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Project Title:
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Assessment of a Plan for US Participation in Euclid
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DEPS-SSB-11-04
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Major Unit:
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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Sub Unit:
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DEPS Space Studies Board
DEPS Board on Physics & Astronomy
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RSO:
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Lang, David
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Policy for Science and Technology; Space and Aeronautics
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Assessment of a Plan for US Participation in Euclid
January 18, 2012 - January 20, 2012
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Dionna Williams
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| Email:
dwilliams@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-2447
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Fax:
202-334-2447
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Agenda:
NOTE (1/13/12): The agenda has been updated with speaker times and names. Also, the meeting will now begin at 9:30 AM EST on 1/18 and the meeting room has changed on 1/19 and 1/20.
NOTE (1/17/12): The agenda has been updated with speaker names for the 10:35 panel discussion with NASA on 1/18 and for the follow-up discussion at 14:30 on 1/19.
DRAFT AGENDA (as of 1/17/12)
WEDNESDAY, January 18, 2012
All times given are in EST
Room 204
OPEN SESSION
9:30 Welcome and plans for the meeting
David Spergel, Chair
9:35 NASA discussion of a plan for U.S. participation in Euclid Waleed Abdalati, NASA
10:05 Discussion
10:35 Panel discussion with NASA
Paul Hertz, Acting Director, Astrophysics Division
Richard Griffiths, Euclid Program Scientist
Rita Sambruna, WFIRST Program Scientist
Lia LaPiana, Euclid and WFIRST Program Executive
11:30 ESA perspective on a plan for U.S. participation in Euclid Fabio Favata, ESA
(12:05) (Lunch will be available)
12:20 The Euclid mission
Yannick Mellier, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
12:55 Discussion with ESA and Euclid representatives
13:45 U.S. perspective on a U.S. contribution to Euclid
Jason Rhodes, JPL
14:05 Discussion
14:20 Discussion of WFIRST and Euclid
Paul Schechter, MIT
14:40 Discussion
14:55 Break
15:15 Discussion of LSST, WFIRST, and Euclid
Steve Kahn, Stanford
15:35 Discussion
15:50 Discussion of ground- and space-based dark energy missions David Weinberg, Ohio State Univ.
16:10 Discussion
16:25 Discussion of the current study in the context of New Worlds,
New Horizons
Roger Blandford, Stanford
16:45 Discussion
17:05 Discussion of the current study in the context of
the “implementation” panel report
Adam Burrows, Princeton
17:25 Discussion
Thursday, January 19, 2012
All times given are in EST
Room 105
OPEN SESSION
9:00 WFIRST and Euclid impact on dark energy research
Michael Turner, U. Chicago
9:20 Discussion
9:40 Discussion of Euclid and WFIRST gravitational lensing capabilities Chris Hirata, Caltech
9:55 Discussion
10:10 Discussion of WFIRST and Euclid exoplanet microlensing
Dave Bennett, U. Notre Dame
10:30 Discussion
10:45 mpact of current and future developments in microlensing on
Euclid and WFIRST
Dimitar Sasselov, Harvard
11:05 Discussion
11:20 Lessons learned from similar past NASA-ESA collaborations George Helou, Caltech
11:40 Discussion
11:55 Public Comment Session
OPEN SESSION
14:30 Panel discussion with NASA
Paul Hertz, Acting Director, Astrophysics Division
*Other NASA representatives TBD
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Charles Alcock
Rachel Bean
Charles Bennett
Romeel Dave
Alan Dressler
Debra Elmegreen
Joshua Frieman
Thomas Prince
Marcia Rieke via telecon
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
-final findings and recommendations
-final schedule
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
No outside materials were distributed to the committee.
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
January 20, 2012
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