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International Collaboration. Masa Hayashi Subaru Users’ Meeting January 31, 2008. Why Collaboration?. Better science through collaboration If you want to do a big survey, you need to benefit (or persuade) many scientists. (Democratic nature of open-use facility) Budgetary limitations
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International Collaboration Masa Hayashi Subaru Users’ Meeting January 31, 2008
Why Collaboration? • Better science through collaboration • If you want to do a big survey, you need to benefit (or persuade) many scientists. (Democratic nature of open-use facility) • Budgetary limitations • HSC would not be realized without funding contributions from collaborating institutes (NAOJ approved the HSC grant-in-aid proposal submission emphasizing that no funding is available from the NAOJ ordinary operation budget) • Collaboration in East Asia • Regional collaborations in EU and NA have been going well, and why not in East Asia? (Radio astronomers are doing well now). • Political situation for big projects: CSTP questioned (before Taiwan came to join ALMA-J) why Japan participated in ALMA as a single country different from EU and NA.
MPIA • 2005 • MPIA expressed intention to develop an infrared wave front sensor for AO188 • August 2006 • Letter of Understanding concluded • March 2007 • NAOJ Director-General and Subaru Director visited MPIA • Exchanging researchers as a next step for further collaboration
Princeton University • Dec 2006 • PU sent a delegation to NAOJ/Subaru to discuss possible collaboration on HSC and HiCIAO. • Jan 2007 • “Letter of Interest” sent from NAOJ Director-General to PU • June 2007 • NAOJ-PU meeting for an MOU • Sep 2007 • SAC chair and Subaru Director visited PU for MOU details.
Points of NAOJ-PU MOU • Science collaboration in wide areas of astronomy and astrophysics using Subaru Telescope, extending a decade-long collaboration between Japanese and PU astronomers. • PU will contribute US$10M to NAOJ for the top unit modification necessary for HSC. • NAOJ will allocate at least 100 nights of observing time for Japan-PU joint Strategic Observing Programs with HSC and/or HiCIAO if they were accepted by SAC. • 10 years
ASIAA • Aug 2005 • Subaru director (Karoji) visited ASIAA • Discussion on possible contribution from ASIAA to HSC • Feb 2006 • Dr. Wang visited Subaru • Discussion on possible ASIAA’s contribution to HSC fabrication • Mar 2006 • Collaboration with NAOJ/Subaru was proposed at the board meeting • Technical contribution to HSC fabrication • Increase optical-infrared astronomers at ASIAA for science collaboration — July 2006: HSC grant-in-aid proposal approved— • Mar 2007 • Subaru director (Hayashi) expressed intention to promote Subaru-ASIAA collaboration on optical-infrared astronomy at the ASIAA board meeting
Points of NAOJ-ASIAA MOU • Collaboration on HSC (ongoing) • Participate in the HSC development and fabrication • Funding contribution to HSC fabrication • Access to Subaru via collaborations (HSC, AO, ...) • 5-10 years? • Establish trust among optical-infrared astronomers in both parties
The Meaning of This Session • Direct interaction of Subaru users with expected collaboration partners (PU and ASIAA) • Subaru’s user community receives detailed information from PU and ASIAA representatives • Last chance for Subaru users to express themselves before MOU