Brian Elms
Subaru
5 Papers
Brian Elms is an academic researcher from Subaru. The author has contributed to research in topics: Subaru Telescope & Fibre multi-object spectrograph. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications.
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Current Performance and On-Going Improvements of the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope
Masanori Iye,Hiroshi Karoji,Hiroyasu Ando,Norio Kaifu,K. Kodaira,Kentaro Aoki,Wako Aoki,Yoshihiro Chikada,Yoshiyuki Doi,Noboru Ebizuka,Brian Elms,Gary Fujihara,Hisanori Furusawa,Tetsuharu Fuse,Wolfgang Gaessler,Sumiko Harasawa,Yutaka Hayano,Masahiko Hayashi,Saeko S. Hayashi,Shin-Ichi Ichikawa,Masatoshi Imanishi,Catherine M. Ishida,Yukiko Kamata,Tomio Kanzawa,Nobunari Kashikawa,Koji S. Kawabata,Naoto Kobayashi,Yutaka Komiyama,George Kosugi,Tomio Kurakami,Michael Letawsky,Yoshitaka Mikami,Akihiko Miyashita,Satoshi Miyazaki,Yoshihiko Mizumoto,Jun-Ichi Morino,Kentaro Motohara,Koji Murakawa,Masao Nakagiri,Kyoko Nakamura,Hidehiko Nakaya,Kyoji Nariai,Tetsuo Nishimura,Kunio Noguchi,Takeshi Noguchi,Junichi Noumaru,Ryusuke Ogasawara,Norio Ohshima,Y. Ohyama,Kiichi Okita,Koji Omata,Masashi Otsubo,Shin Oya,Robert Potter,Yoshihiko Saito,Toshiyuki Sasaki,Shuji Sato,Dennis Scarla,Kiaina Schubert,Kazuhiro Sekiguchi,Maki Sekiguchi,Ian Shelton,Chris Simpson,Hiroshi Suto,Akito Tajitsu,Hideki Takami,Tadafumi Takata,Naruhisa Takato,Richard Tamae,Motohide Tamura,Wataru Tanaka,Hiroshi Terada,Yasuo Torii,Fumihiko Uraguchi,Tomonori Usuda,Mark Weber,Tom Winegar,Masafumi Yagi,Toru Yamada,Takuya Yamashita,Yasumasa Yamashita,Naoki Yasuda,Michitoshi Yoshida,Masami Yutani +83 more
TL;DR: An overview of the current status of the 8.2m Subaru Telescope constructed and operated at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan is presented in this paper.
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The Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) for Subaru Telescope
Masahiko Kimura,Toshinori Maihara,Fumihide Iwamuro,Masayuki Akiyama,Naoyuki Tamura,Gavin Dalton,Naruhisa Takato,Philip J. Tait,Kouji Ohta,Shigeru Eto,Daisaku Mochida,Brian Elms,Kaori Kawate,Tomio Kurakami,Y. Moritani,Junichi Noumaru,Norio Ohshima,Masanao Sumiyoshi,Kiyoto Yabe,Jurek Brzeski,Tony Farrell,Gabriella Frost,Peter Gillingham,Roger Haynes,Anna M. Moore,Rolf Müller,Scott Smedley,Greg C. Smith,D. G. Bonfield,Charles B. Brooks,Alan R. Holmes,Emma Curtis Lake,Hanshin Lee,Ian Lewis,Tim R. Froud,Ian Tosh,Guy F.W. Woodhouse,Colin Blackburn,Nigel Dipper,Graham J. Murray,Ray M. Sharples,David J. Robertson +41 more
TL;DR: Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) as discussed by the authors is the first near-infrared instrument with a wide field of view capable of acquiring spectra simultaneously from up to 400 objects.
Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) for the Subaru Telescope
Masahiko Kimura,Toshinori Maihara,Fumihide Iwamuro,Masayuki Akiyama,Naoyuki Tamura,Gavin Dalton,Gavin Dalton,Naruhisa Takato,Philip J. Tait,Kouji Ohta,Shigeru Eto,Daisaku Mochida,Brian Elms,Kaori Kawate,Tomio Kurakami,Yuuki Moritani,Junichi Noumaru,Norio Ohshima,Masanao Sumiyoshi,Kiyoto Yabe,Jurek Brzeski,Tony Farrell,Gabriella Frost,Peter Gillingham,Roger Haynes,Anna M. Moore,Rolf Müller,Scott Smedley,Greg C. Smith,D. G. Bonfield,Charles B. Brooks,Alan R. Holmes,Emma Curtis Lake,Hanshin Lee,Ian Lewis,Tim R. Froud,Ian Tosh,Guy F.W. Woodhouse,Colin Blackburn,Nigel Dipper,Graham J. Murray,Ray M. Sharples,David J. Robertson +42 more
Abstract: The Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) is a second-generation common-use instrument of the Subaru telescope. Under an international collaboration scheme of Japan, UK, and Australia, a realistic design of FMOS has been already in completion, and the fabrications of hardware components have been in progress. We present the overall design details together with the special features of FMOS subsystems, such as the prime focus corrector, the prime focus mechanical unit including fiber positioners, and the near-infrared spectrograph, etc.
Detector upgrade of Subaru's Multi-object Infrared Camera and Spectrograph (MOIRCS)
M. Fabricius,Joshua Walawender,Nobuo Arimoto,David Cook,Brian Elms,Yasuhito Hashiba,Takashi Hattori,Yen-Sang Hu,Ikuru Iwata,Tetsuo Nishimura,Koji Omata,Philip J. Tait,Naruhisa Takato,Ichi Tanaka,Shiang-Yu Wang,Mark Weber,Matthew Wung +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented the installation and alignment procedure of the two Hawaii 2RG detectors and the design of a cryogenic focus mechanism, which showed significantly lower read noise, increased quantum efficiency, and lower the readout time.
The nuMOIRCS project: detector upgrade overview and early commissioning results
Josh Walawender,Matthew Wung,M. Fabricius,Ichi Tanaka,Nobuo Arimoto,David Cook,Brian Elms,Yasuhito Hashiba,Yen-Sang Hu,Ikuru Iwata,Tetsuo Nishimura,Koji Omata,Naruhisa Takato,Shiang-Yu Wang,Mark Weber +14 more
TL;DR: In 2014 and 2015 the Multi-Object InfraRed Camera and Spectrograph (MOIRCS) instrument at the Subaru Telescope on Maunakea is underwent a significant modernization and upgrade project which upgraded the two Hawaii2 detectors to Hawaii2-RG models, modernized the cryogenic temperature control system, and rewrote much of the instrument control software.