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From page 541... ... C Acronyms 2MASS -- Two-Micron All-Sky Survey A3IV -- Aperture Array Astronomical Imaging Verification, European SKA-mid demonstrator AAAC -- Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee AAG -- Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants, an NSF program AANM -- Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium, the 2001 NRC decadal survey ACA -- Atacama Compact Array, an array of smaller dishes that complement the main array of ALMA ACT -- Atacama Cosmology Telescope AGASA -- Akeno Giant Air Shower Array AGB -- Asymptotic giant branch AGIS -- Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System AGN -- Active galactic nuclei AGS -- NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (formerly ATM) AIC -- Accretion-induced collapse ALFA -- Multi-receiver system for H I studies at Arecibo ALMA -- Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ALTAIR -- Access to Large Telescopes for Astronomical Instruction and Research, a 2009 NOAO report AMS -- Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ANITA -- Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna AO -- Adaptive optics 541 Read the entire page →
From page 542... ... AURA -- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy BAO -- Baryon acoustic oscillation BBH -- Binary black hole BBN -- Big bang nucleosynthesis BESS -- Balloon-borne Experiment with Superconducting Spectrometer BIMA -- Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association BLISS -- Background-Limited Infrared-Submillimeter Spectrograph BSRBS -- NRAO's Green Bank Solar Radio Burst Spectrometer CALISTO -- Cryogenic Aperture Large Infrared Space Telescope Observatory CARA -- Center for Atmospheric Research in Antarctica CARMA -- Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy CASA -- Common Astronomy Software Applications, a data reduction package led by NRAO for EVLA and ALMA use CATE -- Cost appraisal and technical evaluation CCAT -- Formerly the Cornell-Caltech Atacama Telescope CCD -- Charge-coupled device CDMS -- Cryogenic Dark Matter Search CFP -- Cosmology and Fundamental Physics, an Astro2010 Science Frontiers Panel CGM -- Circumgalactic medium Read the entire page →
From page 543... ... aPPendIx c 543 Chandra -- X-ray telescope in space, a NASA mission CHARA -- Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy, a six-telescope optical-infrared interferometric array CI -- neutral carbon CLIO -- A prototype, underground, cryogenic gravitational-wave detector in Japan CMB -- Cosmic microwave background CMBPol -- Concept for space mission to study the polarization of the CMB CMD -- Color-magnitude diagram CMF -- Core mass function CNES -- Centre National d'Études Spatiales COBE -- Cosmic Background Explorer COROT -- Convection Rotation and Planetary Transits satellite COS -- Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on HST COSMOS -- Cosmological Evolution Survey COUPP -- Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics CP -- Charge-parity symmetry CREAM -- Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass CSA -- Canadian Space Agency CSO -- Caltech Submillimeter Observatory CTA -- Čerenkov Telescope Array CV -- Cataclysmic variable CXC -- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center DAMA/LIBRA -- Dark Matter Experiment/Large Sodium Iodide Bulk for Rare Processes, a Gran Sasso detector DARPA -- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DEEP2 -- Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe 2 DEIMOS -- Deep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph, a Keck Observatory spectrograph DES -- Dark Energy Survey DM -- Deformable mirror DOE -- Department of Energy DRS -- Disturbance Reduction System for LISA DWFIR -- Deep, Wide-Field IR Survey EDGES -- Experiment to Detect the Global EoR Step, an MIT project EDELWEISS -- Expérience pour Detecter Les Wimps En Site Souterrain E-ELT -- European Extremely Large Telescope project EHT -- Event Horizon Telescope ELT -- Extremely Large Telescope Read the entire page →
From page 544... ... Panel rePorts -- new worlds, new HorIzons 544 EMIR -- Near-infrared multiobject spectrograph for the Gran Telescopio de Canarias EMP -- Extremely metal poor EMRI -- Extreme mass ratio inspiral EoR -- Epoch of reionization EOS -- Elecromagnetic Observations from Space, an Astro2010 Program Prioritization Panel ESA -- European Space Agency ESO -- European Southern Observatory EVLA -- Enhanced Very Large Array ExAO -- Extreme adaptive optics EXIST -- Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope ExoPTF -- Exoplanet Task Force FASR -- Frequency-Agile Solar Radiotelescope FAST -- Five-hundred-meter-Aperture Spherical Telescope, under construction in Guizhou Province, China FOV -- Field of view FRIB -- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams FUSE -- Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer FWHM -- Full-width, half-maximum G -- Gravitational coupling constant GALEX -- Galaxy Evolution Explorer GAN -- Galactic Neighborhood, an Astro2010 Science Frontiers Panel GBM -- Gamma-ray-burst monitor GBT -- Robert C Byrd Green Bank Telescope GCT -- Galaxies Across Cosmic Time, an Astro2010 Science Frontiers Panel GEMS -- Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer GEO -- NSF Geosciences Directorate; also, gravitational wave detector GLAST -- Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope GMC -- Giant molecular cloud GMRT -- Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope, operated by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India GMT -- Giant Magellan Telescope GMTO -- Giant Magellan Telescope Office GO -- Guest observer GOODS-N -- The northern deep field of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey GPI -- Gemini Planet Imager Read the entire page →
From page 545... ... , a frequency of one cycle per second) ICM -- Intracluster medium IDECS -- International Dark Energy Cosmology Survey IDL -- Interactive Data Language IFU -- Integral field unit IGM -- Intergalactic medium IGW -- Inflationary gravitational wave IMF -- Initial mass function, the distribution of stars over mass before any stars have died IMS -- Interferometry Measurement System for LPF and LISA INAOE -- Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica IPAC -- Infrared Processing and Analysis Center IR -- Infrared IRAF -- Image Reduction and Analysis Facility IRAM -- Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique IRAS -- Infrared Astronomy Satellite IRDC -- Infrared dark cloud IRS -- Infrared Spectrometer, on Spitzer ISM -- Interstellar medium IXO -- International X-ray Observatory Read the entire page →
From page 546... ... Panel rePorts -- new worlds, new HorIzons 546 JAXA -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JCMT -- James Clerk Maxwell Telescope JDEM -- Joint Dark Energy Mission JPL -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JWST -- James Webb Space Telescope KAIT -- Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope KBO -- Kuiper belt object KI -- Keck Interferometer ΛCDM -- Lambda cold dark matter LAGEOS -- Laser Geodynamics (satellite) LANL -- Los Alamos National Laboratory LAT -- Large Area Telescope, an instrument on the Fermi satellite L-band -- An IEEE-designated band covering roughly 16 to 40 cm LBT -- Large Binocular Telescope LBTI -- Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer LBV -- Luminous blue variable LCGT -- Large Cryogenic Gravitational-wave Telescope, under consideration in Japan LGS -- Laser guide star LHC -- Large Hadron Collider LIGO -- Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory LISA -- Laser Interferometer Space Antenna LLR -- Lunar Laser Ranging LMC -- Large Magellanic Cloud LMT -- Large Millimeter Telescope LMXB -- Low-mass X-ray binary LOFAR -- Low Frequency Array for radio astronomy, a low-frequency antenna array centered in the Netherlands LOPES -- LOFAR prototype station LPF -- LISA Pathfinder, a NASA mission LSS -- Large-scale structure LSST -- Large Synoptic Survey Telescope LUX -- Large Underground Xenon detector LWA -- Long Wavelength Array MAGIC -- Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Čerenkov Telescope MBH -- Massive black hole MCAO -- Multiconjugate adaptive optics MeerKAT -- Meer Karoo Array Telescope, a SKA-mid pathfinder in South Africa Read the entire page →
From page 547... ... aPPendIx c 547 MERLIN -- Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network MHD -- Magnetohydrodynamic MIDEX -- Mid-size Explorer mission, capped at $250 million, excluding launch MIPS -- Multiband Imaging Photometer for SIRTF, on Spitzer MMT -- Multi-Mirror Telescope MMTO -- MMT Office MOS -- Multi-Object Spectrograph MOSFIRE -- Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infrared Exploration MPF -- Microlensing Planet Finder MPS -- NSF directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences MREFC -- Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction, an NSF program MRI -- Major Research Instrumentation, an NSF program MSP -- Millisecond pulsar MSSM -- Minimal supersymmetric standard model MUSTANG -- Multiplexed Squid TES Array at Ninety Gigahertz, a bolometer array on the GBT MWA -- Murchison Widefield Array, a low-frequency radio (at frequencies from 80 to 300 MHz) interferometer array to be built in Western Australia NAA -- North American Array NAASC -- North American ALMA Science Center NAIC -- National Astronomy and Ionospheric Center NAOJ -- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan NASA -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration NEO -- Near-Earth object NFIRAOS -- Narrow-Field Infrared Adaptive Optics System for the Thirty-Meter Telescope NGST -- Next-Generation Space Telescope NINS -- National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan NIRCam -- Near-Infrared Camera on JWST NIRSpec -- Near-Infrared Spectrograph IFU on JWST NIRSS -- Near-Infrared Sky Surveyor NIST -- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce NOAO -- National Optical Astronomy Observatory NOvA -- A neutrino-oscillation detector under construction in Minnesota NRAO -- National Radio Astronomy Observatory NRC -- National Research Council, USA; also, National Research Council of Canada NRL -- Naval Research Laboratory, Department of the Navy Read the entire page →
From page 548... ... Panel rePorts -- new worlds, new HorIzons 548 NSC -- National Science Council, Taiwan NSF -- National Science Foundation NSO -- National Solar Observatory NST -- New Solar Telescope NuSTAR -- Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, a NASA Small Explorer mission featuring an imaging hard-X-ray telescope, to be launched in 2011 OHEP -- Office of High Energy Physics, at DOE OIR -- Optical-infrared; also, Optical and Infrared Astronomy from the Ground, an Astro2010 Program Prioritization Panel OPP -- Office of Polar Programs, NSF OVRO -- Owens Valley Radio Observatory OVSA -- New Jersey Institute of Technology's Owens Valley Solar Array PACS -- Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer, on Herschel PAG -- Particle Astrophysics and Gravitation, an Astro2010 Program Prioritization Panel PAH -- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon PAIRITEL -- Peters Automated Infrared Imaging Telescope, which conducts robotic transient surveys PAMELA -- Payload for Antimatter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics PAPER -- Precision Array to Probe the Epoch of Reionization PdBI -- Plateau de Bure Interferometer, a millimeter wave array in France, operated by IRAM PFI -- Planet Formation Instrument for the proposed Thirty-Meter Telescope PNGA -- Particle, Nuclear, and Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics, a panel from AANM PPN -- Parametrized Post-Newtonian PPP -- Program Prioritization Panel PSF -- Planetary Systems and Star Formation, an Astro2010 Science Frontiers Panel; also, point-spread function PTF -- Palomar Transient Factory Python -- An interactive data-analysis language QCD -- Quantum chromodynamics QSO -- Quasi-stellar object R&A -- Research and analysis R&D -- Research and development ReSTAR -- Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical Research, a 2007 NOAO report Read the entire page →
From page 549... ... , a radio source at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy SHARC II -- Submillimeter High Angular Resolution Camera II, at CSO SIM -- Space Interferometry Mission SIRTF -- Space Infrared Telescope Facility, now Spitzer SKA -- Square Kilometer Array SLAC -- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center SMA -- Submillimeter Array SMARTS -- Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System SMBH -- Supermassive black hole SMC -- Small Magellanic Cloud SMEX -- Small-scale Explorer mission, costing less than $150 million, excluding launch S/N -- Signal-to-noise ratio SNe -- Supernovae SOAR -- Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope SOFIA -- Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOLIS -- Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun Read the entire page →
From page 550... ... USAF -- U.S. Air Force UV -- Ultraviolet VAO -- Virtual Astronomical Observatory, the operational phase of the National Virtual Observatory VERITAS -- Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System, a cosmic ray detector VIRGO -- A European gravitational-wave detector VISTA -- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy VLA -- Very Large Array VLBA -- Very Long Baseline Array VLBI -- Very Long Baseline Interferometry VLT -- ESO's Very Large Telescope Read the entire page →
From page 551... ... aPPendIx c 551 VO -- Virtual Observatory VSOP-2 -- A Japanese radio telescope satellite that could be used with ground based VLBI antennas w(z) -- Dark energy equation-of-state parameter WArP -- WIMP Argon Program WD -- White dwarf WFC-3 -- Wide Field Camera 3, a Hubble instrument WFIRST -- Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope WFMOS -- Wide-Field Fiber-Fed Optical MOS, a proposed Gemini instrument WFS -- Wave-front sensor WHIM -- Warm-hot intergalactic medium WIMP -- Weakly interacting massive particle WISE -- Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer WIYN -- Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO Telescope WMAP -- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe XENON100 -- A WIMP detector XENON1T -- A WIMP detector XGS -- X-ray grating spectrometer XMASS -- A WIMP detector XMM-Newton -- ESA's X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission XRSO -- X-ray spectroscopy observatory Read the entire page →

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... C Acronyms 2MASS -- Two-Micron All-Sky Survey A3IV -- Aperture Array Astronomical Imaging Verification, European SKA-mid demonstrator AAAC -- Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee AAG -- Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants, an NSF program AANM -- Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium, the 2001 NRC decadal survey ACA -- Atacama Compact Array, an array of smaller dishes that complement the main array of ALMA ACT -- Atacama Cosmology Telescope AGASA -- Akeno Giant Air Shower Array AGB -- Asymptotic giant branch AGIS -- Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System AGN -- Active galactic nuclei AGS -- NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (formerly ATM) AIC -- Accretion-induced collapse ALFA -- Multi-receiver system for H I studies at Arecibo ALMA -- Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ALTAIR -- Access to Large Telescopes for Astronomical Instruction and Research, a 2009 NOAO report AMS -- Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ANITA -- Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna AO -- Adaptive optics 541

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... AURA -- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy BAO -- Baryon acoustic oscillation BBH -- Binary black hole BBN -- Big bang nucleosynthesis BESS -- Balloon-borne Experiment with Superconducting Spectrometer BIMA -- Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association BLISS -- Background-Limited Infrared-Submillimeter Spectrograph BSRBS -- NRAO's Green Bank Solar Radio Burst Spectrometer CALISTO -- Cryogenic Aperture Large Infrared Space Telescope Observatory CARA -- Center for Atmospheric Research in Antarctica CARMA -- Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy CASA -- Common Astronomy Software Applications, a data reduction package led by NRAO for EVLA and ALMA use CATE -- Cost appraisal and technical evaluation CCAT -- Formerly the Cornell-Caltech Atacama Telescope CCD -- Charge-coupled device CDMS -- Cryogenic Dark Matter Search CFP -- Cosmology and Fundamental Physics, an Astro2010 Science Frontiers Panel CGM -- Circumgalactic medium

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... aPPendIx c 543 Chandra -- X-ray telescope in space, a NASA mission CHARA -- Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy, a six-telescope optical-infrared interferometric array CI -- neutral carbon CLIO -- A prototype, underground, cryogenic gravitational-wave detector in Japan CMB -- Cosmic microwave background CMBPol -- Concept for space mission to study the polarization of the CMB CMD -- Color-magnitude diagram CMF -- Core mass function CNES -- Centre National d'Études Spatiales COBE -- Cosmic Background Explorer COROT -- Convection Rotation and Planetary Transits satellite COS -- Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on HST COSMOS -- Cosmological Evolution Survey COUPP -- Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics CP -- Charge-parity symmetry CREAM -- Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass CSA -- Canadian Space Agency CSO -- Caltech Submillimeter Observatory CTA -- Čerenkov Telescope Array CV -- Cataclysmic variable CXC -- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center DAMA/LIBRA -- Dark Matter Experiment/Large Sodium Iodide Bulk for Rare Processes, a Gran Sasso detector DARPA -- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DEEP2 -- Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe 2 DEIMOS -- Deep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph, a Keck Observatory spectrograph DES -- Dark Energy Survey DM -- Deformable mirror DOE -- Department of Energy DRS -- Disturbance Reduction System for LISA DWFIR -- Deep, Wide-Field IR Survey EDGES -- Experiment to Detect the Global EoR Step, an MIT project EDELWEISS -- Expérience pour Detecter Les Wimps En Site Souterrain E-ELT -- European Extremely Large Telescope project EHT -- Event Horizon Telescope ELT -- Extremely Large Telescope

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... Panel rePorts -- new worlds, new HorIzons 544 EMIR -- Near-infrared multiobject spectrograph for the Gran Telescopio de Canarias EMP -- Extremely metal poor EMRI -- Extreme mass ratio inspiral EoR -- Epoch of reionization EOS -- Elecromagnetic Observations from Space, an Astro2010 Program Prioritization Panel ESA -- European Space Agency ESO -- European Southern Observatory EVLA -- Enhanced Very Large Array ExAO -- Extreme adaptive optics EXIST -- Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope ExoPTF -- Exoplanet Task Force FASR -- Frequency-Agile Solar Radiotelescope FAST -- Five-hundred-meter-Aperture Spherical Telescope, under construction in Guizhou Province, China FOV -- Field of view FRIB -- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams FUSE -- Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer FWHM -- Full-width, half-maximum G -- Gravitational coupling constant GALEX -- Galaxy Evolution Explorer GAN -- Galactic Neighborhood, an Astro2010 Science Frontiers Panel GBM -- Gamma-ray-burst monitor GBT -- Robert C Byrd Green Bank Telescope GCT -- Galaxies Across Cosmic Time, an Astro2010 Science Frontiers Panel GEMS -- Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer GEO -- NSF Geosciences Directorate; also, gravitational wave detector GLAST -- Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope GMC -- Giant molecular cloud GMRT -- Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope, operated by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India GMT -- Giant Magellan Telescope GMTO -- Giant Magellan Telescope Office GO -- Guest observer GOODS-N -- The northern deep field of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey GPI -- Gemini Planet Imager

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... , a frequency of one cycle per second) ICM -- Intracluster medium IDECS -- International Dark Energy Cosmology Survey IDL -- Interactive Data Language IFU -- Integral field unit IGM -- Intergalactic medium IGW -- Inflationary gravitational wave IMF -- Initial mass function, the distribution of stars over mass before any stars have died IMS -- Interferometry Measurement System for LPF and LISA INAOE -- Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica IPAC -- Infrared Processing and Analysis Center IR -- Infrared IRAF -- Image Reduction and Analysis Facility IRAM -- Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique IRAS -- Infrared Astronomy Satellite IRDC -- Infrared dark cloud IRS -- Infrared Spectrometer, on Spitzer ISM -- Interstellar medium IXO -- International X-ray Observatory

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... Panel rePorts -- new worlds, new HorIzons 546 JAXA -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JCMT -- James Clerk Maxwell Telescope JDEM -- Joint Dark Energy Mission JPL -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JWST -- James Webb Space Telescope KAIT -- Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope KBO -- Kuiper belt object KI -- Keck Interferometer ΛCDM -- Lambda cold dark matter LAGEOS -- Laser Geodynamics (satellite) LANL -- Los Alamos National Laboratory LAT -- Large Area Telescope, an instrument on the Fermi satellite L-band -- An IEEE-designated band covering roughly 16 to 40 cm LBT -- Large Binocular Telescope LBTI -- Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer LBV -- Luminous blue variable LCGT -- Large Cryogenic Gravitational-wave Telescope, under consideration in Japan LGS -- Laser guide star LHC -- Large Hadron Collider LIGO -- Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory LISA -- Laser Interferometer Space Antenna LLR -- Lunar Laser Ranging LMC -- Large Magellanic Cloud LMT -- Large Millimeter Telescope LMXB -- Low-mass X-ray binary LOFAR -- Low Frequency Array for radio astronomy, a low-frequency antenna array centered in the Netherlands LOPES -- LOFAR prototype station LPF -- LISA Pathfinder, a NASA mission LSS -- Large-scale structure LSST -- Large Synoptic Survey Telescope LUX -- Large Underground Xenon detector LWA -- Long Wavelength Array MAGIC -- Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Čerenkov Telescope MBH -- Massive black hole MCAO -- Multiconjugate adaptive optics MeerKAT -- Meer Karoo Array Telescope, a SKA-mid pathfinder in South Africa

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... aPPendIx c 547 MERLIN -- Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network MHD -- Magnetohydrodynamic MIDEX -- Mid-size Explorer mission, capped at $250 million, excluding launch MIPS -- Multiband Imaging Photometer for SIRTF, on Spitzer MMT -- Multi-Mirror Telescope MMTO -- MMT Office MOS -- Multi-Object Spectrograph MOSFIRE -- Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infrared Exploration MPF -- Microlensing Planet Finder MPS -- NSF directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences MREFC -- Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction, an NSF program MRI -- Major Research Instrumentation, an NSF program MSP -- Millisecond pulsar MSSM -- Minimal supersymmetric standard model MUSTANG -- Multiplexed Squid TES Array at Ninety Gigahertz, a bolometer array on the GBT MWA -- Murchison Widefield Array, a low-frequency radio (at frequencies from 80 to 300 MHz) interferometer array to be built in Western Australia NAA -- North American Array NAASC -- North American ALMA Science Center NAIC -- National Astronomy and Ionospheric Center NAOJ -- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan NASA -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration NEO -- Near-Earth object NFIRAOS -- Narrow-Field Infrared Adaptive Optics System for the Thirty-Meter Telescope NGST -- Next-Generation Space Telescope NINS -- National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan NIRCam -- Near-Infrared Camera on JWST NIRSpec -- Near-Infrared Spectrograph IFU on JWST NIRSS -- Near-Infrared Sky Surveyor NIST -- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce NOAO -- National Optical Astronomy Observatory NOvA -- A neutrino-oscillation detector under construction in Minnesota NRAO -- National Radio Astronomy Observatory NRC -- National Research Council, USA; also, National Research Council of Canada NRL -- Naval Research Laboratory, Department of the Navy

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... Panel rePorts -- new worlds, new HorIzons 548 NSC -- National Science Council, Taiwan NSF -- National Science Foundation NSO -- National Solar Observatory NST -- New Solar Telescope NuSTAR -- Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, a NASA Small Explorer mission featuring an imaging hard-X-ray telescope, to be launched in 2011 OHEP -- Office of High Energy Physics, at DOE OIR -- Optical-infrared; also, Optical and Infrared Astronomy from the Ground, an Astro2010 Program Prioritization Panel OPP -- Office of Polar Programs, NSF OVRO -- Owens Valley Radio Observatory OVSA -- New Jersey Institute of Technology's Owens Valley Solar Array PACS -- Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer, on Herschel PAG -- Particle Astrophysics and Gravitation, an Astro2010 Program Prioritization Panel PAH -- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon PAIRITEL -- Peters Automated Infrared Imaging Telescope, which conducts robotic transient surveys PAMELA -- Payload for Antimatter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics PAPER -- Precision Array to Probe the Epoch of Reionization PdBI -- Plateau de Bure Interferometer, a millimeter wave array in France, operated by IRAM PFI -- Planet Formation Instrument for the proposed Thirty-Meter Telescope PNGA -- Particle, Nuclear, and Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics, a panel from AANM PPN -- Parametrized Post-Newtonian PPP -- Program Prioritization Panel PSF -- Planetary Systems and Star Formation, an Astro2010 Science Frontiers Panel; also, point-spread function PTF -- Palomar Transient Factory Python -- An interactive data-analysis language QCD -- Quantum chromodynamics QSO -- Quasi-stellar object R&A -- Research and analysis R&D -- Research and development ReSTAR -- Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical Research, a 2007 NOAO report

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From page 549...

... , a radio source at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy SHARC II -- Submillimeter High Angular Resolution Camera II, at CSO SIM -- Space Interferometry Mission SIRTF -- Space Infrared Telescope Facility, now Spitzer SKA -- Square Kilometer Array SLAC -- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center SMA -- Submillimeter Array SMARTS -- Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System SMBH -- Supermassive black hole SMC -- Small Magellanic Cloud SMEX -- Small-scale Explorer mission, costing less than $150 million, excluding launch S/N -- Signal-to-noise ratio SNe -- Supernovae SOAR -- Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope SOFIA -- Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOLIS -- Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun

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From page 550...

... USAF -- U.S. Air Force UV -- Ultraviolet VAO -- Virtual Astronomical Observatory, the operational phase of the National Virtual Observatory VERITAS -- Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System, a cosmic ray detector VIRGO -- A European gravitational-wave detector VISTA -- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy VLA -- Very Large Array VLBA -- Very Long Baseline Array VLBI -- Very Long Baseline Interferometry VLT -- ESO's Very Large Telescope

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From page 551...

... aPPendIx c 551 VO -- Virtual Observatory VSOP-2 -- A Japanese radio telescope satellite that could be used with ground based VLBI antennas w(z) -- Dark energy equation-of-state parameter WArP -- WIMP Argon Program WD -- White dwarf WFC-3 -- Wide Field Camera 3, a Hubble instrument WFIRST -- Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope WFMOS -- Wide-Field Fiber-Fed Optical MOS, a proposed Gemini instrument WFS -- Wave-front sensor WHIM -- Warm-hot intergalactic medium WIMP -- Weakly interacting massive particle WISE -- Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer WIYN -- Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO Telescope WMAP -- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe XENON100 -- A WIMP detector XENON1T -- A WIMP detector XGS -- X-ray grating spectrometer XMASS -- A WIMP detector XMM-Newton -- ESA's X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission XRSO -- X-ray spectroscopy observatory

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Appendix C Acronyms Pages 541-552

Appendix C Acronyms
Pages 541-552