Kazunari Shibata
Commendation
For outstanding contributions to the solar physics, astrophysics and plasma physics, especially in studies on solar and stellar flares, space weather, and magnetic reconnection
A list of five major papers
- 1.Shibata, K., et al. Observations of X-ray Jets with the Yohkoh Soft X-ray Telescope, Publ. Astr. Soc. Japan Letters, 44, L173-L179 (1992)
- 2.Shibata, K., et al. Hot Plasma Ejections Associated with Compact-Loop Solar Flares, Ap. J. Lett., 451, L83-L85 (1995)
- 3. Shibata, K. and Tanuma, S., Plasmoid-Induced-Reconnection and Fractal Reconnection, Earth, Planets, Space, 53, 473-482 (2001)
- 4. Shibata, K., et al., Chromospheric Anemone Jets as Evidence of Ubiquitous Magnetic Reconnection, Science, 318, 1591-1594 (2007)
- 5. Maehara, H., et al. Superflares on Solar-Type Stars, Nature, 485, 478 (2012)
Nominator
Takaaki Yokoyama