Great Observatories: The Past and Future of Panchromatic Astrophysics
Abstract
NASA's Great Observatories have opened up the electromagnetic spectrum from space, providing sustained access to wavelengths not accessible from the ground. Together, Hubble, Compton, Chandra, and Spitzer have provided the scientific community with an agile and powerful suite of telescopes with which to attack broad scientific questions, and react to a rapidly changing scientific landscape. As the existing Great Observatories age, or are decommissioned, community access to these wavelengths will diminish, with an accompanying loss of scientific capability. This report, commissioned by the NASA Cosmic Origins, Physics of the Cosmos and Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Groups (PAGs), analyzes the importance of multi-wavelength observations from space during the epoch of the Great Observatories, providing examples that span a broad range of astrophysical investigations.
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@article{arxiv.2104.00023,
title = {Great Observatories: The Past and Future of Panchromatic Astrophysics},
author = {L. Armus and S. T. Megeath and L. Corrales and M. Marengo and A. Kirkpatrick and J. D. Smith and M. Meyer and S. Gezari and R. P. Kraft and S. McCandliss and S. Tuttle and M. Elvis and M. Bentz and B. Binder and F. Civano and D. Dragomir and C. Espaillat and S. Finkelstein and D. B. Fox and M. Greenhouse and E. Hamden and J. Kauffmann and G. Khullar and J. Lazio and J. Lee and C. Lillie and P. Lightsey and R. Mushotzky and C. Scarlata and P. Scowen and G. R. Tremblay and Q. D. Wang and S. Wolk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.00023},
year = {2021}
}
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A report by the Great Observatories Science Analysis Group (SAG-10), commissioned by NASA's Cosmic Origins, Physics of the Cosmos, and Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Groups. 87 pages, 23 figures