Roman White Papers 2023

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# Name Affiliation Title Survey Category
1 Tsuyoshi Terai Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Water Ice Abundance on Trans-Neptunian Objects High Latitude Wide Area Survey solar system astronomy
2 Aaron Meisner NSF's NOIRLab Revealing the Milky Way's Thick Disk and Halo Ultracool Dwarf Populations with Roman High Latitude Wide Area Survey stellar physics and stellar types
3 Ash Danehkar Eureka Scientific Emission-line Diagnostics of Galaxies at Cosmic Noon with the Roman Space Telescope High Latitude Spectroscopic Survey High Latitude Wide Area Survey galaxies, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
4 Yuichi Harikane University of Tokyo Subaru-Roman Synergistic Galaxy Survey-I: Overview High Latitude Wide Area Survey; High Latitude Time Domain Survey galaxies, the intergalactic medium and the circumgalactic medium, supermassive black holes and active galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
5 John Blakeslee NSF's NOIRLab Gathering Galaxy Distances in Abundance with Roman Wide-Area Data High Latitude Wide Area Survey galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
6 Eric Perlman Florida Institute of Technology Using Supernovae to find faint galaxies in the High Latitude Time Domain Survey: An Appeal to 'save the pixels' After a Supernova High Latitude Wide Area Survey large scale structures, galaxy evolution, galaxies, stellar physics and stellar types
7 James Rhoads NASA GSFC Deep-Wide Spectroscopy for Galaxy Evolution and Reionization High Latitude Wide Area Survey; High Latitude Time Domain Survey galaxies, the intergalactic medium and the circumgalactic medium, supermassive black holes and active galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
8 Keunho J. Kim University of Cincinnati Strongly lensed [O III] emitters at Cosmic Noon with Roman: Characterizing extreme emission line galaxies on star cluster complex scales (100 pc) High Latitude Wide Area Survey stellar populations and the interstellar medium, galaxies
9 Yuichi Harikane University of Tokyo Studying the Cosmic Dawn at z>10 with Roman High Latitude Wide Area Survey; High Latitude Time Domain Survey galaxies
10 Ben Rose Baylor University Roman CCS White Paper: Optimizing the Cadence at Fixed Depth High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, large scale structure of the universe
11 David Thilker Johns Hopkins University Optimizing Science Return with Synergy Between Roman's Core Community Surveys and the High-Resolution, UV-Optical CASTOR Mission High Latitude Wide Area Survey; High Latitude Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, large scale structure of the universe, galaxies, stellar physics and stellar types
12 Keith Bechtol University of Wisconsin-Madison Coordinating Roman and Rubin for Cosmic Probes of Dark Matter with Resolved Stellar Populations High Latitude Wide Area Survey stellar populations and the interstellar medium, galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
13 Daniel Huber University of Hawai'i Asteroseismology with the Roman Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
14 Arash Bahramian Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy X-ray binaries, cataclysmic variables and transients in the Galactic bulge Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
15 Matthew Penny Louisiana State University Contiguity is Key: The length of the Roman Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey seasons should be maximized Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
16 Bhavin Joshi Johns Hopkins University Tracing stellar mass assembly and emerging quiescence at cosmic noon: the case for deep imaging with all of Roman's wide filters in the HLTDS High Latitude Time Domain Survey galaxies, stellar physics and stellar types
17 Benjamin Williams University of Washington Resolved Stars in Nearby Galaxies with the HLWAS High Latitude Wide Area Survey stellar populations and the interstellar medium, galaxies, stellar physics and stellar types, the intergalactic medium and the circumgalactic medium, large scale structure of the universe
18 Aaron Yung NASA Goddard Space Flight Center A set of multi-tiered 'Wedding Cake' deep fields for galaxy evolution leveraging the HLWAS infrastructure High Latitude Wide Area Survey galaxies, exoplanets and exoplanet formation, large scale structure of the universe, supermassive black holes and active galaxies
19 Igor Andreoni University of Maryland Enabling Kilonova Science with Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types
20 Susana Deustua NIST Achieving Roman Requirements for Flux Calibration of the High Latitude Surveys High Latitude Wide Area Survey; High Latitude Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
21 Mitchell Karmen Johns Hopkins University A Sweet Spot for Tidal Disruption Events with the Roman Space Telescope High Latitude Time Domain Survey supermassive black holes and active galaxies
22 Sean Terry University of California, Berkeley The Galactic Center with Roman Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey supermassive black holes and active galaxies, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, stellar physics and stellar types
23 László Molnár Konkoly Observatory Asteroseismic sounding of bulge globular clusters Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
24 Rebekah Hounsell University of Maryland, Baltimore County Measuring Type Ia Supernovae Discovered in the Roman High Latitude Time Domain Survey High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types
25 Casey Lam UC Berkeley Characterizing the Galactic population of isolated black holes Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
26 Phillip Macias UC Santa Cruz Optimizing Uniquely-Roman Science in the HLTDS High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, supermassive black holes and active galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
27 Bradford Benson University of Chicago Improving cosmological constraints from the Roman High Latitude Wide Area Survey by choosing its survey footprint to maximally overlap with the deep SPT-3G Survey High Latitude Wide Area Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, large scale structure of the universe, galaxies, the intergalactic medium and the circumgalactic medium
28 Jeffrey Newman U. Pittsburgh Cosmology with HLWAS Imaging and Rubin Observatory: Advantages of a Balanced Strategy High Latitude Wide Area Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, large scale structure of the universe, galaxies
29 Kris Pardo University of Southern California Gravitational Wave Detection with Relative Astrometry using Roman's Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey supermassive black holes and active galaxies
30 Tansu Daylan Princeton University Searching for dark matter substructure: a deeper wide-area community survey for Roman High Latitude Wide Area Survey galaxies, large-scale structure of the universe
31 Jordan Mirocha JPL/Caltech Opportunities for galaxy ' 21-cm cross-correlations at high redshifts High Latitude Wide Area Survey galaxies, the intergalactic medium and the circumgalactic medium
32 Benjamin Rose Baylor University Considerations for Selecting Fields for the Roman High-latitude Time Domain Core Community Survey High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, large scale structure of the universe
33 Benjamin Rose Baylor University Options to Increase the Coverage Area of Prism Time Series in the High-Latitude Time Domain Core Community Survey High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, large scale structure of the universe
34 Robert Wilson NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Demographics of Transiting Exoplanets across all Major Milky Way Environments Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, stellar populations and the inter-stellar medium
35 Ori Fox Space Telescope Science Institute An Extended Time-Domain Survey (eTDS) to Detect High-z Transients, Trace the First Stars, and Probe the Epoch of Reionization High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, galaxies, the intergalactic medium and the circumgalactic medium, large scale structure of the universe
36 David Bennett University of Maryland The Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey (RGES) Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation
37 Bryan Holler Space Telescope Science Institute OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR: The Roman Space Telescope as a Revolutionary Solar System Survey Machine High Latitude Wide Area Survey solar system astronomy
38 Federica Bianco University of Delaware Maximizing the scientific return of Roman and Rubin with a joint wide-sky observing strategy High Latitude Wide Area Survey galaxies, large scale structure of the universe, stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, supermassive black holes and active galaxies
39 Thomas Kupfer Texas Tech University The continuous cadence Roman Galactic Bulge survey Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
40 Gregory Rudnick University of Kansas Roman--Cosmic Noon: A Legacy Spectroscopic Survey of Massive Field and Proto-cluster Galaxies at 2 < z < 3 High Latitude Wide Area Survey galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
41 Eamonn Kerins University of Manchester Magnifying NASA Roman GBTDS exoplanet science with coordinated observations by ESA Euclid Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
42 Yusei Koyama National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Subaru-Roman Synergetic Galaxy Survey-V: Synergy between Roman and ULTIMATE-Subaru High Latitude Wide Area Survey; High Latitude Time Domain Survey; Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey galaxies, the intergalactic medium and the circumgalactic medium, supermassive black holes and active galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
43 Kumiko Morihana National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Search for faint Cataclysmic Variables at Galactic Bulge Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
44 Rachel Street Las Cumbres Observatory Maximizing science return by coordinating the survey strategies of Roman with Rubin, and other major facilities Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations
45 Guadalupe Tovar Mendoza University of Washington Enabling Stellar Flare Science in the Roman Galactic Bulge Survey: Cadence, Filters, and the Read-Out Strategy Matter Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types
46 Kristen Dage McGill University Extragalactic Star Cluster Science with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's High Latitude Wide Area Survey and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory High Latitude Wide Area Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, galaxies
47 P. Gandhi University of Southampton New Compact Object Binary Populations with Precision Astrometry Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types
48 Kathleen Kraemer Boston College Setting the Stage for Improving the Distance Ladder with Roman Core Community Surveys High Latitude Wide Area Survey; High Latitude Time Domain Survey; Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey stellar populations and the interstellar medium, stellar physics and stellar types, galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
49 Greg Aldering Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Balanced Prism Plus Filter Cadence in the High Latitude Time Domain Survey Core Community Survey High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, large scale structure of the universe
50 Yue Shen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Discovery and Characterization of Galactic-scale Dual Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic Time High Latitude Wide Area Survey supermassive black holes and active galaxies
51 Eamonn Kerins University of Manchester RoSETZ: Roman Survey of the Earth Transit Zone - a SETI-optimized survey for habitable-zone exoplanets Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
52 Samuel Grunblatt Johns Hopkins University Adding Fields Hosting Globular Clusters To The Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
53 Henry Ferguson Space Telescope Science Institute Figures of Merit for Roman Studies of Galaxy Evolution with Lookback Time High Latitude Wide Area Survey galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
54 Takahiro Sumi Osaka University Roman CCS White Paper: Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey: Mass measurement of FFP with source color measurements Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation, large scale structure of the universe
55 Zolt'n Haiman Columbia University Massive Black Hole Binaries as LISA Precursors in the High Latitude Time Domain Survey High Latitude Time Domain Survey supermassive black holes and active galaxies
56 Arjun Dey NOIRLab RomAndromeda: The Roman Survey of the Andromeda Halo High Latitude Wide Area Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, galaxies, the intergalactic medium and the circumgalactic medium
57 B.W. Holwerda University of Louisville Detection and characterization of M-L-T-Y dwarfs belonging to the Milky Way Disks and Stellar Halo with the Roman Space Telescope High Latitude Wide Area Survey; High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar populations and the interstellar medium, galaxies
58 Sebastian Gomez Space Telescope Science Institute Characterizing Superluminous Supernovae with Roman High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types
59 Jesse Han Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Next-generation All-sky Near-infrared Community surveY High Latitude Wide Area Survey solar system astronomy, stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, galaxies, the intergalactic medium and the circumgalactic medium, supermassive black holes and active galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
60 Tim Eifler University of Arizona Optimizing the Roman HLWAS High Latitude Wide Area Survey large scale structure of the universe
61 Takashi Moriya National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Identifying high-redshift pair-instability supernovae by adding sparse F213 filter observations High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types
62 Hironao Miyatake Nagoya University Subaru-Roman Synergetic Galaxy Survey-III: Cosmology with Large-scale Structure Measurements at z>4 using Lyman-break Galaxies and CMB Lensing High Latitude Wide Area Survey large scale structure of the universe
63 Morgan Fraser University College Dublin A complete survey of nearby galaxies for supernova progenitors with Roman High Latitude Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types
64 Atsushi Nishizawa Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University Subaru-Roman Synergetic Galaxy Survey IV: HSC 16 Medium Band Filters survey High Latitude Wide Area Survey galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
65 Toru Yamada ISAS Low-mass SMBH at High Redshift: Deepest variability search for low-luminosity AGN High Latitude Time Domain Survey supermassive black holes and active galaxies
66 Ilhuiyolitzin Villicana Pedraza New Mexico State University Study of volcanic analogues in the Solar System High Latitude Wide Area Survey solar system astronomy, exoplanets and exoplanet formation
67 Jennifer C. Yee Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian The Scientific Discovery Space for the Roman Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation
68 Tadayuki Kodama Tohoku University Subaru-Roman Synergetic Galaxy Survey-II: Galaxy clusters and large-scale structures High Latitude Wide Area Survey galaxies, supermassive black holes and active galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
69 Mariko Kubo Tohoku University Obscured star formation and supermassive black hole growth histories studying with the Roman and infrared all-sky surveys High Latitude Wide Area Survey galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
70 Mireia Montes Instituto de Astrofi_sica de Canarias Optimizing Roman's High Latitude Wide Area Survey for Low Surface Brightness Astronomy High Latitude Wide Area Survey stellar populations and the interstellar medium, galaxies, large scale structure of the universe
71 Jean Schneider Paris Observatory Combining transits with microlensing Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey exoplanets and exoplanet formation
72 Kailash Sahu Space Telescope Science Institute Isolated Stellar-Mass Black Holes: Strategy to Improve the Efficiency and Robustness of Detection with Roman Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium
73 Seppo Mattila University of Turku Exploring the obscured transient universe High Latitude Wide Area Survey stellar physics and stellar types, stellar populations and the interstellar medium, galaxies, supermassive black holes and active galaxies
74 Anja von der Linden Stony Brook University A wide-area extension to the Roman HLIS for multiwavelength galaxy cluster science High Latitude Wide Area Survey large scale structure of the universe