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Appendix C: Acronyms
Pages 107-112

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... C Acronyms AAAC Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee AAG Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grant ACT Atacama Cosmology Telescope ACTA Atmospheric Čerenkov Telescope Array ACTpol Atacama Cosmology Telescope polarization sensitive receiver ADAP Astrophysics Data Analysis Program ADMX Axion Dark Matter Experiment AdvACT Advanced Atacama Cosmology Telescope AFTA Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets AGILE Astro‐Rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero AGIS Advanced Gamma ray Imaging System ALMA Atacama Large Millimeter Array AMS Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ANITA Antarctic Impulse Transient Antenna AO Announcement of Opportunity APOGEE Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment APRA Astronomy and Physics Research and Analysis APS Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences ARA Askaryan Radio Array ARIANNA Antarctic Ross Iceshelf Antenna Neutrino Array ART-XC Astronomical Roentgen Telescope X-ray Concentrator  ASAS-SN All Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ATI Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation 107
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... Inouye Solar Telescope DOE Department of Energy DRM Design Reference Mission DSIAC Decadal Survey Implementation Advisory Committee EBEX E and B Experiment eBOSS Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey E-ELT European Extremely Large Telescope EHT Event Horizon Telescope eLISA Evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna ELT Extremely Large Telescope ESA European Space Agency ESO European Southern Observatory FASR Frequency Agile Solar Radiotelescope FAST Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer FY fiscal year
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... satellite for the studies of B-mode polarization and Inflation from cosmic background Radiation Detection LMT Large Millimeter Telescope LPF LISA Pathfinder
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... 110 New Worlds, New Horizons: A Midterm Assessment LSST Large Synoptic Survey Telescope LTSA Long Term Space Astrophysics LUX-ZEPLIN Large Underground Xenon-ZonEd Proportional scintillation in LIquid Noble gases MAGIC Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Observatory MIDEX Medium-Class Explorer MoO Mission of Opportunity MREFC Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction MSIP Mid-Scale Innovations Program MWA Murchison Widefield Array NANOGrav North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA-APD NASA Astrophysics Division NICER Neutron-star Interior Composition Explorer NOAO National Optical Astronomy Observatory NRAO National Radio Astronomy Observatory NRC National Research Council NRO National Reconnaissance Office NSF National Science Foundation NSF-AST NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences NSF-PHY NSF Division of Physics NuSTAR Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array NWNH New Worlds, New Horizons NWTD New Worlds Technology Development OIR Optical and Infrared Astronomy ORM Roque de los Muchachos Observatory OSS Origins of Solar Systems P5 Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel PAMELA Payload for Antimatter/Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics Pan-STARRS Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System PAPER Precision Array to Probe Epoch of Reionization PI principal investigator PIPER Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer PPP Project Prioritization Panels PRAXyS Polarimeter for Relativistic Astrophysical X-ray Sources
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... Appendix C 111 PTF Palomar Transient Factory ReSTAR Renewing Small Telescopes RFI Request for Information SAT Strategic Astrophysics Technology SDSS Sloan Digital Sky Survey SDT Science Definition Team SFP Science Frontier Panel SKA Square Kilometer Array SMEX Small Explorer SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SPHEREx all-sky near IR spectral survey SPICA Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics SPT South Pole Telescope SPT3G South Pole Telescope 3rd Generation SPTpol South Pole Telescope polarization instrument SQUID Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices Super-CDMS Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Super-TIGER Super Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder TA Telescope Array TCAN Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Networks TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite TMT Thirty Meter Telescope TRL technology readiness level TSIP Telescope Systems Instrumentation Program URO University Radio Observatories UV ultraviolet VERITAS Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System VLA Very Large Array VLBA Very Long Baseline Array VLT Very Large Telescope WFC3 Wide Field Camera 3 WFIRST Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope WIMP weakly interacting massive particle WIYN Wisconsin/Indiana/Yale/NOAO Telescope
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... 112 New Worlds, New Horizons: A Midterm Assessment WMAP Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe XMM NASA's X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission XMM-Newton European Space Agency's X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission XRP Exoplanet Research Program (formerly OSS)
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Key Terms

  • spectroscopic survey
  • baryon oscillation
  • oscillation spectroscopic
  • space antenna
  • design reference

  • laser interferometer
  • reference mission
  • interferometer space
  • meter telescope
  • telescope lpf

  • telescope fast
  • millimeter telescope
  • telescope elisa
  • survey implementation
  • cosmic background

  • evolved laser
  • background radiation
  • decadal survey
  • implementation advisory
  • extended baryon

  • radiation detection
  • european space
  • auroral snapshot
  • frequency agile
  • fast auroral


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