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PAPERBACK price:$55.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics Report of the Panel on Implementing Recommendations from the New Worlds, New Horizons Decadal Survey Other Related Titles Panel Reports--New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2011) Board on Physics and Astronomy (BPA) Space Studies Board (SSB) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format 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. Citation Manager . "Summary Findings." Panel Reports--New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011. Please select a format: Page 247   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore 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. Summary Findings TABLE I Summary of Science Frontiers Panels’ Findings: Identification of Key Science Questions and Areas of Unusual Discovery Potential Panel Science Questions Area(s) of Unusual Discovery Potential Cosmology and Fundamental Physics CFP 1 How did the universe begin? Gravitational wave astronomy CFP 2 Why is the universe accelerating? CFP 3 What is dark matter? CFP 4 What are the properties of neutrinos? Galactic Neighborhood GAN 1 What are the flows of matter and energy in the circumgalactic medium? Time-domain astronomy, astrometry GAN 2 What controls the mass-energy-chemical cycles within galaxies? GAN 3 What is the fossil record of galaxy assembly from the first stars to the present? GAN 4 What are the connections between dark and luminous matter? Galaxies Across Cosmic Time GCT 1 How do cosmic structures form and evolve? The epoch of reionization GCT 2 How do baryons cycle in and out of galaxies, and what do they do while they are there? GCT 3 How do black holes grow, radiate, and influence their surroundings? GCT 4 What were the first objects to light up the universe, and when did they do it? Planetary Systems and Star Formation PSF 1 How do stars form? Identification and characterization of nearby habitable exoplanets PSF 2 How do circumstellar disks evolve and form planetary systems? PSF 3 How diverse are planetary systems? PSF 4 Do habitable worlds exist around other stars, and can we identify the telltale signs of life on an exoplanet? Stars and Stellar Evolution SSE 1 How do rotation and magnetic fields affect stars? Time-domain surveys SSE 2 What are the progenitors of Type Ia supernovae and how do they explode? SSE 3 How do the lives of massive stars end? SSE 4 What controls the mass, radius, and spin of compact stellar remnants? Page 247 Front Matter (R1-R26) Part I: Reports of the Astro2010 Science Frontiers Panels (1-2) 1 Report of the Panel on Cosmology and Fundamental Physics (3-52) 2 Report of the Panel on the Galactic Neighborhood (53-94) 3 Report of the Panel on Galaxies Across Cosmic Time (95-150) 4 Report of the Panel on Planetary Systems and Star Formation (151-206) 5 Report of the Panel on Stars and Stellar Evolution (207-246) Summary Findings (247-248) Part II: Reports of the Astro2010 Program Prioritization Panels (249-250) 6 Report of the Panel on Electromagnetic Observations from Space (251-310) 7 Report of the Panel on Optical and Infrared Astronomy from the Ground (311-378) 8 Report of the Panel on Particle Astrophysics and Gravitation (379-438) 9 Report of the Panel on Radio, Millimeter, and Submillimeter Astronomy from the Ground (439-500) Appendixes (501-502) Appendix A: Statements of Task for the Astro2010 Panels (503-512) Appendix B: Glossary (513-540) Appendix C Acronyms (541-552)

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Panel Reports—New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics Summary Findings TABLE I Summary of Science Frontiers Panels’ Findings: Identification of Key Science Questions and Areas of Unusual Discovery Potential Panel Science Questions Area(s) of Unusual Discovery Potential Cosmology and Fundamental Physics CFP 1 How did the universe begin? Gravitational wave astronomy CFP 2 Why is the universe accelerating? CFP 3 What is dark matter? CFP 4 What are the properties of neutrinos? Galactic Neighborhood GAN 1 What are the flows of matter and energy in the circumgalactic medium? Time-domain astronomy, astrometry GAN 2 What controls the mass-energy-chemical cycles within galaxies? GAN 3 What is the fossil record of galaxy assembly from the first stars to the present? GAN 4 What are the connections between dark and luminous matter? Galaxies Across Cosmic Time GCT 1 How do cosmic structures form and evolve? The epoch of reionization GCT 2 How do baryons cycle in and out of galaxies, and what do they do while they are there? GCT 3 How do black holes grow, radiate, and influence their surroundings? GCT 4 What were the first objects to light up the universe, and when did they do it? Planetary Systems and Star Formation PSF 1 How do stars form? Identification and characterization of nearby habitable exoplanets PSF 2 How do circumstellar disks evolve and form planetary systems? PSF 3 How diverse are planetary systems? PSF 4 Do habitable worlds exist around other stars, and can we identify the telltale signs of life on an exoplanet? Stars and Stellar Evolution SSE 1 How do rotation and magnetic fields affect stars? Time-domain surveys SSE 2 What are the progenitors of Type Ia supernovae and how do they explode? SSE 3 How do the lives of massive stars end? SSE 4 What controls the mass, radius, and spin of compact stellar remnants?

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