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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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. "2. Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared Astronomy I. Summary and Recommendations." Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1980's, Volume 2: Reports of the Panels. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1983.

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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)