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.
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