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<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>This workshop may be of interest.<br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Cheers, Sarah<br>
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<td>Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Team Virtual
Community Briefing</td>
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<td>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:27:14 -0400</td>
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<td>Space Telescope Science Institute
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:stscigeneric@stsci.edu"><stscigeneric@stsci.edu></a></td>
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<td>Sarah Brough <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:s.brough@unsw.edu.au"><s.brough@unsw.edu.au></a></td>
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<div dir="ltr">The <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ZMwNC0YKPviGqrzzjIwv9ca?domain=roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/" moz-do-not-send="true">Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope</a>
project is organizing a virtual community workshop on <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/xi_0CgZ0N1iAOYJJ8uoV6wJ?domain=roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/" moz-do-not-send="true">November 15-19, 2021</a>. Anyone
interested in learning about the status of the Roman mission and
its very broad range of science capabilities is invited to
attend. The workshop goal is to share with the astronomical
community the extensive work that has been done by the outgoing
Roman<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/CswZCjZ1N7inKy00gT5Ve05?domain=roman.gsfc.nasa.gov" moz-do-not-send="true"> science investigation teams</a> to
provide scientific support for mission design activities. The
workshop will focus on science with the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/KJGKCk81N9tO8qvvgh9Bp0I?domain=roman.gsfc.nasa.gov" moz-do-not-send="true">Wide-Field Instrument</a>, with a
separate session about the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/_zezClx1Nji20zllLf1W7rQ?domain=roman.gsfc.nasa.gov" moz-do-not-send="true">coronagraph</a>
technology-demonstration instrument <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/5aNYCmO5glujBRqqvFDI3cA?domain=roman.ipac.caltech.edu" moz-do-not-send="true">occurring in late October.</a></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Roman is a NASA Astrophysics Observatory featuring
a 2.4m near-infrared-optimized telescope with a wide-field
survey instrument and a coronagraph technology-demonstration
instrument. Roman is due to launch in the mid 2020s and will
address many fundamental questions in the areas of cosmology,
exoplanets, and infrared survey astrophysics. In 2015, NASA
selected eleven science investigation teams, comprising over 300
people, that span a broad range of astrophysical subfields
(including, e.g., cosmology, exoplanets, galaxy evolution,
stellar populations, and archival research methods). These teams
have contributed significantly to shaping the current mission
design and operations concept. Their work is now complete, and
new science opportunities will be solicited by NASA in early
2022. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">The workshop will start with a project overview of
the mission and its status, and the capabilities being developed
by the mission’s science operations and support centers. Each
science investigation team will then share their Roman-related
activities and results, which include:</div>
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requirements and instrument performance. </div>
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software.</div>
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<div>By sharing this information, future science community
activities will be able to leverage the knowledge and tools that
have already been developed. The actual implementation of
Roman’s core surveys remains to be defined through an open,
community-driven process.</div>
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<div>Detailed information on the workshop content and on how to
participate are available from the following <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/xi_0CgZ0N1iAOYJJ8uoV6wJ?domain=roman.gsfc.nasa.gov" moz-do-not-send="true">webpage</a>.</div>
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