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Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG)

COPAG about Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group Workshop

Location

Baltimore, Maryland

Dates

22-23 September 2011

Community

Cosmic Origins

Type

Workshop

NASA's Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG) held a Workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, on Thursday/Friday, September 22 – 23, 2011 (Agenda).

COPAG Workshops are open to the entire scientific community, and offer an opportunity to participate in discussions of scientific and technical issues within the Cosmic Origins Program portfolio, and to provide input into NASA's Cosmic Origins Program. All interested members of the astrophysics science community are invited to attend and participate; there is no cost for attendance.

A Webcast of the September 2011 COPAG Workshop is available only at the STScI Webcasting website.

Day 1

Thursday, 22 September 2011

Session 1: Science / SAG #1

TimeTopicSpeakerPresentations
08:40 AMIntroduction Christopher Martin[PDF] [Video]
08:40 AMCosmology Tommaso Treu[PDF] [Video]
09:05 AMGas Timothy Heckman (JHU)[PDF] [Video]
09:30 AMGalaxy/QSO EvolutionDavid Schiminovich (Columbia University)[Video]
09:55 AMStars and Stellar Populations Tom Brown (STScI)[PDF] [Video]
10:20 AMPlanets Alycia Weinberger (Carnegie DTM)[PDF] [Video 1] [Video 2]
10:45 AMExoPAG Update Jim Kasting / Alycia Weinberger[PDF]

Session 2: Mission Concepts / Science Analysis Group (SAG) #2 – 4

TimeTopicSpeakerPresentations
11:00 AMMission Concepts – 'Probe-Class' UVOIR Christopher Martin (CalTech)[PDF] [Video]
11:15 AMMission Concepts – 'Probe-Class' FIRSM David Leisawitz (NASA/GSFC)[PDF] [Video]
11:30 AMSPICA and the Promise of the Far-Infrared Bradford[PDF]
11:45 AMMission Concepts – 4m UVOIR Mission and CO Science Objectives Accomplished Charles Lillie (Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems)[PDF] [Video]
12:00 NoonMission Concepts – 8m UVOIR Mission and CO Science Objectives Accomplished Marc Postman (STScI)[PDF] [Video]
12:15 PMMission Concepts – Far IR/Sub mm Mission and CO Science Objectives Accomplished David Leisawitz (NASA/GSFC)[PDF] [Video]

Session 3: Candidate Technologies

TimeTopicSpeakerPresentations
01:30 PMProgram Office Technology Management Process Dominic Benford (NASA COR Program Office)[PDF] [Video]
01:45 PMIntroductory Discussion of Roadmapping and Metrics Martin[PDF] [Video]
02:00 PMUVOIR Technology Overview Ken Sembach (STScI)[PDF] [Video]

UVOIR Detectors I

TimeTopicSpeakerPresentations
02:15 PMFar IR / Sub-mm Overview David Leisawitz (NASA/GSFC)[PDF] [Video]
02:30 PMProspects for a UV Sensitive, Visible Blind Avalanche Photodiode Ulmer[PDF] [Video]
02:45 PMCurrent and Future Capabilities of MCP Detectors Vallerga[PDF]
03:00 PMGaN Photocathodes and EBCMOS Detectors for UV Astronomy Stock[PDF]

UVOIR Detectors II

TimeTopicSpeakerPresentations
03:30 PMPhoton Counting Imaging Detectors for NASA Mission Donald Figer (Center for Detectors, RIT)[Video]
03:45 PMDelta-doped CCDs for High QE UV / Optical DetectorsNikzad
04:00 PMAR-coated, Delta-Doped Photon Counting CCDs for UV Spectroscopy Morrissey[PDF]

UVOIR Coatings / Gratings / Optics

TimeTopicSpeakerPresentations
04:15 PMAdvanced UV CoatingsNikzad / Beasley
04:30 PMNew Technologies Developed for the Far-UV Off Rowland-Circle Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy (FORTIS) Stephan McCandliss (JHU)[PDF] [Video]

UVOIR Telescopes

TimeTopicSpeakerPresentations
04:45 PMAdvanced Mirror Technology Development for UVOIR Normal Incidence Telescopes H. Philip Stahl (NASA)[Video]
05:00 PMAdvanced Mirror Technologies Stephen Unwin (JPL/Caltech)[PDF] [Video]

Joint UVOIR / Exoplanet Imaging Technologies

TimeTopicSpeakerPresentations
05:15 PMExoplanet Imaging / Characterization Technologies N. Jeremy Kasdin (Princeton University)[Video]

Day 2

Friday, 23 September 2011

Session 4: Technology Roadmap

TimeTopicSpeakerPresentations
08:30 AMExample Roadmaps – Far IR / Sub mm Leisawitz[PDF]
09:00 AMOCT Technology Roadmap H. Philip Stahl (NASA)[PDF] [Video]
Discussion of Technology Areas, Metrics, SAT / APRA / OCT, Figures of Merit, etc.

Session 5: Wrap-Up

TimeTopicPresentations
Wrap-up-plan for Presentation to APS at Fall Meeting[Video]
Plan / Agenda for Pre-AAS Meeting in January 2012, Austin [Video]
03:00 PMAdjourn

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