October 1997
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture
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The Report of The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan for Visiting Review Committee Foreword Chapter 1 Overview of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) 1беHistory and Present Status of NAOJ 1.1 History (1) The Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, the University of Tokyo (2) The International Latitude Observatory of Mizusawa (3) The Research Institute of Atmospherics, Nagoya University (4) The Establishment of NAOJ 1.2 Present Status of NAOJ (1) Organization (2) Structure 1.3 Research Department 1.4 Facilities and Instruments of NAOJ Location of Facilities Subaru Telescope Hawaii Facility NRO: Cosmic Radio Observing Facilities NRO: Solar Radio Observing Facilities Norikura Solar Observatory Okayama Astrophysical Observatory Dodaira Astronomical Observatory Mizusawa Astrogeodynamics Observatory Advanced Technology Center Astronomical Data Analysis Center World Data Center for Solar Activities Facilities at Mitaka Automatic Photoelectric Meridian Circle Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Solar Optical Observing Facilities Gravitational Wave Laboratory Educational Telescope for the General Public 1.5 Recent Major Research Results in NAOJ (1) Massive Black Hole in NGC 4258 (2) Near-IR Imaging Observations of the Impact of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter (3) A Loop-Top Hard X-ray Source in a Compact Solar Flare (4) Discovery of a Silent Earthquake (5) Detection of Molecular Gas in the Quasar BR1202-0725 at Redshift z=4.69 (6) Magnetichydrodynamic Numerical Simulation of Solar Coronal X-ray Jets (7) Discovery of a Rotating Protoplanetary Gas Disk around the Young Star GG Tauri 1.6 Statistics of Research Results 1.7 Personnel in NAOJ (1) Permanent Staff (1-A) Number of Staff Members (1-B) Age Distribution of Scientific and Engineering Staff (1-C) Personnel Changes (2) Domestic and Foreign Guest Scientists (2-A) Domestic Guest Professors (2-B) Foreign Guest Professors (2-C) Center of Excellence (COE) Foreign Researchers (3) Post Doctoral Fellows (3-A) Center Of Excellence (COE) Research Fellows (3-B) NAOJ Research Fellows (3-C) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Domestic Post Doctoral Fellows (3-D) JSPS Foreign Post Doctoral Fellows (4) Part-time Employees 1.8 Budget for NAOJ 1.9 Administration of NAOJ (1) Election of Director General (2) Selection of Scientific Staff Members (3) Promotion of Open Use and Joint Research (4) Internal Review and Development Planning (5) NAOJ Internal Management 2. Activities of NAOJ 2.1 Activities as an Open-Use Institute for Universities (1) Nobeyama Radio Observatory: Cosmic Radio Observing Facilities (2) Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (3) Nobeyama Radio Observatory: Solar Radio Observing Facilities (4) Norikura Solar Observatory (5) Mizusawa Astrogeodynamics Observatory (6) Astronomical Data Analysis Center (7) Advanced Technology Center (8) Joint Development of Observing Instruments, Joint Research, and Workshop Meetings 2.2 Graduate Education (1) Graduate Students in NAOJ (1-A) PhD Students in the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (1-B) Graduate Students from Other Universities (Special Research Fellows) (1-C) Research Students in the Graduate University for Advanced Studies 2.3 Contribution of NAOJ to Universities, Other Research Institutes, and Astronomical Societies (1) Contribution to Universities and Other Research Institutes (2) Contribution to Astronomical Societies 2.4 International Collaborations 2.5 Public Relations Activities of NAOJ (1) Various Services for Public Relations (1-A) Open Days for the General Public Mitaka Campus Nobeyama Site Okayama Site Mizusawa Site (1-B) Series of Public Lectures Mitaka Public Lecture Series "Exploring the Universe" Public Lecture Series "Studying Astronomy" (1-C) Responses to Inquiries Telephone Inquiries Letter Inquiries Official Correspondences (1-D) Information Service Internet Services Telephone and Fax Services (1-E) PAONET (2) Office for Identification of New Astronomical Objects (3) Office for Calendar and Ephemeris (4) Office for Standard Time 2.6 Publications of NAOJ 3. Present Status of Japanese Astronomy 3.1 International Trend of Astronomical Research 3.2 Present Status of Astronomical Research in Japan Chapter 2 Reports of the Visiting Review Committee List of Visiting Review Committee for Individual Research Fields 1. Report of the Visiting Review Committee on the Cosmic Radio Observing Facilities, Nobeyama Radio Observatory 2. Report of the Visiting Review Committee on the Division of Theoretical Astrophysics and Astronomical Data Analysis Center 3. NAOJ Visiting Review Program: Report of Review for the Division of Astrometry and Celestial Mechanics, the Division of Earth Rotation and Related Fields 4. The Solar Research Groups of the NAOJ: Report of the Visiting Review Committee 5. Report of the Visiting Review Committee on the Optical and Infrared Astronomy Facilities, NAOJ Chapter 3 The Phase-II Development Plan of NAOJ 1. Basic Aims and Main Objectives of the Phase-II Development Plan 1.1 Basic Aims 1.2 Main Objectives (1) Important Facilities and Related Requirements (2) New Research Fields (3) Restructuring the Existing System (4) Infrastructures as an Inter-University Research Institute (5) Public Relations 2. Major Reorganization Plans 2.1 Optical/Infrared Astronomy and Position Astronomy 2.2 Radio Astronomy and Earth Rotation 2.3 Solar Physics 2.4 Theoretical Astrophysics and Computing Science 2.5 Technical Development 2.6 Public Outreach 2.7 Shutdown, Consolidation and Conversion of Observatory Stations and Centers 2.8 Visiting Fellows 2.9 Engineering Support Department 2.10 Administration Department 3. Technology in NAOJ 3.1 Guideline 3.2 Actual Plans 4. Cooperation with Universities 4.1 Support for Technological Developments 4.2 Promotion of Personnel Exchanges 5. Organization Restructuring 5.1 Research organization 5.2 Engineering Support Division 5.3 Administration Department List of Projects and Abbreviations List of the Preparation Committee
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