Akira Dohi Receives the Young Investigator Award from the Japan Forum of Nuclear Astrophysics (UKAKUREN)
2026-04-09
Award
Akira Dohi, a Special Postdoctoral Researcher at the RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) and concurrently affiliated with RIKEN iTHEMS, received the 2nd Young Investigator Award from the Japan Forum of Nuclear Astrophysics (UKAKUREN) on March 31, 2026.
The paper [1], recognized with this award, presents a theoretical study of clocked X-ray bursters. This work also represents the first scientific result from NinjaSat, the world’s first ultra-small general-purpose X-ray satellite, launched on November 11, 2023 under the leadership of the Tamagawa High-Energy Astrophysics Laboratory at RIKEN PRI. For further details, please refer to the press release issued by RIKEN PRI via the related link.
Congratulations Akira!
Reference
- Akira Dohi, et al., Evidence of non-Solar elemental composition in the clocked X-ray burster SRGA J144459.2-604207, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 77, L17-L23 (2025), doi: 10.1093/pasj/psae117