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TAC report Subaru UM 2005

TAC report Subaru UM 2005. K. Ohta （ Kyoto) 2005.12.22. statistics see poster! Trends are. Number of proposals tends to decrease Oversubscription 4-5 Many nights / proposal Fixed applicants? Proposals by grad. students …. 4 th TAC members (2005.08-2007.07?). K. Ohta (Kyoto) chair

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TAC report Subaru UM 2005

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  1. TAC reportSubaru UM 2005 K. Ohta （Kyoto) 2005.12.22

  2. statisticssee poster!Trends are • Number of proposals tends to decrease • Oversubscription 4-5 • Many nights / proposal • Fixed applicants? • Proposals by grad. students • …

  3. 4th TAC members (2005.08-2007.07?) • K. Ohta (Kyoto) chair • S. Sasaki (NAO, Mizusawa) • T. Nakajima (NAO, Mitaka) • M. Hayashi (NAO, Hawaii) • T. Shigeyama (Tokyo) • T. Kodama (NAO, Mitaka) • Y. Yoshii (Tokyo) • M. Chiba (Tohoku) • M. Umemura (Tsukuba )

  4. Process 1 • Category => 8-9 groups each group includes about 20 proposals • A-1 solar system, extra-solar system • B-1 normal star • B-2 star formation, ISM • B-3 compact star, supernova, GRB • C-1 clusters, gravitational lensing • C-2 high-z galaxies, galaxy formation/evolution • C-3 nearby galaxies • C-4 AGNs/QSOs • (C-5 deep surveys, QSO abs lines)

  5. Process 2 • 5 referees for each group • Usually three of them are japanese (staff, PDF) • At least 4 referees review the proposal • 5-step relative evaluation + 5-step absolute evaluations • Average score • Comments are strongly recommended

  6. Process 3 • Assign number of nights for each group (Kaken-hi style distribution) • TAC reviews the proposals and approve based on the referees’ score (weight?) • Considering Min night, challenge, continuation etc • Proposals with the highest-score tend to request many nights… , so you can guess…

  7. Process 4 • Rough time allocation • Dark in March, April is very compete • Technical comments from SS

  8. Service observations • Reviewed by TAC members (three referees for one proposal) • 3-step evaluation • Observations are executed based on the scores and obs conditions • After complete your observation, the results are informed to the applicant

  9. Problems in TAC process • So many … • let us know and let us discuss to improve the TAC process

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