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The Astrophysics Science Division Annual Report 2012 Astrophysics Science Division The NASA/TM-2014-217523 Goddard’s Astrophysics Science Division Annual Report 2013 Kimberly Weaver and Francis Reddy, Editors Pat Tyler, Graphical Editor NASA/TM-2014-217523 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 June 2014 The NASA STI Program Offi ce … in Profi le Since its founding, NASA has been ded i cated to the • CONFERENCE PUBLICATION. Collected ad vancement of aeronautics and space science. The pa pers from scientifi c and technical conferences, NASA Sci en tifi c and Technical Information (STI) symposia, sem i nars, or other meetings spon sored Pro gram Offi ce plays a key part in helping NASA or co spon sored by NASA. maintain this impor tant role. • SPECIAL PUBLICATION. 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NASA/TM-2014-217523 Goddard’s Astrophysics Science Division Annual Report 2013 Kimberly Weaver NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Francis Reddy Syneren Technologies, Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland Pat Tyler, Graphical Editor Syneren Technologies, Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 June 2014 Available from: NASA Center for AeroSpace Information National Technical Information Service 7115 Standard Drive 5285 Port Royal Road Hanover, MD 21076-1320 Springfield, VA 22161 Astrophysics Science Division Annual Report 2013 Contents Astrophysics Science Division .................................................................................1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................1 2013 Year in Review ....................................................................................................................................3 Projects in Operation ...................................................................................................................................5 HEASARC ...............................................................................................................................................5 Mission Concepts .........................................................................................................................................6 Future Large-Aperture Space Observatories .........................................................................................6 Human Operations Beyond Low-Earth Orbit........................................................................................ 7 Education and Public Outreach .................................................................................................................. 7 PCOS/COR E/PO ................................................................................................................................... 7 Astrophysics Missions E/PO ..................................................................................................................8 HEASARC ..........................................................................................................................................8 JWST ..................................................................................................................................................8 Suzaku & Astro-H ..............................................................................................................................9 Grants and External Collaborations ......................................................................................................9 ASD Press and Communications ...........................................................................................................9 Awards ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 Astroparticle Physics Laboratory .......................................................................... 11 Science Highlights ......................................................................................................................................12 First Anti-glitch detected on a Magnetar .............................................................................................12 Exceptional gamma-ray burst challenges our understanding of shock physics ..................................13 Swift Ultraviolet Maps of the Magellanic Clouds ................................................................................ 14 Projects in Operation ..................................................................................................................................15 Fermi ......................................................................................................................................................15 Swift .......................................................................................................................................................17 Mission and Instrument Concepts ............................................................................................................ 18 RATIR and RIMAS ............................................................................................................................... 18 ISS-Lobster ........................................................................................................................................... 18 Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (WFIRST-AFTA) .. 19 Suborbital .................................................................................................................................................. 19 Balloon-Borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer - Polar (BESS-Polar) ................. 19 Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) ...........................................................................................20 ISS Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (ISS-CREAM) ..........................................................................21 Super Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (Super-TIGER) ...........................................................22 Technology Development ..........................................................................................................................23 Three-Dimensional Track Imager Detector for Gamma-ray Imaging with Polarization ...................23 Awards .......................................................................................................................................................24 New Faces ..................................................................................................................................................24 Brad Cenko ..........................................................................................................................................24 Antonino Cucchiara .............................................................................................................................24 Andrei Hanu ........................................................................................................................................24
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