Workshop Program
May 12, 2014
Goals for the day: Where are we now, and where does the science suggest we should go next? What are the key measurement capabilities that will enable us to take the next big step? How do these capabilities compare with those available elsewhere in the electromagnetic spectrum? Discuss the status of critical enabling technology and plans for technology maturation. What are the new ideas?
| 8:30 | Welcome, logistics, and introductory remarks |
| 8:45 | The "FIR Surveyor" in NASA's Astrophysics Roadmap |
| 9:00 | Single-aperture Far-IR Telescopes: measurement capabilities and trade space |
| 9:30 | Far-IR Interferometers: measurement capabilities and trade space |
| 10:00 | poster shorts |
| 10:10 | break and poster viewing |
| Astrophysical processes and objects of study in the distant universe | |
| 11:00 | Studying Nearby Galaxies with Future IR Space Telescopes |
| 11:25 | Dust and gas in low-metallicity starbursts |
| 11:50 | AGN and the
FIR - A Strong Science Driver for a Future IR Mission |
| 12:15 | lunch |
| 13:00 | The Cold Winds of Change - Outflows and Hot Cores in IR Luminous Galaxies |
| 13:25 | Star Formation and
AGN: Obscured Energetics in the Early Universe |
| 13:50 | Directions for Probing Cosmology and Large-Scale Structure in the Far-Infrared |
| Enabling Technology | |
| 14:15 | Detectors for Future Missions: Extending Performance, Increasing Scale, and Integrating Functions |
| 14:40 | System-level Approaches and Technologies for Far-Infrared Astrophysics |
| 15:05 | poster shorts |
| 15:15 | break and poster viewing |
| Astrophysical processes and objects of study in the local universe | |
| 16:15 | Stellar Contributions to the Life Cycle of Dust in Galaxies |
| 16:40 | Star Formation and ISM. The Way Forward |
| 17:05 | Outstanding Questions in Debris Disk Science |
| 17:30 | Exoplanets in the Far-Infrared |
| 19:00 | Dinner |
May 13, 2014
Goals for the day: Identify "killer apps." Assess the opportunity landscape. Identify key decision points and open issues, and decide the approach we'll take as a community to choose between alternative future paths.
| Astrophysical processes and objects of study in the local universe | |
| 8:30 | The Far-Infrared: The Missing Link in Disk Evolution, Planet Formation and Volatile Delivery to Earth-like Planets |
| 8:55 | Cometary Science at Far Infrared Wavelengths |
| 9:20 | Size and Albedo Distribution in the Kuiper Belt |
| 9:45 | Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres in the Far-Infrared Range: Results and Challenges |
| 10:10 | SOFIA discussion |
| SOFIA Science Highlights | |
| 10:30 | coffee break and room reconfiguration |
| 10:45 | Splinter groups |
| SG1 - Extragalactic Science | |
| SG2 - Galactic and Solar System Science | |
| SG3 - Complementarity With Other Facilities | |
| SG4 - Programmatic Concerns, Including Participation in SPICA | |
| SG5 - Mission-enabling Technology | |
| SG6 - What Type of Mission? | |
| 12:15 | lunch |
| 13:05 | Reports from splinter group representatives, with Q&A |
| 14:05 | poster shorts |
| 14:15 | break and poster viewing |
| 15:05 | Discussion panel comprised of science and theme representatives, technologist, mission concept study leads, and program managers, with Q&A |
| 16:20 | poster shorts |
| 16:30 | break and poster viewing |
| 17:10 | Next steps |
| 17:40 | Adjourn |
Important Info
Dates: May 12-13, 2014
