Accepted proposals for Semester S08B

The Call for Proposals for Semester S08B saw 140 and 1 submitted proposals for the Normal and Intensive Programs, respectively, requesting a total of 419 nights. The available 109 + 5 ToO nights were awarded to the following 57 proposals. 4 nights have already been allocated to S08A Intensive Program. Other 5 nights are reserved for the Service Programs.

ID	PI	Proposal Title	Inst	Nts
S08B-003	Masayuki Tanaka	Precise star formation histories in distant clusters traced by Halpha spectroscopy	MOIRCS/MOS	4
S08B-005	Masatoshi Imanishi	Distinguishing the compact energy sources of nearby ULIRGs	T-ReCS	3
S08B-006	Masami Ouchi	Completing DEIMOS Spectroscopy for SXDS Galaxies at z=3-7	DEIMOS	2.3
S08B-008	Masami Ouchi	Ultimate Surveys for z~7 LAEs with Red-Sensitive SuperSuprime-Cam	S-Cam	4
S08B-009	Toshinobu Takagi	A spectroscopic survey of AKARI MIR-selected galaxies	DEIMOS	0.7
S08B-012	Tomotsugu Goto	Constraining the number density of QSOs at 7.8<z	IRCS	1
S08B-019	Masanori Iye	SXDF survey for Lyman alpha Emitters at z=7.3 with red-sensitive SuprimeCam	S-Cam	2
S08B-020	Naoki Yasuda	Grism Supernova Survey to Explore Supernova Rate	S-Cam	2
S08B-021	Shogo Nishiyama	Interstellar Extinction Law from Optical to Infrared Wavelengths	S-Cam	2.5
S08B-022	Yuichi Matsuda	Do Lyalpha blobs evolve to cD galaxies?	S-Cam	3
S08B-023	Padma Yanamandra-Fisher	Saturn's Change of Seasons as it Approaches Ring Plane Crossing	COMICS	2
S08B-025	Yusei Koyama	Witnessing the galaxy transition in the outskirts of distant clusters	FOCAS	3
S08B-026	Tadayuki Kodama	The first appearance of the red sequence in proto-clusters NIR spectroscopy	MOIRCS/MOS	1
S08B-027	Naohisa Inada	Spectroscopy of SDSS gravitational lens candidates	FOCAS	1
S08B-028	Toru Misawa	Spectropolarimetric Tests of the Structure of Quasar Central Regions	FOCAS	2
S08B-029	Toru Misawa	How Cool are High Velocity Clouds?	HDS	1
S08B-030	Mikako Matsuura	Near-infrared study of the molecular outflow from the starburst galaxy M82	MOIRCS/MOS	1.5
S08B-031	Glenn Orton	Interaction of Two Giant Anticyclonic Vortices in Jupiter	COMICS	1
S08B-032	Glenn Orton	Spatially Resolved Thermal Structure of Neptune	COMICS	1
S08B-035	Tohru NAGAO	Chemical Evolution of Radio Galaxies at 3<z<5	FOCAS	2
S08B-037	Tomoki Morokuma	The Nature of Low-Luminosity AGN Selected by Optical Variability	FOCAS	1
S08B-039	Nobunari Kashikawa	Faint emissions from heavy absorbers II NIR imaging	IRCS+AO	3
S08B-041	Mitsuhiko Honda	Observations of Water Ice Distribution in the Disk	IRCS+AO	2
S08B-046	Akio Inoue	Follow-up observations of the Lyman continuum survey in the SSA22	FOCAS	2
S08B-050	Kazuaki Ota	Reionization and Galaxy Evolution Probed by z=7 Lyalpha Emitters in SXDS	S-Cam	3
S08B-051	Hisanori Furusawa	Exploring the High-z Universe in the SXDS-UDS & COSMOS-UltraVista Fields*	S-Cam	10
S08B-054	Bun'ei Sato	Determination of Orbital Parameters for Exoplanet Candidates	HDS	1.5
S08B-055	Bun'ei Sato	Search for Planets around G-type Giants	HDS	0.5
S08B-056	Yoshiko Okamoto	Survey of extended disk emission around Herbig Be stars	COMICS	1
S08B-057	Takafumi Ootsubo	Quantification of Crystalline/Amorphous Silicate Ratio in Comets II	COMICS	2
S08B-068	Rodrigo Ibata	Understanding the assembly of galactic halos	S-Cam	4
S08B-069	Tomohiro Yoshikawa	The Origin of Mass-Metallicity Relation at z~2	MOIRCS/MOS	2
S08B-070	Motohide Tamura	Reaching for the Bottom of the IMF Spectroscopy of Ultra-Low-Mass BDs	MOIRCS/MOS	3
S08B-075	David Barrado y Navascués	The nature of Subaru Planetary Mass Candidates in the 5 Myr Col 69 cluster	IRCS	1
S08B-085	Miwa Goto	Herbig Ae/Be Inner Disks in Transition	IRCS+AO	1
S08B-086	Norio Narita	Uncovering the Migration Process of the Transiting Eccentric Planet XO-3b	HDS	1
S08B-087	Norio Narita	Confirmation of a Large Spin-Orbit Misalignment in HD 17156b	HDS	1
S08B-089	Malte Schramm	Evolution of the M_BH-M_bulge relation beyond the quasar activity peak	IRCS+AO	3
S08B-091	Masayuki Akiyama	Revealing the dynamical structure of the disk-like galaxies at z~3	OSIRIS+LGSAO	1
S08B-092	Mamoru Doi	Dark Energy Measurements using SNIa in Elliptical Galaxies	FOCAS	3
S08B-093	Edouard Bernard	Probing the SFH of isolated dwarfs RR Lyr & deep main-sequence photometry	S-Cam	2
S08B-094	Hideko Nomura	Molecular Hydrogen Emission from Protoplanetary Disks	IRCS+AO	2
S08B-095	Neil Dello Russo	The chemical compositions of comets 6P/d'Arrest and C/2007 W1 (Boattini)	IRCS	1
S08B-102	Motohide TAMURA	Spectroscopic Confirmation of the First 'Y Dwarf' with Subaru	IRCS	2
S08B-103	Mikito Tanaka	Probing Faint Substructure in the Outer Stellar Halo of the Andromeda Galaxy	S-Cam	3
S08B-106	Misato Fukagawa	Multiplicity of Transitional Disk Candidates and New Taurus Members	NIRI+LGS-AO	1
S08B-108	Itsuki Sakon	A Role of Stellar Radiation on the Chemical Evolution of Interste llar Dust	COMICS	2
S08B-109	Chihiro Tokoku	Completion of MOIRCS Survey for Very High-z Lyalpha Emitters	MOIRCS	0.5
S08B-110	Masaaki Otsuka	A Search for s-process Elements in Extremely Metal-Poor Halo PNe	HDS	1
S08B-111	Tomonori Usuda	Optical Spectroscopy of Cas~A Rosetta Stone for Supernova Studies	FOCAS	3 ToO
S08B-115	Masaomi Tanaka	The Nature of Supernova 2008D Associated with a Luminous X-Ray Outburst	FOCAS	1
S08B-118	Dawn Erb	Metallicities and Dynamical Masses of Young Galaxies at z~2	MOIRCS/MOS	2
S08B-119	Poshak Gandhi	Probing the emission and structure of AGN with geometrically-thick tori	FOCAS	2
S08B-120	Yoshihiko Yamada	Truncation of star formation in early-type galaxies in the cluster infall region	GMOS-S	1
S08B-121	Tsuyoshi Terai	A wide-field survey for small main-belt asteroids in high-inclination	S-Cam	2
S08B-123	Nobuyuki Kawai	Subaru Observation of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows	various	2 ToO
S08B-127	Olivier Guyon	High Resolution Imaging of Beta Pictoris disk's inner region	IRCS+AO	0.5

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 10 nights will be carried over for the following semester.