohru Nagao, Takuya Hashimoto, Hanae Inami, and 1 more author
    In PRIMA General Observer Science Book Volume 2, Dec 2025
  3. Far-infrared line properties of Green Pea galaxies, the best local analogues of galaxies in the epoch of reionization era
    Takuya Hashimoto, Tohru Nagao, Hanae Inami, Yoichi Tamura, Yoshi Fudamoto, and 4 more authors
    In PRIMA General Observer Science Book Volume 2, Dec 2025
  4. Radiation-driven dusty outflows from early galaxies
    Yurina Nakazato, and Andrea Ferrara
    \mnras, Dec 2025
    DOI
  5. Comprehensive JWST+ALMA Study on the Extended Ly\ensuremathα Emitters, Himiko, and CR7 at z \ensuremath∼ 7: Blue Major Merger Systems in Stark Contrast to Submillimeter Galaxies
    Tomokazu Kiyota, Masami Ouchi, Yi Xu, Yurina Nakazato, Kenta Soga, and 12 more authors
    \apj, Dec 2025
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  6. RIOJA. Young starburst and ionized gas outflows in a z = 7.212 galaxy uncovered by JWST NIRCam and NIRSpec observations
    Yi W. Ren, Akio K. Inoue, Javier Álvarez-Márquez, Takuya Hashimoto, Luis Colina, and 19 more authors
    \mnras, Dec 2025
    DOI
  7. ELPIS: Accelerated Metal and Dust Enrichment in a Protocluster Core at z ≍ 8
    Hideki Umehata, Yoichi Tamura, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Yurina Nakazato, Daniel Ceverino, and 15 more authors
    \apjl, Nov 2025
    DOI
  8. RIOJA. Dusty outflows and density-complex ISM in the N-enhanced lensed galaxy RXCJ2248-ID at z=6.1
    A. Crespo Gómez, Y. Tamura, L. Colina, J. Álvarez-Márquez, T. Hashimoto, and 17 more authors
    arXiv e-prints, Nov 2025
    DOI
  9. Extremely UV-bright starbursts at the end of cosmic reionization
    R. Marques-Chaves, D. Schaerer, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, J. Álvarez-Márquez, T. Hashimoto, and 20 more authors
    arXiv e-prints, Oct 2025
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  10. RIOJA. JWST and ALMA Unveil the Inhomogeneous and Complex Interstellar Medium Structure in a Star-forming Galaxy at z = 6.81
    Mitsutaka Usui, Ken Mawatari, Javier Álvarez-Márquez, Takuya Hashimoto, Yuma Sugahara, and 19 more authors
    \apjl, Oct 2025
    DOI
  11. Early massive galaxy formation in the core of a galaxy protocluster 650 million years after the Big Bang
    Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Yurina Nakazato, Daniel Ceverino, Luis Colina, Takuya Hashimoto, and 22 more authors
    arXiv e-prints, Oct 2025
    DOI
  12. ELPIS: Accelerated metal and dust enrichment in a proto-cluster core at z\approx8
    Hideki Umehata, Yoichi Tamura, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Yurina Nakazato, Daniel Ceverino, and 15 more authors
    arXiv e-prints, Oct 2025
    DOI
  13. JWST PRIMER: a lack of outshining in four normal z = 4 ‑ 6 galaxies from the ALMA-CRISTAL Survey
    N. E. P. Lines, R. A. A. Bowler , N. J. Adams, R. Fisher, R. G. Varadaraj, and 26 more authors
    \mnras, May 2025
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  14. RIOJA. Complex Dusty Starbursts in a Major Merger B14-65666 at z = 7.15
    Yuma Sugahara, Javier Álvarez-Márquez, Takuya Hashimoto, Luis Colina, Akio K. Inoue, and 18 more authors
    \apj, Mar 2025
    DOI
  15. Detection of the [O I] 63 \textmum emission line from the z = 6.04 quasar J2054-0005
    Nozomi Ishii, Takuya Hashimoto, Carl Ferkinhoff, Matus Rybak, Akio K. Inoue, and 21 more authors
    \pasj, Feb 2025
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  16. JWST, ALMA, and Keck Spectroscopic Constraints on the UV Luminosity Functions at z \ensuremath∼ 7–14: Clumpiness and Compactness of the Brightest Galaxies in the Early Universe
    Yuichi Harikane, Akio K. Inoue, Richard S. Ellis, Masami Ouchi, Yurina Nakazato, and 31 more authors
    \apj, Feb 2025
    DOI

2024

  1. Crimson Behemoth: A massive clumpy structure hosting a dusty AGN at z=4.91
    Takumi S. Tanaka, John D. Silverman, Yurina Nakazato, Masafusa Onoue, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, and 38 more authors
    \pasj, Dec 2024
    DOI
  2. A Merger-driven Scenario for Clumpy Galaxy Formation in the Epoch of Reionization: Physical Properties of Clumps in the FirstLight Simulation
    Yurina Nakazato, Daniel Ceverino, and Naoki Yoshida
    \apj, Nov 2024
    DOI
  3. Redshift-dependent galaxy formation efficiency at z = 5 ‑ 13 in the FirstLight Simulations
    D. Ceverino, Y. Nakazato, N. Yoshida, R. S. Klessen, and S. C. O. Glover
    \aap, Sep 2024
    DOI
  4. The Supersonic Project: Lighting Up the Faint End of the JWST UV Luminosity Function
    Claire E. Williams, William Lake, Smadar Naoz, Blakesley Burkhart, Tommaso Treu, and 7 more authors
    \apjl, Jan 2024
    DOI

2023

  1. A photon burst clears the earliest dusty galaxies: modelling dust in high-redshift galaxies from ALMA to JWST
    Daichi Tsuna, Yurina Nakazato, and Tilman Hartwig
    \mnras, Dec 2023
    DOI
  2. The Supersonic Project: Star Formation in Early Star Clusters without Dark Matter
    William Lake, Smadar Naoz, Federico Marinacci, Blakesley Burkhart, Mark Vogelsberger, and 5 more authors
    \apjl, Oct 2023
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  3. Reionization and the ISM/Stellar Origins with JWST and ALMA (RIOJA): The Core of the Highest-redshift Galaxy Overdensity at z = 7.88 Confirmed by NIRSpec/JWST
    T. Hashimoto, J. Álvarez-Márquez, Y. Fudamoto, L. Colina, A. K. Inoue, and 18 more authors
    \apjl, Sep 2023
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  4. Simulations of High-redshift [O III] Emitters: Chemical Evolution and Multiline Diagnostics
    Yurina Nakazato, Naoki Yoshida, and Daniel Ceverino
    \apj, Aug 2023
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  5. Detections of [C II] 158 \ensuremathμm and [O III] 88 \ensuremathμm in a Local Lyman Continuum Emitter, Mrk 54, and Its Implications to High-redshift ALMA Studies
    Ryota Ura, Takuya Hashimoto, Akio K. Inoue, Dario Fadda, Matthew Hayes, and 15 more authors
    \apj, May 2023
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  6. The Supersonic Project: The Eccentricity and Rotational Support of SIGOs and DM GHOSts
    Claire E. Williams, Smadar Naoz, William Lake, Yeou S. Chiou, Blakesley Burkhart, and 5 more authors
    \apj, Mar 2023
    DOI
  7. The Supersonic Project: The Early Evolutionary Path of Supersonically Induced Gas Objects
    William Lake, Smadar Naoz, Blakesley Burkhart, Federico Marinacci, Mark Vogelsberger, and 5 more authors
    \apj, Feb 2023
    DOI
  8. The formation of Supersonically Induced Gas Objects (SIGOs) with H_2 cooling
    Yurina Nakazato, Gen Chiaki, Naoki Yoshida, Smadar Naoz, William Lake, and 1 more author
    In The Predictive Power of Computational Astrophysics as a Discover Tool, Jan 2023
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2022

  1. H_2 Cooling and Gravitational Collapse of Supersonically Induced Gas Objects
    Yurina Nakazato, Gen Chiaki, Naoki Yoshida, Smadar Naoz, William Lake, and 1 more author
    \apjl, Mar 2022
    DOI