Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG)

Science Interest Groups (SIGs) and Science Analysis Groups (SAGs)

Currently, the COPAG has three Science Interest Groups and one Technology Interest Group:

IR Science Interest Group (IR SIG): Coordinated by the IR SIG Leadership Council (Approved Nov 2013).

Ultraviolet-Visible Science and Technology Interest Group (UV STIG) (approved November 2014), chaired by Jason Tumlinson.

Science Interest Group (SIG) #3: Cosmic Dawn Science (approved March 2015, closed December 2018).

Technology Interest Group (TIG), approved (January 2017), chaired by Sarah Tuttle.

The COPAG uses Science Analysis Groups (SAGs) for topical consideration of COR-relevant science and technology issues. Membership of the SAGs is freely open to any interested parties. Each SAG and SIG coordinates with the EC through a member selected from the Executive Committee.

SAG #1: Science objectives for a 4m–8m UV/Optical mission, coordinated by Ken Sembach. (Closed)

SAG #2: Technologies for a 4m-class monolithic telescope UV/Optical mission w/internal coronograph, coordinated by Chuck Lillie. (Closed)

Report [PDF]

SAG #3: Technologies for an 8m-class segmented telescope UV/Optical mission w/external occulter, coordinated by Jon Gardner. (Closed)

SAG #4: Technologies for a future far-IR mission, coordinated by Paul Goldsmith and Dave Leisawitz (Approved as Science Interest Group Nov 2013). (Closed)

Report [PDF]

SAG #5: Science objectives & technology requirements for a series of Cosmic Origins Probes, coordinated by Chris Martin. (Closed)

SAG #6: Cosmic Origins Science Enabled by the WFIRST-AFTA Coronograph, coordinated by Dennis Ebbetts (Closed)

Final Report [PDF]

SAG #7: Science Enabled by Operations Overlap of HST and JWST, coordinated by James Green. (Closed)

Report [PDF]

SAG #8: Science Enabled by the WFIRST – AFTA Data Archive, coordinated by Sally Heap (Approved November 2013). (Closed)

Final Report [PDF]

SAG #9: Science Enabled by Spitzer Observations Prior to JWST Launch, COPAG EC liason: Daniella Calzetti (SAG approved August 2014). (Closed)

Report [PDF]

SAG #10: Great Observatories, COPAG EC liasons: Lee Armus and Thomas Megeath. Coordinated by Lee Armus and Thomas Megeath (Approved April 2018).

SAG #11: Cosmic Dawn, Co-Leads: Claudia Scarlata (Minnesota) and Steven Finkelstein (UT Austin). (Approved November 2019)

Charter for SAG 11 [PDF]

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