Accepted Proposals for Semester S09A
The Call for Proposals for Semester S09A received 151 submitted proposals all for the Normal Program, requesting a total of 429.5 nights. After screening by TAC, 98 + 4 ToO nights were newly allocated to the following 53 proposals. Besides, 11 nights will be used for the running Intensive Program proposals (5 nights for S08A-018, 6 nights for S08B-051), and 5 nights for the Service Program.
| ID | PI | Proposal Title | Inst | Nts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S09A-002 | Tomotsugu Goto | A search for high redshift QSOs at 6.5<z<7.8 | FOCAS | 0.5 |
| S09A-006 | Masatoshi Imanishi | Distinguishing the compact energy sources of nearby ULIRGs | COMICS | 2 |
| S09A-011 | Nobunari Kashikawa | Concluding the Census of Faint Galaxies at the Reionization Epoch | DEIMOS | 2 |
| S09A-014 | Masaomi Tanaka | Spectropolarimetry of Stripped-Envelope Supernovae and GRB-Supernovae | FOCAS | 1 ToO |
| S09A-016 | Masayuki Tanaka | Deep NIR spectroscopy of record-breaking cluster candidates at z~1.8 | MOIRCS/MOS | 3 |
| S09A-017 | Masami Ouchi | Follow-up Wide-Field Survey for z~7 Galaxies:Final Push of the Subaru Limit | S-Cam | 4 |
| S09A-018 | Nobuo Arimoto | Detecting the Invisibles: The Next Generation of Ultra Faint dSphs | S-Cam | 3 |
| S09A-020 | Nobunari Kashikawa | The First Direct Detection of the First Stars | MOIRCS/MOS | 2 |
| S09A-022 | Poshak Gandhi | Resolving the mid-infrared cores of a complete distance-limited 3CRR sample | COMICS | 4 |
| S09A-025 | Alexander Scholz | Reaching for the Bottom: Spectroscopy of Ultra-Low-Mass Brown Dwarfs | MOIRCS/MOS | 2 |
| S09A-026 | Lorenzo Monaco | Chemical abundances in the remote globular cluster NGC2419 | HDS | 1 |
| S09A-028 | Susan Kassin | MOIRCS Multi-PA Kinematics of Galaxies at z~2+: A Search for Disks | MOIRCS/MOS | 2 |
| S09A-030 | Tohru NAGAO | Nitrogen-Loud QSOs --- A Critical Test for Metallicity Measurements in High-z QSOs | MOIRCS | 1 |
| S09A-038 | Misato Fukagawa | Variability in Protoplanetary Disks II | IRCS+AO188 | 2 |
| S09A-039 | Nobuyuki Kawai | Subaru Observation of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows | various | 3 ToO |
| S09A-043 | Nobuo Arimoto | Mapping the Highest Concentrations of Passive Galaxies at z~2 | MOIRCS/MOS | 3 |
| S09A-044 | Toru Yamada | Spectroscopic Identification of Infrared-Selcted Clusters of Galaxies at z>1.4 | MOIRCS/MOS | 1 |
| S09A-045 | Paul Ho | Structure of Dark Matter and Baryons in AMIBA SZE Galaxy Clusters | S-Cam | 1.5 |
| S09A-046 | Philip Lucas | Spectroscopic confirmation of the coolest brown dwarfs with Subaru | IRCS | 2 |
| S09A-047 | Pascale Hibon | Searching z~7 galaxies with Suprime-Cam | S-Cam | 2 |
| S09A-048 | Sakurako Okamoto | Chemical Signatures of Genuine Building Blocks of the Milky Way | HDS | 3 |
| S09A-049 | Masato Onodera | H alpha kinematics of z=1.5 disk galaxies hosting giant molecular gas reservoirs | OSIRIS/LGS-AO | 1 |
| S09A-051 | Mike Watson | IR properties of a sample of Extreme FX/Fopt objects (EXOs) | MOIRCS | 1 |
| S09A-062 | Masayuki Akiyama | Revealing the dynamical structure of the disk-like galaxies at z~3 II | NIFS/LGS-AO | 1 |
| S09A-063 | Sune Toft | Redshifts and environmental impacts on massive evolved galaxies at z~2 | MOIRCS/MOS | 2.5 |
| S09A-065 | Masanori Iye | Deep SDF survey for Lyman alpha Emitters at z=7.3 with new SuprimeCam | S-Cam | 4 |
| S09A-067 | Kazuya Matsubayashi | Line Ratio Maps of Galactic Winds in Nearby Edge-on Starburst Galaxies | Kyoto3DII | 2 |
| S09A-069 | David Bowen | Echelle Observations of QSO Absorption Lines from QSOs | HDS | 2 |
| S09A-071 | Ikuru Iwata | Revealing the nature of galaxies emitting strong Lyman continuum | LRIS | 1 |
| S09A-082 | Neil Dello Russo | The chemical composition of comet C/2007 N3 Lulin | IRCS+AO188 | 1 |
| S09A-084 | Yuki Nakamura | A Search for Emission-Line Objects in the Proto-Cluster Region at z=2.4 | S-Cam | 1 |
| S09A-093 | Koji Kawabata | Late-time Spectroscopy of Type Ib/c SNe: probing inner ejecta and asphericity | FOCAS | 2 |
| S09A-096 | Norio Narita | A Search for Weather Variations in the Transiting Extrasolar Planet HD189733b | HDS | 2 |
| S09A-097 | Norio Narita | New Searches for Atmospheric Absorption in Transiting Extrasolar Planets I. | HDS | 3 |
| S09A-099 | Nobunari Kashikawa | The first QSOs at z~7 | S-Cam | 3 |
| S09A-101 | Masahide Takada-Hidai | Exploring the [S/Fe] Behavior of Metal-Poor Stars with the S I 1.046 μm Lines | IRCS+AO188 | 2 |
| S09A-103 | Masamune Oguri | Characterizing the strongest lenses in the universe | S-Cam | 1 |
| S09A-104 | Yuichi Matsuda | How Did Galaxies Form in the Large-scale HI Gas Reservoir at z=5? | S-Cam | 2 |
| S09A-108 | Scott Sheppard | A Neptune Trojan Survey for the New Horizons Spacecraft | S-Cam | 3 |
| S09A-113 | Hajime Sugai | Testing the tip of the starburst X-ray luminosity function | MOIRCS | 2 |
| S09A-114 | Naoyuki Tamura | Characterizing star-forming galaxies in overdense regions at z = 1-2 | MOIRCS/MOS | 2 |
| S09A-115 | Takeshi Oka | Exploring the Central Molecular Zone of the Milky Way by H3+ Spectroscopy | IRCS+AO188 | 4 |
| S09A-117 | Masafumi Yagi | Slitless spectroscopy of small bodies on a dark cloud curtain | S-Cam | 1 |
| S09A-119 | Masafumi Yagi | Spectroscopy of peculiar extended emission-line regions in the Coma cluster | FOCAS | 1 |
| S09A-121 | Hitomi Kobayashi | Hydrogenation of Hydrocarbon Molecules in Comets: Case of C/2007 N3 | IRCS+AO188 | 1 |
| S09A-124 | Hideaki Fujiwara | Warm Debris Dust around Planet Host Stars (Northern Sources) | COMICS | 1 |
| S09A-127 | Hideaki Fujiwara | Warm Debris Dust around Planet Host Stars (Southern Sources) | T-ReCS | 3 |
| S09A-128 | Yutaka Komiyama | Coma Cluster of Galaxies -- Ultimate Imaging Survey (III) | S-Cam | 2 |
| S09A-129 | Yutaka Ihara | A rate study of highest-z type Ia supernovae | FOCAS | 1 |
| S09A-135 | Toru Misawa | Multi-Sightline Spectroscopy of Outflowing Winds in Quasar SDSS J1029+2623 | FOCAS, HDS | 0.5+1 |
| S09A-138 | Tomoki Saito | Spectroscopic follow-up of Ly alpha blobs at z~3 in the 2 deg2 COSMOS field | GMOS(N) | 1 |
| S09A-154 | Seiji Sugita | Observation of LCROSS Collisions on a Permanent Shadow of the Moon | IRCS | 0.5 |
| S09A-157 | Masayuki Kuzuhara | Deep Spectroscopy of a Possible Cluster of Young Planetary-Mass Objects | MOIRCS/MOS | 1.5 |
We have time-exchange programs with Gemini and Keck. The instruments written in italics are those of Gemini or Keck.
Service Programs Conducted in Semester S09A
The following proposals were conducted in S09A as Service Programs.
| ID | PI | Proposal Title | Inst | Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S09A-159S | Barry Welsh | Probing the Local Bubble/Halo Interaction Region | HDS | 100% |
| S09A-163S | Masaaki Otsuka | A Search for s-process Elements in the Extremely Metal-Poor Halo PNe | HDS | 100% |
| S09A-165S | Wako Aoki | Investigation of the Binary Nature of Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars | HDS | 100% |
| S09A-168S | Masao Hayashi | A complete census of galaxy populations in and around the most distant X-ray cluster at z=1.45 | S-Cam | 90% |
| S09A-169S | Kaori Otsuki | Neutron-capture elements in r-process-enhanced globulra cluster M80 | HDS | 100% |
| S09A-170S | Romuald Tylenda | Establishing the status of the 'red nova' V4332 Sgr | HDS | 100% |
| S09A-178S | Takehiko Wada | Optical Follow-up Imaging of the AKARI NEP Ultra Deep Field (NEP-UDF) | S-Cam | 30% |
| S09A-180S | A-Ran Lyo | Evaluating Doppler Precision of a Young Star HD 135344 for Exoplanet Search | HDS | 100% |
| S09A-182S | Yuhei Takagi | The age determination of late-type T Tauri stars by spectroscopy | HDS | 100% |
| S09A-183S | Kouji Ohta | A New-type GRB Host? | S-Cam | 75% |
| S09A-188S | Yuji Urata | Identification of the GRB080319B host galaxy | S-Cam | 80% |