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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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258 the latter study may have important implications for understanding the origin of the solar system. V. REFERENCE TO LIST OF RADIO AND RADAR ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORIES An extensive tabulation of facilities for radio and radar astronomy both in the United States and abroad is pre- sented in the List of Radio and Radar Astronomy Observa- tories, published by the Committee on Radio Frequencies of the National Research Council (April 1979).

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