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Appendix A: Statements of Task for the Astro2010 Panels
Pages 503-512

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... Its scope will encompass cosmology and fundamental physics, including the early universe, the microwave background, the reionization and galaxy formation up to virialization of protogalaxies, large scale structure, the intergalactic medium, the determination of cosmological parameters, dark matter, dark energy, tests of gravity, astronomically determined physical constants, and high energy physics using astronomical messengers. Its assessment will play a key role in the Astronomy and Astrophysics 2010 study, which will survey the field of space- and ground-based astronomy and astrophysics, recommending priorities for the most important scientific and technical activities of the decade 2010-2020.
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From page 504...
... Its assessment will play a key role in the Astronomy and Astrophysics 2010 study, which will survey the field of space- and ground-based astronomy and astrophysics, recommending priorities for the most important scientific and technical activities of the decade 2010-2020. The GAN Panel will prepare a report that will identify the scientific drivers of the field and the most promising opportunities for progress in research in the next decade, taking into consideration those areas where the technical means and the theoretical foundations are in place for major steps forward.
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From page 505...
... Its scope will encompass galaxies across cosmic time, including the formation, evolution, and global properties of galaxies and galaxy clusters, as well as active galactic nuclei and QSOs, mergers, star formation rate, gas accretion, and supermassive black holes. Its assessment will play a key role in the Astronomy and Astrophysics 2010 study, which will survey the field of space- and ground-based astronomy and astrophysics, recommending priorities for the most important scientific and technical activities of the decade 2010-2020.
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From page 506...
... study, which will survey the field of space- and ground-based astronomy and astrophysics, recommending priorities for the most important scientific and technical activities of the decade 2010-2020. The PSF Panel will prepare a report that will identify the scientific drivers of the field and the most promising opportunities for progress in research in the next decade, taking into consideration those areas where the technical means and the theoretical foundations are in place for major steps forward.
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From page 507...
... Its scope will encompass stars and stellar evolution, including the Sun as a star, stellar astrophysics, the structure and evolution of single and multiple stars, compact objects, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, solar neutrinos, and extreme physics on stellar scales. Its assessment will play a key role in the Astronomy and Astrophysics 2010 study, which will survey the field of space- and ground-based astronomy and astrophysics, recommending priorities for the most important scientific and technical activities of the decade 2010-2020.
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From page 508...
... ELECTROMAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE STATEMENT OF TASK The Astronomy and Astrophysics 2010 Program Prioritization Panel on Elec tromagnetic Observations from Space (EOS) will identify and recommend a priori tized program of federal investment in research activities that involve space-based observations of astrophysical phenomena primarily by means of electromagnetic radiation.
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From page 509...
... 2. Preview and compare proposed OIR research activities from the ground including those carried forward from previous surveys that have not been given a formal construction start.
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From page 510...
... the recommendations of the science frontier panels and (b) the panel's own research activity assessments, recommend a prioritized, bal anced, and integrated OIR research program which includes a rank ordering of research activities and a balanced technology development program.
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... the recommendations of the science frontier panels and (b) the panel's own research activity assessments, recommend a prioritized, balanced, and integrated research program which includes a rank ordering of research activities and a balanced technology development program.
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... the recommendations of the science frontier panels and (b) the panel's own research activity assessments, recommend a prioritized, bal anced, and integrated RMS research program which includes a rank ordering of research activities and a balanced technology development program.
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