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Chandra Director’s Office

Chandra Director’s Office. Proposal Cycle 10 639 submitted proposals *5.6 oversubscribed (based on time) 64 LP, 8 VLP Fewer LPs cf Cycle 9 (48) 57 Archive, 41 Theory. Total Time Request. Change from Cycle 9 Time request: -3% LP request: +18% VLP request: -40%

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Chandra Director’s Office

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  1. Chandra Director’s Office Proposal Cycle 10 • 639submitted proposals • *5.6 oversubscribed (based on time) • 64 LP, 8 VLP • Fewer LPs cf Cycle 9 (48) • 57 Archive, 41 Theory ChandraUsers’ Committee, 9-10 Apr 2008 Chandra Director’s Office

  2. Total Time Request Change from Cycle 9 • Time request: -3% • LP request: +18% • VLP request: -40% • Grating request: +36% ChandraUsers’ Committee, 9-10 Apr 2008 Chandra Director’s Office

  3. Gratings Proposals ChandraUsers’ Committee, 9-10 Apr 2008 Chandra Director’s Office

  4. Oversubscription by Category • LP over-subscription is the highest (9.6) • Compensated by opening up of LP/VLP division (6.7) ChandraUsers’ Committee, 9-10 Apr 2008 Chandra Director’s Office

  5. Joint Chandra Proposals: other Observatory TACs Joint Proposals • XMM TAC: 2 approved, in ObsCat • HST TAC: not done yet • Spitzer: no joint time this year by agreement with SSC (end of cold mission) ChandraUsers’ Committee, 9-10 Apr 2008 Chandra Director’s Office

  6. Peer Review • 16-21 June 2007, Hilton, Logan Airport • 13 topical panels, 1 Big Project Panel (BPP) • Program as last year: • Tues, Wed: topical panels • Wed evening: BPP organizational session • Thurs, Frid: BPP • Panels: • 1,2: Stars, Planets • 3,4: SN, SNR, NS • 5,6,7: Binaries, Galaxies: Populations • 8,9,10: Clusters, Galaxies: Diffuse • 11,12,13: AGN, Extragalactic surveys ChandraUsers’ Committee, 9-10 Apr 2008 Chandra Director’s Office

  7. Peer Review (cont) • Changes from last year: • LP/VLPs all compete for 6 Msecs • Constrained Observations: • Same as last year (Easy: 45; Average 35; Diff. 20) • Assessment take a full observing cycle • Pat Slane will discuss Cycle 9 scheduling • Cost Review: • External: for proposals asking for > fair share • Internal: remainder ChandraUsers’ Committee, 9-10 Apr 2008 Chandra Director’s Office

  8. LP/VLP: single pool for LP and VLP proposals – done Gratings: increase community awareness HEAD session (SDS) Gratings Atlas (SDS) Threads: 1 new proposal thread, more in the works (SDS) Survey: Paul Green (next) Chandra Source Catalog: What’s New item and new section (4.7.1) encouraging archival proposals using source catalog On-line information about catalog (Ian Evans) Constrained Observations: Scheduling (Pat Slane) CIAO Community Education (Jonathon McDowell) Chandra Fellows: Planning; webcast plus public posting of talks Question of Mentors for Fellows (Nancy Evans) Response to October 2007 CUC Report ChandraUsers’ Committee, 9-10 Apr 2008 Chandra Director’s Office

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