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Grant Proposals, 1991-1999 Grant Proposals, 1991-1999 Finding aid prepared by Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Institution Archives Washington, D.C. Contact us at [email protected] Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Descriptive Entry.............................................................................................................. 1 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 1 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 2 Grant Proposals https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_251859 Collection Overview Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., [email protected] Title: Grant Proposals Identifier: Accession 99-171 Date: 1991-1999 Extent: 17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes) Creator:: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office Language: English Administrative Information Prefered Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 99-171, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Contracts and Procurement Office, Grant Proposals Descriptive Entry This accession consists of records documenting Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory projects and activities. Materials include proposals, correspondence, progress reports, cost estimates, notes, final project reports, research announcements, and memoranda. Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Astronomy Astrophysical observatories Astrophysics Contracts Types of Materials: Manuscripts Page 1 of 48 Grant Proposals https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_251859 Container Listing Box 1 Box 1 of 17 P2405-4-91, High Resolution X-ray Observation of M81, 04/01/1991-10/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2406-4-91, Hunting for Cool Loops: The Dividing Line Revisited, 04/01/1991-05/05/1992 Box 1 of 17 P2407-4-91, PSPC X-ray Spectral Observations of Supernova Remnant E0102.2-72.2 in the Small Magellanic Cloud, 04/01/1991-10/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2408-4-91, A Comparison of Non-thermal Pressure in Radio Features with Gas Pressure in Clusters and Super Clusters, 04/01/1991-08/19/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2409-4-91, ROSAT Selected Area Survey - DRACO, 04/01/1991-08/19/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2410-4-91, An X-ray Study of Cluster Gravitational Lenses, 04/01/1991-10/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2411-4-91, Evidence for a Multiphase ISM in Early Type Galaxies, 04/01/1991-10/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2412-4-91, The Inner Accretion Disk of Black Hole A0620-00, 04/01/1991-10/02/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2413-4-91, Gravitational Lensing of Active Galaxies, 04/01/1991-08/19/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2414-4-91, The Interstellar Matters of NGC 1052, 04/01/1991-08/19/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2415-4-91, Distribution of dark and Luminous Matter in Clusters, 04/01/1991-10/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2416-4-91, Is There an IR/X-Ray Connection for Radio-Quiet Quasars?, 03/26/1991-09/18/1992 Box 1 of 17 P2417-4-91, ROSAT PSPC Observations of Three Clusters of Galaxies: Targets for the Sunyaev_Zeldovich Effect, 04/01/1991-08/23/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2418-4-91, How Do the Spectra of AGN in the Einstein Medium Sensitivity Survey Relate to the Production of the Diffuse Background, 04/01/1991-04/02/1991 Page 2 of 48 Grant Proposals https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_251859 Box 1 of 17 P2419-4-91, The Multiphase Interstellar Medium of M86, 04/01/1991-08/19/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2420-4-91, Centaurus A- The Nearest Bright Elliptical Galaxy, 04/01/1991-08/19/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2421-4-91, The Soft X-Ray Flux of SN1987A, 04/01/1991-12/09/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2422-4-91, Study of Lunar Internal Structure Using Lunar Laser Ranging Data, 01/01/1991-04/10/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2423-4-91, ROSAT High Spatial Resolution Observations of Kepler's Supernova Remnant, 03/29/1991-12/09/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2424-4-91, Investigation of The Large Amounts of Cold, X-Ray Absorbing Matter in Clusters of Galaxies, 03/28/1991-10/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2425-4-91, Soft X-Ray Spectra of AGN Discovered via Their Hard X-Ray Emission, 03/28/1991-10/02/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2426-4-91, ROSAT PSPC and HRI Observations of Supernova Remnant G292.0+1.8, 03/28/1991-09/28/1992 Box 1 of 17 P2427-4-91, Hot Intergalactic Medium in Edge on Spirals, 03/29/1991-08/19/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2428-4-91, The Soft X-Ray Emission Component of Spiral Galaxies, 03/29/1991-03/04/1992 Box 1 of 17 P2429-4-91, Identification and Study of BL LAC Objects in the Einstein Medium Sensitivity Survey , 03/29/1991-10/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2430-4-91, A194-A low X-Ray Luminosity, E /SO Rich Linear Cluster, 03/29/1991-10/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2431-4-91, Are Large Core Radius Clusters Merging Systems?, 03/29/1991-08/19/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2432-4-91, The Origin of X-Ray Emission in Late B-type Stars: HD 100841, a Case Study, 03/28/1991-08/19/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2433-4-91, Wind Interaction in Planetary Nebulae, 03/29/1991-04/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2434-4-91, A Deep X-ray of the Pleiades, 03/28/1991-12/09/1991 Page 3 of 48 Grant Proposals https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_251859 Box 1 of 17 P2435-4-91, ROSAT Observations of the X-ray Binary HD 154791, 03/29/1991-04/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2436-4-91, A Search For Substructure in High X-ray Luminosity Clusters of Galaxies, 04/02/1991-07/15/1992 Box 1 of 17 P2437-4-91, Deep Imaging in Taurus: Dark Cloud Cores With and Without T Tauri Stars, 04/02/1991-07/15/1992 Box 1 of 17 P2438-4-91, Classical Cepheids: Chromospheric Heating and Formation of the Helium Spectrum, 04/02/1991-04/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2439-4-91, X-ray Variability: A Probe of Heating Mechanisms of Inactive Coronae, 03/27/1991-04/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2440-4-91, The Soft X-ray Excess and The Big Blue Bump in Quasar, 03/27/1991-04/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2441-4-91, Coordinated ROSAT and Speckle Observations of the Mira AB System, 04/03/1991-10/17/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2442-4-91, Measuring the Gas Mass in Clusters, 03/27/1991-10/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2443-4-91, Inverse Compton Emission From Relic Radio Sources, 03/25/1991-08/19/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2444-4-91, Red Quasars, 03/26/1991-04/04/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2445-4-91, X-ray Quiet (But Detected) Quasars, 03/26/1991-10/02/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2446-4-91, "X-ray Transients in the 5-kpc Arm," 03/27/1991-08/19/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2447-4-91, A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy With an Interacting Companion N5194 and N5195, 03/29/1991-10/02/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2448-4-91, Astrometric Observations of Comets and Asteroids and Subsequent Orbital Investigations, 03/28/1991-10/08/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2449-4-91, Measurements of Atomic Interactions and Frequency Stability with a Cryogenic Hydrogen Maser, 04/05/1991-04/15/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2450-4-91, Repair P-1 Maser and Prepare to Ship Maser to Australia, 04/15/1991-09/24/1991 Page 4 of 48 Grant Proposals https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_251859 Box 1 of 17 P2451-4-91, An UltraViolet Coronagraph Spectrometer for SOHO, 04/18/1991-02/26/1992 Box 1 of 17 P2452-4-91, Increasing Resonant Frequency of An UltraViolet Coronagraph Spectrometer for Soho, 04/22/1991-02/26/1992 Box 1 of 17 P2453-4-91, Two Advanced Hydrogen Masers Incorporating an Adiabatic Fast Passage Selection System, 02/28/1991-10/31/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2454-4-91, The Luminosity Function of the Trapezium Cluster - An Observational Test of Bi Modal Star Formation Models, 04/24/1991-04/29/1991 Box 1 of 17 P2455-4-91, The Resonance Lines of Mg II as Diagnostics of the Upper Solar Chromosphere, 04/30/1991-05/02/1991 Box 2 Box 2 of 17 P2456-5-91, Design and Manufacture of High Speed Charge-Coupled Device Wavefront Images, 05/01/1991-10/24/1991 Box 2 of 17 P2457-5-91, Enhancements to Financial Reporting Cost Growth in Materials and Subcontracting, and Cost Growth Due to Negotiated Forward Pricing Rates, 01/09/1990-10/24/1991 Box 2 of 17 P2458-5-91, Development of Points as a Planetology Instrument, 05/10/1991-01/15/1992 Box 2 of 17 P2459-5-91, Cost Associated With Multiple Iterations of EID Part A, 05/21/1991-12/10/1991 Box 2 of 17 P2460-5-91, The X-ray Structure of Centaurus A: the Nearest Jet and Its Host, 05/21/1991-05/31/1991 Box 2 of 17 P2461-5-91, SAO Participation in the Cooling of Molecular Gas By Far- Infrared and Submillimeter Line Emission, 02/29/1991-11/27/1991 Box 2 of 17 P2462-5-91, A Consortium Request for Space Telescope Director's Discretionary Time, 05/29/1991-06/05/1991 Box 2 of 17 P2463-6-91, Analysis and Interpretation of Coordinated Solar Eclipse Observations, 06/04/1991-06/12/1991 Box 2 of 17 P2464-6-91, Exotic Molecules in Space, 06/04/1991-08/16/1994 Page 5 of 48 Grant Proposals https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_251859 Box 2 of 17 P2465-6-91, A Spectroscopic Investigation of the Comet- Asteroid Interrelation, 06/07/1991-06/10/1991 Box 2 of 17 P2466-6-91, Research on Infrared Spectroscopy, Opacity and Atmospheres, 06/06/1991-04/07/1994 Box 2 of 17 P2467-6-91, Repair MIT Maser, S/N P-2, 06/06/1991-06/11/1991 Box 2 of 17 P2468-6-91, A Ginga Visiting Investigator Program of LAC/Slew Survey Intercomparisons, 06/11/1991-06/13/1991 Box 2 of 17 P2469-6-91, A Ginga Visiting Investigator Program Studies of Clusters of Galaxies and Supernova Remnants, 06/11/1991-11/04/1991 Box 2 of 17 P2470-6-91, Lift Table to Support AXAF Synchrotron Program, 06/13/1991-06/18/1991 Box 2 of
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