Large Mission Studies, Decadal Survey 2020

2020 Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics will not be delayed

Community Survey on Possible Delay in 2020 Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Report to Paul Hertz on Results of Community Survey on Possible Delay
in 2020 Decadal Survey [PDF]

2020 Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics will not be delayed

COPAG Analysis:

Final Reports on Large Astrophysics Mission Concepts to Study for the 2020 Decadal Survey

COPAG Final Report

PhysPAG Final Report

ExoPAG Final Report

Thank you for your numerous and helpful comments. Please join our author list by sending an email to COPAG_Contact@bigbang.gsfc.nasa.gov

COPAG Requests Community Input

COPAG Call for White Papers: Large Astrophysics Missions to Be Studied by NASA Prior to the 2020 Decadal Survey [PDF]

Face-to-Face Meetings

Upcoming

Past

COPAG meetings at AAS in Kissammee, FL, Monday January 4, 2016, including SIG meetings

August 3-14, at IAU, COR Table, NASA Booth (312), Exhibit Hall. COPAG EC members seeking your input.
August 7, 1-4 P.M. (7-10 P.M. EDT), Joint PAG Meeting at IAU, Room 323. [Agenda]

Joint PAG EC meeting, STSci, March 19, 2015, 9:00 A.M.–4:00 P.M.

Presentations [PDF]

Far IR Surveyor Workshop, Pasadena, CA, June 3–5, 2015

Far-IR Workshop Final Report

ExoPAG Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 13–14, 2015
UV/Vis SIG Meeting, June 25–26, 2015, Greenbelt, MD

Report on Flagship Studies [PDF]

PhysPAG Community Meeting at HEAD meeting, Chicago, IL, June 29–July 1, 2015

Web Meetings

Upcoming

Past

Thursday, August 20, 2015, 01:00 - 03:00 EDT

COPAG Virtual Town Hall to discuss community input and COPAG report.
- Presentation [PDF]

Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 03:00 - 04:00 EDT

COPAG Virtual Town Hall
Presentation [PDF]

Presentations to PhysPAG

Far-IR Surveyor Concept [PDF]

X-ray Surveyor: Science drivers and strawman mission design [PDF]

Large UV/Optical/IR Telescope Surveyor [PDF]

HabEx: Notional Mission Properties and Science Applications [PDF]

White Paper Responses from the Community

COPAG Merged White Papers, May 18, 2015 [PDF]

2012 Request for Information (RFI2012) - Responses

Science Cases for Ultraviolet Polarimetry in the 21st Century [PDF] - B-G. Anderson
Mapping Turbulent Energy Dissipation through Shocked Molecular Hydrogen in the Universe [PDF] - P. Appleton
Are Flagships the Best Way to Advance Astrophysics? [PDF] - D. Ardila
Cubesats for Astrophysics [PDF] - D. Ardila
The Dusty Co-evolution of Black Holes and Galaxies: A Science Case for a Large Far-IR Space Telescope [PDF] - L. Armus
Actuated Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Mirror Development [PDF] - B. Baldauf et al.
Astrophysics Enabled by Extreme Contrast Ratio Technologies [PDF] - D. Batcheldor
A FIR-Survey of TNOs and Related Bodies [PDF] - J. Bauer et al.
Unlocking the Secrets of Planet Formation with Hydrogen Deuteride [PDF] - E. Bergin
Cryogenic Telescope for Far-Infrared Astrophysics: A Vision for NASA in the 2020 Decade [PDF] - C. Bradford et al.
Imaging Polarimetry for ExoPlanet science & astrophysics [PDF] - J. Breckinridge
Dust in Distant Galaxies - Overcoming Confusion Noise with a 5m FIR Facility [PDF] - C. Casey et al.
Far-Infrared Spectral Line Studies of the Epoch of Reionization [PDF] - A. Cooray et al.
A Joint Exoplanet & UVOIR Surveyor [PDF] - J. Dalcanton
The earliest epoch of star-formation in the very young universe [PDF] - D. Ebbets
Characterizing the Habitable Zones of Exoplanetary Systems with a Large Ultraviolet/Visible/Near-IR Space Observatory [PDF] - K. France et al.
The bulk composition of exo-planets [PDF] - Boris Gänsicke et al.
Flagship Missions for the Decadal Review [PDF] - J. Green
Life Finder Telescope [PDF] - S. Heap
Galaxy Evolution Spectroscopic Surveyor (GESS) [PDF] - S. Heap
Precision Ages for Milky Way Star Clusters [PDF] - J. Kalirai
Interferometry Concept for the Far-Infrared Surveyor [PDF] - D. Leisawitz et al.
Importance of Design Reference Missions for Developing the Next Large Mission Concepts [PDF] - P. Lightsey and E. Wilkinson
An Evolvable Space Telescope for the Far Infrared Surveyor Mission [PDF] - C. Lillie et al.
Exoplanet Environment Monitor [PDF] - J. Linsky et al.
Definitive Determination of Galaxy Luminosity Functions at Energies Above the Hydrogen Ionization Edge, Covering 11 Billion Years of Evolution [PDF] - S. McCandliss
Probing Transient Structures in the Universe [PDF] - P. Natarajan
An Evolvable Space Telescope for Future UV/Opt/IR Astronomical Missions [PDF] - R. Polidan et al.
A Rotating Synthetic Aperture (RSA) Space Telescope for Future UV/Opt/IR Astronomical Missions [PDF] - R. Polidan et al.
UVOIR Surveyor: The need for high resolution, wide field, deep multi-wavelength imaging and IFU spectroscopy [PDF] - R. Rampazzo et al.
Probe class missions in the far infrared [PDF] - J. Rizzo et al.
The First Stars and the First Metals [PDF] - I. Roederer et al.
The Origin of the Elements Heavier than Iron [PDF] - I. Roederer et al.
HabX2: a 2020 mission concept for flagship science at modest cost [PDF] - M. Swain et al.
Listening to the Cosmic Dawn [PDF] - I. Thorpe et al.
A Large-Aperture UVOIR Space Telescope [PDF] - H. Thronson et al.
Galaxy Fueling and Quenching: A Science Case for Future UV MOS Capability [PDF] - J. Tumlinson and D. Schiminovich
UV/Optical/IR Surveyor: The Crucial Role of High Spatial Resolution, High Sensitivity UV Observations to Galaxy Evolution Studies [PDF] - B. Williams and J. Dalcanton

Science Division Documents

Paul Hertz Charge to the PAGs for 2020 Decadal Planning
Paul Hertz AAS PAG Plenary Presentation, Jan 2015
Astrophysics Road Map: Enduring Quests, Daring Visions: NASA Astrophysics in the Next Three Decades - December 20, 2013
2010 Astrophysics Decadal Report

HQ Astrophysics Science Documents

Supporting Documents

TPF-C Levine paper (see science goals, Sec. 2) [PDF]

The New Worlds Observer [PDF]

AURA Report: From Cosmic Birth to Living Earths [PDF]

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