Accepted proposals for Semester S12A

The Call for Proposals for Semester S12A received 112 and 2 submitted proposals for the Normal and Intensive Programs, respectively, requesting a total of 312 nights. After screening by TAC, 77.5 nights were allocated to the following 48 proposals. Other 16 nights are reserved for SEEDS Project and 4 nights are reserved for the Service Programs. 9 nights are tentatively reserved for FMOS Strategic Program.

ID PI Proposal Title Inst Nts Abstract
S12A-002 Masatoshi Imanishi Multiple active supermassive blackholes in galaxy mergers IRCS+AO188 1
S12A-003 Tohru Nagao A Search for Chemically Young QSOs in High-z Universe GNIRS(Gemini) 2 abstract
S12A-005 Ian Crossfield Contrasting Metal Abundances in Two Sub-Saturn Exoplanets MOIRCS 2
S12A-015 Remco de Kok Characterising the planets around HR 8799 using near-infrared polarimetry HiCIAO+AO188 1 abstract
S12A-017 Andreas Seifahrt A near Infrared Radial Velocity survey around low mass stars IRCS+AO188 2 abstract
S12A-018 Takashi Onaka T-ReCS Observations of the Remarkable Mid-Infrared Source IRAS 15099-5856 T-ReCS(Gemini) 2
S12A-021 Takatoshi Shibuya Evolution of Galactic-scale Outflows in High-z Galaxies IRCS+AO188 1
S12A-022 Kohji Tsumura Cosmic Infrared Background by Eclipsed Galilean Satellites Shielding IRCS+AO188 1 abstract
S12A-024 Cristian Eduard Rusu LGS-AO imaging of the SDSS Gravitationally Lensed Quasars IRCS+AO188 2
S12A-025 Yoshifumi Ishizaki Deep High-z QSO Survey at z ~ 6 and 7: Spectroscopy DEIMOS(Keck) 1
S12A-026 Masao Hayashi Comprehensive survey of star formation and metallicity at z~1.5 FMOS 3 abstract
S12A-031 Masanori Iye The first AO188 astrometry: Propoer motion of stars in M13 IRCS+AO188 2 abstract
S12A-034 Donald Kurtz An exploratory study of the first bi-axial pulsating roAp star, KIC10195926 HDS 1 abstract
S12A-035 Masami Ouchi Deep AO-Fed Observations for the Very Bright Compact Starburst at z=7.213 IRCS+AO188 2
S12A-036 Jun Toshikawa A First Site of Cluster Formation at z~6 DEIMOS(Keck) 1 abstract
S12A-037 Mitsuhiko Honda Observations of Water Ice Distribution in the Disk NICI(Gemini) 2 abstract
S12A-038 Mikito Tanaka Resolving the stellar halo of a late-type edge-on spiral, NGC 6503 S-Cam 2 abstract
S12A-043 Tatsuhito Yoshikawa Spectroscopic identification of YSO candidates in the Galactic Center IRCS+AO188 1
S12A-044 Toru Yamada FMOS Observations for the Brightest Red Galaxies at z>1 FMOS 3
S12A-047 Keiichi Maeda Nucleosynthesis and Molecular Formation in Supernovae IRCS+AO188 2 abstract
S12A-048 Gaspar Bakos Confirmation of HATNet Transiting Planets Using Subaru/HDS HDS 1.5 abstract
S12A-050 Masaru Kajisawa FMOS follow-up survey of bright MIPS 24μm sources in COSMOS FMOS 3 abstract
S12A-051 Thayne Currie "Lucky" Angular Differential Imaging of Planets Orbiting HR 8799 IRCS+AO188 1.5
S12A-053 Noriyuki Matsunaga Evolution of the Galactic Nuclear Bulge traced with Cepheid variable stars IRCS+AO188 2 abstract
S12A-054 Andreas Eckart Simultaneous X-ray and polarized NIR flares from SgrA* HiCIAO+AO188 2
S12A-056 Jun Toshikawa Searching for Protoclusters at z~6 GMOS(N)(Gemini) 1 abstract
S12A-057 Toshifumi Futamase Exploring Masses, Profiles and Shapes of Dark Matter Halos with Cluster Weak Lensing IV S-Cam 0.5
S12A-059 Mario Radovich A weak-lensing analysis of two new clusters discovered by the Planck survey S-Cam 1 abstract
S12A-060 Shohei Aoki Search of CH4 around the mud volcanism areas on Mars IRCS+AO188 1 abstract
S12A-062 John Stott The mass-metallicity relation and sSFR correlations for galaxies at z>1 FMOS 2 abstract
S12A-063 Keiichi Umetsu A Unique Cluster Mass Profile Dataset from an HST-Subaru Survey Program II S-Cam 1 abstract
S12A-071 Yue Shen HDS Spectroscopy of Low-Redshift Narrow Associated Quasar Absorbers HDS 1 abstract
S12A-074 Kentaro Aoki Mid-Infrared Selected Quasars from WISE Preliminary Release Data FMOS 2
S12A-075 Miwa Goto Sizing Warm and Diffuse Cloud in the Galactic Center IRCS+AO188 1.5
S12A-078 Masaaki Otsuka A Search for n-Capture Elements in the Halo PN K648 HDS 1
S12A-079 Hideyo Kawakita OPRs of Cometary Volatiles and 14N/15N Ratio in CN in C/2009 P1 (Garradd) IRCS+AO188,HDS 1+1
S12A-084 Tadayuki Kodama Scrutinizing biased galaxy formation with panoramic near-infrared spectroscopyFMOS 1.5 abstract
S12A-090 Itsuki Sakon Chemical and Mineralogical Evolution of Dust around Nova V1280 Sco T-ReCS(Gemini) 1
S12A-096 John Silverman Subaru/FMOS survey of star formation at z~1.5 in COSMOS FMOS 5 abstract
S12A-097 Malte Schramm Evolution of the MBH-Mstell relation at z~4 IRCS+AO188 1
S12A-098 Fumihiko Usui Search for Water in Outer Main Belt Based on AKARI Asteroid Catalog IRCS+AO188 2 abstract
S12A-099 Yiping Wang Search for galaxy counterparts of Lyman Limit Systems at z>3 IRCS+AO188 1 abstract
S12A-101 Scott Sheppard Beyond the Kuiper Belt Edge S-Cam 2 abstract
S12A-105 Teruyuki Hirano Measurements of the Stellar Inclinations for Kepler Planetary Candidates HDS 1.5
S12A-114 Masashi Chiba Probing new globular clusters toward the direction of the Galactic bulge IRCS+AO188 2 abstract
S12A-115 Masaaki Otsuka Dust production in young core-collapse type supernova SN2011dh COMICS 1
S12A-116 Akihiko Fukui Constraints on Mass and Separation of Microlensing Planets by AO Imaging IRCS+AO188 1
S12A-117 Takayuki Kotani Probing the inner 20AU of the AB Aur protoplanetary disk IRCS+AO188 0.5

We have time-exchange programs with Gemini and Keck. The instruments written in italics are those of Gemini or Keck.

Additionally Accepted proposals for Semester S12A

The Special Call for Proposals for Semester S12A (released on April 17, 2012), received 93 submitted proposals requesting a total of 192.3 nights. After screening by TAC, 11.5 nights were allocated to the following 9 proposals. Other 4 nights are reserved for FMOS SSP Project and 2 night is reserved for SEEDS Project.

ID PI Proposal Title Inst Nts Abstract
S12A-502 Masatoshi Imanishi Multiple active supermassive blackholes in gas-rich galaxy mergers IRCS+AO188 1
S12A-527 Shogo Nishiyama Inspiralling Cluster Remnants and Stripped Stars at the Galactic Center IRCS+AO188 2
S12A-545 Andreas Seifahrt A near Infrared Radial Velocity survey around the lowest mass stars IRCS+AO188 1 abstract
S12A-547 Malte Schramm Evolution of the Black Hole Mass - Stellar Mass relation at z~4 IRCS+AO188 2
S12A-559 Toshihiro Kawaguchi Secure measurements of SMBH-bulge mass ratio for z~3 quasars IRCS+AO188 1
S12A-563 Noriyuki Matsunaga Trajectories of Cepheid variable stars in the Galactic nuclear bulge IRCS+AO188 1 abstract
S12A-571 Keiichi Maeda Late-Time NIR Study of Nearby SNe Ia: Time-Sequence Approach IRCS+AO188 2 abstract
S12A-586 Chikako Yasui Can Protoplanetary Gas Disks Survive in High-metallicity for Very Long Time? IRCS+AO188 1
S12A-587 Soh Ikarashi Deep near-infrared imaging of a highest-z SMG candidate in SDF IRCS+AO188 0.5

Service Programs conducted in Semester S12A

The following proposals were conducted in S12A as Service Programs.

IDPIProposal TitleInstAchievement
S12A-123S Wako Aoki Binary Nature of Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars HDS 70%
S12A-125S Michael Murphy First Subaru measurement of the fine-structure constant: an alpha dipole? HDS 100%
S12A-126S Masaaki Otsuka A Search for n-Capture Elements in the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy PNe HDS 100%
S12A-131S Masao Hayashi Unveiling 3-D structures of star-forming galaxies in and around a z=1.46 cluster S-Cam 100%
S12A-137S Chikako Yasui First Census of Protoplanetary Disks under High-metallicity Condition MOIRCS 90%
S12A-139S Tae-Soo Pyo High-Angular Resolution Imaging of Outflows from IR Dark Cloud IRCS+AO188 100%
S12A-142S David Yong Chemical abundances in the tidally disrupted globular cluster NGC 5466 HDS 90%
S12A-146S Carol Grady Adaptive Optics [Fe II] Imaging of DG Tau Bubbles IRCS+AO188 100%
S12A-147S Kumiko Morihana Identification of faint X-ray sources composing Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission MOIRCS 100%
S12A-149S Hiroki Harakawa Improving the stellar templates for RV measurements to N2K targets HDS 100%


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