Spitzer Space Telescope Legacy Science Proposal #40159. SAGE−Spectroscopy: The life cycle of dust and gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud Principal Investigator: Alexander G.G.M. Tielens (ES, ISM, SF) Institution: NASA Ames Research Center Electronic mail:
[email protected] Technical Contact: Ciska Markwick−Kemper, University of Manchester (SC, ES, ISM) Co−Investigators: Jean−Philippe Bernard, CESR, Toulouse (ISM, SF) Robert Blum, NOAO (ES) Martin Cohen , UC−Berkeley (ES, SC) Catharinus Dijkstra, unaff. (ES) Karl Gordon, U. Arizona (IRSE, MP, ME, ISM, SF) Varoujan Gorjian, NASA−JPL (SC) Jason Harris, U. Arizona (SC, ES) Sacha Hony, CEA, Saclay (ISM, SF) Joseph Hora, CfA−Harvard (ES) Remy Indebetouw, U. Virginia (IRSE, SF) Eric Lagadec, U. of Manchester (ES) Jarron Leisenring, U. of Virginia (IRSP, ES) Suzanne Madden, CEA,Saclay (ISM, SF) Massimo Marengo, CfA−Harvard (SC) Mikako Matsuura, NAO, Japan (ES) Margaret Meixner, STScI (DB, ES, SC, SF) Knut Olsen, NOAO (ES) Roberta Paladini, IPAC/CalTech (SF) Deborah Paradis, CESR, Toulouse (ISM) William T. Reach, IPAC/CalTech (IRSE, ISM) Douglas Rubin, CEA, Saclay (ISM, SF) Marta Sewilo, STSci (DB, SF, SC) Greg Sloan, Cornell (IRSP, SC, ES) Angela Speck, U. Missouri (ES) Sundar Srinivasan, Johns Hopkins U. (ES) Schuyler Van Dyk, Spitzer Science Center (IRSP, SC) Jacco van Loon, U. of Keele (MP, ES) Uma Vijh, STSci and U. of Toledo (DB, ES, ISM) Kevin Volk, Gemini Observatory (ES, SC) Barbara Whitney, Space Science Institute (SF, SC) Albert Zijlstra, U. of Manchester (ES) Science Category: Extragalactic: local group galaxies Observing Modes: IRS Staring, IRS Mapping, MIPS SED Hours Requested: 224.4 Proprietary Period(days): 0 Abstract: Cycling of matter between the ISM and stars drives the evolution of a galaxy’s visible matter and its emission characteristics.