2008Subaru Users' Meeting

January 14 (Wednesday)

***WFMOS Science Session***
09:00 - 17:15 (in Japanese)
Facilitator: Nobuo Arimoto (NAOJ)
[20 min] Opening Remarks Masa Hayashi (NAOJ-Hawaii)
[40 min] "Background of WFMOS and Expected Scientific
Concept" Yasushi Suto (University of Tokyo)
[45 min] "Cosmology by WFMOS" Masahiro Takada (IPMU)

[10:45-11:00 Break (15 min)]

[25 min] "Baryon Acoustic Oscillation" Atsushi Taruya (University of Tokyo)
[25 min] "Modified Gravity" Kazuhiro Yamamoto (Hiroshima University)
[20 min] "High-Z Supernova Search with HSC and WFMOS" Yutaka Ihara
(University of Tokyo)

[12:10-13:30 Lunch]

Facilitator: Koji Ohta (Kyoto University)
[50 min] "Galactic Archaeology with the WFMOS" Nobuo Arimoto/Wako
Aoki/Masashi (NAOJ, Tohoku University)
[25 min] "Survey of Stars with excess of neutron capture
element by WFMOS" Satoshi Honda (Gunma Observatory)
[20 min] "Galaxy Formation Process with WFMOS" Miho Ishigaki (Tohoku
University)
[15 min] "Study of dwarf satellites with WFMOS" Sakurako Okamoto
(University of Tokyo)

[15:20-15:35 Break (15 min)]

[25 min] "Galaxy evolution by WFMOS" Kazuhiro Shimasaku (University of
Tokyo)
[25 min] "Galaxy formation and cosmic ionization studies by
spectroscopic survey with WFMOS"
Masami Ouchi (Carnegie)
[25 min] "z > 7 QSO search and z=1 cluster counts with
WFMOS; synergy with HSC" Tomotsugu Goto (IfA, University of Hawaii)
[25 min] "Study of Chemical Evolution of the universe with WFMOS"
Tohru Nagao (Ehime University)

January 15 (Thursday)

***WFMOS Business Session***
09:00 - 12:00 (in Japanese)
Facilitator: Toru Yamada (Tohoku University)
[10 min] "Purpose of the session" Masa Hayashi (NAOJ-Hawaii)
[25 min] "Report from Gemini" Doug Simons (Gemini)
[25 min] "Report on the negotiation with Gemini" Kentaro Motohara
(University of Tokyo)
[20 min x 3] "Comments on WFMOS" Yasushi Suto, Youichi Oyama and Takashi
Ichikawa
(University of Tokyo, ASIAA, Tohoku University)

[11:00-11:15 Break (15 min)]

[45 min] Discussion: Intention of the Japanese community

[12:00-13:30 Lunch]

***Subaru Science Session***
13:30 - 17:00 (in English)
Facilitator: Motohide Tamura (NAOJ)
[25 min] "Evolution of the stellar mass function of galaxies to z~3 in
MOIRCS deep survey" Masaru Kajisawa (Tohoku University)
[30 min] "Extragalactic Filament" Michitoshi Yoshida (NAOJ-Okayama)
[30 min] "Supernova Echo" Tomonori Usuda (NAOJ-Hawaii)
[30 min] "Circumstellar disk" Satoshi Mayama (NAOJ)

[15:30-15:45 Break (15 min)]

[30 min] "Science resulted from the Subaru/Gemini Time
Exchange Program" Chris Packham (University of Florida)
[30 min] "Scientific achievements by IfA" Tomotsugu Goto (IfA,
University of Hawaii)

[16:45-17:00 Break (15 min)]

***Ceremony of the MOU Conclusion between Princeton and NAOJ***
17:00- 17:20 (in English)
[20 min] Ceremony

[18:30-21:00 Banquet]

January 16 (Friday)

*** Subaru Business Session ***
09:00 - 14:00 (in Japanese)
Facilitator: Tomonori Usuda (NAOJ-Hawaii)
[25 min] "Annual Report" Masa Hayashi (NAOJ-Hawaii)
[10 min] "Computer Upgrade Report" Jun-ichi Noumaru (NAOJ-Hawaii)
[10 min] "Telescope Operation Report" Daigo Tomono (NAOJ-Hawaii)
[10 min] "Instruments Operation Report" Hiroshi Terada (NAOJ-Hawaii)
[05 min] "Current Status of SMOKA" Yoshihiko Yamada (NAOJ)
[10 min] "UH88/UKIRT Time Report" Hideyuki Izumiura (NAOJ-Okayama)

[10:10-10:25 Break (15 min)]

[10 min] "AO188/LGS Development Status and Schedule " Yutaka Hayano
(NAOJ-Hawaii)
[10 min] "FMOS Status and Schedule" Naruhisa Takato (NAOJ-Hawaii)
[25 min] "Status on HSC Development and Filter Development
Policy" Satoshi Miyazaki (NAOJ)
[20 min] "TAC Report" Kazuhiro Shimasaku (University of Tokyo)
[30 min] "SAC Report and Comments to SAC" Nobuo Arimoto (NAOJ)

[12:00-13:30 Lunch]

*** International Session ***
13:30-14:25 (in English)
Facilitator: Hajime Sugai (Kyoto Universty)
[20 min] "Collaboration status between ASIAA and Subaru" Shiang-Yu Wang
(ASIAA)
[15 min] "Possible collaboration between Seoul National
University and Subaru" Myungshin Im (SNU)
[20 min] "Collaboration status between Princeton and Subaru" Ed Turner
(Princeton)

[14:25-14:40 Break (15 min)]

*** Gen2 Session ***
14:40-16:15 (in English and Japanese)
[25 min] "Opening remarks and science operation" Hiroshi Terada
(NAOJ-Hawaii)
[30 min] "Technical presentation, general overview" Eric Jeschke
(NAOJ-Hawaii)
[20 min] "Proposal for Gen2" Daigo Tomono, and N. Tamura (NAOJ-Hawaii)

Discussion 20 min

*** Wrap-up of Users' Meeting & Next Agenda ***
16:15-16:35 (in English and Japanese)