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Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1980's, Volume 2: Reports of the Panels (1983)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA)

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Front Matter (R1-R22)
1. High-Energy Astrophysics I. Introduction (1-1)
II. The Nature of High-Energy Astronomy and the Scope of the Report (2-8)
III. Summary of Principal Recommendations (9-11)
IV. X-Ray Astronomy (12-37)
V. Extreme-Ultraviolet Astronomy (38-42)
VI. Gamma-Ray Astronomy (43-54)
VII. Cosmic-Ray Astronomy (55-68)
VIII. High-Energy Solar Astronomy (69-83)
IX. Neutrino Astronomy (84-89)
X. Gravitational-Wave Astronomy (90-97)
2. Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared Astronomy I. Summary and Recommendations (98-102)
II. Highlights of Astronomy in the 1970 (103-118)
III. Science Opportunities in the 1980 (119-134)
IV. Detailed Descriptions of the UVOIR Program for the 1980 (135-177)
V. Projections into the Future (178-187)
VI. Epilogue (188-188)
Appendix 2.A: Telescopes for UVOIR (189-196)
Appendix 2.B: Focal-Plane Instrumentation and Detectors (197-210)
3. Radio Astronomy I. Introduction: Scope of the Report (211-211)
II. Summary of Recommendations (212-213)
III. Description of Recommended Projects and Facilities (214-228)
IV. Scientific Priorities (229-257)
V. Reference to List of Radio and Radar Astronomy Observatories (258-258)
4. Theoretical and Laboratory Astrophysics I. Introduction and Summary of Recommendations (259-261)
II. Theoretical Astrophysics (262-285)
III. Laboratory Astrophysics (286-301)
5. Data Processing and Computational Facilities I. Introduction (302-304)
II. Conclusions and Recommendations (305-306)
III. The Trend Toward Decentralization (307-308)
IV. Theoretical Computing (309-314)
V. Image Processing and Analysis (315-323)
VI. Data Archiving (324-325)
VII. Astronomical Databases (326-326)
VIII. Telecommunications (327-328)
IX. Specialized Architectures (329-329)
Appendix 5.A: The Canonical System (330-333)
6. Organization, Education, and Personnel I. Summary and Recommendations (334-337)
II. Maintenance of Scientific Talent (338-349)
III. Other Issues in the Practice of Astronomy (350-360)
IV. Astronomy and the Astronomers in the 1970's (361-413)
Appendix 6.A (414-438)
Appendix A: Abbreviations Used in Text (439-442)

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Radio Astronomy I. INTRODUCTION: SCOPE OF THE REPORT The extraordinary progress of astronomy since 1945 has largely been the result of technological innovation--the development of detectors and telescopes that have opened to observation regions of the electromagnetic spectrum beyond the small band where the human eye and the photo- graphic plate are sensitive. Radio astronomy, born in attempts by engineers and physicists to detect cosmic radio waves with the electronic instrumentation of com- munication and radar, was the first step in this process. Today it ranks as one of the major subdisciplines of astronomy, pursued in the United States by two National Astronomy Centers--the National Radio Astronomy Observa- tory (NRAO) and the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC)--and by research groups at many univer- sities. Many of the most influential astronomical dis- coveries of the last 35 years have been made almost entirely by radio astronomers, and other key discoveries were heavily dependent on their efforts, examples being the discovery of the cosmic microwave background, quasars, pulsars, and interstellar molecules. The task of the Panel on Radio Astronomy has been to assess the present status of observational astronomy at wavelengths longer than a few hundred micrometers, to identify the opportunities for research during the coming decade in this large region of the spectrum, and to rank 211

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