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A workshop on the TAO near-infrared instrument on September 11, 2009.

On September 11, 2009, we have held a workshop on the near-infrared instrument (tentatively named TAO-NIRCAM) to be mounted on the TAO 6.5-m telescope. There were many requests/requirements for specification of the instrument proposed and discussed. We will consider and reflect the attendees' opinions on the instrument design, and aim to build a instrument used by various astronomers.

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▲ The team leader presenting the specification of the instrument.
Date:September 11 (Fri), 2009, 10:00-17:30
Venue:Institute of Astronomy, the University of Tokyo (Mitaka)
Program:10:00-10:05Opening RemarksMotohara
TAO/TAO-NIRCAM
10:05-10:15The TAO site (case of miniTAO/ANIR)Konishi
10:15-10:30About TAO-NIRCAMMotohara
Galactic objects/Nearby galaxies
10:30-10:50Observations of Solar System objects using TAO near-infrared instrumentHasegawa
10:50-11:10A survey of YSO Eclipsing Binaries in star-forming regionsYamashita
11:10-11:30Precise distance measurement to elliptical galaxies using Mira-type variable starsMatsunaga
11:30-12:30Lunch
12:30-12:50A study of nearby galaxies using TAO near-infrared instrumentArimoto
Distant galaxies/clusters of galaxies
12:50-13:10Observations of distant (z>4) galaxiesShimasaku
13:10-13:30A survey of distant galaxies in the TAO near-infrared rangeOhta
13:30-13:50A large survey of groups/clusters of distant galaxies with TAO near-infrared instrumentKoyama
13:50-14:10A study of primordial galaxy clusters using TAO near-infrared instrumentKodama
14:10-14:20Break
AGN/Supernovae
14:20-14:40A study of active galactic nuclei with the University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5-m telescopeNagao
14:40-15:00Cosmic chemical evolution probed with FeII/MgIISamejima
15:00-15:20Near-Infrared Frontiers of Supernova StudyMaeda
15:20-15:40NIR Variability Surveys for AGN and SNeMorokuma
15:40-15:55Break
Synergy of multi-wavelength studies
15:55-16:15Observations of Sub-mm galaxies in ALMA era using TAO near-infrared instrumentIgarashi
16:15-16:35Synergy with AKARI/SPICAWada
Discussion
16:35-17:30DiscussionMotohara