Accepted Proposals for Semester S16B
The Call for Proposals for Semester S16B received 137 and 5 submitted proposals for the Normal and Intensive Programs, respectively, requesting a total of 409.8 nights. After screening by TAC, 43 (+ 6 ToO) nights were allocated to the following 31 proposals. In addition, 30 nights are assigned to the HSC SSP Project, 4 nights are assigned to the Service Program observations, and 4 nights are assigned to the on-going S16A Intensive Program (S16A-119).
ID | PI | Proposal Title | Inst | Nts | Abstract |
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S16B-001I | Akio Inoue | *Cosmic HydrOgen Reionization Unveiled with Subaru (CHORUS) | HSC | 2 | abstract |
S16B-009 | Motohide Tamura | A definitive census of 4 young associations: Taurus, IC348, NGC1333 & alphaPer | HSC | 1 | abstract |
S16B-010 | Toru Misawa | Characterizing Clump Sizes in Outflow by Multi-Sightline Spectroscopy II | HDS | 2 | abstract |
S16B-011 | Sakurako Okamoto | M81; Near field cosmology beyond the Local Group 5 | HSC(Queue) | 1.5 | abstract |
S16B-012 | Satoshi Yamanaka | New method for estimating the LyC escape fraction of high-z galaxies | MOSFIRE(Keck) | 1 | abstract |
S16B-015 | Michitoshi Yoshida | Optical--infrared follow-up observation of gravitational wave sources | HSC/FOCAS/MOIRCS/IRCS/HDS | 3 ToO | abstract |
S16B-016 | Taichi Uyama | Search for Exoplanet Accretion Signatures in Transitional Disks II | OSIRIS+NGS-AO(Keck) | 1 | abstract |
S16B-021 | Takao Sato | Coordinated observation of Venus cloud top with Subaru and AKATSUKI | COMICS | 2 | abstract |
S16B-023 | Masaru Kajisawa | What drives the quenching of star formation in high-z massive galaxies? | FOCAS | 1 | abstract |
S16B-025 | Yasumasa Kasaba | MIR studies of Jupiter around the closest approach of NASA Juno orbiter | COMICS | 1 | abstract |
S16B-029 | Takatoshi Shibuya | Spectroscopy for z~5.7 Bright LAEs Selected with First HSC-NB816 Data | FOCAS&MOSFIRE(Keck) | 1.0+1.0 | abstract |
S16B-031 | Jin Koda | Environmental dependence of ultra diffuse galaxies (UDGs) with HSC | HSC | 1 | abstract |
S16B-034 | Tomotsugu Goto | Absorption tests, black hole mass, and abundance with a new QSO at z=6.6 | FOCAS&GNIRS(Gemini) | 1.0+0.5 | abstract |
S16B-046 | Tomonori Totani | Subaru Follow-up of Fast Radio Bursts | HSC/FOCAS/HDS/MOIRCS/IRCS | 1 ToO | abstract |
S16B-059 | Masaomi Tanaka | Unveiling the Nature of Luminous Short-Timescale Transients | GMOS(Gemini-S) | 1 | abstract |
S16B-064 | Miho Ishigaki | K abundances in extremely metal-poor stars as a tracer of SN mechanisms | HDS | 1 | abstract |
S16B-067 | Toru Yamada | Huge volume tomographic survey in the SSA22 proto-cluster with Keck/DEIMOS | DEIMOS(Keck) | 2 | abstract |
S16B-070 | Michihiro Takami | Understanding the Mechanism of Jet Launching in Active Young Stars | NIFS+NGS-AO(Gemini) | 0.5 | abstract |
S16B-071I | Yoshiki Matsuoka | *Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs) | FOCAS | 5 | abstract |
S16B-072 | Satoshi Takita | Exploring the H2O ice in WISE J180956.27-330500.2 | IRCS+NGS-AO | 1 | abstract |
S16B-073 | Akira Arai | Nucleosynthesis in Thermonuclear Runaway of Classical Novae | HDS | 2 ToO | abstract |
S16B-074 | Hisanori Furusawa | Spectroscopy of Very Bright Lyalpha Emitters at z=6.5 in HSC-NB Wide Fields | FOCAS | 1 | abstract |
S16B-080 | Naoki Yasuda | Probing Dark Energy with z>1 SNe Ia from HSC SSP Transient Survey | FOCAS | 2 | abstract |
S16B-081 | Tadayuki Kodama | Mahalo Deep Fields: Low mass end of the star-forming main sequence at high-z | MOIRCS | 3 | abstract |
S16B-084 | Tadafumi Matsuno | Young alpha-Rich Stars: Are They Chemically Distinct Population? | HIRES(Keck) | 2 | abstract |
S16B-088 | Yosuke Minowa | GANBA-Subaru: Dissecting star-forming activities in field galaxies at z~2 | IRCS+LGS-AO | 1 | abstract |
S16B-097 | Takayuki Kotani | Searching for signatures from accreting extra-solar gas giant planets | SCExAO+NGS-AO | 1 | abstract |
S16B-104 | Thayne Currie | SPS: The SCExAO Pathfinder Survey for Young Exoplanets and Debris disks II | SCExAO+NGS-AO | 2 | abstract |
S16B-115 | Håkon Dahle | Weak lensing masses of the most massive galaxy clusters at 0.7 < z < 0.9 | HSC(Queue) | 1 | abstract |
S16B-118 | Miwa Goto | Is the Pipe frozen with Water? or CO? | NIRSPEC(Keck) | 1.5 | abstract |
S16B-132 | Teruyuki Hirano | ESPRINT III: A New Search for Transiting Planets Unveiled by K2 | IRCS+NGS-AO | 1 | abstract |
We have time-exchange programs with Gemini and Keck. The instruments written in italics are those of Gemini or Keck.
- This proposal has been accepted in the category of Intensive Program.
NOTE (July 12, 2016):
In order to compensate the surplus telescope time resulting from the cancellation of re-coating work of the primary mirror, nine backup proposals (see 1 below) were newly accepted and additional nights were assigned to originally accepted eight proposals (see 2 below).
*1
S16B-006, Masayuki Tanaka et al.,
The Size-Mass Relation of Quiescent Galaxies at z~4
IRCS+LGS-AO, 1 night, abstract
S16B-014, Masayuki Tanaka et al.,
First Observational Test of the Missing Satellite Problem Beyond Local Group
HSC(Queue), 1.5 nights, abstract
S16B-030, Nobunari Kashikawa et al.,
Mapping the most massive overdensity through HI
HSC(Queue), 1 night, abstract
S16B-043, Yoshihiro Ueda et al.,
Deep Spectroscopy of ULXs Containing Intermediate Mass Black Hole
FOCAS, 3 nights, abstract
S16B-049, Fumi Yoshida et al.,
Hunting Planet Nine and RR-Lyrae stars in the Milky Way halo with HSC
HSC, 3 nights, abstract
S16B-050, Satoko Sorahana et al.,
Searching for the Cause of Variability of Brown Dwarfs with NIR Spectroscopy
MOIRCS, 1 night, abstract
S16B-094, Kris Helminiak et al.,
IR spectroscopy of detached eclipsing binaries - spotting cool companions
IRCS+NGS-AO, 0.5 night, abstract
S16B-096, Shiang-Yu Wang et al.,
Exploring Shape and Rotational Properties of Trans-Neptunian Objects
HSC, 2 nights, abstract
S16B-116, Tomoki Morokuma et al.,
A Search for 10^4 M_sun Active Black Holes
FOCAS, 1 night, abstract
*2
Additional 1 night for each of S16B-009, S16B-031, S16B-081, S16B-088, S16B-104, and S16B-115Q. Additional 1.5 nights for S16B-132(HDS), and 2 nights for S16B-074(FOCAS and MOIRCS).
NOTE (September 20, 2016):
In order to compensate the surplus telescope time resulting from shortening of downtime for repair work, five backup proposals (see 3 below) were newly accepted and additional nights were assigned to originally accepted two proposals (see 4 below).
*3
S16B-057, Olivier Guyon et al.,
High resolution imaging of limb-polarization and mass-loss in evolved stars
SCExAO+NGS-AO, 1 night, abstract
S16B-075, Stevanus Kristianto Nugroho et al.,
CO Detection of Directly Imaged Exoplanet
IRCS+NGS-AO, 1 night, abstract
S16B-119, Tomoyuki Kudo et al.,
Search for planets exciting spiral structures
SCExAO+NGS-AO, 1.5 nights, abstract
S16B-141, Mridusmita Buragohain et al.,
Investigation of signatures from deuterium inclusion in astronomical PAHs
COMICS, 1 night, abstract
S16B-142, Yasuyuki Tanaka et al.,
Subaru IRCS linear polarimetry of magnetar 4U 0142+61
IRCS+NGS-AO, 1 night, abstract
*4
Additional 2 nights for S16B-064, and 1 night for S16B-088.
Service Programs Conducted in Semester S16B
The following proposals were conducted in S16B as Service Programs.
ID | PI | Proposal Title | Inst | Achievement |
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S16B-007S | Donald Kurtz | A test of Saio's theory of pulsation mode selection in roAp stars - continuation | HDS | 100% |
S16B-159S | Satoru Katsuda | The First High-Resolution H alpha Spectroscopy of the G156.2+5.7 SNR | HDS | 100% |
S16B-164S | Akito Tajitsu | Lithium I in a Classical Nova in the Nebular Phase | HDS | 100% |
S16B-172S | Teruyuki Hirano | Bridging M Dwarf Metallicities from Low and High Resolution Spectroscopies | IRCS+NGS-AO | 9% |
S16B-178S | Masanobu Kunitomo | Searching for the fingerprints of planet engulfment in red giants | HDS | 100% |
S16B-179S | Tomoyuki Kudo | Confirmation of planet candidates in the disk. | IRCS+NGS-AO | 100% |
S16B-180S | Mana Niida | Quasar Evolution in the Early Universe: Down-sizing or Up-sizing? | FOCAS | 50% |
S16B-181S | Tsuguru Ryu | Confirmation of companion candidates around giants with RV trends | IRCS+NGS-AO | 42% |
S16B-185S | Naohisa Inada | Follow-up Observations for a Large Separation Lens Candidate | FOCAS | 100% |