Accepted Proposals for Semester S11A
The Call for Proposals for Semester S11A received 149 and 1 submitted proposals for the Normal and Intensive Programs, respectively, requesting a total of 441 nights. After screening by TAC, 88 + 2 ToO nights were allocated to the following 50 proposals. Other 14 nights are reserved for SEEDS Project and 5 nights are reserved for the Service Programs.
| ID | PI | Proposal Title | Inst | Nts | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S11A-001 | Donald Kurtz | Resolving stellar pulsational shock waves in the extreme helium star V652Her | HDS | 2 | |
| S11A-003 | Takashi Onaka | Towards the firm detection of buckminsterfullerence in NGC7023 | COMICS | 2 | |
| S11A-004 | Masayuki Tanaka | Stellar Populations of Massive Galaxies in a z=2.15 Proto-cluster | MOIRCS | 1 | abstract |
| S11A-006 | Yoshihiro Ueda | Deep spectroscopy of stellar counterparts of ultraluminous X-ray sources | FOCAS | 4 | abstract |
| S11A-010 | Nobunari Kashikawa | The First Direct Detection of the First Stars | MOIRCS | 2 | abstract |
| S11A-012 | Norio Narita | Transmission Spectroscopy of Super-Earths and Hot-Jupiters with FMOS | FMOS | 1 | |
| S11A-016 | Ikuru Iwata | Ionizing Radiation from High-z Galaxies in the GOODS-N | S-Cam | 3 | abstract |
| S11A-023 | Jacob Bean | Searching for a thermal inversion in the NIR spectrum of the planet XO-2b | MOIRCS | 1 | abstract |
| S11A-024 | Wako Aoki | U/Th chronometry for a red giant in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Ursa Minor | HDS | 3 | abstract |
| S11A-025 | David Sobral | Subar-HiZELS: a matched Halpha & [OII] emission-line survey at z=1.5 | S-Cam | 2 | abstract |
| S11A-028 | Yoshiki Matsuoka | The First Systematic Survey of Extended Emission-Line Regions around Quasars | S-Cam | 3 | abstract |
| S11A-029 | Nobuyuki Kawai | Subaru Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows | any | 1 ToO | |
| S11A-031 | Tamami Mori | Revealing the AGN, starburst, and shock components in NGC 6240 | IRCS+AO188 | 1 | |
| S11A-034 | Masamune Oguri | Characterizing the strongest lenses in the universe III | S-Cam | 1.5 | |
| S11A-035 | Takeshi Oka | Studies of Gas near the Galactic Center using Infrared Spectrum of H3+ | IRCS+AO188 | 1 | abstract |
| S11A-038 | Masateru Ishiguro | Composition of Flora Asteroidal Family Comet -- P/2010 A2 | S-Cam | 1 | |
| S11A-041 | Andreas Seifahrt | A near Infrared Radial Velocity survey around low mass stars | IRCS+AO188 | 1 | abstract |
| S11A-052 | Masami Ouchi | First Probe of the Physical Processes of Cosmic Reionization | S-Cam | 3 | |
| S11A-062 | Tetsuya Hashimoto | Metallicity of massive dark GRB host galaxies | MOIRCS | 1.5 | |
| S11A-064 | Keiichi Maeda | A NIR View on Thermonuclear Ignition Process in Type Ia Supernovae | IRCS+AO188 | 1 ToO | abstract |
| S11A-066 | Akiyama Masayuki | A Search for Heavily-obscured AGNs among Galaxies at z~1.5 | FMOS | 2 | abstract |
| S11A-067 | Pascale Hibon | Spectroscopic confirmation of z~7 galaxies. | FOCAS | 1 | |
| S11A-068 | Masayuki Yamanaka | Exploring the Origin of Extremely Luminous Type Ia SN 2009dc | FOCAS | 0.5 | |
| S11A-070 | Toshifumi Futamase | Weak Lensing Study of Statistical Property of DM Subhalos in Coma Cluster | S-Cam | 2.5 | abstract |
| S11A-071 | Bun'ei Sato | Precise Radial Velocity Measurements of Hyades A-type Stars | HDS | 1 | abstract |
| S11A-072 | Nobuhiro Okabe | Testing Hydrostatic Equilibrium of the Intracluster Medium from the Core to the Virial Radi | S-Cam | 2 | |
| S11A-073 | Kimihiko Nakajima | First Determination of Metal Abundance for Lyalpha Emitters with NIRSPEC | NIRSPEC | 2 | |
| S11A-075 | Masato Onodera | Mapping the Highest Concentrations of Passive Galaxies at z>1.4 | MOIRCS | 3 | abstract |
| S11A-077 | Magda Arnaboldi | Tracing kinematic sub-structures in the halo of the giant elliptical galaxy M87 | FOCAS | 3 | abstract |
| S11A-083 | Yen-Ting Lin | A Suprime View of Clusters in Bootes | S-Cam | 2 | abstract |
| S11A-085 | Mitsuhiko Honda | 25 mum imaging of southern Herbig Ae/Be stars | T-ReCS | 2 | abstract |
| S11A-086 | Gáspár Bakos | Confirmation of HATNet Transiting Planets Using Subaru/HDS | HDS | 1 | |
| S11A-098 | Kentaro Aoki | AGN Feedback Contribution of BAL Outflows | HDS | 3 | |
| S11A-100 | Masafumi Yagi | Spectroscopy of peculiar extended emission-line regions in the Coma cluster | LRIS | 2 | abstract |
| S11A-101 | Satoki Matsushita | Revealing Central 10 pc of Nearby Seyfert 2 Nucleus in M51 with COMICS | COMICS | 2 | |
| S11A-106 | Hisanori Furusawa | Exploring the High-z Universe in the SXDS-UDS & COSMOS-UltraVista Fields III | S-Cam | 3 | |
| S11A-109 | Chikako Yasui | First Census of Protoplanetary Disks under High-metallicity Condition | MOIRCS | 1 | |
| S11A-111 | Masafumi Yagi | Slitless spectroscopy of small bodies on a dark cloud curtain | S-Cam | 3 | abstract |
| S11A-112 | Ichi Tanaka | NIR Spectroscopy of Massive Forming Galaxies in the Core of Proto-cluster at z=2.5 | MOIRCS | 1 | abstract |
| S11A-119 | Hajime Sugai | Testing the high end of the starburst X-ray luminosity function | MOIRCS | 2 | |
| S11A-124 | Miho Ishigaki | Tracking the Orbit of a Tidally Disrupting Globular Cluster Palomar 5 | FOCAS | 2 | abstract |
| S11A-125 | Kumiko Morihana | K-band Spectroscopy of Dim X-ray Sources in the Galactic Plane | MOIRCS | 2 | abstract |
| S11A-129 | Hiroko Ito | Lithium abundances of the most metal-poor turnoff stars | HDS | 1 | abstract |
| S11A-131 | Teruyuki Hirano | Uncovering the Migration History of Giant Exoplanets | HDS | 1 | |
| S11A-134 | Itsuki Sakon | Dust Formation in Massive Wolf-Rayet Binary Systems (III) | COMICS | 2 | |
| S11A-140 | Michael McElwain | Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres with Occultation Differential Imaging | HiCIAO | 1 | abstract |
| S11A-141 | Ananda Hota | Nature of the star forming clumps in a new 'Fireball galaxy' IC 3418 | FOCAS | 1 | |
| S11A-143 | Mai Shirahata | Probing Molecular Tori in Seyfert-2 Galaxies through CO Absorption | IRCS+AO188 | 3 | |
| S11A-144 | Naohisa Inada | The Direct Size Measurement of Damped Lyalpha Systems through Lensed Quasars | GMOS | 1 | abstract |
| S11A-147 | Yoshiharu Shinnaka | Simultaneous Measurement of OPRs of NH3 and H2O in C/2009 P1 (Garradd) | HDS | 1 |
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 S11A
The following proposals were conducted in S11A as Service Programs.
| ID | PI | Proposal Title | Inst | Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S11A-167S | Yuusuke Uda | Binarity of the Orion Cluster | MOIRCS | 100% |
| S11A-169S | Norio Narita | Pursuing a Long Term Radial Velocity Trend in HAT-P-7 | HDS | 100% |
| S11A-171S | Teruyuki Hirano | Measurements of the Stellar Inclinations for the Kepler Planetary Candidates | HDS | 100% |
| S11A-174S | Christian Ginski | 2nd epoch imaging of substellar companions to young stars in beta pic | IRCS+AO188 | 65% |
| S11A-176S | Christian Ginski | 2nd epoch imaging of sub-stellar companion candidates | IRCS+AO188 | 75% |
| S11A-184S | Toshiya Ueta | Pinpointing the Location of the Wind-ISM Interface around AGB Star, R Hya | FOCAS | 30% |
| S11A-186S | Kentaro Aoki | Novel Approach for Finding Clusters of Galaxies by Their Shadows | S-Cam | 90% |
| S11A-192S | Naoto Kobayashi | Origin of Mass-metallicity Relation Seen through Extremely Gas-rich Dwarfs | FOCAS | 40% |
| S11A-193S | Yoshihiro Kuwada | Follow-up Imaging of Extrasolar Planet Candidates | IRCS+AO188 | 100% |