First Circular:
Workshop on SMBHs in the Universe:
The Era of the HSC Surveys
18-20 Dec 2012
The formation and evolution of supermassive black holes (SMBHs)
are among the most exciting and challenging topics in
astronomy and astrophysics. New wide-field deep surveys are
required to tackle these issues, and Subaru's new wide-field
camera (Hyper Suprime-Cam; HSC) will bring promising opportunities
to make breakthroughs in this research field. Since the operation
of HSC will start soon, now it is a good time to have an intensive
face-to-face discussion among interested astronomers in the HSC
collaboration (i.e., Japan, Princeton, and Taiwan).
The main goals of this meeting are understanding the current
status of the HSC development and the strategy of the data
analysis, sharing scientific ideas on SMBH studies using the
HSC data, and promoting various collaborations on SMBH studies
among the researchers. We will focus on doing science and writing papers
based on the very early data of the
coming HSC surveys. These discussions in advance of the start of
the HSC surveys will maximize the scientific output in the theme of SMBH studies.
We will focus on the following topics, among others:
- Current status of the HSC hardware and software
- Survey plans and output photometric catalogs
- Quasar selection methods
- Statistics of quasars and SMBHs from the HSC data
- Co-evolution studies of SMBHs and galaxies with the HSC data
- Synergies of HSC and multi-wavelength data for SMBH studies
- Strategies for spectroscopic follow-up. Looking forward to PFS.
- Theoretical preparations for HSC quasar surveys
- Action items for the HSC surveys
This meeting will take place in Matsuyama, on Shikoku Island, about a 2 hour flight from Tokyo. Matsuyama is famous for the Dogo-Onsen hot spring, which is believed to be the oldest hot spring in Japan.
The details of the registration, abstract submission, travel info,
and so on will be announced in the second circular, which will be
distributed at the end of September.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us (see
below). We are looking forward to seeing you
in Matsuyama!
Important Dates:
- 30 Sep.: Second circular distribution
- 20 Oct.: Registration deadline
- 17 Dec.: Informal reception
- 18-20 Dec.: This workshop
SOC & LOC:
- Masayuki Akiyama (Tohoku)
- Nobunari Kashikawa (NAOJ)
- Tomoki Morokuma (Tokyo)
- Tohru Nagao (Kyoto)
- Masahiro Nagashima (Nagasaki)
- Youichi Ohyama (ASIAA)
- Michael Strauss (Princeton)
- Yoshiaki Taniguchi (Ehime)
- Yuichi Terashima (Ehime)
- Keiichi Wada (Kagoshima)
Contact:
- Tohru Nagao (Kyoto):
