PhysPAG Meeting 2012

Presentations

Tuesday, August 14

S. Ritz	Welcome, PhysPAG Introduction, Meeting Plan
A. Hornschemeier	PCOS Program Office Update
C. Martin	COPAG Report
S. Gaudi	ExoPAG Report
R. Petre	X-ray Study Results
J.Livas/I. Thorpe	Gravitational-Wave Study Results
A. Olinto	Space Opportunities for Cosmic Ray Science
G. Mueller	GWSAG Report
J. Bookbinder	XRSAG
R. Petre	Beyond the X-ray Mission Concepts Study
T. Pham	PCOS Technology Needs Inputs and Prioritization Process

Wednesday, August 15

Plenary
N. Gehrels	WFIRST Status Update
P. Schechter	Euclid & WFIRST: Dark Energy & Cosmic Acceleration
D. Wienberg	Cosmic Acceleration: WFIRST and Beyond
P. Hertz	Group Discussions
IPSAG
J. Bock	The EPIC-IM Mission Concept
B. Crill	Detector Technology Lessons from Planck/HFI
P. de Bernardis	Cosmic ORigins Explorer (COrE)
S. Hanany	IPSAG Workshop
M. Hazumi	LiteBIRD
K. Irwin	Technology Development Needs for the Inflation Probe: Multiplexing
W. Jones	Balloon-borne CMB Experiments to mid-decade and Beyond
A. Kogut	Primordial Inflation Explorer (PIXIE)
C. Lawrence	What have we learned from Planck about technology, foregrounds, calibration and systematics?
A. Lee	Ground Based CMB Polarization Experiments
H. Moseley	Technology Development Needs for the Inflation Probe: Detector arrays & focal-plane coupling
GWSAG
G. Mueller	Gravitational Wave Science Analysis Group GW-SAG Inaugural meeting
XRSAG
G. Daelemans	Costing of X Ray Science Mission Concepts: Approach Overview
A. Falcone	X-ray Active Pixel Sensors: Status and Development Needs for Future Missions
S. Bandler	Status of current efforts and future needs in detectors
H. Marshall	Soft X-ray Polarimetry using Multilayer Coated Mirrors
B. Ramsey	Improving X-ray Optics Through Differential Deposition
P. Reid	Technology Development Status: Adjustable Grazing Incidence X-ray Optics for Sub-arcsecond Imaging
W. Zhang	Next Generation X-ray Optics: High Resolution, Light Weight and Low Cost
DE from Space
G. Aldering	Integral Field Spectroscopy for a Dark Energy Space Mission
R. Bean	Understanding dark energy
G. Bernstein	Important ground-based observations for LSST dark energy science
J. Borrill	High Performance Computing for Dark Energy Missions
J. Rhodes (for G. Bernstein)	Ground-Based DE Projects
GammaSAG
P. Bloser	Soft- and Medium-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy at the University of New Hampshire
S. Boggs	The Nuclear Compton Telescope
L. Hays	What is GammaSAG?
L. Hays	Gamma-ray White Paper Discussion Notes
A. Moiseev	A New Project for High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy: Space Gamma-Ray Telescope GAMMA-400

Thursday, August 16
J. Bookbinder	XRSAG Debrief to PhysPAG
S. Hanany	PhysPAG-Fest, August 2012, Report from the Inflation Probe SAG
E. Hayes	GammaSAG Summary
G. Mueller	Gravitational Wave Science Analysis Group GW-SAG Inaugural Meeting
J. Rhodes	Dark Energy Summary
S. Ritz	Wrap Up

PCOS News

Program News and Announcements

14 September 2018

NASA's Astrophysics Division issues open call for nominations, including self-nominations, to serve on the Executive Committee of NASA's Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group, or PhysPAG. Deadline for receipt of nominations is October 19, 2018. » Full details [PDF].

24 July 2018

The National Academies has released information about the 2020 Decadal Survey call for Community Science White Papers. They will be due 7–18 January 2018. See here for further instructions.

1 June 2018

MMA SAG analyzing the benefits of multimessenger observations made possible by NASA observatories in the 2020 decade and beyond launched! Join the kickoff telecon Friday, 8 June, and sign up today! » Full details

26 Feb 2018

LISA Preparatory Science is a new program element in ROSES 2018 to provide support for U.S. investigators involved in analysis and interpretation of simulated LISA data. Mandatory NOIs are due 19 Mar 2018 and full proposals are due 14 Jun 2018.

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