Sunday, 5 January 2014

X-ray Science Interest Group (XRSIG) Meeting

Room: Annapolis 3

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
09:00am – 11:00am	Update on X-ray Optics Status	Randy McEntaffer
09:20am – 09:40am	High Resolution X-ray Grating and Mirror Development at MIT	Mark Schattenburg (remote)	[PDF]
09:40am – 10:00am		Suzanne Romaine
10:00am – 10:20am		Paul Reid
10:20am – 10:40am		Will Zhang
10:40am – 11:00am		Mel Ulmer (to be presented by W. Zhang)
11:00am – 11:15am	BREAK
11:15am – 11:45am	Potential workshop for discussing future strategy for X-ray astronomy, including discussion of the future needs/paths for X-ray optics	ALL
11:45am – 12:15pm	Discussion of potential support for Athena	Bookbinder / ALL
12:15pm – 12:45pm	Discussion of PATR process (Note that there will be a presentation by Thai Pham at the PhysPAG meeting in the afternoon, which will allow for a second round of discussion on this topic)	ALL
12:45pm – 1:00pm	Discussion of SMD/ASP 30-year plan in the context of X-ray astronomy	ALL

Gamma Ray Science Interest Group (Gamma SIG) Meeting

Room: Baltimore 3

Time	Topic
10:00am – 11:00am	GammaSIG News and Notes
	Update on the White Paper
	Discussion of the New NASA Astrophysics 30-Year Roadmap Enduring Quests, Daring Visions – NASA Astrophysics in the Next Three Decades
	Future of Space-Based Gamma-Gay Astrophysics: Science Goals
	Future Planning for the Gamma SIG

Also note the presentation later that day by Paul Hertz about US participation in the ESA L2/L3 missions and the PhysPAG Town Hall from 4:00pm – 6:30pm.

Cosmic Ray Science Interest Group (Cosmic SIG) Meeting

Room: Baltimore 1

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
11:00am- 1:00pm	Cosmic SIG Update	Angela Olinto	[PDF]
	Status of ISS-CREAM	Eun-Suk Seo	[PDF]
	Status of SuperTIGER	Terri Brandt	[PDF]
	Status of JEM-EUSO	Angela Olinto	[PDF]
	Discussion of the New NASA Astrophysics 30-Year Roadmap Enduring Quests, Daring Visions – NASA Astrophysics in the Next Three Decades
	Future Planning for the Cosmic SIG

Paul Hertz will give a presentation at 2:30pm and the PhysPAG Town Hall will be from 4:00 PM – 6:30 pm all in Room Annapolis 3.

Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Town Hall

Room: Annapolis 3

Time	Event	Speaker	Presentation
2:00pm – 2:30pm	Tech Prioritization Process & the SAT Program	Thai Pham & Mark Clampin	[PDF]
2:30pm – 4:00pm	US Plans for Participation in ESA L2/L3 Missions	Paul Hertz	[PDF]
4:00pm – 6:00pm	Status Updates from PhysPAG EC
4:00pm – 4:30pm	XR SIG	Bookbinder	[PDF]
4:30pm – 5:00pm	GW SIG	Mueller
5:00pm – 5:15pm	IP SIG	Hanany	[PDF]
5:15pm – 5:30pm	Dark Energy	Ann-Linda Sparke	[PDF]
5:30 pm – 5:45pm	Gamma SIG	Liz Hays	[PDF]
5:45pm – 6:00pm	Cosmic SIG	Angela Olinto	[PDF]
6:00pm – 6:30pm	General Discussion
7:30pm	Optional Dinner for EC Members