The Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP Survey: Overview and survey design
Authors: Aihara Hiroaki , Arimoto Nobuo , Armstrong Robert , Arnouts Stéphane , Bahcall Neta A , Bickerton Steven , Bosch James , Bundy Kevin , Capak Peter L , Chan James H H , Chiba Masashi , Coupon Jean , Egami Eiichi , Enoki Motohiro , Finet Francois , Fujimori Hiroki , Fujimoto Seiji , Furusawa Hisanori , Furusawa Junko , Goto Tomotsugu , Goulding Andy , Greco Johnny P , Greene Jenny E , Gunn James E , Hamana Takashi , Harikane Yuichi , Hashimoto Yasuhiro , Hattori Takashi , Hayashi Masao , Hayashi Yusuke , Hełminiak Krzysztof G , Higuchi Ryo , Hikage Chiaki , Ho Paul T P , Hsieh Bau-Ching , Huang Kuiyun , Huang Song , Ikeda Hiroyuki , Imanishi Masatoshi , Inoue Akio K , Iwasawa Kazushi , Iwata Ikuru , Jaelani Anton T , Jian Hung-Yu , Kamata Yukiko , Karoji Hiroshi , Kashikawa Nobunari , Katayama Nobuhiko , Kawanomoto Satoshi , Kayo Issha , Koda Jin , Koike Michitaro , Kojima Takashi , Komiyama Yutaka , Konno Akira , Koshida Shintaro , Koyama Yusei , Kusakabe Haruka , Leauthaud Alexie , Lee Chien-Hsiu , Lin Lihwai , Lin Yen-Ting , Lupton Robert H , Mandelbaum Rachel , Matsuoka Yoshiki , Medezinski Elinor , Mineo Sogo , Miyama Shoken , Miyatake Hironao , Miyazaki Satoshi , Momose Rieko , More Anupreeta , More Surhud , Moritani Yuki , Moriya Takashi J , Morokuma Tomoki , Mukae Shiro , Murata Ryoma , Murayama Hitoshi , Nagao Tohru , Nakata Fumiaki , Niida Mana , Niikura Hiroko , Nishizawa Atsushi J , Obuchi Yoshiyuki , Oguri Masamune , Oishi Yukie , Okabe Nobuhiro , Okamoto Sakurako , Okura Yuki , Ono Yoshiaki , Onodera Masato , Onoue Masafusa , Osato Ken , Ouchi Masami , Price Paul A , Pyo Tae-Soo , Sako Masao , Sawicki Marcin , Shibuya Takatoshi , Shimasaku Kazuhiro , Shimono Atsushi , Shirasaki Masato , Silverman John D , Simet Melanie , Speagle Joshua , Spergel David N , Strauss Michael A , Sugahara Yuma , Sugiyama Naoshi , Suto Yasushi , Suyu Sherry H , Suzuki Nao , Tait Philip J , Takada Masahiro , Takata Tadafumi , Tamura Naoyuki , Tanaka Manobu M , Tanaka Masaomi , Tanaka Masayuki , Tanaka Yoko , Terai Tsuyoshi , Terashima Yuichi , Toba Yoshiki , Tominaga Nozomu , Toshikawa Jun , Turner Edwin L , Uchida Tomohisa , Uchiyama Hisakazu , Umetsu Keiichi , Uraguchi Fumihiro , Urata Yuji , Usuda Tomonori , Utsumi Yousuke , Wang Shiang-Yu , Wang Wei-Hao , Wong Kenneth C , Yabe Kiyoto , Yamada Yoshihiko , Yamanoi Hitomi , Yasuda Naoki , Yeh Sherry , Yonehara Atsunori , Yuma Suraphong 
Published: August 2017

Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) is a wide-field imaging camera on the prime focus of the 8.2-m Subaru telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. A team of scientists from Japan, Taiwan, and Princeton University is using HSC to carry out a 300-night multi-band imaging survey of the high-latitude sky. The survey includes three layers: the Wide layer will cover 1400 deg2 in five broad bands (grizy), with a 5 σ point-source depth of r ≈ 26. The Deep layer covers a total of 26 deg2 in four fields, going roughly a magnitude fainter, while the UltraDeep layer goes almost a magnitude fainter still in two pointings of HSC (a total of 3.5 deg2). Here we describe the instrument, the science goals of the survey, and the survey strategy and data processing. This paper serves as an introduction to a special issue of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, which includes a large number of technical and scientific papers describing results from the early phases of this survey.