NIFS SV Plan
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The Call for NIFS SV proposals was made on November 28, 2005. The Deadline for SV Proposals was on December 16, 2005, and PIs of successful SV applications have now been notified.
The table below summarizes the pool of observations which have been selected and approved by the Gemini Science Committee for NIFS System Verification Observations. The list encompasses the three main NIFS observing modes that are available in the absence of the laser guide system (LGS; A call for NIFS + LGS System Verification is anticipated for mid-2006.). The total available time for NIFS SV was 33 hours for NIFS+AO, 22 hours for NIFS coronography, and 11 hours for NIFS non-AO observations. The NIFS + AO observations were oversubscribed by nearly a factor of 2, but coronography and non-AO modes were undersubscribed. Unfortunately, because of the formal requirements for "System Verification", the unallocated time for these modes can not be rolled over as extra time for the NIFS+AO mode. Thus, the "Band 2" contingency projects described below are included to overfill the SV time available for the NIFS+AO mode to provide flexibility when scheduling and in the program execution (e.g. with regards to target accessibility or conditions required). As described in the SV Principles, verification will be carried out on a mode by mode basis.
Important note: As the observing modes are overfilled to allow flexibility in executing the SV observations, the presence of a proposed observation in the SV plan does not by any means guarantee that the observation will be executed, and should not deter proposals to observe the same objects as part of the regular semester.
Table Legend:
Top-ranked, "Band 1" Projects | Contingency, "Band 2" Projects |
NIFS SV Projects:
SV Program # |
PI Name |
Title |
Time Awarded (hrs) |
Modes |
RA (hrs) |
Obs conditions1 |
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NIFS+AO |
NIFS+AO Corono- |
NIFS Non-AO |
IQ |
CC |
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GN-2006A-SV-122 | Swinbank | AO Assisted IFU Spectroscopy of a high redshift Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy | 5.0 | H-band |
7 |
70 |
50 |
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GN-2006A-SV-123 | Storchi- Bergmann |
Constraining the nucelar Black Hole mass in the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 4051 | 4.25 | K-band |
12 |
70 |
50 |
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GN-2006A-SV-124 | Beck | Gas Accretion into the Core of NGC 1275 | 3.0 | H-band |
3 |
70 |
50 |
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GN-2006A-SV-125 | Lemoine- Busserolle |
Unveiling the nature of optical dropout EROs behind A1835 | 3.0 | H-band |
14 |
70 |
70 |
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GN-2006A-SV-126 | Volk | Mapping a Circumstellar Dust Shell | 2.3 | Z,J,H and K-band |
7 |
70 |
50 |
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GN-2006A-SV-127 | Aspin | NIFS 3D Spectroscopy of Young Binaries | 4.25 | J,H and K-band |
H-band | 4 |
70 |
70 |
|
GN-2006A-SV-128 | Trafton/Roe/ Bailey |
NIFS Observations of Titan (MERGED PROGRAM FROM 3 PROPOSALS) | 7.2 | J,H and K-band |
8 |
70 |
50 |
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GN-2006A-SV-129 | Beck | The Driving Mechanism of YSO Jets | 5.2 |
|
H-band | 4 |
70 |
70 |
|
GN-2006A-SV-130 | Webb | A sub-kpc investigation of the kinematics and star formation in a z=5 galaxy | 4.0 |
|
K-band | 14 |
70 |
50 |
|
GN-2006A-SV-131 | Gebhardt | Constraints on Central Black Holes in the Globular Clusters M3 and M5 | 2.5 | K-band |
13 |
70 |
70 |
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GN-2006A-SV-132 | Davidge | Probing the Nuclei of NGC 2403 and NGC 4486A with NIFS+Altair | 5.3 | K-band |
7,12 |
70 |
70 |
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GN-2006A-SV-133 | Fu | The Origin of Multiple Asteroidal Systems | 3.5 | H and K-band |
3 |
70 |
50 |
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GN-2006A-SV-134 | Blum | Investigating the Young Nucleus of M33 | 4.0 | K-band |
1 |
70 |
50 |
1 See the detailed observing condition constraints for the precise meaning of the %-ile categories.
Last update Jan. 5, 2006; Tracy Beck