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PAPERBACK list:$42.25 Web:$38.02 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PODCAST: NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation [10] mB Display this book on your site! Related Titles Space Studies Board Annual Report 2005 Space Studies Board Annual Report 2004 Other Related Titles NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation (2007) Space Studies Board (SSB) Board on Physics and Astronomy (BPA) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 154   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. G Acronyms AAAC Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee ACS attitude control system ACT Advanced Compton Telescope AD&C attitude determination and control ADEPT Advanced Dark Energy Physics Telescope ADR Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator AL arm locking ALMA Atacama Large Millimeter Array ASCA Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics ASIC application-specific integrated circuit ATT advanced technology testbed AU astronomical unit BAO baryon acoustic oscillation BAT Burst Alert Telescope BE Beyond Einstein BH black hole BHFP Black Hole Finder Probe BICEP Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization CASTER Coded Aperture Survey Telescope for Energetic Radiation CC continuous clocking CCD charge-coupled device CGRO Compton Gamma Ray Observatory CIP Cosmic Inflation Probe CL galaxy cluster CLIC column loading input chip CMB cosmic microwave background CMBPol Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter CMT Colloid Micronewton Thruster COBE Cosmic Background Explorer CoBRA complexity-based risk assessment Con-X Constellation-X Page 154 Front Matter (R1-R12) Executive Summary (1-8) 1 Introduction (9-14) 2 Science Impact (15-65) 3 Mission Readiness and Cost Assessment (66-114) 4 Policy Issues (115-117) 5 Findings and Recommendations (118-132) Appendixes (133-134) Appendix A: Letter of Request (135-136) Appendix B: Background and Statement of Task (137-138) Appendix C: Input from the Broader Astronomy and Astrophysics Community (139-142) Appendix D: List of Briefings to the Committee (143-145) Appendix E: Request for Information to Mission Teams (146-151) Appendix F: Mission Teams' Technology Funding Inputs to the Committee (152-153) Appendix G: Acronyms (154-157) Appendix H: Glossary (158-167) Appendix I: Biographies of Committee Members and Staff (168-174)

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Nasa ’s Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation G Acronyms AAAC Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee ACS attitude control system ACT Advanced Compton Telescope AD&C attitude determination and control ADEPT Advanced Dark Energy Physics Telescope ADR Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator AL arm locking ALMA Atacama Large Millimeter Array ASCA Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics ASIC application-specific integrated circuit ATT advanced technology testbed AU astronomical unit BAO baryon acoustic oscillation BAT Burst Alert Telescope BE Beyond Einstein BH black hole BHFP Black Hole Finder Probe BICEP Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization CASTER Coded Aperture Survey Telescope for Energetic Radiation CC continuous clocking CCD charge-coupled device CGRO Compton Gamma Ray Observatory CIP Cosmic Inflation Probe CL galaxy cluster CLIC column loading input chip CMB cosmic microwave background CMBPol Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter CMT Colloid Micronewton Thruster COBE Cosmic Background Explorer CoBRA complexity-based risk assessment Con-X Constellation-X

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Nasa ’s Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation COSMOS Cosmological Evolution Survey Cs-FEEP Cesium Field Emission Electric Propulsion CsI cesium iode CTE coefficient of thermal expansion CZT cadmium-zinc-telluride DDT&E design, development, test, and evaluation DE dark energy delta-v incremental change in velocity DEP Dark Energy Probe DES Dark Energy Survey DESTINY Dark Energy Space Telescope DETF Dark Energy Task Force DOD Department of Defense DoD degree of difficulty DOE Department of Energy DRS disturbance-reduction system EELV evolved expendable launch vehicle ELV expendable launch vehicle EM engineering model EMRI extreme mass-ratio inspiral EOL end of life EPIC-F Experimental Probe of Inflationary Cosmology EPIC-I Einstein Polarization Interferometer for Cosmology eROSITA extended Roentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array ESA European Space Agency EXIST Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope FEEP Field Emission Electric Propulsion FGS fine guidance sensor FMA flight mirror assembly FOBAS Fast On-board Burst Alert System FOV field of view FPA focal plane array FPGA field programmable gate array GBT Green Bank Telescope GLAST Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope GPB Gravity Probe B GPS Global Positioning System GRACE Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment GRB gamma-ray burst GRO Gamma Ray Observatory GRS Gravitational Reference Sensor GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center HDF Hubble Deep Field HEFT High Energy Focusing Telescope HEI High Energy Imager HEPAP High Energy Physics Advisory Panel HERO High-Energy Replicated Optics HET High Energy Telescope HHT Heinrich Hertz Telescope HST Hubble Space Telescope

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Nasa ’s Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation HUDF Hubble Ultra-Deep Field HXT Hard X-ray Telescope IMBH intermediate-mass black hole IMU inertial measurement unit In-FEEP Indium Needle Field Emission Electric Propulsion InFOCUS International Focusing Optics Collaboration for micro-Crab Sensitivity IP Inflation Probe IR infrared IRAS Infrared Astronomical Satellite IS Image Slicer ISO Infrared Space Observatory ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations JDEM Joint Dark Energy Mission JFET junction gate field-effect transistor JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JWST James Webb Space Telescope L2 Lagrange Point 2 LaBr3 lanthanum bromide LAGEOS Laser Geodynamics Satellites LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory LCC life-cycle cost LEI Low Energy Imager LEO low Earth orbit LET Low Energy Telescope LIGO Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory LISA Laser Interferometer Space Antenna LM Lockheed Martin LOFAR Low Frequency Array LP LISA Pathfinder LSS Large-Scale Structure LSST Large Synoptic Survey Telescope LST Large Survey Telescope LSU Louisiana State University LV launch vehicle MBI main beam interference MCT mercury cadmium telluride MEMS microelectromechanical system MESSENGER Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (mission) MIRI mid-infrared instrument MO&DA mission operations and data analysis MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center MWA Mileura Wide-Field Array NAFCOM NASA Air Force Cost Model NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NeXT New X-ray Telescope NFIRE Near Field Infrared Experiment NIR near-infrared NIRCAM Near-Infrared Camera NIRSpec Near-Infrared Spectrometer NRC National Research Council

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Nasa ’s Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation NSF National Science Foundation NTD neutron transmutation doped OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy PDR preliminary design review PMS phase measurement system PMT photo-multiplier tube PS pre-stabilization QE quantum efficiency R&D research and development RFI request for information ROSAT Röntgensatellit ROSES Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences SAA South Atlantic Anomoly SAIC Science Applications International Corporation SAO Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory SBIR Small Business Innovation Research SCUBA Sub-millimeter Common User Bolometer Array SDSS Sloan Digital Sky Survey SEUS Structure and Evolution of the Universe Subcommittee SKA Square Kilometer Array SMBH supermassive black hole SN supernova SNAP Supernova Acceleration Probe SQUID Superconducting Quantum Interference Device SSAC Space Science Advisory Committee SwRI Southwest Research Institute SXT Spectroscopic X-ray Telescope TDI time-delayed interferometry TE timed exposure TES transition edge sensor TMA three mirror astigmatic TPF Terrestrial Planet Finder TRDSS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System TRL Technology Readiness Level ULE ultralow expansion ULX ultraluminous x-ray source VLT Very Large Telescope VPM variable-delay polarization modulator WFC wide-field camera WHIM Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium WISE Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer WL weak lensing WMAP Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe XEUS X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy XGS X-ray Grating Spectrometer XMM-Newton X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission-Newton XMS X-ray Microcalorimeter Spectrometer XQC X-ray Quantum Calorimeter XRS X-ray Spectrograph XSS-11 Experimental Satellite System-11