Accepted proposals for Semester S08A
The Call for Proposals for Semester S08A saw 147 and 3 submitted proposals for the Normal and Intensive Programs, respectively, requesting a total of 452.5 nights. The available 102 + 3 ToO nights were awarded to the following 50 proposals. 7 nights have already been allocated to S07A Intensive Program. Other 5 nights are reserved for the Service Programs.
| ID | PI | Proposal Title | Inst | Nts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S08A-004 | Toru Yamada | Search for Evidence of POPIII Stars in Glxies at z~3 | DEIMOS | 2 |
| S08A-008 | Tadayuki Kodama | Cosmic star formation activity at z=2.19 probed by MOIRCS NB pair imaging | MOIRCS | 3 |
| S08A-009 | Masato Onodera | Systematic investigation of the stellar populations of massive galaxies at z~2 | MOIRCS | 3 |
| S08A-011 | Tadayuki Kodama | Mapping Star Formation in Two Distant Clusters with Deep NB Imaging | MOIRCS&S-Cam | 2+2 |
| S08A-012 | Ortwin Gerhard | Tracing the Subcluster Merger in the Coma Cluster Core with ICPN Velocities | FOCAS | 2 |
| S08A-015 | Naoki Yasuda | An Ultra-Deep Survey for Supernovae in the Subaru Deep Field | S-Cam | 2 |
| S08A-018 | Wako Aoki | Chemical abundance study for the first generations of stars from SDSS/SEGUE* | HDS | 6 |
| S08A-021 | Norio Narita | A Search for Spin-Orbit Misalignments in Exoplanetary Systems | HDS | 2 |
| S08A-022 | Sakurako Okamoto | Stellar Populations in the Very Faint dSphs - Complete Mapping II | S-Cam | 3 |
| S08A-024 | Chihiro Tokoku | Completing MOIRCS Wide-Field Narrow-Band Search in the MODS Field | MOIRCS | 5 |
| S08A-025 | Tomotsugu Goto | Constraining the number density of QSOs at 7.8<z | IRCS | 1 |
| S08A-026 | Tomotsugu Goto | A search for high redshift QSOs at 6.5<z<7.5 | FOCAS | 1 |
| S08A-028 | David Bowen | Echelle Observations of QSO Absorption Lines from QSOs | HDS | 2 |
| S08A-030 | Tohru NAGAO | Beyond 12+log(O/H)=7. A search for extremely metal-poor galaxies in the low-z universe | FOCAS | 2 |
| S08A-035 | Yoshiko Okamoto | Radially Resolved Properties of a Protoplanetary Disk | COMICS | 1 |
| S08A-039 | Nobunari Kashikawa | Concluding the Census of Faint Galaxies at the Reionization Epoch | DEIMOS | 2 |
| S08A-043 | Ray Furuya | Massive Star Forming Clumps hosting Rotating Toroids | COMICS | 1 |
| S08A-044 | Motohide Tamura | In search of the bottom of the IMF | S-Cam | 0.5 |
| S08A-045 | Tohru NAGAO | The Mass-Metallicity Relation of Galaxies at z>3 | MOIRCS | 4 |
| S08A-049 | Kazuaki Ota | Spectroscopy of A Candidate Protocluster of Galaxies at z~6 | GMOS-N | 2 |
| S08A-051 | Motohide TAMURA | Spectroscopic Confirmation of the First 'Y Dwarf' with Subaru | IRCS | 2 |
| S08A-055 | Chiaki Shirono | Near-infrared Spectroscopy of Young Planetary-Mass Companion Candidates | IRCS | 1 |
| S08A-056 | Bun'ei Sato | Determination of Orbital Parameters for Exoplanet Candidates | HDS | 1.5 |
| S08A-057 | Ralph Neuhaeuser | Astrometric search for sub-stellar companions in low-mass triple stars | CIAO+AO | 1 |
| S08A-065 | Keiichi Umetsu | Subaru Weak Lensing Study of Merging Galaxy Clusters IIb | S-Cam | 1 |
| S08A-067 | Hitomi Kobayashi | O/P Ratio of Water in Jupiter-family Comets Case of 46P/Wirtanen | IRCS | 1.5 |
| S08A-069 | Nobuyuki Kawai | Subaru Observation of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows | various | 3 ToO |
| S08A-071 | Naoko Asami | A search for z>5.7 quasars Spectroscopic identification | FOCAS | 1 |
| S08A-072 | Yuichi Matsuda | Do Ly alpha blobs evolve to cD galaxies? | S-Cam | 4 |
| S08A-074 | David Lafrenière | High-order multiples in the rho~Oph star-forming cloud | CIAO+AO | 1 |
| S08A-080 | Edwin Turner | A search for scattered light from the transiting exoplanet HD189733b | HDS | 1 |
| S08A-082 | Anton Koekemoer | High-Redshift Black Hole Growth in Dense Environments with COSMOS | MOIRCS | 3 |
| S08A-083 | Mike Watson | Optical and IR properties of a sample of Extreme FX/Fopt objects (EXOs) | FOCAS&MOIRCS | 2+1 |
| S08A-084 | Theodor Kostiuk | Titan Wind and Stratospheric Structure | HIPWAC | 2 |
| S08A-090 | Bertrand Goldman | Spectroscopic confirmation of young L-dwarf candidates in Taurus | FOCAS | 0.5 |
| S08A-094 | Masami Ouchi | Deep Spectroscopy for z=7-9 Galaxy Candidates in MODS Ultra Deep Field | MOIRCS | 2 |
| S08A-097 | Eiichi Egami | A Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Survey of Lensed 8<z<10 Lyman-alpha Emitters | MOIRCS | 3 |
| S08A-103 | Misato Fukagawa | Variability in Protoplanetary Disks Follow-up of CIAO Coronagraphy | CIAO+AO | 3 |
| S08A-106 | Masahiro Tsujimoto | Identification of the Faintest Discrete X-ray Sources in the Galactic Plane | MOIRCS | 2 |
| S08A-113 | Miho Ishigaki | Chemical Abundance Patterns of Metal-poor Stars in the Outer Galactic Halo | HDS | 2 |
| S08A-115 | Takeo Minezaki | Mid-infrared imaging of lensed QSOs -- the final target | T-ReCS | 1 |
| S08A-118 | Shogo Nishiyama | Unveiling of YSO Candidates in the Galactic Center | CIAO+AO | 2 |
| S08A-127 | Hideaki Fujiwara | Dust in Debris Disk Candidates found by AKARI (Northern Sources) | COMICS | 2 |
| S08A-130 | Sooyoung Kim | The Near-IR Study of Virgo Giant Ellipticals and Their Globular Clusters | MOIRCS | 2 |
| S08A-138 | Yutaka Komiyama | Coma Cluster of Galaxies -- Ultimate Imaging Survey (II) | S-Cam | 2 |
| S08A-141 | Hideaki Fujiwara | Dust in Debris Disk Candidates found by AKARI (Southern Sources) | T-ReCS | 2 |
| S08A-144 | Tomoki Morokuma | Identifying Variable AGN in Galaxy Clusters at z~1 | FOCAS | 2 |
| S08A-150 | Jun-Ichi Morino | A Coronagraphic Search for Brown Dwarfs and Planets around Nearby Stars | CIAO+AO | 1 |
| S08A-151 | Takuya Fujiyoshi | Revealing the central magnetic field configuration in M17-SO1 | CIAO+AO | 2 |
| S08A-152 | Scott Sheppard | A Neptune Trojan Survey for the New Horizons Spacecraft | S-Cam | 2 |
We have time-exchange programs with Gemini and Keck. The instruments written in italics are Gemini's. or Keck's.
*This proposal has been accepted in the category of Intensive Program, and 14 nights will be carried over for the following semesters.
Service Programs conducted in Semester S08A
The following proposals were conducted in S08A as Service Programs.
| ID | PI | Proposal Title | Inst | Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S08A-153S | Barry Welsh | Probing the Intermediate Velocity Clouds | HDS | 100% |
| S08A-156S | Kazutaka Koike | Optical Exploration for Meter-wave Luminous Objects | S-Cam | 100% |
| S08A-157S | Masahide Takada-Hidai | Light and Fe-peak elements in planet-host stars | HDS | 100% |
| S08A-159S | Miho Ishigaki | Chemical abundance of stellar streams in the Milky Way halo | HDS | 100% |
| S08A-161S | Wako Aoki | Investigation of the Binary Nature of Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars | HDS | 100% |
| S08A-166S | Kaori Otsuki | Neutron-capture elements in Globular Cluster M92 | HDS | 100% |
| S08A-174S | Poshak Gandhi | The intracluster medium of the lensed system SDSS J1004+4112 | HDS | 100% |
| S08A-175S | Kentaro Terada | Europium isotope ratios in subgiant CH stars | HDS | 100% |
| S08A-177S | Masafumi Yagi | Pilot survey of distorted features around E+A galaxies 2 | S-Cam | 50% |
| S08A-178S | Takayuki Kotani | Dynamical Mass Determination of Polaris | COMICS | 75% |
| S08A-184S | Tsuyoshi Terai | A Survey for High-inclination Small Main-belt Asteroids | S-Cam | 92% |
| S08A-186S | Yutaka Ihara | The rate of Type Ia supernovae in SXDF | S-Cam | 100% |
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