Accepted proposals for Semester S15A

The Call for Proposals for Semester S15A received 160 and 2 submitted proposals for the Normal and Intensive Programs, respectively, requesting a total of 427 nights. After screening by TAC, 96 (+ 6 ToO) nights were allocated to the following 64 proposals. In addition, 20 nights are assigned to the HSC SSP Project. 4.5 nights are assigned to the Service Program observations.

ID	PI	Proposal Title	Inst	Nts	Abstract
S15A-002	Masatoshi Imanishi	Growth of supermassive blackholes in gas-rich galaxy mergers	IRCS+LGS-AO	2
S15A-003	Jun Hashimoto	Metallicity in Transitional Disks with Large Cavities II	HDS	1
S15A-007	Mitsuhiko Honda	MIR imaging of the transitional disk source Oph IRS48	COMICS	1	abstract
S15A-008	Yoichi Takeda	Clarifying Red Giants Evolutionary Status in Reference to the Kepler sample	HDS	1	abstract
S15A-009	Shogo Nishiyama	Gas Cloud Accretion onto the SMBH SgrA* and Formation of Jet 4	IRCS+NGS-AO or COMICS	1 ToO	abstract
S15A-015	Nobunari Kashikawa	Systematic study of QSO radiative feedback in high-z Universe II	S-Cam	2	abstract
S15A-016	Motohide Tamura	A definitive census of ultracool members in Serpens and Ophiuchus	HSC	1	abstract
S15A-017	Jin Koda	The Building History of XUV disks of M83& NGC2403 with TRGB Archaeology	HSC	1	abstract
S15A-019	Ikuru Iwata	Ionizing Radiation from High-z Galaxies in the GOODS-N	S-Cam	3
S15A-023	Masaru Kajisawa	Spectroscopic Follow-up for Massive Galaxies in a z=2.39 Proto-cluster Field	MOIRCS	1	abstract
S15A-025	Kazuyuki Ogura	A search for missing over-density regions through high-z damped Lyalpha systems	S-Cam	2	abstract
S15A-027	Masamune Oguri	Spectroscopy of quasar lens candidates from SDSS-III II	FOCAS	2
S15A-028	Kimihiko Nakajima	Uncovering the Physical Origin of Ionizing Photon Escape from Galaxies II	MOSFIRE(Keck)	1
S15A-029	Kohji Tsumura	Vertical structure of Jovian haze based on deep Galilean satellite eclipses	IRCS+NGS-AO+NIRI(Gemini)	2	abstract
S15A-031	Rhythm Shimakawa	Search for Lyalpha blobs and identification of their energy sources	S-Cam	1	abstract
S15A-032	Tomonori Totani	Follow-up of Fast Radio Bursts to Discover Other-Wavelength Counterparts	any	2 ToO	abstract
S15A-036	Yuu Niino	The complete metallicity measurements of long GRB host galaxies at z < 0.5	GMOS(Gemini)	1	abstract
S15A-040	Masao Hayashi	Direct verification of AGN feedback in active radio galaxies at z~2.5	NIFS+LGS-AO(Gemini)	1.5	abstract
S15A-044	Andreas Schulze	An Imaging Survey for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment	HSC	1	abstract
S15A-045	Yusei Koyama	MOIRCS follow-up spectroscopy of an extremely rich galaxy cluster at z=1.52	MOIRCS	1	abstract
S15A-046	Mikito Tanaka	Resolving the stellar outskirts of an interacting edge-on spiral, NGC4631/NGC4656	HSC	2
S15A-047	Tadayuki Kodama	MAHALO-DEEP: Ultra-deep NB Halpha imaging of two protoclusters at z > 2	MOIRCS	2.5	abstract
S15A-050	Tsuyoshi Terai	Deep Imaging Survey for Faint Trans-Neptunian Objects	HSC	1	abstract
S15A-052	Toshihiro Kawaguchi	Mapping the feedback in the host galaxies of [O III] outflowing active nuclei	Kyoto3DII+LGS-AO	1.5
S15A-054	Toshifumi Futamase	Systematic Weak-lensing Study of Subhalos in Very Nearby Galaxy Clusters II	HSC	1
S15A-057	Sakurako Okamoto	Complete mapping of Milky Way satellites: I. Ursa Minor	HSC	1
S15A-058	Kiyoto Yabe	Chemical Abundance Ratio of Galaxies at z~1.4 Revealed with FMOS	FMOS	2	abstract
S15A-059	Mariko Kubo	Resolving the hierarchical formation of a massive galaxy at z=3.09	IRCS+LGS-AO	0.5
S15A-061	Yoshiki Matsuoka	First spectroscopic identification of HSC-SSP high-z quasar candidates	FOCAS	1	abstract
S15A-062	Shiang-Yu Wang	Exploring Shape and Surface Properties of Trans-Neptunian Objects	S-Cam	2
S15A-069	Takuji Tsujimoto	First Eu detection in Sextans to test neutron star mergers as the r-process site	HDS	2	abstract
S15A-070	Suk-Jin Yoon	A Chemo-structural Study on Galactic Building Blocks	S-Cam	2	abstract
S15A-073	Norio Narita	Probing Transit Spectra of the Youngest Hot Jupiter	FOCAS+GMOS(Gemini)	1
S15A-074	Teruyuki Hirano	Measurements of the Spin-orbit Angles for Multiple Systems	HDS	1
S15A-075	Takayuki Muto	Probing a Protoplanetary Disk in Transition Phase in a Binary System HD~100453	GPI(Gemini)	1
S15A-078	Keiichi Maeda	Connection between the Environment and Supernova Explosions	FOCAS	2	abstract
S15A-079	Keiichi Maeda	Environment around Supernovae through Time-Sequence HDS Observations	HDS	2	abstract
S15A-083	Yuhri Ishimaru	Chemical composition of extremely metal poor stars	HDS	2
S15A-089	Nobuyuki Kawai	Subaru Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows	FOCAS or HDS or MOIRCS	1 ToO
S15A-092	Nozomu Tominaga	Shock Breakout and Plateau of Type II Plateau Supernovae	HSC&FOCAS	1.5
S15A-093	Wako Aoki	Subaru/HDS study of very metal-poor stars found with LAMOST	HDS	2	abstract
S15A-104	Matthew Bothwell	Comparing direct and IR fine-structure metallicity measurements	FOCAS	1
S15A-105	Krzysztof Helminiak	IR spectroscopy of detached eclipsing binaries -- spotting cool companions	IRCS+NGS-AO	1	abstract
S15A-107	Anna Ferre	The IMF of nearby relic massive galaxy candidates	FOCAS	1	abstract
S15A-112	Thayne Currie	Directly Imaging Exoplanets and Resolving Asteroid Belts Around Young Stars with SCExAO+HiCIAO/VAMPIRES	SCExAO+NGS-AO	1	abstract
S15A-114	Ernst de Mooij	Comparative Exoplanetology: Studying the Atmospheres of Three Hot Saturns	HDS	1
S15A-118	Hakon Dahle	Joint lensing and X-ray study of the most massive galaxy clusters at z > 0.5.	S-Cam	1	abstract
S15A-119	Yui Kawashima	Exploring Methane-Haze Photochemistry in the Atmosphere of WASP-80b	FOCAS	1
S15A-120	Masato Onodera	Fundamental metallicity relation at z > 3: Are galaxies gas-regulated systems?	MOSFIRE(Keck)	2	abstract
S15A-121	Takeshi Oka	Dynamics of the Gas in the Central Molecular Zone of the GC probed by H3+	IRCS+LGS-AO	2	abstract
S15A-123	Jun Takahashi	Revisiting the Mystery of Polarization during a Lunar Eclipse	FOCAS	1
S15A-124	Masao Hayashi	Definitive Measurements of the Mass-Metallicity-SFR Relation at z~2.2	FMOS	3	abstract
S15A-125	Bunei Sato	Confirmation of Kepler Planet Candidates around Giants	HDS	1.5	abstract
S15A-126	Kazuaki Ota	Completing the Deepest and Largest Census of z=7 LAEs to 0.5L* in SDF	S-Cam	4
S15A-133	Masayuki Kuzuhara	Second Epoch Observations to Confirm SEEDS Candidate Exoplanets II: Follow-up of S15A Targets	HiCIAO+NGS-AO&IRCS+NGS-AO	2.5
S15A-134	John Silverman	* The FMOS Legacy Survey of high-z Massive Galaxies and AGNs in COSMOS	FMOS	6
S15A-135	Yuriko Saito	Secure measurements of SMBH-bulge mass ratio for z ~ 3 quasars	IRCS+LGS-AO	2
S15A-138	Tomoki Morokuma	Identification of Low-Mass Active SMBHs Selected via Hour-Scale Variability	FOCAS	2
S15A-143	Takaya Nozawa	Revealing the Properties of Circumstellar Dust Shell around Type Ia SN 2014J	COMICS	1.5
S15A-145	Daisuke Ishihara	Investigating non-steady processes in warm debris disks	COMICS	1
S15A-147	Jun Hashimoto	Direct Imaging of Young Planets in Transitional Disk Systems	IRCS+LGS-AO	1
S15A-148	Yoshifusa Ita	Dust Kinematics in the Winds of Evolved Massive Stars	FOCAS	1	abstract
S15A-158	Akira Arai	Isotopic Ratios of 12C/13C and 14N/15N as Clues to Nucleaosynthesis in Novae	HDS&IRCS+NGS-AO	2 ToO
S15A-169	Malte Schramm	What galaxies are hosting the most massive BHs in the early universe?	RAVEN+LGS-AO	2

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

* This proposal has been accpeted in the category of Intensive Program, and additional 3 nights will be carried over to S15B.

Service Programs conducted in Semester S15A

The following proposals were conducted in S15A as Service Programs.

ID	PI	Proposal Title	Inst	Achievement
S15A-174S	Yusei Koyama	Mapping large-scale structure hosting Herschel-selected ULIRG clump at z~1.5	MOIRCS	90%
S15A-180S	Masaru Kajisawa	Star Formation Activity in a Proto-cluster Selected by LAEs at z~2.4	S-Cam	40%
S15A-187S	Gang Zhao	Investigation of the merging history of the Milky Way through LAMOST survey	HDS	20%
S15A-188S	Donald Kurtz	Asteroseismic core-to-surface rotation in the main-sequence star KIC~11145123	HDS	100%
S15A-192S	Wako Aoki	Follow-up high-S/N spectroscopy for EMP stars found with LAMOST/Subaru	HDS	100%
S15A-199S	Thayne Currie	The effects of chromospheric activity in the planet-hosting binary ROXs 42B	HDS	100%
S15A-206S	Naslim Neelamkodan	Probing chemical abundances in heavy-metal rich hot subdwarf stars	HDS	100%
S15A-215S	Marcin Hajduk	Adaptive optic imaging of the molecular ejecta in the oldest nova CK Vul	IRCS+LGS-AO	100%