Subject: current SWG tasks

From: Jeremy Mould

Submitted: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:43:45 -0700

Message number: 284 (previous: 283, next: 285 up: Index)

Dear SWG members,
At the Seattle meeting the SWG decided among other things to work on figures of merit for
individual science drivers (Tony & Michael) and meeting the new Brinkman criteria for
large NSF projects (Chris). To spread the work some, and get on with the job,
I'd like to call on a focus group in the SWG to find answers to the following question.

What are the scientific gains of a 10 year large A-Omega (PS19/LSST class) mission over a 
10 year medium A-Omega (PS4 class) mission ?

The question has been formulated to be blind to the matter of distribution of aperture
and concentrate on science as a function of A-Omega.

Michael and I see this as providing a supplementary chapter to the DRM.

The folks we'd like to recruit to the focus group are  Dan Eisenstein, Nick Kaiser,
Chris Stubbs, Dave Monet, Gary Bernstein, Michael Strauss, Zeljko Ivezic, Tony Tyson.
Michael and I are talking about adding 2 or 3 members to the focus group who aren't currently SWG members.

Michael will be in touch about convening the focus group.
Comments on this approach are welcome.
Jeremy


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