International Workshop of Mid-iInfrared Observational Astronomy was held
Ground-based mid-infrared astronomical observations are entering a new era. COMICS, which has been in operation at Subaru Telescope since 2000, will be retired in 2020, while a new mid-infrared instrument, MIMIZUKU, has successfully completed its test observations, and its observations at the TAO telescope are approaching. The development of instruments for future 30-meter telescopes are also underway in various places, and observation plans using these instruments are being considered.
In view of this situation, the international workshop "Mid-infrared Astronomy, Past 20 years and Future 20 years" was held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus on August 27-28, 2019. There were two main objectives of this workshop: to clarify the history and achievements of mid-infrared astronomy over the past 20 years, and to discuss research strategies for the next 20 years. Fifty researchers from Japan, the U.S., and Taiwan participated (including remote participants), and 25 oral presentations were made. From the TAO group, Miyata served as SOC Chair, and Sako and Kamizuka participated as SOC/LOC. Kamizuka also gave a presentation on the status of TAO/MIMIZUKU.
At the workshop, many researchers agreed that TAO/MIMIZUKU is one of the most important instruments for future mid-infrared ground-based observations. In particular, MIMIZUKU's ability to perform stable and long-term monitoring observations in the mid-infrared is useful for revealing the astronomical phenomena that have been difficult to study in the past, and many scientific observations were proposed, ranging from objects in the solar system to distant galaxies. Based on the experience with COMICS, it was also pointed out that it is important to organize science groups before the start of MIMIZUKU science observations. The MIMIZUKU group will discuss these matters carefully and consider them in preparing for scientific observations.
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▲Dr. Kamizuka speaks at the workshop
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▲Group photo of the participants
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Workshop Program
| Title: |
Mid Infrared Astronomy, Past 20 years and Future 20 years |
| Date: |
August 27 (Tue) 10:00 AM - 28 (Wed) 17:00 PM (JST) |
| Location: |
#302, 3F, Instrument Development Building No.3, Mitaka Campus, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan |
| Day1 (Aug.27) |
| time |
presenter |
title |
| 10:00 |
Opening Remarks |
| Session-I: COMICS and future MIR instruments, chair Sakon (U.Tokyo)
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| 10:05 |
Kataza (ISAS) |
Project "COMICS" |
| 10:20 |
Fujiyoshi (Subaru) |
COMICS: observations and results |
| 10:45 |
Panel Discussion:Lesson learned from COMICS |
| 11:15 |
Kamizuka (IoA/UT) |
Latest status of TAO/MIMIZUKU |
| 11:45 |
Packham (UTSA) |
MICHI - A Future Instrument for the next Decade(s) of Thermal IR Astronomy
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| Session-II: Planets and Exoplanets, Chair Fujiyoshi (NAOJ) |
| 13:30 |
Orton (JPL/NASA) |
Current and Future Mid-Infrared Observations of Planetary Atmospheres
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| 14:00 |
Ootsubo (ISAS) |
The past, today, and the future of the ground-based mid-IR spectroscopy of comets
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| 14:30 |
Usui (Kobe U.) |
Search for Water on Asteroids with TAO/MIMIZUKU
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| 15:00 |
Sekiguchi (Hokkaido Univ of Education) |
Thermal IR Photometry of Small Bodies in the Solar System
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| 15:20 |
(Break) |
| 15:40 |
Nomura (NAOJ) |
MIR Observations of Water and Organic Molecules in Protoplanetary Disks
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| 16:00 |
Ishihara (ISAS) |
Debris disks and Zodiacal light - Synergy with SPICA
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| 16:30 |
Takami (ASIAA) |
Time Variation of Silicate Compositions in Low-Mass Protoplanetary Disks
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| 17:00 |
Ikoma (DoE/UT) |
Infra-red observations for exoplanets of particular interest from theoretical points of view
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| 17:30 |
Narita (ABC) |
Expected mid-infrared science for exoplanets
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| 18:30 |
WS dinner @ Cosmos Lodge, NAOJ |
| Day2 (Aug.28) |
| time |
presenter |
title |
| Session-III Stars and ISM, chair Yamashita (NAOJ)
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| 9:30 |
Ohnishi (Osaka Prefecture Univ) |
Formation of deeply embedded proto-clusters in molecular clouds; the importance of the spatially resolved observations |
| 10:00 |
Hsieh/Takami (ASIAA) |
Mid-IR Imaging Survey for High-Mass Protostars |
| 10:30 |
Shimonishi (Tohoku Univ) |
NIR-MIR-Radio Spectroscopic Study of Astrochemistry at Low Metallicity |
| 11:00 |
Tachibana (UTOPS/UT) |
New cosmochemistry from mid-infrared astronomy
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| 11:30 |
Nozawa (NAOJ) |
Probing the formation and destruction processes of dust with large MIR telescopes
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| 12:00 |
Buragohain (DoA/UT) |
Investigation of Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon molecules as carriers for mid-infrared emission bands: combined approach
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| Session-III Stars and ISM (cont'd), Chair Sako (U.Tokyo) |
| 13:30 |
Kamizuka (IoA/UT) |
Monitoring, resolving, and revealing the dust formation and mass-loss phenomena around Asymptotic Giant Branch stars
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| 14:00 |
Lau (ISAS) |
An American Perspective on Ground, Airborne, and Space-based Mid-IR Astronomy
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| 14:30 |
Sakon (DoA/UT) |
Understanding the properties of dust and organics formed in novae
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| Session-IV: AGN, Chair Sako (U.Tokyo) |
| 15:00 |
Izumi (NAOJ) |
High resolution MIR study on AGN
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| 15:30 |
Yamada (Kyoto Univ) |
Exploring "Buried" Active Galactic Nuclei in Merging Galaxies with Subarcsecond Mid-infrared Observations
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| 16:00 |
Discussion: What's the key of future MIR observations? |
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