Re: fall 2003 search with Subaru?

From: Mamoru Doi (doi@ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Date: Fri Sep 12 2003 - 07:35:30 PDT

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    Hi Greg,

    Hisanori Furusawa is still working on photo-z in SXDS.
    But at this point he has problems in low z
    (z=0-0.5) as well as higher z (z>0.8).
    He roughly thinks that contaminations expected for host
    galaxies at z>1.2 is 30%.

    Considering various factors including the HST schedule,
    Subaru schedule, photo-z contamination, and available
    resources in this fall, I think, it is probably better
    not to carry out search in this fall with Subaru.

    -Mamoru

    (I should have written the subject as 2003 insted of 2004
     in my previous e-mail.)

    >Here a LBL we haven't been able to formulate a search plan for Subaru this
    >fall. All of us would need a clearer picture of how deep we might expect
    >to reach in such a search, and then calculate the number of SN expected
    >from E/S0 host galaxies which will also have photometric redshifts. Do you
    >know more about the photo-z situation now? Can you estimate the restframe
    >B-band luminosity in E/S0 galaxies with 1.0 < z < 1.5 which will have
    >photometric redshifts in a single Subaru field? If that totals to more
    >than about 10^14 Lsun in B-band, then we might have a chance of success.
    >
    >A significant and complicating factor is that the HST schedule may be
    >completely full. I learned that the STScI director has forced the COSMOS
    >treasury survey team to move from the fall to the spring because he wants
    >to use much of the time this fall for the Ultra-Deep Field (3:32:39.0
    >-27:47:29.1 J200). I give the HST UDF schedule as an appendix for
    >reference. Since we are not on the schedule, it is probably impossible to
    >get on the schedule now.
    >
    >What are your thought?
    >
    >Cheers,
    >
    >Greg
    >
    >
    >
    >Appendix: UDF Schedule
    >
    >Visit#______Field_________________________Date
    > 01-19 CDF-SOUTH-UDF Sep 24, 2003 - Oct 27, 2003
    > 1B-69 CDF-SOUTH-UDF Sep 28, 2003 - Oct 30, 2003
    > 6B-84 CDF-SOUTH-UDF Dec 04, 2003 - Jan 11, 2003
    > 86-B4 CDF-SOUTH-UDF Dec 07, 2003 - Jan 16, 2003
    > B5-D3 CDF-SOUTH-UDF Dec 10, 2003 - Dec 23, 2003
    >
    >
    >On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Mamoru Doi wrote:
    >
    >> Hi Saul, Greg, and Tony,
    >>
    >> Probably we don't have search in this fall with Subaru,
    >> do we? We have to tell the answer quickly to SXDS team,
    >> since we start scheduling observations.
    >>
    >> Cheers,
    >>
    >> -Mamoru
    >>

    Mamoru Doi
    Institute of Astronomy
    School of Science
    University of Tokyo
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    doi@ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp



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