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PREPUBLICATION COPY Subject to Further Editorial Correction New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics Board on Physics and Astronomy Space Studies Board Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C. www.nap.edu PREPUBLICATION COPY—SUBJECT TO FURTHER EDITORIAL CORRECTION
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Page 8 and 9: SCIENCE FRONTIERS PANELS Panel on C
Page 10 and 11: PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION PANELS Panel
Page 12 and 13: BOARD ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY ADAM
Page 15 and 16: Preface The summary of the charge t
Page 17 and 18: activities under consideration for
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Page 21 and 22: Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 2020 V
Page 23 and 24: NASA Explorer and Suborbital Progra
Page 25 and 26: Executive Summary Our view of the u
Page 27 and 28: This report also identifies unique
Page 29 and 30: TABLE ES.2 Ground: Recommended Acti
Page 31 and 32: 1 2020 Vision The universe has alwa
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Page 47 and 48: CONCLUSION: DOE national laboratori
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FIGURE 2‐1‐2 Spectrum (data poi
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Our targeted studies of variations
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Discovery Through the Power of Math
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FIGURE 2‐5 The cosmic timeline, f
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The Origin of Galaxies and Large-Sc
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phase of major planet formation Do
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UNDERSTANDING THE COSMIC ORDER When
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BOX 2-3 Understanding Supernova Exp
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BOX 2-4 Lifecycles in Galaxies (con
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FIGURE 2‐9 Solar Dynamics Observa
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Life We have only the most rudiment
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elativity⎯must be modified on lar
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FIGURE 2‐12 Upper: Observations o
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The Nature of Compact Objects and P
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environments to which such molecule
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3 Partnership in Astronomy and Astr
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BOX 3-1 The Modern Landscape • In
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A prerequisite for a successful par
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Today it is common to refer to the
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has been generally beneficial to sc
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TABLE 3-2 Currently Operating RMS F
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Radio-Millimeter-Submillimeter The
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of the research at the frontier of
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STEWARDSHIP OF THE DECADAL SURVEY T
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offer permanent positions to all qu
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FIGURE 4.4 Image of a new type of e
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FIGURE 4‐6 Total budget for NASA
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FIGURE 4‐7 Cultivating the intere
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Astronomers and Public Policy One o
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TABLE 4‐1 AAS Membership statisti
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0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 300
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FIGURE 4‐11 AAS membership histor
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FIGURE 4‐13 Data from the AAS Job
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to about 18,500 in 2007 17 . Howeve
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5 Sustaining the Core Research Prog
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FIGURE 5‐1 Proposal success rate
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FIGURE 5‐2 Simulated image of gra
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FIGURE 5‐4 False‐color simulate
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universe, the explosion of massive
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FIGURE 5‐6 Number of annual publi
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support be proposed and highly revi
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NASA Explorer and Suborbital Progra
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TABLE 5‐3 Detailed AST Non‐faci
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technologies to be too immature at
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expect ATI to have a substantial pi
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high energy density phenomena. The
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6 Preparing for Tomorrow In additio
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extension to ten years (Figure 6-2)
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(VLBA) while the National Astronomy
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above. Increasing scale and complex
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eturn, these smaller scale activiti
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decreased operating costs 7 . The s
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Peak) are planned for closure to fr
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• Planetary Systems and Star Form
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National Aeronautics and Space Admi
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The era when the strong ultraviolet
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orbits. Together these techniques w
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Box 7.2 Implementing a New Worlds S
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General relativity also predicts th
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Origins Understanding the dramatic
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particle accelerators like the Teva
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FIGURE 7.3 WFIRST is an infrared te
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The frequent opportunity to deploy
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FIGURE 7.6 IXO contains a grazing i
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for a space-based planet imaging an
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To support the new scientific oppor
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FIGURE 7.7 Launch of the balloon‐
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each region of the sky 1000 separat
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TABLE 7.1 Projects Thought Compelli
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FIGURE 7.9 The two U.S. Giant Segme
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federal investment in a GSMT is vit
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FIGURE 7.11 CCAT is a 25‐meter te
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Therefore, the charts are perceived
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FIGURE 7.13 NSF recommended program
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Appendixes PREPUBLICATION COPY—SU
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• Panel on Stars and Stellar Evol
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B Summary of Program Prioritization
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C The Cost Risk and Technical Evalu
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FIGURE C.2 CATE process for grounde
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FIGURE C‐4 Program S‐curve cost
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D Mid-Scale Project Descriptions Th
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E Statement of Task and Scope STATE
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F Acronyms 2MASS 2 Micron All Sky S
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HETE-2 HPC HST IAC IAU Inst/Tech IP
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SOHO SPICA SPT SSB SSC SSE STC STEM
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