Kentarou Kawaguchi

Professor of Spectroscopy

Research Associate of Institute for Molecular Science (1981-1988)
Associate Professor of National Astronomical Observatory (1989-1999)
Professor of Okayama University (1999.4-)

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- Spectroscopy of interstellar molecules
- Time-resolved Fourier transform spectroscopy with high wavenumber resolution
- Laser spectroscopy
- Microwave spectroscopy of metal compounds

1. Time-resolved Fourier transform infrared emission spectroscopy of He2 produced by a pulsed discharge
   Yukio Hosaki, Svatopluk Civiš, and Kentarou Kawaguchi
   Chem. Phys. Letters, 383, 256-260 (2004).

2. Time-resolved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of pulsed discharge products
   K. Kawaguchi, O. Baskakov, Y. Hosaki, Y. Hama, and C. Kugimiya
   Chem. Phys. Letters, 369, 293-298 (2003).

3. Has MgCCCN been detected within the envelope of IRC+10216?,
   S. Petrie, E. Kagi, and K. Kawaguchi
   Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 343, 209-214 (2003).

4. Multi-transitional observations of methanol in Comet Hale-Bopp (1995 O1)
   M. Ikeda, K. Kawaguchi, S. Takakuwa, A. Sakamoto, K. Sunada, and T. Fuse
   Astron. Astrophys. 390, 363-367 (2002).

5. Astronomical vibrational spectroscopyin Handbook of Vibrational Spectroscopy
   K. Kawaguchi
   J. M. Chalmers and P. R. Griffiths (Eds), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Volume 4, pp.2803-2822 (2002).