Accepted Proposals for Semester S07B
The Call for Proposals for Semester S07B saw 138 submitted proposals for the Normal Programs, requesting a total of 407.8 nights. The available 112 + 5.5TOO nights were awarded to the following 53 proposals. Other 6 nights are reserved for the Service Programs.
| ID | PI | Proposal Title | Inst | Nts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S07B-002 | Tomotsugu Goto | A search for faint 5.8<z<6.5 QSOs | FOCAS | 1 |
| S07B-004 | Masatoshi Imanishi | Buried AGNs in nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxies | NIRSPEC | 2 |
| S07B-005 | Masatoshi Imanishi | Distinguishing the compact energy sources of nearby ULIRGs | COMICS | 1 |
| S07B-007 | Yoichi Itoh | Search for Proto-Planetary Disks and Planets around Binary Systems | CIAO+AO | 2 |
| S07B-008 | Masami Ouchi | Completion of SXDS NB921 Imaging II: Concluding z=6.6 LAE Clustering | S-Cam | 2 |
| S07B-010 | Akio Inoue | Deep narrowband survey of ionizing photons from z~3 galaxies | S-Cam | 5 |
| S07B-015 | G. Orton | Thermal Imaging and Spectroscopy of Jupiter | COMICS | 1 |
| S07B-018 | Toru Yamada | Systematic Spectroscopy of NIR-Selected Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift | MOIRCS | 2 |
| S07B-019 | Chihiro Tokoku | Search for Galaxies at the Cosmic Frontier | MOIRCS | 5 |
| S07B-020 | Nobunari Kashikawa | Faint emissions from heavy absorbers: spectroscopy | FOCAS | 2 |
| S07B-022 | Zhibo Jiang | Searching for the circumstellar disks around massive protostellar objects | CIAO+AO | 2 |
| S07B-024 | Keiichi Umetsu | Subaru Weak Lensing Study of Merging Galaxy Clusters II | S-Cam | 1 |
| S07B-026 | Nahum Arav | The Cosmological Impact of Quasar Outflows | HDS | 2 |
| S07B-027 | Masami Ouchi | Deep High-Resolution DEIMOS Spectroscopy for SXDS Galaxies at z=3-7 | DEIMOS | 2 |
| S07B-029 | Tadayuki Kodama | The first appearance of the red sequence in proto-clusters: NIR observations | MOIRCS | 3 |
| S07B-032 | Yuka Uchimoto | Stellar Mass Assembly in a Proto-Cluster Region at z=3.09 | MOIRCS | 4 |
| S07B-036 | Tohru NAGAO | The nature of Ly alpha blobs in the high-z universe | MOIRCS | 3 |
| S07B-037 | Masayuki Tanaka | Precise star formation histories in distant clusters traced by H alpha spectroscopy | MOIRCS | 3 |
| S07B-042 | Yoshihiro Ueda | Reliable mass measuremens in a study of heating effects in SS433 | FOCAS | 2 |
| S07B-043 | Naoto Kobayashi | Evolution of High-redshift MgII Absorption Systems | IRCS | 3 |
| S07B-044 | Chikako Yasui | A Complete Census of Initial Mass Function in a Low-metallicity Environment | MOIRCS | 3 |
| S07B-049 | Sadanori Okamura | Suprime-Cam Slitless Spectroscopy of High-Redshift Galaxies | S-Cam | 3 |
| S07B-050 | Takashi MIYATA | Fossils of AGB/PPNe dust? - A broad 12 mu m feature in NGC7027 | COMICS, IRCS | 1+1 |
| S07B-052 | Nobuo Arimoto | Exploring the Local Group with Suprime-Cam II | S-Cam | 3 |
| S07B-054 | Mikako Matsuura | PDR or shocks? line excitations of planetary nebulae | MOIRCS | 1 |
| S07B-057 | Keiichi Maeda | Hunting for the Signatures of Explosion Asymmetry in Core-Collapse SNe | FOCAS | 2 |
| S07B-060 | Yuji Ikeda | Detection of high-velocity white-dwarf winds in symbiotic binaries | IRCS | 2 |
| S07B-062 | Hideko Nomura | Molecular Hydrogen Emission from Protoplanetary Disks | IRCS | 2 |
| S07B-064 | Takafumi Ootsubo | Crystallinity and porosity of silicate dust grains in Ecliptic comets | COMICS | 1 |
| S07B-067 | Bun'ei Sato | Search for Planets around G-type Giants | HDS | 1.5 |
| S07B-076 | Padma Yanamandra-Fisher | Temporal Variability of Saturn's Poles and Thermal Properties of Its Rings | COMICS | 1 |
| S07B-078 | Christopher Leigh | Spectroscopic search for thermal emission from upsilon And b | IRCS | 2 |
| S07B-079 | Kazuaki Mitsuyama | Temporal Variation of Mesoscale Structure at Venus Cloud-top | COMICS | 3 |
| S07B-083 | Toru Misawa | How Cool are High Velocity Clouds? | HDS | 1 |
| S07B-087 | Mara Salvato | NIR spectroscopy of 6 cluster candidates beyond z = 1.5 | MOIRCS | 1 |
| S07B-089 | Anton Koekemoer | High-Redshift Black Hole Growth in Dense Environments with COSMOS | MOIRCS | 3 |
| S07B-091 | Norio Narita | Measuring the Distribution of Spin-Orbit Alignments of Transiting Hot Jupiters | HDS | 4 |
| S07B-093 | Ralph Neuhauser | Astrometric search for sub-stellar companions in low-mass binary stars | CIAO+AO | 0.5 |
| S07B-096 | Masayuki Akiyama | Establishing the drastic evolution of the stellar mass distribution of galaxies | NIRI+Altair | 2.5 |
| S07B-098 | Scott Sheppard | Completing the Inventory of the Outer Solar System | S-Cam | 2 |
| S07B-099 | Yoichi TAMURA | Clustering of SMGs revealed by AzTEC and DRGs in the 4C41.17 field | MOIRCS | 3 |
| S07B-103 | Motohide TAMURA | The Bottom of the IMF in Orion | MOIRCS | 2 |
| S07B-106 | Naoyuki Tamura | MOIRCS spectroscopy of BiK-selected galaxies at z~ 2 | MOIRCS | 3 |
| S07B-109 | Kimiaki Kawara | Spectroscopic study of a massive galaxy at z ~ 5.5 | GMOS(N) | 0.5 |
| S07B-110 | Masao Sako | Spectroscopy of SN II Discovered by the SDSS-II | FOCAS | 2 |
| S07B-111 | Motohide TAMURA | Spectroscopic Confirmation of the First 'Y Dwarf' with Subaru | IRCS | 1 |
| S07B-113 | Toshinobu Takagi | An optical spectroscopic survey of AKARI 4 mu m-selected massive galaxies | FOCAS | 3 |
| S07B-114 | Itsuki Sakon | Evolution of PAHs in Compact HII Regions with Intense Radiation Fields | COMICS | 3 |
| S07B-116 | Nobuyuki Kawai | Subaru Observation of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows | various | 3.5 ToO |
| S07B-117 | Yoshihiko Yamada | Truncation of star formation in early-type galaxies in the cluster infall region | GMOS-S | 2 |
| S07B-120 | Tomoharu Oka | Search for Compact Stellar Clusters in the Central Molecular Zone of our Galaxy | MOIRCS | 2 |
| S07B-121 | Tomonori Usuda | Cas A: Optical Spectroscopy of 300 years ago | FOCAS | 2 ToO |
| S07B-142 | Suk-Jin Yoon | Are There Two Distinct Globular Cluster Subsystems in Elliptical Galaxies? | MOIRCS | 2 |
We have time-exchange programs with Gemini and Keck. The instruments written in italics are Gemini's or Keck's.
Service Programs Conducted in Semester S07B
The following proposals were conducted in S07B as Service Programs.
| ID | PI | Proposal Title | Inst | Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S07B-056S | Kazuhiro Shimasaku | Dark-halo mass dependence of star formation properties for z~3 LBGs | S-Cam | 100% |
| S07B-143S | Naohisa Inada | Wide-Field Imaging of the Largest Lensed QSO SDSS J1029+2623 | S-Cam | 92% |
| S07B-144S | Lorenzo Monaco | Detailed chemical abundances of stars in the young globular cluster Pal1 | HDS | 35% |
| S07B-146S | Naruhisa Takato | Search for the dust belts of Mars | IRCS | 100% |
| S07B-148S | Masayuki Tanaka | Probing the Largest Structures in the z~0.5 Universe | S-Cam | 100% |
| S07B-149S | Michael Eracleous | Black Hole Masses in AGNs With Double-Peaked Emission Lines | HDS | 90% |
| S07B-151S | Nobunari Kashikawa | Clustering Segregation in High-z Universe | S-Cam | 100% |
| S07B-154S | Wako Aoki | Investigation of the Binary Nature of Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Star | HDS | 100% |
| S07B-156S | Hideo Matsuhara | Optical Follow-up Imaging of the AKARI NEP Ultra Deep Field | S-Cam | 100% |
| S07B-162S | Naoto Kobayashi | Investigating Initial Mass Function in Low-metallicity Environment | MOIRCS | 57.5% |
| S07B-163S | Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar | The Young Eruptive Star GM Cep: Activity, Rotation, and Binarity | HDS | 100% |
| S07B-166S | Thomas Dall | High rotation -- low v sin i : Finding the hidden ultra-fast, ultra-active stars | HDS | 100% |
| S07B-167S | Masafumi Yagi | Pilot survey of distorted features around E+A galaxies | S-Cam | 100% |
| S07B-168S | Wako Aoki | Th abundance ratios in bright giants in the Galactic halo | HDS | 100% |
| S07B-172S | Kaori Otsuki | r-process elements in M30 | HDS | 100% |
| S07B-175S | Yuhei Takagi | Surface gravity determination of late-type T Tauri stars by spectroscopy | HDS | 100% |
| S07B-180S | Yutaka Ihara | Property of host galaxies of SDSS type Ia suparnovae | MOIRCS | 15% |