04937nam 2200649 a 450 991082678560332120200520144314.01-280-21203-997866102120330-309-56019-50-585-11878-7(CKB)111004366659562(EBL)3377113(SSID)ssj0000274072(PQKBManifestationID)11954747(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000274072(PQKBWorkID)10316605(PQKB)10419259(MiAaPQ)EBC3377113(Au-PeEL)EBL3377113(CaPaEBR)ebr10068345(OCoLC)923268351(EXLCZ)9911100436665956219940105d1991 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWorking papers astronomy and astrophysics panel reports /Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Press19911 online resource (356 p.)John N. Bahcall, chair, Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee.Full report of Survey Committee published separately as: The decade of discovery in astronomy and astrophysics.0-309-04383-2 Includes bibliographical references.""Working Papers""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Panel Reports""; ""Radio Astronomy""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SCIENTIFIC OPPORTUNITIES""; ""Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Wavelength Astronomy""; ""Meter to Hectometer Wavelength Astronomy""; ""The Sun, Stars, Pulsars, Interstellar Masers, and Extrasolar Planets""; ""The Planets, Asteroids, and Comets""; ""Radio Galaxies, Quasars, and Cosmology""; ""Challenges For Radio Astronomy in the 1990's""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEW FACILITIES""; ""The Millimeter Array""; ""Medium Scale New Instruments:""""Small-Scale Projects""""CONTINUING ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY""; ""Facility Operation and Maintenance, Upgrading of Telescopes and Instrumentation""; ""Projects Already Underway:""; ""Long Range Programs and Technology Developments""; ""SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""International Opportunities""; ""Balance Between the National Observatories and University Facilities:""; ""Agency Funding and Management Policies:""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""Report of the Infrared Panel""; ""I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""II. PERSPECTIVE""; ""III. SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES""""A. the Origin of Galaxies""""B. the Origin of Planets, Planetary Systems and Stars""; ""IV. TECHNICAL OVERVIEW""; ""V. PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""A. Space Projects""; ""Sirtf Science Highlights""; ""Sofia Science Highlights""; ""Smmm Science Highlights""; ""B. Ground-Based Projects""; ""IRO Science Highlights""; ""C. Performance Comparison""; ""VI. FUTURE DIRECTIONS""; ""VII. INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""Optical/IR from Ground""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""Large Scale Programs""; ""Medium Scale Programs""; ""Small Scale Programs""; ""Infrastructure Support""""OPTICAL/INFRARED ASTRONOMY IN THE 1990's""""Research Environment""; ""Science Opportunities""; ""The Origin of Structure in the Universe""; ""The Origin and Evolution of Galaxies""; ""The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems""; ""Technical Developments of the 1980's and Opportunities for the 1990's""; ""Advances in Telescope Technology""; ""Advances in Detector Technology""; ""Auxiliary Instruments""; ""Pioneering a New Frontier: High Angular Resolution O/IR Astronomy""; ""Adaptive Optics""; ""Ground-Based Optical/Infrared Interferometry""""Ground-Based Optical/Infrared Astronomy Outside the US""""RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PANEL: LARGE SCALE PROGRAMS""; ""Priority 1: A Coordinated Program For Large O/IR Telescopes""; ""Background""; ""New Science Enabled by Greater Collecting Area""; ""New Science Enabled by Diffraction-Limited Imaging""; ""Expected Performance Gains""; ""Recommended Program for the 1990's""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PANEL: MEDIUM SCALE PROGRAMS""; ""Priority 1: A Coordinated Program for High Angular Resolution""; ""Background""; ""New Science Enabled by High Angular Resolution Observations""""Recommended Program for the 1990's""Decade of discovery in astronomy and astrophysicsAstronomyResearchAstrophysicsResearchAstronomyResearch.AstrophysicsResearch.520Bahcall John N52631MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826785603321Working papers4059021UNINA