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The Role of Subaru Telescope in Supernova Research: A Q and A Interview with Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter

The Role of Subaru Telescope in Supernova Research: A Q and A Interview with Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter

January 26, 2012

Japanese researchers have been collaborating with Dr. Saul Perlmutter, one of the Nobel Physics Laureates of 2011. Dr. Perlmutter's Supernova Cosmology Project team member, Nao Suzuki, recently interviewed Perlmutter, who discussed the role of Subaru Telescope for supernova cosmology research...

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Precise Measurement of Dark Matter Distribution with Strong and Weak Gravitational Lensing

Precise Measurement of Dark Matter Distribution with Strong and Weak Gravitational Lensing

January 19, 2012

An international research group has made a precise measurement of dark matter distribution in galaxy clusters by analyzing both 'strong' and 'weak' gravitational lensing phenomena observed in images of 28 galaxy clusters taken at the Subaru Telescope. The result settles a long-standing controversy about the central concentration of dark matter distribution...

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October 21, 2011

All of the Subaru Telescope's four foci are now operational. Subaru Telescope resumed open use operation of the Primary focus on Sep. 22, following a verification observation on Sep. 20. Three other foci have been in service. The instrument available at the primary focus is the FMOS.

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