Publications

Submitted papers

Two more co-authored and one first-authored papers (double-blind review). 

Accepted/Published papers

1. Landry, J., Kurokawa, H., Taki, T., Fujii, Y., Aoki, K., and Genda, H., Impacts of atmospheric carbon species and stellar type on climates of terrestrial planets. The Planetary Science Journal, 6, 212. [PSJ][arXiv]

2. Barucci, M. A., Bernardi, P., Reess, J.-M., Fornasier, S., Merlin, F., Doressoundiram, A., Gautier, T., Iwata, T., Nakagawa, H., Nakamura, T., Donny, C., Abbaki, S., Aoki, S., Arai, T., Beck, P., Bonafous, M., Boutelier, M., Bouquier, J. C., Brucato, J. R., Bruno, M., Buey, J.-T., Castelnau, M., Charnoz, S., Chaussidon, M., Chapron, F., Coustenis, A., D'Anna, W., David, G., Delbo, M., Dubois, B., Etcheverry, S., Garat, C., Gauffre, S., Genda, H., Glize, F., Hassen-Khodja, R., Hazard, V., Hervet, G., Hyodo, R., Imamura, T., Imbert, C., Jacquinod, S., Jorda, L., Kameda, S., Kouach, D., Kouyama, T., Kuroda, T., Kurokawa, H., Lapauw, L., Lasue, J., Le Deit, L., Le Du, M., Leyrat, C., Mathé, C., Matsuoka, M., Millan, M., Miyamoto, H., Moynier, F., Nguyen Tuong, N., Ogohara, K., Osawa, T., Parisot, J., Pilleri, P., Piou, V., Poggiali, G., Pons, N., Quertier-Dagorn, B., Rasamoela, A., Raymond, S., Rocard, F., Rouvié, A., Sakanoi, T., Sato, T. M., Soulie, H., Sawyer, E., Spiga, A., Sultana, R., Theret, N., Trémolières, S., Truchelut, P., Tsuchiya, F., Vernazza, P., Wargnier, A., Yumoto, K., Zeganadin, D., The MMX InfraRed Spectrometer (MIRS) for spectral characterization of Mars system, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 12, 69. [PEPS]

3. Saiki, T., Tsuda, Y., Mori, O., Aiko, Y., Matsumoto, J., Kikuchi, S., Takao, Y., Kurokawa, H., Shimaki, Y., Sakatani, N., Fukai, R., and Okada, T. (2025), Mission Concept of Japanese Comet Sample Return Exploration in the 2030s. Acta Astronautica, 235, 120–128. [Acta Astronautica]

4. Kobayashi, M., Kamada, A., Kuroda, T., Kurokawa, H., Aoki, S., Nakagawa, H., and Terada, N. (2025), Large water inventory in highly adsorptive regolith simulated by a Mars global climate model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 130, e2024JE008697. [JGR]

5. Kuwahara, A., Lambrechts, M., Kurokawa, H., Okuzumi, S., and Tanigawa, T. (2024), Dust ring and gap formation by gas flow induced by low-mass planets embedded in protoplanetary disks: II. Time-dependent model. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 692, A45. [A&A][arXiv]

6. Cho, Y., Miura, N. Y., Hyuga, H., Shimokoshi, K., Yoshioka, K., Kurokawa, H., Kumagai, H., Iwata, N., Kasahara, S., Tabata, H., Aida, M., Saito, Y., and Sugita, S. (2024), Validation experiments for in situ Ne isotope analysis on Mars: Gas separation flange assembly using polyimide membrane and metal seal. The Planetary Science Journal, 5, 187. [PSJ]

7. Shibuya, T., Sekine, Y., Kikuchi, S., Kurokawa, H., Fukushi, K., Nakamura, T., and Watanabe, S-i. (2024), Aqueous alteration in icy planetesimals: the effect of outward transport of gaseous hydrogen. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 374, 264–283. [GCA]

8. Ueno, Y., Schmidt, J. A., Johnson, M. S., Zang, X., Gilbert, A., Kurokawa, H., Usui, T., and Aoki, S. (2024), Synthesis of 13C-depleted organic matter from CO in a reducing early Martian atmosphere. Nature Geoscience, 17, 503–507. [Nature Geoscience]

9. Sawada, R., Taki, T., Kurokawa, H., and Suwa, Y. (2024), Self-consistent conditions for 26Al injection into protosolar disk from a nearby supernova. The Astrophysical Journal, 963, ID: 68. [ApJ] [arXiv]

10. Yu, J., Zhao, H., Cloutis, E. A., Kurokawa, H., and Wu, Y. (2024), Near-mid infrared spectroscopy of carbonaceous chondrites: Insights into spectral variation due to aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism in asteroids. Icarus, 411, 115951. [Icarus]

11. Kuwahara, A. and Kurokawa, H. (2024), Analytic description of the gas flow around planets embedded in protoplanetary disks. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 682, A14. [A&A] [arXiv]

12. Li, Y., Kurokawa, H., Sekine, Y., Kebukawa, Y., Nakano, Y., Kitadai, N., Zhang, N., Zang, X., Ueno, Y., Nakamura, R., Fujishima, K., and Isa, J. (2023), Aqueous breakdown of aspartate and glutamate to n-ω-amino acids on the parent bodies of carbonaceous chondrites and asteroid Ryugu. Science Advances, 9, eadh7845. [Sci. Adv.]

13. 黒川 宏之 (2023), 小惑星リュウグウと初期太陽系：はやぶさ2探査の成果と未解決の謎, Viva Origino, 51(3), 5. [Viva Origino].

14. 桑原 歩, 黒川 宏之, 谷川 享行, 奥住 聡, 井田 茂 (2023), 小質量惑星が駆動するガス流れ場：円盤ダスト面密度と惑星形成への影響 (日本惑星科学会2022年度最優秀発表賞受賞記念論文), 遊星人, 32(3), 176-185. [遊星人]

15. Aoki, S., Shiobara, K., Yoshida, N., Trompet, L., Yoshida, T., Terada, N., Nakagawa, H., Liuzzi, G., Vandaele, A. C., Thomas, I. R., Villanueva, G. L., Lopez-Valverde, M. A., Brines, A., Patel, M. R., Faggi, S., Daerden, F., Erwin, J. T., Ristic, B., Bellucci, G., Lopez-Moreno, J. J., Kurokawa, H., and Ueno, Y. (2023), Strong depletion of 13C in CO in the atmosphere of Mars revealed by ExoMars-TGO/NOMAD. Planetary Science Journal, 4, 97. [PSJ]

16. GREX-PLUS Science Team (including Kurokawa, H.) (2023), GREX-PLUS Science Book. 111 pp., posted online. [arXiv]

17. Takaoka, K., Kuwahara, A., Ida, S, and Kurokawa, H. (2023), Spin of protoplanets generated by pebble accretion: Influences of protoplanet-induced gas flow. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 674, A193. [A&A] [arXiv] Selected as A&A Highlight!

18. Imamura, S., Sekine, Y., Maekawa Y., Kurokawa, H., and Sasaki, T. (2023), Effective formation of surface flow due to salt precipitation within soils upon repeated brine seepages on Mars. Icarus, 396, Article No. 115500. [Icarus]

19. Li, Y., Kitadai, N., Sekine, Y., Kurokawa, H., Nakano, Y., and Johnson-Finn, K. (2022), Geoelectrochemistry-driven alteration of amino acids to derivative organics in carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies. Nature Communications, 13, Article No. 4893. [Nat. Comm.]

20. Kuwahara, A., Kurokawa, H., Tanigawa, T., and Ida, S. (2022), Dust ring and gap formation by gas flow induced by low-mass planets embedded in protoplanetary disks: I. Steady-state model. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 665, A122. [A&A][arXiv]

21. I-MIM MDT (including Kurokawa, H.) (2022), Final Report of the International Mars Ice Mapper Reconnaissance/Science Measurement Definition Team. 239 pp., posted online. [pdf]

22. Kurokawa, H., Laneuville, M., Li, Y., Zhang, N., Fujii, Y., Sakuraba, H., Houser, C., and Cleaves, H. J. (2022), The origin of Earth's mantle nitrogen: primordial or early biogeochemical cycling? Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23, e2021GC010295. [G3][arXiv]

23. Kurokawa, H., Shibuya, T., Sekine, Y., Ehlmann, B. L., Usui, F., Kikuchi, S., and Yoda, M. (2022), Distant formation and differentiation of outer main belt asteroids and carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies. AGU Advances, 3, e2021AV000568. [AGU Adv.][arXiv] Top 10 most-cited papers!

24. Kurokawa, H., Kuroda, T., Aoki, S., and Nakagawa, H. (2022), Can we constrain the origin of Mars’ recurring slope lineae using atmospheric observations? Icarus, 371, 114688. [Icarus] [arXiv]

25. Barucci, M. A., ..., Kurokawa, H., et al. (2021), MIRS: an imaging spectrometer for the MMX mission. Earth, Planets and Space 73, 211. [EPS]

26. Sakuraba, H., Kurokawa, H., Genda, H., and Ohta, K. (2021), Numerous chondritic impactors and oxidized magma ocean set Earth's volatile depletion. Scientific Reports, 11, 20894. [Sci. Rep.]

27. Kurokawa, H., Miura, Y. N., Sugita, S., Cho, Y., Leblanc, F., Terada, N., and Nakagawa, H. (2021), Mars' atmospheric neon suggests volatile-rich primitive mantle. Icarus, 370, 114685. [Icarus] [arXiv]

28. Kurokawa, H. (2021), Hydrated crust stores Mars' missing water. Science, 372, Issue 6537, pp. 27-28. [Science]

29. Kurokawa, H., Ehlmann, B. L., De Sanctis, M. C., Lapôtre, M. G. A., Usui, T., Stein, N. T., Prettyman, T. H., Raponi, A., and Ciarniello, M. (2020), A probabilistic approach to determination of Ceres' average surface composition from Dawn Visible‐Infrared Mapping Spectrometer and Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2020JE006606. [JGR:Planets][arXiv]

30. Kuwahara, A. and Kurokawa, H. (2020), Influences of protoplanet-induced three-dimensional gas flow on pebble accretion – II. Headwind regime. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 643, A21. [A&A][arXiv]

31. Lammer, H., Scherf, M., Kurokawa, H., Ueno, Y., Burger, C., Maindl, T., Johnstone, C., Leizinger, M., Benedikt, M., Fossati, L., Kislyakova, K. G., Marty, B., Avice, G., Fegley, B., and Odert, P. (2020), Loss and fractionation of noble gas isotopes and moderately volatile elements from planetary embryos and early Venus, Earth and Mars. Space Science Reviews, 216, Article No. 74. [SSR]

32. Kuwahara, A. and Kurokawa, H. (2020), Influences of protoplanet-induced three-dimensional gas flow on pebble accretion – I. Shear regime. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 633, A81. [A&A][arXiv]

33. 黒川 宏之 (2019), 惑星系の形成と進化 (日本惑星科学会2018年度最優秀研究者賞受賞記念論文), 遊星人, 28(4), 266-276. [遊星人]

34. Kuwahara, A., Kurokawa, H., and Ida, S. (2019), Gas flow around a planet embedded in a protoplanetary disc: the dependence on the planetary mass. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 623, A179. [A&A][arXiv]

35. Sakuraba, H., Kurokawa, H., and Genda, H. (2019), Impact degassing and atmospheric erosion on Venus, Earth, and Mars during the late accretion. Icarus, 317, 48-58. [Icarus][arXiv]

36. 黒川 宏之, 櫻庭 遥 (2018), 火星大気と表層水の起源と進化：理論モデルと同位体組成からの制約, 遊星人, 27(3), 127-137. [遊星人]

37. Kurokawa, H., Foriel, J., Laneuville, M., Houser, C., and Usui, T. (2018), Subduction and atmospheric escape of Earth's seawater constrained by hydrogen isotopes.. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 497, 149-160. [EPSL][arXiv]

38. Kurokawa, H. and Tanigawa, T. (2018), Suppression of atmospheric recycling of planets embedded in a protoplanetary disc by buoyancy barrier, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479, 635-648. [MNRAS][arXiv]

39. Kurokawa, H., Kurosawa, K., and Usui, T. (2018), A lower limit of atmospheric pressure on early Mars inferred from nitrogen and argon isotopic compositions. Icarus, 299, 443-459. [Icarus][arXiv]

40. Kurokawa, H., Usui, T., and Sato, M. (2016), Interactive evolution of multiple water-ice reservoirs on Mars: insights from hydrogen isotope compositions. Geochemical Journal, 50(1), 67-79. [Geohem. J.][arXiv]

41. Kurokawa, H. and Inutsuka, S. (2015), On the radius anomaly of hot Jupiters: reexamination of the possibility and impact of layered convection. The Astrophysical Journal, 815, ID: 78. [ApJ][arXiv]

42. Kurokawa, H., Sato, M., Ushioda, M., Matsuyama, T., Moriwaki, R., Dohm, J. M., and Usui, T. (2014), Evolution of water reservoirs on Mars: constraints from hydrogen isotopes in Martian meteorites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 394, 179-185. [EPSL][arXiv]

43. Kurokawa, H. and Nakamoto, T. (2014), Mass-loss evolution of close-in exoplanets: evaporation of hot Jupiters and the effect on population. The Astrophysical Journal, 783, ID: 54. [ApJ][arXiv]

44. Kurokawa, H. and Kaltenegger, L. (2013), Atmospheric mass loss and evolution of short-period exoplanets: the examples of CoRoT-7b and Kepler-10b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 433, Issue 4, 3239-3245. [MNRAS][arXiv]

45. Kurokawa, H. and Nakamoto, T. (2012), Effects of atmospheric absorption of incoming radiation on radiation limit of the troposphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69, 403-413. [JAtS]