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THIS IS THE INITIAL WORKSPACE FOR THE ENCYLOPEDIA OF THE COSMOS (EoC).

UPDATE (2007-11-13): This workspace is now CLOSED.
Further deveolopment work will commence shortly at http://eofcosmos.org

Contents

Editorial Board

  • Gregory Bothun, Univ. of Oregon
  • Susana Deustua, American Astronomical Society
  • Martin Elvis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  • Richard Conn Henry, Johns Hopkins Univ.
  • Bernard Haisch, Digital Universe Foundation
  • Chris Impey, Univ. of Arizona
  • Richard McCray, Univ. of Colorado
  • Sten Odenwald, Catholic University, QSS Corporation, GSFC
  • Geraldine Peters, Univ. of Southern California
  • Carolyn Porco, Space Science Inst., Boulder
  • Yervant Terzian, Cornell Univ.
  • Kurt Weiler, Naval Research Lab.

Topic Editors

Topic editors have three functions: (1) to solicit articles from experts in their field; (2) to decide when an article is ready for publication to the public; and (3) on rare occasions (one hopes) to resolve disagreements between authors. At this time the Encyclopedia is still in the development stage here in the workspace. Within a few months we expect to launch an attractive, public-facing encyclopedia consisting of articles developed here in the workspace that have been deemed ready for public display (see the Encyclopedia of Earth as the model).

As is the case for a journal editor, you can be both an editor and an author. If you wish to serve in this role send an email to <astro@calphysics.org> indicating your area of expertise. Current Topic Editors are:

  • Kent Wood, Naval Research Lab. -- EUV and X-ray Observations
  • Ken Carpenter, NASA Goddard Space Flt. Ctr. -- Interferometry

Contributing to the EoC

The EoC is in effect a closed, expert-only Wikipedia. Participation is by invitation. This is a temporary workspace to begin developing articles. An ongoing and evolving published version will come online later this year and will look very much like the Encyclopedia of Earth. If you are not familar with Wiki editing tools, go to how to edit a page or Cheatsheet -- but in fact you probably won't need to, since basic Wiki editing is really quite simple and easy to follow by example.

To register as an author simply send an email to <astro@calphysics.org> and we will send you a username and password.

To start an article once you have your username and password:

  1. Click on "edit" next to your name below. An editable text box will appear.
  2. Type the name of a topic you wish to create in double square brackets underneath your name, e.g. [[Topic]]. This will automatically create a Wiki page on that topic once you click on Save Page.
  3. Click on Save page. The topic you have created will now appear as a link.
  4. Click on the topic link. This takes you to the automatically created page for that topic.
  5. Click on "edit" and start writing!

To upload a figure or image:

  1. Click on "Upload file" in the "toolbox" of the left hand navigation bar of this page.
  2. Use "Browse" to locate the file on your computer and give it any "Destination filename" you want.
  3. Click on "Upload file."
  4. This image or figure is now available to place in your article. See one of the articles under construction below for examples of placement or go to how to edit a page.

Credits:

  1. Lead or Initiating Author is identified first.
  2. If you contributed (non-negligibly) to an article add your name to the list of Contributing Authors.
  3. If you copy edited (non-negligibly) an article add your name to the list of Copy Editors.
  4. Add the link to return to the main page at the bottom using the code <center>[[Encyclopedia_of_the_Cosmos | Workspace Main Page]]</center>
  5. Add the topic as an active link to the alphabetical list of Articles Under Construction.

Sample Article

Notes, References, External Links, Credits - Copy this into your article

Articles Under Construction -- Further Development is Encouraged

Registered Authors

Adelman, Saul, The Citadel

  • Possible Topics: ASTRA Spectrophotometer, the HgMn and the Am stars, Vega

Agueros, Marcel, Columbia Univ.

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Akeson, Rachel, IPAC, Caltech

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Alexander, David, Rice Univ.

  • Possible Topics: Particle acceleration and transport in Sun and heliosphere, Flares/CMEs in general, Magnetic Fields on the Sun
  • Magnetic Reconnection

Andersen, Johannes, Copenhagen Univ.

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Aschwanden, Markus, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophys. Lab.

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Avrett, Eugene, CFA, Harvard Univ.

  • Possible Topics: solar and stellar atmospheric modeling, non-LTE radiative transfer, spectral line formation

Backman, Dana, NASA Ames

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Balick, Bruce, Univ. Washington

  • Possible Topics: Planetary Nebulae and Dying Stars

Ballester, Jorge, Emporia State Univ.

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Balser, Dana, NRAO

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Bandyopadhyay, Reba, Univ. Florida

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Barmby, Pauline, CFA, Harvard Univ.

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Barnbaum, Cecilia, Valdosta State Univ.

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Barnes, Thomas, Univ. Texas, Austin

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Baron, Edward, Univ. Oklahoma

  • Possible Topics: Bio of Hans Bethe, radiative transfer in supernovae, using SNe II as cosmological probes, explosion models for SNe Ia
  • Short Biography of Hans Bethe

Bartlett, Jennifer, US Naval Observatory

  • Possible Topics: astrometry, Barnard's Star, brown dwarfs, extrasolar planets, parallax, proper motion, low-mass stars, nearby stars, secular acceleration, solar neighborhood
  • Barnard's Star

Basri, Gibor, Univ. Calif. Berkeley

  • Possible Topics: brown dwarfs, very low-mass stars, star formation, magnetic activity on stars, search for extrasolar terrestrial planets, stellar rotation, definition of "planet"

Bauer, Wendy Hagen, Wellesley Coll.

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Begelman, Mitch, Univ. Colorado

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Beichman, Charles, JPL

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Benedict, Fritz, Univ. Texas

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Bond, Howard, Space Tel. Sci. Inst.

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Bothun, Greg, Univ. Oregon

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  • Low surface brightness galaxies
  • Galaxy evolution
  • CCD Detectors
  • The Distance Scale
  • Baryons
  • The Cosmological Constant
  • The Hubble Constant
  • Cluster of Galaxies
  • Galaxy Classification
  • Intelligence: From Supernova to Consciousness
  • Supernova host galaxies

Brown, Alexander, Univ. Colorado

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Carpenter, Kenneth, NASA GSFC

Caton, Daniel, Appalachian State Univ.

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Catura, Richard, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophys. Lab.

  • Possible Topics: Early NASA Rocket Program

Chapman, Gary, Cal. State Univ. Northridge

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Charles, Phil, South African Astron. Obs.

  • Possible Topics: Stellar-mass Black Holes in X-ray Binaries

Chleboard, Cary, Optical Structures

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Churchwell, Edward, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison

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Cominsky, Lynn, Sonoma State Univ.

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Corcoran, Michael, NASA GSFC

  • Possible Topics: extremely massive stars, massive binaries, colliding winds,

High Energy Astrophysics

Covatto, Carl, Arizona State Univ.

  • Possible Topics: stellar winds, late-type stars, biographies of astronomers

Craig, Nahide, Univ. Calif. Berkeley

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Danchi, William, NASA GSFC

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Darling, Jeremy, Univ. Colorado

  • Possible Topics: galaxies, black holes, quasars, the interstellar medium, observational techniques, molecules, fundamental physical constants, and cosmology

Dick, Steven, NASA HQ

History of astronomy and space exploration, History of astrobiology

Deustua, Susana, AAS

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Didkovsky, Leonid, Univ. Southern Calif.

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Djorgovski, George, Caltech

  • Possible Topics: Hubble expansion, others

Doschek, George, Naval Res. Lab.

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Dove, Adrienne, Univ. Colorado

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Drake, Jeremy, CFA, Harvard Univ.

Dukes, Robert, College of Charleston

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Ebbets, Dennis, Ball Aerospace

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Edelstein, Jerry, Univ. Calif. Berkeley

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Edmonds, Peter, CFA, Harvard Univ.

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Edwards, Suzan, Smith College

  • Possible Topics: jets and accretion disks in young stars, star formation, T Tauri stars

Eggleton, Peter, Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab.

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Elmegreen, Bruce, Watson IBM Res. Ctr.

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Elmegreen, Debra, Vassar College

Elvis, Martin, CFA, Harvard Univ.

  • Possible Topics: X-ray astronomy; X-ray Missions; Multi-wavelength astronomy; Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei

Evans, Nancy, CFA, Harvard Univ.

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Fabbiano, Pepi, CFA, Harvard Univ.

Ferland, Gary, Univ. Kentucky

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Findeisen, Krzysztof, Cornell Univ.

  • Extrasolar Planets
  • Possible Topics: overview of star formation, basic observing techniques, solar neighborhood

Flower, Terry, College of St. Catherine

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Fu, Joan, Los Angeles Harbor College

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Gates, Elinor, Lick Observatory

  • Possible Topics: laser guide star adaptive optics, other astronomical instrumentation used at Lick Observatory; quasars and/or quasar host galaxies

Gehrels, Tom, Lunar and Planetary Lab.

  • Possible Topics: the multiverse

Glackin, David, Aerospace Corp.

  • Possible Topics: the multiverse

Golub, Leon, CFA, Harvard Univ.

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Green, Paul J., CFA, Harvard Univ.

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Grey, Gothard, Clark College

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Griffin, Elizabeth, Dominion Astrophys. Obs.

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Groth, Edward, Priceton Univ.

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Gull, Ted, NASA GSFC

  • Possible Topics: Eta Carinae, Astro-1, massive stars, HST/STIS

Harper, Graham, Univ. Colorado

  • Cool Star Winds
  • Approximate Radiative Transfer Techniques for Studying Spectral Formation
  • Betelgeuse - the oxygen rich M supergient

Hartmann, Lee, Univ. Michigan

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Hayes, Jeffrey, NASA HQ

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Heise, John, Space Res. Lab. Utrecht

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Hendrick, Sean, Millersville Univ.

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Henry, Richard Conn, Johns Hopkins Univ.

  • Possible Topics: Diffuse Background Radiation

Herbst, Eric, Ohio State Univ.

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Hickson, Paul, Univ. British Columbia

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Higdon, Sarah, Cornell Univ.

  • Possible Topics: Tidal Dwarf Galaxies, Merging Galaxies

Hill, Frank, Natl. Optical Astron. Obs.

  • Possible Topics: helioseismology, the solar interior, the solar activity cycle, and pulsating stars

Howell, Steve, Natl. Optical Astron. Obs.

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Hurlburt, Neal, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophys. Lab

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Ignace, Richard, East Tennessee State Univ.

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Impey, Chris, Univ. Arizona

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Jenkins, Edward, Princeton Univ.

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Joseph, Robert, Inst. for Astron. Univ. Hawaii

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Joss, Paul. MIT

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Kaiser, Nick, Inst. for Astron. Univ. Hawaii

  • Possible Topics: weak lensing and galaxy formation and biasing

Kaler, James, Univ. Illinois

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Kang, Rick, Friends of Pine Mtn. Obs.

Kim, Agnes, Univ. Texas, Austin

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Knierman, Karen, Univ. Arizona

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Kormendy, John, Univ. Texas, Austin

  • Possible Topics: supermassive black holes, galaxy morphology in elliptical and spheroidal galaxies, dark matter, especially in dwarf galaxies.

Kudritzki, Rolf-Peter, Inst. for Astronomy, Univ. Hawaii

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Kulkarni, Shrinivas, Caltech

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Lazio, Joseph, Naval Res. Lab.

Leckrone, Dave, NASA GSFC

  • Possible Topics: chemical compositions of stars, HST

Lee, Young-ung, Korea Astronomy Obs.

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Lestition, Kathleen, CFA, Harvard Univ.

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Lewis, Murray, Arecibo Obs.

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Linsky, Jeffrey, Univ. Colorado

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Lorimer, Duncan, West Virginia Univ.

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    • Pulsars

Lyon, Richard, NASA GSFC

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Madore, Barry, IPAC, Caltech

  • Possible Topics: Cepheids, Extragalactic Distance Scale, Peculiar Galaxies, GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer), NASA Extragalactic Database (NED)

Malkan, Matt, Univ. Calif. Los Angeles

  • Possible Topics: Central engine in Active Galactic Nuclei; Black Hole Accretion Disk Models; Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei; Dust-obscured star formation throughout cosmic time; Infrared observations of Galaxy; Formation and Evolution

McCray, Richard, Univ. Colorado

  • Possible Topics: SN1987A

Melia, Fulvio, Univ. Arizona

Mendez, Bryan, Univ. Calif. Berkeley

Mitchell, Robert C., St. Ambrose Univ.

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Mohr, Robert, Univ. Alabama, Birmingham

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Morrison, Nancy, Univ. Toledo

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Mullan, Dermott, Univ. Delaware

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Musielak, Zdzislaw, Univ. Texas, Arlington

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Neff, James, College of Charleston

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Nelson, George, Western Washington Univ.

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Nichols, Joy, CFA, Harvard Univ.

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Nord, Brian, Univ. Michigan

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  • Galaxy Clusters: Basics; Observables; Scaling Relations; origin. Cosmic Simulation; Cosmic Large-Scale Structure

O'Dea, Chris, Rochester Inst. Tech.

Odenwald, Sten, Raytheon ITSS

Oertel, Goetz, AAS emeritus

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Ogle, Patrick, IPAC, Caltech

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O'Halloran, Brian, George Mason Univ.

  • Possible Topics: Starburst galaxies, Wolf-Rayet galaxies, low metallicity galaxies

Ojha, Roopesh, U.S. Naval Obs.

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Olling, Robert, Univ. Maryland

  • Possible Topics: The shape of dark matter halos, The Milky Way as a galaxy, Dynamics of the Solar neighborhood and the Milky Way, GAIA & SIM Astrometry: Requirements for precise and accurate astrophysics, Finding Long-Period Extra Solar Planets

Olsen, Knut, Natl. Optical Astron. Obs.

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Oluseyi, Hakeem, Florida Inst. Tech.

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O'Meara, John, Penn State Univ.

  • Possible Topics: Lyman Alpha forest, QSO absorption lines, D/H ratio, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Owocki, Stan, Univ. Delaware

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Pesce, Joseph, George Mason Univ.

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Page, Gary, George Mason Univ.

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Paglione, Timothy, CUNY-York College

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Peters, Geraldine, Univ. Southern Calif.

  • Possible Topics: single and binary B stars

Peters, James, San Francisco State Univ.

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Peterson, Bradley, Ohio State Univ.

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Philip, A.G.D., Union College

  • Possible Topics: Horizontal Branch Stars, Stromvil Photometric System

Pooley, David, Univ. Calif. Berkeley

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Porco, Carolyn, Space Science Inst., Boulder

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Pradhan, Anil, Ohio State Univ.

  • Possible Topics: Atomic Physics, Spectroscopy, Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas

Pravdo, Steven, JPL

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Priest, Eric, St. Andrews Univ.

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Ramsey, Larry, Penn State Univ.

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Rector, Travis, Natl. Optical Astron. Obs.

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Reynolds, Ronald, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison

Rothstein, David, Cornell Univ.

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Rountree, Janet, SAIC

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Ruffini, Remo, ICRANET, Italy

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Rust, David, Johns Hopkins Univ.

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Scargle, Jeff, NASA Ames

Scherrer, Phil, Stanford Univ.

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Schild, Rudy, Harvard Univ.

Schmitz, Marion, IPAC, Caltech

  • Possible Topics:NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED); Astronomical Nomenclature

Shemansky, Donald, Space Environment Technologies

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Sion, Edward, Villanova Univ.

  • Possible Topics: White Dwarf Stars; White Dwarf Stars in Cataclysmic Variable Binary Systems; White Dwarf Stars in Other Interacting Binaries

Sirk, Martin, Univ. Calif. Berkeley

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Smith, Myron, Space Telescope Sci. Inst.

Stein, Robert, Michigan State Univ.

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Strong, Keith, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophys. Lab..

  • Possible Topics: solar physics, space instrumentation

Taylor, James, Univ. Waterloo

  • Possible Topics: dark matter, structure formation, cosmology, gravitational lensing, local dwarf galaxies
  • Dark Matter

Terzian, Yervant, Cornell Univ.

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Thomas, John, Univ. Rochester

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Tolbert, Charles, Univ. Virginia

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Traub, Wesley, JPL

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Trauger, John, JPL

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Trimble, Virginia, Univ. Calif. Irvine

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Tyson, Neil deGrasse, Amer. Museum Natl. History

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Ulmschneider, Peter, Univ. Heidelberg

Vanden Bout, Paul, NRAO

  • Possible Topics: Molecular Gas in the Early Universe, History of the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array

Weiler, Kurt, Naval Res. Lab.

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Will, Lisa, Mesa Community College

  • Possible Topics: Dust in the inte <rosanina@astro.uiuc.edu>rstellar medium; planetary magnetic fields

Williams, Rosa, Univ. Illinois

Willner, Steve, CFA, Harvard Univ.

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Witt, Adolf, Univ. Toledo

  • Possible Topics: interstellar dust, reflection nebulae, radiative transfer in dusty media

Wolfram, Kenneth, Naval Res. Lab.

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Wood, Kent, Naval Res. Lab.

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Young, Andrew, Casper College

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Young, Patrick, Los Alamos Natl. Lab.

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Young, Tim, Univ. North Dakota

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