Physics of the Cosmos
Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG)
The PhysPAG serves as a community-based, interdisciplinary forum for soliciting and coordinating community analysis and input in support of Physics of the Cosmos objectives and of their implications for architecture planning and activity prioritization and for future exploration. It provides findings of analyses to the NASA Astrophysics Division Director.
Objectives
The PhysPAG enables direct regular communication between NASA and the community, and within the community, through public meetings that give the community opportunities to provide its scientific and programmatic input. Structurally, the PhysPAG Chair and the PhysPAG Executive Committee (EC) are appointed members whose responsibilities include organizing meetings and collecting and summarizing community input with subsequent reporting to the Astrophysics Division Director. The full PhysPAG consists of all members of the community who participate in these open meetings. The PhysPAG has eight Science Interest Groups (SIGs), described in more detail at PhysPAG Science Groups.
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Executive Committee
The PhysPAG Chair and the PhysPAG Executive Committee (EC) are appointed members of the PhysPAG whose responsibilities include organizing meetings and collecting and summarizing community input with subsequent reporting to the Astrophysics Division Director.
| Name | Institution | Expertise | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Pooley (PhysPAG EC Vice Chair) | Trinity University | XR SIG | Dec 2021 – Dec 2025 |
| Justin Finke (PhysPAG EC Chair Emeritus) | |||
| Manel Errando (Vice Chair) | Washington U. St. Louis | GR SIG | Feb 2023 – Dec 2025 |
| Athina Meli (PhysPAG EC Chair) | North Carolina A&T | CRN SIG | Dec 2021 – Dec 2025 |
| Chiara Mingarelli | U Connecticut | GW SIG | Feb 2023 – Dec 2025 |
| Alessandra Corsi | Johns Hopkins University | GW SIG | Feb 2023 – Dec 2025 |
| Chien-Ting Chen | USRA / MSFC | XR SIG | Feb 2023 – Dec 2025 |
| Roger O’Brient | JPL | IP SIG | Feb 2023 – Dec 2025 |
| Rebekah Hounsell | UMBC | CoS SIG / TDAMM | Feb 2023 – Dec 2025 |
| Brian Grefenstette | Caltech | TDAMM / HW | Jan 2024 – Dec 2026 |
| Vivian Miranda | Stony Brook | CoS SIG | Jan 2024 – Dec 2026 |
| Jeremy Perkins | NASA / GSFC | GR SIG | Jan 2024 – Dec 2026 |
| Stephanie Wissel | Penn State | CRN SIG | Jan 2024 – Dec 2026 |
Executive Committee Selections
- Memo from NASA Headquarters January 2025 [PDF]
- Memo from NASA Headquarters December 2023 [PDF]
- Memo from NASA Headquarters February 2023 [PDF]
- Memo from NASA Headquarters December 2021 [PDF]
- Memo from NASA Headquarters December 2020 [PDF]
- Memo from NASA Headquarters November 2019 [PDF]
- Memo from NASA Headquarters November 2018 [PDF]
- Memo from NASA Headquarters November 2017 [PDF]
- Memo from NASA Headquarters November 2016 [PDF]
- Memo from NASA Headquarters November 2015 [PDF]
- Memo from NASA Headquarters November 2014 [PDF]
- Memo from NASA Headquarters December 2013 [PDF]
Presentations
Large Mission Concepts
- Far-IR Surveyor Concept [PDF]
- X-ray Surveyor: Science drivers and strawman mission design [PDF]
- HabEx: Notional Mission Properties and Science Applications [PDF]
- The Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST) [PDF]
Reports
Decadal Survey 2020
- Large Ultraviolet-Optical PhysPAG Report to Paul Hertz on Flagship Mission Concepts to Study for the 2020 Decadal Study, October 8, 2015 [PDF]
- Report to Paul Hertz on Results of Community Survey on Possible Delay in 2020 Decadal Survey [PDF].
Note that Paul Hertz requested the release of individual responses in the interest of transparency. The COR Chief Scientist, working with the COPAG EC, removed personal identifying information to protect anonymity. - 2020 Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics will not be delayed.
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