U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research: Specification and Development of Prototype Instruments for the Japanese National Large Telescope at Mauna Kea

这一奖项将使夏威夷大学马诺阿分校的Donald N.B.Hall教授和同事能够在两年的时间里与日本三鹿国家天文台的Yoshiide Kozai教授和同事合作。他们将共同开发和验证计划中的日本7.5米望远镜--日本国家大望远镜--的光学和红外光谱仪器概念，该望远镜将于20世纪90年代初在夏威夷的莫纳克亚建造。拟议中的望远镜将是地球上最强大的望远镜之一，并将证明与其结合使用的高度复杂的光学/红外光谱仪器的开发是合理的。作为现场协议的一部分，夏威夷大学将获得15%的观测时间。因此，该大学的天文学家急于与日本人合作，为望远镜及其相关仪器做出设计决策。这一奖项将促进这种合作。在这些仪器的研制中，日本的研究人员将贡献高效率的光学元件，如透镜、光纤光传输系统和涂层，而美方将为二维阵列电子探测器系统的开发做出贡献。开发的仪器概念将在夏威夷大学2.2米望远镜上进行验证。

This award will enable Prof. Donald N. B. Hall and co-workers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to collaborate with Prof. Yoshihide Kozai, of the Japanese National Astronomy Observatory, Mitaka, Japan, and colleagues over a period of two years. They will jointly develop and verify concepts for optical and infrared spectroscopic instrumen- tation for the planned Japanese 7.5 meter telescope--the Japanese National Large Telescope--to be constructed in the early 1990s on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The proposed telescope will be one of the most powerful on earth, and will justify the development of highly sophisticated optical/infrared spectroscopic instrumentation to be used in conjunction with it. As part of the site agreement, the University of Hawaii will have access to 15% of the observing time. Astronomers at the University are thus anxious to collaborate with the Japanese in design decisions for the telescope and its associated instrumentation. This award will facilitate that collaboration. In developing these instruments, the Japanese researchers will contribute the high-efficiency optical elements, e.g., lenses, fiber light-transmission systems, and coatings, while the U.S. side will contribute to development of two-dimensional array electronic detector systems. Instrument concepts developed will be verified on the 2.2 meter telescope of the University of Hawaii.