Owing to its large aperture and wide field-of-view, Subaru telescope has played key roles in advancing our understanding of the formation and evolution of galaxy clusters. With the 300-night Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) survey, the largest ever undertaking of Subaru, the HSC collaboration is conducting a unique survey of all key phases in the lives of clusters. The deep and wide areal coverage and the superb imaging quality have enabled us to publish the first large sample of shear-selected clusters, as well as the largest distant cluster and proto-cluster samples beyond redshift of 1.
As a prelude to the second public data release of the HSC survey, we will hold a 3-day workshop on March 11-13, 2019 at Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (ASIAA) in Taipei, which is part of the Subaru International Partnership workshop series. Researchers working in all aspects of cluster science are cordially invited to participate in the workshop, where latest results from the HSC survey will be presented. The workshop will be a venue for presenting and discussing results from all large-scale cluster surveys, as well as for brainstorming and preparation for cluster studies with the upcoming instruments on Subaru and other telescopes, such as Prime Focus Spectrograph, ULTIMATE-Subaru, AdvACT, SPT-3G, DESI, eROSITA, Euclid, Moons, LSST, and 30-meter class telescopes.
The topics of the workshop include:
- The HSC cluster samples
- Galaxy evolution in clusters
- Cosmology with clusters
- Challenges and new ideas in cluster detection and characterization
- Multi-wavelength studies of clusters
- Prospects with future facilities.
We particularly welcome scientists interested in collaborating with the HSC cluster team to join the workshop, where the number of participants is limited to 50. Limited travel funding is available to early-career scientists. There is no registration fee for the workshop.
Important dates
- 10/1/2018: registration starts
- 12/15/2018: abstract submission closes
- 1/5/2019: abstract selection announcement
- 1/10/2019: registration closes for PRC citizens
- 1/31/2019: registration closes
Confirmed Invited Speakers
- Tadayuki Kodama (Tohoku University)
- Yusei Koyama (Subaru Telescope)
- Sogo Mineo (NAOJ)
- Satoshi Miyazaki (NAOJ)
- Joseph Mohr (LMU)
- Tony Mroczkowski (ESO)
- Masamune Oguri (University of Tokyo)
- Nobuhiro Okabe (Hiroshima University)
- Annalisa Pillepich (MPIA)
- Eduardo Rozo (University of Arizona)
- Veronica Strazzullo (LMU)
- Jun Toshikawa (University of Tokyo)
- Benedetta Vulcani (INAF-OAPD)
- Kiyoto Yabe (IPMU)
Science Organizing Committee
- Masao Hayashi (NAOJ)
- Yusei Koyama (Subaru)
- Christopher Lidman (ANU)
- Yen-Ting Lin (ASIAA, chair)
- Masamune Oguri (Univerity of Tokyo)
- Changbom Park (KIAS)
- Keiichi Umetsu (ASIAA)
Local Organizing Committee
- Abdurro'uf
- Cindy Chiu
- Grace Huang
- Shirley Huang
- Yen-Ting Lin
- Teppei Okumura
- Gabriel Torrealba
Contact: cl2019asiaa.sinica.edu.tw