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+AO188 | 3 |
| S08B-041 | Mitsuhiko Honda | Observations of Water Ice Distribution in the Disk | IRCS+AO188 | 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+AO188 | 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+AO188 | 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+AO188 | 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 Interstellar 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+AO188 | 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.
Service Programs Conducted in Semester S08B
The following proposals were conducted in S08B as Service Programs.
| ID | PI | Proposal Title | Inst | Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S08B-004S | Barry Welsh | Probing the Intermediate Velocity Clouds | HDS | 50% |
| S08B-148S | Tadayuki Kodama | Ultimate Study of Environmental Effects in the Huge Cosmic Web at z=0.55 | S-Cam | 100% |
| S08B-150S | Michael Hilker | Missing satellites in fossil groups? | S-Cam | 80% |
| S08B-155S | Norio Narita | Spectroscopic Selection of Transiting Planet Candidates from the MOA-I Data | HDS | 100% |
| S08B-156S | Masayuki Tanaka | Deep i-band Imaging of One of the Highest Redshift X-ray Clusters | S-Cam | 100% |
| S08B-160S | Nicolas Martin | A deep view of three newly discovered Andromeda satellites | S-Cam | 100% |
| S08B-165S | Yasuyuki Tanaka | Search for fallback debris disk around RRAT with Subaru/IRCS | IRCS | 100% |
| S08B-168S | Toru Misawa | A Bare Molecular Cloud at z=0.45? | HDS | 100% |
| S08B-169S | Sascha Quanz | Scrutinizing a New Isolated, Massive Protostar--Disk System | IRCS | 100% |
| S08B-170S | Yoichi Itoh | High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Brown Dwarfs | HDS | 100% |
| S08B-171S | Wako Aoki | Investigation of the Binary Nature of Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars | HDS | 100% |
| S08B-172S | Yuki Nakamura | Proving the Largest Equivalent Width of Ly-alpha Emitters in a z=3.1 Protocluster | S-Cam | 100% |