ASTRO2010+White+Papers

=__Selected White Papers for Astro2010__= =Science White Papers=

Some counts:
Ground-based O/IR interferometry science papers: 6 Papers mentioning the value of ground-based O/IR interferometry: 18 Papers mentioning space interferometry (not astrometry): 14 Papers mentioning space interferometric astrometry: 32 Total unique science papers citing need for O/IR interferometry on ground or in space: 62

USIC Science White Paper
[|Science at Very High Resolution: The Expected and the Unexpected.] (Creech-Eakman and the USIC)

Additional Science white papers focused primarily on science enabled by ground-based O/IR Interferometry:
[|Fundamental Stellar Astrophysics Revealed at Very High Angular Resolution.] (Aufdenberg et al.) [|How and When do Planets Form? The Inner Regions of Planet Forming Disks at High Spatial and Spectral Resolution] (Milan-Gabet et al.) [|Quantifying Stellar Mass Loss with High Angular Resolution Imaging.] (Ridgway et al.) [|New Frontiers in Binary Stars: Science at High Angular Resolution] (Schaefer et al.) [|New Astrophysical Opportunities Exploiting Spatio-Temporal Optical Correlations.] (Barbieri et al.)

Science white papers mentioning contributions of ground-based O/IR Interferometry:
[|Active Galactic Nuclei and their role in Galaxy Formation and Evolution] (Kraemer et al.) [|Astrometry - Challenging our Understanding of Stellar Structure and Evolution] (Benedict et al.) [|Active Galaxies And Quasars, 2010 - 2020] (Elvis et al.) [|The Galactic Center: A Laboratory for Fundamental Astrophysics and Galactic Nuclei] (Ghez et al.) [|O/IR Polarimetry for the 2010 Decade (SSE): Science at the Edge, Sharp Tools for All] (Hoffman et al.) [|The Formation and Architecture of Young Planetary Systems] (Kraus et al.) [|Decadal Survey White Paper: Probing Stellar Dynamics in Galactic Nuclei] (Miller et al.) [|Understanding Mass-Loss and the Late Evolution of Intermediate Mass Stars: Jets, Disks, Binarity, Dust, and Magnetic Fields] (Sahai et al.) [|The time axis in stellar evolution] (Soderblom et al.) [|The Detection of Habitable Earth-Mass Planets Using Ground-based Optical Telescopes and Precision Radial Velocities] (Vogt) [|Astronomy on Antarctic Plateau] (Wang et al.) [|Understanding Habitability and Characterizing ExoEarths: The Role of Debris Disks] (Roberge et al.) [|The time axis in stellar evolution] (Soderblom) [|What is the Structure of Relativistic Jets in AGN on Scales of Light Days?] (Wehrle et al.) [|Investigations of the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems] (Wooten et al.) [|Asteroseismology: The Next Frontier In Stellar Astrophyhsics] (Giampapa et al.) [|The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: The Search for and Characterization of Young Planets] (Beichman et al.) [|No Planet Left Behind: Investigating Planetary Architecture and Diversity with SIM Lite] (Kulkarni et al.)

Science white papers mentioning space-based Interferometry*:
[|Exoplanet Characterization and the Search for Life] (Kasting et al.) [|Mass Transport Processes and their Roles in the Formation, Structure, and Evolution of Stars and Stellar Systems] (Carpenter et al.) [|Dynamos and magnetic fields of the Sun and other cool stars, and their role in the formation and evolution of stars and in the habitability of planets.] (Schrijver et al.) [|Characterizing Extrasolar Planetary Systems] (Leisawitz et al.) [|Lifting the Cosmic Veil on the Co-evolution of Black Holes and Galaxies: The Role of Far-Infrared Spectroscopy from Spac]e (Armus et al.) [|Direct Detection and Spectroscopy of Exo-Earths; The Need for High Angular Resolution and Other Observational Requirements] (Shao et al.) [|Understanding Habitability and Characterizing ExoEarths: The Role of Debris Disks](Roberge et al.) [|Magnetospheric Emission from Extrasolar Planet]s (Lazio et al.) [|Resolving water vapor in planet-forming disks] (Hogerhiejde) [|Discovering and Characterizing the Planetary Systems of Nearby Stars The scientific need for medium aperture space coronagraph observatio]ns ( Greene et al.) [|The Science Enabled By Ultrahigh Angular Resolution X-Ray And Gamma-Ray Imaging Of Black Hole]s (Gendreau et al.) [|A complete view of galaxy evolution: panchromatic luminosity functions and the generation of metals] (Blain et al.) [|Astrometric Detection of Earthlike Planets](Shao et al.) [|The Direct Approach to Finding Earth-Like Planets] (Heap and Kuchner)

*In addition, more than 30 science white papers mention interferometric astrometry from space.
=USIC Policy Position Paper= [|Operational Funding for Optical and Infrared Interferometer]s (Creech-Eakman and USIC)

=USIC Technology Paper= [|Ground-based Optical/Infrared Interferometry: High Resolution, High Precision Imaging] (Armstrong et al.)

=Activity Proposal Papers= From the titles and authors, it appears that 12 of the activity proposal papers emphasize or include optical interferometry from ground or space.

USIC Activity Proposal Paper
[|MOISAIC: Milliarcsecond Optical/Infrared Science: Access to Interferometry for the Community] (Creech-Eakman and the USIC)

Related Activity Proposal Papers
[|Towards the Intensity Interferometry Stellar Imaging System] (Daniel et al.)