eXtra-Large Proposals Expressions of Interest
NRAO/LBO/GBO issued a call for submissions of Expressions of Interest (EoI) in eXtra-Large Proposals (X-Proposals) with a deadline of 31 August 2018. The Call is online.
A total of 27 EoIs were received, demonstrating a very high level of interest in the scientific potential of such large programs on all three instruments, and covering a wide range of astronomy.
Fourteen require only VLA time. Four require VLA time plus a much smaller amount of GBT time.
One requires substantial time on both the GBT and the VLA.
Two require only VLBA time. One requires VLBA time and a much smaller amount of VLA time.
Five require only GBT time.
The total observing time summed across all 27 EoIs is as follows:
- VLA 43,705 hours
- VLBA 8,728 hours
- GBT 17,537 hours
In comparison to semesters 18A-19A, the typical availability for Open Skies, PI science is:
- VLA 3,300 hours/semester
- VLBA 500 hours/semester
- GBT 2,600 hours/semester
As a result of the level of interest in observing programs of this scale, NRAO anticipates issuing a Call for Proposals for eXtra-Large projects using the VLA and the VLBA in the second half of 2019. The GBT may also participate in the call. The requirements for proposals and likely availability of time are currently under consideration, as is the mechanism for review of proposals and allocation of time. As stated in the call for EoIs:
- No time will be allocated on the basis of an EoI alone and here will be no requirement that an EoI was submitted prior to submission of a full proposal;
- X-Proposals will probably be assessed by a somewhat different process to that used for other VLA/VLBA/GBT proposals; and
- X-Proposal calls will probably be repeated on a longer timescale than the usual Semester cycle.
The specific EoIs received will not be considered further by the observatories.
EoI listing – VLA
| ID | PI | Title |
|---|---|---|
| VLA X01 | Michael Brown et al | The Jansky-Very Large Array Deep Extragalactic Cosmology Survey (V-DECS) |
| VLA X02 | Edo Berger et al. | POETRY: Pursuit of Extragalactic Transients with the VLA |
| VLA X03 | Christine Wilson et al. | Resolving atomic gas disks in the JINGLE galaxy sample |
| VLA X04 | Vernesa Smolcic et al. | The complete multi-frequency VLA-COSMOS survey: Radio as a star formation tracer |
| VLA X05 | Dominik Riechers et al. | COLDz-X: The Cold Gas History of the Universe |
| VLA X06 | Paolo Tozzi et al. | High dynamic-range observations of a mass-selected sample of galaxy clusters |
| VLA X07 | Gemma Busquét et al. | A deep synoptic radio survey toward intermediate/high-mass protoclusters |
| VLA/GBT X08 | Elias Brinks et al. | A panchromatic radio view of the star forming ISM in galaxies |
| VLA X09 | Sui Ann Mao et al. | A Magnetic Field Census of Nearby Galaxies |
| VLA/GBT X10 | Frank Schinzel et al. | VLA-GBT WideBand Galactic Plane Survey Wide-band continuum and spectral line |
| VLA/GBT X11 | Tony Wong et al. | The VLA Extragalactic Database for Galaxy Evolution (EDGE): A Spatially Resolved Atlas of Stars and Gas in Nearby Galaxies |
| VLA/VLBA X12 | Ylva Pihlstrom et al. | Stellar SiO Masers in the Bulge – Parallax and Proper Motion |
| VLA X13 | Carlos Carrasco-Gonzalez et al. | Anatomy of Protostellar Jets |
| VLA X14 | Francesco de Gasperin et al. | J-BooDeeS: the JVLA Bootes Deep Survey |
| VLA X15 | Sui Ann Mao et al. | A broadband 1-2 GHz polarization survey in the northern sky |
| VLA X16 | Eduardo Banados et al. | The VLA deep (quasar) fields |
| VLA X17 | Rachel Osten et al. | Radio Stars in the Gaia Era: Stellar Activity and Planetary Habitability |
| VLA/GBT X18 | Adam Leroy et al. | A Legacy Survey of the Local Group and Local Volume |
| VLA X19 | Lorant Sjouwerman et al. | High-Frequency Galactic Plane Continuum Polarimetry and Line Survey |
| VLA/GBT X20 | Paul Demorest et al. | The North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves |
EoI listing – VLBA
| ID | PI | Title |
|---|---|---|
| VLBA X01 | Matthew Lister et al. | MOJAVE: Parsec-Scale Magnetic Field Evolution of AGN Jets |
| VLBA/VLA X02 | Ylva Pihlstrom et al. | Stellar SiO Masers in the Bulge – Parallax and Proper Motion |
| VLBA X03 | John McKean et al. | Resolving the radio sky with a VLBA wide-area legacy survey |
EoI listing – GBT
| ID | PI | Title |
|---|---|---|
| GBT X01 | Tony Mroczkowski et al. | Probing the 3.3 mm Confusion Limits |
| GBT X02 | Evan Keane et al. | Understanding the Known Pulsar Population |
| GBT/VLA X03 | Elias Brinks et al. | A panchromatic radio view of the star forming ISM in galaxies |
| GBT X04 | Brett McGuire et al. | Deep GBT Observations of Chemical Complexity At the Early Stages of Star Formation |
| GBT/VLA X05 | Frank Schinzel et al. | VLA-GBT WideBand Galactic Plane Survey |
| GBT/VLA X06 | Tony Wong et al. | The VLA Extragalactic Database for Galaxy Evolution (EDGE): A Spatially Resolved Atlas of Stars and Gas in Nearby Galaxies |
| GBT X07 | Simon Dicker et al. | The Evolution of the Intra-cluster Medium in the First Super-Sample of SZ, Lensing Shear, and Richness Selected Galaxy Clusters |
| GBT/VLA X08 | Adam Leroy et al. | A Legacy Survey of the Local Group and Local Volume |
| GBT X09 | Mark Brodwin et al. | An All-Sky Legacy Sample of Massive Galaxy Clusters at z > 1.3 |
| GBT/VLA X10 | Paul Demorest et al. | The North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves |
