Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Cycle 11 CfP Release: Dec POG, final A Eff : 15 Jan 2009 GTO: 43 proposals Deadline: 17 March 2009 # Proposals: 668 Requested time: ksec Oversubscription: 5.6 Joint time: Spitzer, Hubble, XMM, Suzaku, NOAO, NRAO
Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Cycle 11 Proposal Submission 668 submitted proposals *5.6 oversubscribed (based on time) 45 LP, 9 VLP Fewer LPs cf Cycle 10 (64) 65 Archive, 40 Theory
Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Total Time Request Change from Cycle 10 Time request: +9% LP+VLP request: -6%
Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Oversubscription by Category LP/VLP will compete for full 6 Msec LP/VLP Over-subscription: 6.1
Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Gratings Proposals Grating request down 25% HETG is the variable
Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Archive/Theory Results Archive: Budget: $1050K Over-subscription: 4.4 Theory: Budget: $600K Over-subscription: 5.3 Cycle 10 over-subscription similar, A+T budget was increased by $410K
Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Joint Chandra Proposals: (other Observatory TACs) XMM TAC: 3 approved, in ObsCat HST TAC: SM-4 ongoing, no call Spitzer: 6 Feb 2009 deadline, no joint proposals solicited Joint time will resume Feb 2010 Call
Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Peer Review June 2009, 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
Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Upcoming Major Events Workshop: SNR and Pulsar Wind Nebulae in the Chandra Era, 8-10 July 2009, Double Tree Guest Suites Hotel, Boston Conference: Ten Years of Science with Chandra: Sept, Boston, MA
Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office New Design of CXC Science Website