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

该奖项将使唐纳德N教授。B。霍尔和同事们在 夏威夷大学马诺阿分校与Yoshihide教授合作 位于日本三鹰的日本国家天文台的Kozai， 和同事们在两年的时间里。 他们将共同开发 并验证光学和红外光谱仪器的概念- 日本计划的7.5米望远镜-日本 国家大型望远镜-将于1990年代初建造， 莫纳克亚山，夏威夷。 拟议中的望远镜将是地球上最强大的望远镜之一， 将证明发展高度复杂的光学/红外 光谱仪器与它一起使用。作为 作为网站协议的一部分，夏威夷大学将有权访问 15%的观察时间。 因此，该大学的天文学家 渴望与日本人合作， 望远镜及其相关仪器。 这个奖项将 促进这种合作。 在开发这些工具时， 日本研究人员将贡献高效光学 元件，例如，透镜，光纤光传输系统， 涂料，而美国方面将有助于发展， 二维阵列电子检测器系统。 仪器 开发的概念将在2.2米望远镜上得到验证， 夏威夷大学。

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.