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 HSC-SSP (Subaru Strategic Program) survey will start soon (in Spring 2014), it is a good time to have an intensive face-to-face discussion among HSC collaboration astronomers about scientific opportunities from the first-year data.

We will focus on doing science and writing papers based on the first-year data of the coming HSC-SSP survey. These discussions in advance of the start of the HSC-SSP survey 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 operation plans, camera, and pipeline
• Commissioning run results and the data
• Survey plans and output photometric catalogs
• Quasar selection methods
• AGN photometric redshifts
• 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 and the relation with PFS
• Theoretical preparations for HSC quasar surveys
• Action items for the HSC-SSP survey

Important Dates

• 5 Sep. 2013: First circular distribution
• 31 Oct. 2013: Second circular distribution
• 30 Nov. 2013: Registration deadline
• 14-16 Jan. 2014: This meeting

SOC & LOC

• Masayuki Akiyama (Tohoku)
• Nobunari Kashikawa (NAOJ)
• Tomoki Morokuma (Tokyo)
• Tohru Nagao (Kyoto)
• Masahiro Nagashima (Nagasaki)
• Youichi Ohyama (ASIAA)
• Michael Strauss (Princeton)
• Keiichi Wada (Kagoshima)

Contact Information:

Tohru Nagao (Kyoto)
Email: tohrukusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp