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TAC Report @ Subaru UM 2008 K. Shimasaku (chair) - TAC Members - Statistics - Review Process - 08B Schedule - Notice
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Current Members (5 th generation) K. Shimasaku (Tokyo, chair) T. Onaka (Tokyo) M. Doi (Tokyo) H. Kawakita (Kyoto Sangyo) T. Kodama (NAOJ)* T. Shigeyama (Tokyo)* T. Totani (Kyoto) T. Nagata (Kyoto)* T. Murayama (Tohoku) * reappointed ( 再任 ) ( 綱吉 )
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Statistics Number of approved proposals Competition decreasing, but still high (~3) number ratio submitted approved ratio 0 2 4 6 8 10
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Statistics Number of allocated nights Competition rate ~ 4 requested allocated ratio ratio 0 2 4 6 8 10
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Comments from referees to TAC Referee A: I have read through the proposals. They range from very good to excellent. It is quite impressive. Congratulations to NAOJ for having such a competitive groups of users. Referee B: I found most of the proposals to be quite competitive and wish all but a few could be given time.
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Review Process 18 categories ⇒ 8 groups (each has ~20 proposals) A-1 : solar, extrasolar B-1 : star formation, ISM B-2 : normal stars B-3 : compact objects and SNe C-1 : galaxy clusters, GL, LSS, cosm.params C-2 : high-z C-3 : nearby galaxies, LG, MW, starburst, misc C-4 : AGN/QSO, QSO abs. 5 referees for each group (Japanese = 3) Selection - relative scores (from referees) + TAC review - consider min nights, continuation, … - challenging (thus low-score) proposals can survive Service Proposals Each proposal is reviewed by 3 TAC members - deviated scores - science impacts - requested nights - comments from SS
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08B Call for Proposals (plan) Feb 8 announcement (tennet, web) Mar 7 normal/intensive submission deadline Apr 11 service submission deadline early June results sent to PIs
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Notice Change in category High-z Galaxies ⇒ High-z Galaxy Properties, Galaxy Formation MOIRCS mask number Describe # of masks in “11. Instrument Requirements” One proposal one chance Do not submit the same proposal to “Normal” and “Time Exchange” Common targets in normal and service proposals When submitting a normal and a service proposals and some targets are common, describe them in both proposals If you have any questions about instruments etc Please do not hesitate to contact the SS
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