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Queue Summary : Semester 2001A

See an important announcement regarding the availability of NIRI during 2001A.

The 2001A queue shown in the table below summarises the programs that have been awarded time on Gemini North. The blocked observing schedule indicates the likely blocks for QuickStart observations. As a reminder, all capabilities are made available on a shared-risks basis.

The queue is constructed from the ranked list of proposals of each National TAC using the merging sequence and is divided into four scientific ranking bands (SRBs; jump directly to band 1, band 2 or band 3). Several proposals have multiple occurrences as they were sub-divided by the relevant NTAC. Only the first three bands are shown in the table. Within each band, all proposals are assumed to have equal scientific merit and have been sorted by PI name for convenience. The choice of which observation within which program to execute next depends on the match to current observing conditions, the balance of each partner's usage and other factors such as future accessibility, whether a program has been started etc. (see a detailed discussion in Puxley 1997; Gemini Preprint #19). The aim is to exhaust band 1 (highest ranked) programs before moving onto band 2 and so on. An observation in band 1 that does not require the best conditions will nevertheless be executed in preference to a band 2 observation even if the latter is a better match. Thus the likelihood of execution decreases from band 1 through to band 4. Bands 1 through 3 fill the nominal time available (excluding weather loss). Programs in band 4 overfill the queue and provide further flexibility with respect to weather conditions and foreseen or unforeseen problems.

Each program has been assigned a Gemini Contact Scientist (CS) who is the point of contact between the Observatory and the Principal Investigator (PI) after the detailed observations are defined by the PI in Phase II. (Prior to submission of Phase II programs, each National Office provides the first point of contact). The Contact Scientist is responsible for overseeing data quality. During this phase of early science use the observing and data processing are largely manual activities and therefore the SRBs are also used to prioritise program preparation and user support.

caution Note that individual SRBs will not be in detailed balance with respect to partner shares. Aggregating over two or more bands generally provides an equitable distribution of queue loading (in hours, not in the number of proposals). Additional flexibility is available when executing observations to balance the partner usage of time. The intent is to achieve balance over 2 or 3 semesters, not a single semester.

The columns in the table are:
Ref #: Gemini reference number (note that this is different from any internal National TAC reference number). Click on it to see the proposal abstract.
PI: name of Principal Investigator.
Partner: partner or country to which time will be charged (US, UK, CA=Canada, AU=Australia, CH=Chile, AR=Argentina, BR=Brazil, UH=University of Hawaii (host), GS=Gemini staff).
Title: the title of the program.
Instrument: NIRI for 2001A.
Status: the execution status of the program (blank field = not yet in preparation, "in prep" = Phase II preparation of detailed observation desciptions underway; "started" = executed one or more observations; "continued" = additional data taken for a started program; "data in QA" = data undergoing pre-ship quality assessment; "data sent" = data for one or more observations and calibrations sent to PI; "done" = program complete).
Update: the date when the status information was last updated.

Scientific Ranking Band 1
Ref # PI Partner Title Instrument Status Updated
GN-2001A-Q-1 Barrientos CH Homogeneity of Cluster Elliptical Galaxies at z~1 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-2 Benvenuto AR Very Cool White Dwarf Stars: Constraints to the Chemical Evolution Models and Theories of Non-Ideal Gases NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-3 Borys CA Deep NIRI imaging of SCUBA cluster fields NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-4 Da Costa AU The Extended Star Formation Histories of the M81 Group dwarf Ellipticals F8D1 and BK 5N [joint proposal with GN-2001A-Q-32] NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-5 Damineli BR The Stellar Content of the Giant HII Region W51 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-6 Drissen CA The early evolution of very young starburst regions-I. NGC 2363 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-7 Dunlop UK The dust-enshrouded formation of massive elliptical galaxies NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-8 Geballe GS CO abundances in T-type (CH4-dominated) dwarfs [joint proposal with GN-2001A-Q-15] NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-9 Gebhardt US Black Holes in Brightest Cluster Galaxies NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-10 Hook UK Cosmology with High-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae [joint proposal with GN-2001A-Q-16] NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-11 Lada US Constraining the Lifetimes of Circumstellar Disks: L band Observations of NGC 2362 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-12 Mallen-Ornelas CH The stellar masses of compact galaxies in the HDF-N and flanking fields NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-13 Maria Victoria AR The star formation history of the bulge [joint proposal with GN-2001A-Q-55] NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-14 Mendes de Oliveira BR Tidal Dwarf Galaxy Candidates in Stephan's Quintet NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-15 Noll US Detecting the onset of methane in L dwarfs [joint proposal with GN-2001A-Q-8] NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-16 Perlmutter US Cosmology with High-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae [joint proposal with GN-2001A-Q-10] NIRI    
 
Scientific Ranking Band 2
Ref # PI Partner Title Instrument Status Updated
GN-2001A-Q-17 Abraham CA Deep IR Imaging of Red Galaxies at Redshifts z>1 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-18 Allen US Deep K and L' images of the youngest nearby cluster NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-19 Dey US Stellar Populations in Two Massive Galaxies at z>~1.5 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-20 Hutchings CA Stellar and gas morphology around highest redshift QSOs NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-21 Megeath US The Stellar Density Around Massive Young Stars: A Test of Collisional Models of High Mass Star Formation NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-22 Mould AU Mass Segregation in the Globular Cluster M4 (NGC 6121) NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-23 Peacock UK Sub-mm EROs, photometric redshifts, and the cluster gravitational lens A2218 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-24 Plante CA The impact of the youngest Super Star-Clusters on the insterstellar medium in He 2-10 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-25 Rhoads US Confirming and Characterizing Young Lyman-alpha Galaxies at z=4.5 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-26 Rhoads US Confirming and Characterizing Young Lyman-alpha Galaxies at z=4.5 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-27 Sharples UK Globular Clusters as Probes of Elliptical Galaxy Formation NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-28 Takamiya GS The nature of galaxies in the HDF-N NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-29 Tolstoy UK Evolutionary Diagnostics of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies in the Infra-Red [joint proposal with GN-2001A-Q-54] NIRI    
 
Scientific Ranking Band 3
Ref # PI Partner Title Instrument Status Updated
GN-2001A-Q-30 Aspin UK Young Methane Brown Dwarfs in Rho Ophiuchi NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-31 Barbá AR The Stellar and Interstellar Environment of Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-32 Caldwell US The Extended Star Formation Histories of M81 Group Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies [joint proposal with GN-2001A-Q-4] NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-33 Chapman US The nature of sub-mm luminous galaxies: optically faint radio sources NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-34 Courbin CH A deep L-band field: stars and QSO hosts at redshift ~ 5 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-35 Cram AU Imaging the stellar hosts of microJansky radio sources NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-36 Dessart CA The massive stellar content of the Galactic Centre clusters NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-37 Dunlop UK The dust-enshrouded formation of massive elliptical galaxies NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-38 Gomez AR NIRI Spectra of the Molecular Hydrogen Outflow Associated with the VLA 1623 Proto-star in the Rho Oph Embedded Cluster NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-39 Jablonski BR The environment of the QSO PDS 456 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-40 Lilly CA Metallicities of star-forming galaxies at redshifts 0.5 to 1.0 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-41 Malkan US Direct Comparison of Optical and Infrared Searches for High-Redshift Galaxies: How Much of the Young Universe has been Obscured by Dust? NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-42 Mirabel AR Gamm-Ray Bursts as a  Cosmic Window for Star Formation and Galaxy Evolution [partial duplicate of GN-2001A-Q-56 and GN-2001A-Q-58] NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-43 Pastoriza BR Near IR imaging of the nuclear region of NGC 5044 NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-44 Storchi Bergmann BR The nature of the continuum and stellar population of distant NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-45 Telles BR Near-Infrared Observations of the most compact HII galaxies NIRI    
GN-2001A-Q-46 von Hippel GS Testing stellar interiors & atmospheres at [Fe/H]=+0.4: Observations of faint main sequence stars in NGC6791 NIRI    

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Last update May 3, 2001; Phil Puxley