26 July 2023
The Physics of the Cosmos (PhysCOS) program is asking the PhysCOS community to think about science gaps, research areas where additional work is needed, that are relevant to future great observatories as well as general science gaps in areas that are not considered strategic at this time.
Science Gaps can be divided into several categories: strategic science gaps (Follow-up, Preparatory, Precursor gaps) and non strategic-gaps. This is the first effort for the PhysCOS community to put together this list that will be eventually published, maintained, and updated on this website in the years to come. More information about science gaps definition can be found at this link.
We are soliciting contributions from the Physics of the Cosmos community for science gaps in the last 3 categories (Preparatory, Precursor, Non-strategic science gaps). Gaps can be submitted via this Google Form.
You are welcome to submit more than one gap, but please submit one gap per form. It is not necessary to complete every field in the form.
Note that this effort is separate from the request for technology gaps as inputs to the ABTR, which will be issued separately.