Finding the UV-Visible Path Forward: A Community Workshop to Plan the Future of UV/Visible Space Astrophysics

Flagship Breakout Session

Building 34, Room W150

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Each presentation is 15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A.

11:20 - 11:30 Introduction
11:30 - 11:50 Large Mirror Technologies - Gary Matthews (Exelis)
11:50 - 12:10 Flagship-class Observatory Infrastructure - Ron Polidan (Northrup Grumman)
12:10 - 12:30 Mirror Coating Technology Advances - Juan Larruquert (CSIC, Spain)
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 1:50 Enabling Instrument Technologies for a Flagship UVOIR mission - John Vallerga (UC Berkeley)
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1:50 - 2:10 Fostering Support for a UV-visible Flagship with the Community and the General Public - Mark Clampin (GSFC)
2:10 - 2:30 Discussion
The Science Subcommittee will join for the 2nd half of the breakout session
2:30 - 2:50 First Stars and the Origin of Metals - Ian Roederer (U. Michigan)
2:50 - 3:10 Galaxy Fueling and Quenching - Jason Tumlinson (STScI)
3:10 - 3:30 Coffee
3:30 - 3:50 Determination of Galaxy Luminosity Functions at Energies Above the Lyman Edge - Stephan McCandliss (JHU)
3:50 - 4:10 Understanding the Life Cycle of Gas from Protoplanetary Disks to Exoplanets - Kevin France (U. Colorado)
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4:10 - 4:30 Discussion