The Space Astrophysics Landscape for
the 2020s and Beyond
Final Agenda
Reception and Registration
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SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 2019 |
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1700 |
Registration |
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1800 |
Opening Night Reception |
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Plenary Room: Benjamin Frankin
MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2019 |
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0830 (15 min) |
Welcome, Logistics, Motivation |
Harley Thronson (NASA GSFC) |
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Nicholas White (USRA) |
0845 (30 min) |
Spotlight Talk: Cosmic Dawn/Cosmology |
Priya Natarajan (Yale) |
0915 (30 min) |
NASA
Astrophysics and the Program of Record |
Paul Hertz (NASA HQ APD) |
0945 (75 min) |
Missions in the Coming
Decade |
Chryssa Kouveliotou (GWU), Moderator |
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WFIRST/Euclid |
Jefferey Kruk (NASA GSFC) |
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LISA/LIGO |
Ira Thorpe (NASA GSFC) |
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ATHENA/XRISM/IXPE |
Randall Smith (Harvard CfA) |
1100 (30 min) |
BREAK/POSTER
PAPERS |
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1130 (45 min) |
Strategic
Mission: The Origins Space Telescope |
Asantha Cooray (UCI) |
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Margaret Meixner (STScI and JHU) |
1215 (90 min) |
LUNCH
w/Time for Poster Papers |
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1345 (45 min) |
Strategic Mission: Lynx |
Feryal Ozel (U of Arizona) |
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Alexey Vikhlinin
(Harvard) |
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Jessica Gaskin (NASA MSFC) |
1430 (45 min) |
Strategic
Mission: HabEx |
Scott Gaudi (OSU) |
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Rhonda Morgan (NASA JPL) |
1515 (30 min) |
Spotlight
Talk: Exoplanets |
Courtney Dressing (UCB) |
1545 (30 min) |
BREAK/POSTER
PAPERS |
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1615 (45 min) |
Strategic
Mission: LUVOIR |
Debra Fischer (Yale) |
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Matthew Bolcar (NASA GSFC) |
1700 (30 min) |
Spotlight
Talk: The Galactic Ecosystem |
Rachel Somerville (Rutgers/Flatiron Institute) |
1730 (30 min) |
Aim High, Aim Long: Seeing the Infinite Universe |
John Mather (NASA GSFC) |
1800 |
Adjourn for
Hors d’oeuvres |
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1830 |
Evening Keynote |
James Bridenstine (NASA Administrator) |
TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019 |
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0830 (30 min) |
Spotlight Talk: Multi-Messenger Astronomy |
Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (Vanderbilt) |
0900 (3 hrs) |
Probe
Studies (15 min each) |
Jay Bookbinder (NASA ARC), Moderator |
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Probe of Inflation and Cosmic
Origins |
Shaul Hanany (U of Minnesota) |
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Cosmic Evolution Through UV Spectroscopy |
William Danchi (NASA GSFC) |
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Cosmic Dawn Intensity Mapper |
Tzu-Ching Chang (NASA JPL) |
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Galaxy Evolution Probe |
Jason Glenn (U of Colorado) |
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Transient Astrophysics Probe |
Jordan Camp (NASA GSFC) |
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BREAK [30
min] |
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Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger
Astrophysics |
Angela Olinto (U of Chicago) |
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Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband
Energy X-Rays |
Paul Ray (NRL) |
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Advanced X-Ray Imaging Satellite |
Richard Mushotzky (U of Maryland) |
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EarthFinder |
Peter Paul Plavchen (GMU) |
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FARSIDE: Low-Frequency
Telescope on the Lunar Farside |
Gregg Hallinan (Caltech) |
1230 (75 min) |
LUNCH
w/Time for Poster Papers |
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1345 (30 min) |
Spotlight Talk: Spatial EM Interferometry in Space |
Gerard van Belle (Lowell Observatory) |
1415 (60 min) |
Future
Enabling Capabilities Servicing, Comm, Assembly
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Kathryn Flanagan (STScI), Moderator |
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Ronald Polidan (PSST, LLC) Nicholas Siegler (NASA JPL) Allison Barto (Ball Aerospace) |
1515 (30 min) |
BREAK/POSTER PAPERS |
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1545 (60 min) |
Technology Challenges Panel |
Mark Clampin (NASA GSFC), Moderator |
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Will Zhang (NASA GSFC) |
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Jonas Zmuidzinas (Caltech) |
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Lee Feinberg (NASA GSFC) Alison Nordt (LMCO) |
1645 (60 min) |
Astrophysics Enabled by the Human Space Flight Program |
Jack Burns (U of Colorado), Moderator |
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Keith Gendreau (NASA GSFC) |
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Steven Clarke (NASA HQ SMD ) |
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Sharon Jefferies (NASA LaRC) |
1745 (30 min) |
Adjourn for Hors d’oeuvres |
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1815 |
Lightning Mission Poster Talks |
Christine Jones (Harvard/CfA),
Moderator |
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 |
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0830 (30 min) |
Spotlight Talk: Black Holes and Their Environment |
Ryan Hickox (Dartmouth College) |
0900 (45 min) |
Time Domain
Astronomy |
Cara Battersby (U of Connecticut), Moderator Brad Cenko (NASA GSFC) Julie McEnery (NASA GSFC) Daryl Haggard (McGill University) |
0945 (30 min) |
Spotlight Talk: Planetary System Formation |
Ted Bergin (U of Michigan) |
1015 (15 min) |
Probe
Studies: Rendezvous |
Sara Seager (MIT) |
1030 (30 min) |
BREAK/POSTER
PAPERS |
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1100 (75 min) |
Mission
Costing: Realities and Implications |
Orlando Figueroa (NASA, ret’d),
Moderator |
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Jon Arenberg (NGAS) |
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Lisa Storrie-Lombardi (NASA JPL) |
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Alan Dressler (Carnegie Observatories) Matt Mountain (AURA, Inc.) |
1215 (60 min) |
LUNCH |
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1315 (60 min) |
Industry Panel |
Erica Rodgers (NASA HQ OCT), Moderator |
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Sarah Lipscy (Ball Aerospace) |
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Alison Nordt (LMCO) |
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Dan Dumbacher
(AIAA) |
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Marty Frederick (NGAS) |
1415 (30 min) |
Astro2020: The Decadal Survey |
Colleen Hartman (Natl Acad Sci) |
1445 (60 min) |
Overview: Astronomy in the 2020s and Beyond Panel
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Jackie Hewitt (MIT), Moderator |
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Richard Green (NSF) |
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Paul Hertz (NASA HQ APD) |
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Pam Whitney (US House) |
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Joel Parriott (AAS) |
1545 |
ADJOURN |
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The
following posters will be presented during the
symposium and will remain up through Wednesday.
Poster Area: Room F21
Authors (*Indicates Lightning Talks Presenters) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
Bandler S. R. Chervenak J. A. Devasia A. M. Datesman A. M. DiPirro M. Sakai K. Smith S. J. Stevenson T. R. Yoon W. Bennett D. Swetz D. Mates B. Ullom J. N. Irwin K. D. Eckart M. E. Figueroa-Feliciano E. McCammon D. Ryu K. Olson J. Zeiger B. |
The Lynx X-Ray Microcalorimeter [#5036] |
Bayless A. J. Anderson M. Barkhouser R. Chinn B. Diaz R. Garcia-Vargas M. Goodsell S. Hayward T. Kleinman S. Labrie K. Lazo M. Nunez A. Perez A. Pope S. Brody A. Killough R. Persson K. Radwick J. Robberto M. Roming P. Sanchez-Blanco E. Smee S. Smith K. Stange J. Thibodeaux R. Veach T.
Van Der Horst A. J. Veredas G. |
SCORPIO Instrument Design and Operational Modes [#5018] |
Bradford C. M. Origins Study Team |
The Origins Survey Spectrometer (OSS) for the Origins
Space Telescope: Enabling Unbiased
Spectral Surveys of Galaxies Through Cosmic Time [#5050] |
Brandt P. C. McNutt R. L. Jr Paul M. V. Mandt K. E. Lisse C. M.
Zemcov M. Beichman C. A. Provornikova E. A. Runyon K. D. Rymer A. M. |
Interstellar Probe:
A Cross-Divisional Mission in to the Galaxy [#5053] |
Camp J. TAP Team |
Transient Astrophysics Probe [#5027] |
Conklin J. W. Antoniou V. Bellovary J. Brandt T. J. Burke-Spolaor S. Burns E. Clayton G. C. D’Ammando F. Eichler D. Saavik Ford K. E. Fryer C. L. Gezari S. Gonzalez G. Jaffe T. Karovska1 M. Keivani A. Kupfer T. Rani B. Santander M. Shawhan P. Tohuvavohu A. Tomsick J. Whitehorn N. Wilson-Hodge C. |
NASA’s Multimessenger Astrophysics
Science Analysis Group, Supporting the Broad Astrophysics Community [#5041] |
Cooray A. |
From First Stars to Life:
Scientific Capabilities of the Origins Space Telescope [#5023] |
Danchi W. Heap S. Woodruff R. Hull A. Kendrick S. Purves L. |
The Cosmic Evolution Through UV Spectroscopy (CETUS) NASA
Probe Mission Concept [#5028] |
Darling J. |
An Astrometric Approach to Gravitational Waves
and Cosmology [#5042] |
DiPirro M. J. Carter R. C. |
The Origins Space Telescope Baseline Concept: The Arcjotectire
and Cryogenic System for a Large Mid- to Far IR 4 Kelvin Observatory [#5056] |
Elvis M. |
Pan-Chromatic Astronomy in the 2020s: A Strawman Affordable Program [#5044] |
Elvis M. |
Commercial Space Enabling of Astronomy in the 2020s [#5046] |
Falcone A. D. Kraft R. Bautz M. Gaskin J. |
The High Definition X-Ray Imager (HDXI) Instrument on the
Lynx X-Ray Surveyor [#5043] |
Falcone A. D. Burrows D. N. |
The Athena Wide Field Imager (WFI) Science
Products Module [#5045] |
France K. Fleming B. Tumlinson J. McCandliss S. O’Meara J. Bolcar M. |
Transforming Ultraviolet Spectroscopy in the Next Two
Decades: The LUVOIR Ultraviolet
Multi-Object Spectrograph (LUMOS) [#5011] |
Gallagher S. C. * |
The Canadian Space Astrophysics 2020 Long Range Plan [#5047] |
Griffin S. * AMEGO Team |
Development of a Silicon Tracker for the All-Sky Medium
Energy Gamma-Ray Observatory (AMEGO) Prototype [#5063] |
Grindlay J. * |
Space Time-Domain Astrophysics in the 2020’s [#5067] |
Haggard D. * CASTOR Team |
CASTOR: Imaging the
UV/Optical Sky in the 2020’s [#5012] |
Hornschemeier A. E. Vulic N. |
Stellar-Origin Black Holes and Neutron Stars in the 2020’s
and Beyond: The Post Chandra and
XMM-Newton Era [#5040] |
Hunter S. D. * Angelini L. Timokhin A. |
AdEPT, the Advanced Energetic Pair Telescope for Medium-Energy
Gamma-Ray Polarimetry [#5022] |
Jahoda K. * Kislat F. Krawczynski H. Marshall H. Okajima T. |
The X-Ray Polarization Probe (XPP) Concept [#5062] |
Kaaret P. * McCammon D. Nguyen T. Frank D. |
XQCSat - X-Ray Quantum Calorimeter Satellite [#5007] |
Leisawitz D.
The Origins Mission Concept Study Team |
The Origins Space Telescope: Development of a Scientifically Compelling,
Low-Risk, Executable Mission Concept [#5015] |
MacDowall
R. J. Reiner M. J. Burns J. O. Hallinan G. Bowman J. D. Hegedus A. |
Solar Radio Burst Observations by the Farside
Lunar Surface Radio Array [#5068] |
Madsen K. K. * Stern D. HEX-P Team |
HEX-P: The
High-Energy X-Ray Probe [#5013] |
Mandt K. E. Rymer A. Kalierai J. Allen R. Cocoros A. Stevenson K. Hurley D. Lisse C. Runyon K. Dalba P. Domagal-Goldman S. Kane S. R. Brandt P. Provornikova E. Meadows V. |
Advancing Space Science Requires NASA Support for
Coordination Between the Science Mission Directorate Communities [#5038] |
McCandliss S. R. Elvis M. Armus L. Megeath S. T. |
Impending Wavelength Gaps and Development Timescales for
Great Observatories [#5060] |
McEntaffer R. L. |
Reflection Grating Spectrographs for Astrophysical
Missions: Rockets, Explorers, Probes,
and Flagship [#5039] |
Meixner M. Cooray A. The Origins Study Team |
The Origins Space Telescope [#5033] |
Meixner M. Leisawitz D. Pope A. Bergin E. Stevenson K. Armus L. Vieira J. Pontoppidan K. Milam S. Kataria T. Fortney J. Cooray A. Bradford C. M. Staguhn J. Roellig T. Sakon I. Origins Study Team |
The Origins Space Telescope: Science Traceability Matrix [#5034] |
Milam S. N. * Hammel H. B. |
The Impact of Next Generation Large Astrophysics Missions
on Planetary Astronomy [#5061] |
Miller R. S. * Ajello M. Beacom J. F. Bloser P. F. Burrows A. Fryer C. L. Goldsten J. O. Hartmann D. Hoeflich P. Hungerford A. L. Lawrence D. J. Leising M. D. Milne P. Peplowski P. N. Sukhbold T. The L.-S. Yokley Z. Young C. A. |
Ex Luna, Scientia: The Lunar Occultation eXplorer
and Nuclear Astrophysics from the Moon [#5055] |
Morgan R. M. Warfield K. R. Stahl H. P. Kuan G. M. Mennesson B. Nikzad S. Azizi A. Balasubramanian K. Hennessy J. J. Mawet D. Redding D. C. Serabyn E. Shaklan S. B. Stapelfeldt K. R. |
Technology Roadmap for the Habitable-Zone Exoplanet
Observatory (HabEx) Concept [#5064] |
Mushotzky R. AXIS Team |
AXIS a High Spatial Resolution X-Ray Probe
Mission Study [#5025] |
Ojha R. Kreter M. Zhang H. Kadler M. Neilson N. |
Neutrino Astrophysics and AMEGO [#5017] |
Pham T. Ganel O. Crill B. Siegler N. Barghouty N. |
NASA is Developing Technologies to Enable Breakthrough
Observations in the Coming Decades [#5070] |
Rafanelli G. L. Newman A. Green J. J. Chakrabarti S. Mendillo C. Polidan R. |
Potential Benefits of Rotating Synthetic Apertures (RSAs)
for Astronomical and Astrophysical Observatories [#5009] |
Rani B. Hunter H. D. Kislat F. |
Gamma-Ray Polarization — A Window About to Open [#5049] |
Ray P. S. STROBE-X Steering Committee |
STROBE-X: X-Ray
Timing and Spectroscopy on Dynamical Timescales from Microseconds
to Years [#5010] |
Rhodes J. * Capak P. L. |
Unveiling the Dark Universe with the Euclid Mission [#5058] |
Rigby J. R. Bayliss M. Chisholm J. Bordoloi R. Gladders M. Sharon K. Florian M. |
UV Spectra of Lensed Galaxies as Pathfinding for
Future Missions [#5020] |
Robinson K. F. Stough R. W. |
NASA’s Space Launch System: Unmatched Volume for Deep
Space Telescopes [#5048] |
Roelfsema P. R. * Bradford C. M. |
SPICA: Revealing the
Hearts of Galaxies and Forming Planetary Systems; Overview and
US Contributions [#5051] |
Sakon I. Roellig T. Ennico K. Matsuo T. Ikeda Y. Staguhn J. |
Origins Space Telescope:
The Mid-Infrared Transit Spectrometer Instrument (MISC) [#5031] |
Sambruna R. M. |
Astrophysics Decadal 2020:
NASA Sponsored Activities [#5014] |
Scowen P. |
The HabEx Ultraviolet
Spectrograph (UVS) — Design and Science Drivers [#5069] |
Shawhan P. S. LIGO Scientific Collaboration Virgo Collaboration |
LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA and Beyond: The Future of Ground-Based Gravitational-Wave Observatories [#5021] |
Short K. Willems P. Shaklan S. Martin S. Webb D. Lisman D. Flinois T. Bottom M. Harness A. Kasdin J. |
Starshade Technology Development to TRL 5 (S5) — Technology
Overview and Status [#5066] |
Staguhn J. G. Fixsen D. J. Stevens K. B. Moseley S. H. Sharp E. H. Brown A. D. Fortney J. J. Hilton G. C. Kataria T. Wollack E. J. |
An Ultra-Stable Mid-Infrared Sensor for the Detection of
Bio-Signatures by Means of Transit Spectroscopy [#5029] |
Staguhn J. G. Meixner M. Vieira J. D. Amatuc E. G. Carter R. Damon B. Chuss D. T. Corsetti J. Leisawitz D. T. Moseley S. H. Wollack E. J. |
Origins Space Telescope:
The Far Infrared Imager and Polarimeter FIP [#5030] |
Stahl H. P. |
HabEx Baseline Optical Telescope Assembly [#5057] |
Stahl H. P. Allison M. A. |
Optical Telescope Assembly Cost Estimating Model [#5059] |
Stark C. C. Belikov R. Bolcar M. R. Crill B. P. Groff T. Krist J. Mazoyer J. Nemati B. Pueyo L. Rauscher B. J. Riggs A. J. Ruane G. Sirbu D. Soummer R. St. Laurent K. Zimmerman N. |
The Exoplanet Yield Landscape for Future Direct Imaging
Space Telescopes [#5001] |
Swartz D. A. * Pavlinsky M. Krivonos R. Tkachenko A. Mereminskiy I. Zavlin V. Chen C. -T. |
Overview of the ART-XC/SRG Mission [#5037] |
Trangsrud A. PICO Collaboration |
Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO)
Mission Architecture [#5035] |
Unwin S. C. Cooray A. R. Chang T.-C. |
Cosmic Dawn Intensity Mapper (CDIM) Astrophysics Probe: I nstrument and Mission Design [#5054] |
Walker C. K. * Kulesa C. A. Goldsmith P. F. |
GUSTO: A
Balloon-Borne TeraHertz Observatory [#5019] |
Wang Y. ATLAS Probe Team |
ATLAS Probe:
Breakthrough Science of Galaxy Evolution, Cosmology, Milky Way, and
the Solar System [#5003] |
Wen Q. PICO Collaboration |
Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO)
Science Objectives [#5052] |
Wiedner M. Gerin M. Laurens A. Melnick G. Staguhn J. |
Origins Space Telescope:
The Heterodyne Receiver (HERO) [#5032] |
Williams B. J. * Kelley R. L. Petre R. Tashiro M. |
The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission [#5026] |
Wilson-Hodge C. A. |
Time Domain Astronomy with Fermi GBM in the Multimessenger Era [#5071] The
Fermi GBM is the most prolific detector of short gamma-ray bursts. I will
describe searches for GRB 170817A-like events in archival data and plans to
find more coincident events in the future, starting with LIGO/Virgo's third
observing run. |
Woolf R. S. Grove J. E. Phlips B. F. Wulf E. A. |
Development of a CsI:Tl
Calorimeter Subsystem for the All-Sky Medium-Energy Gamma-Ray
Observatory (AMEGO) [#5016] |
Zhang W. W. |
Next Generation Astronomical X-Ray Optics: High Resolution, Light Weight, and
Low Cost [#5024] |
Zimmerman N. T. Kasdin N. J. Bailey V. Rhodes J. Turnbull M. Macintosh B. Trauger J. Mennesson B. Frerking M. Zellem R. |
The WFIRST Coronagraph Instrument [#5065] |