Astro2020 Decadal Survey

The Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astro2020) is a partnership between the National Academies and the astronomical community to identify key priorities in astronomy and astrophysics and develop a comprehensive strategy for agency investments in the upcoming decade.

The survey, sponsored by NASA, NSF, and DOE, will be driven by input from the scientific community and serve as a guide for scientists, policy makers, and federal agencies. The final report will present a broad vision for transformative science at the frontiers of astronomy and astrophysics.

The following three tables provide direct links (via the titles) to all science and APC white papers submitted to Astro2020 with an NRAO staff person as Principal Author, and to two radio wavelength related APC white papers submitted to Astro2020 by scientists outside the NRAO.

Science White Papers

Principal Author	Institution(s)	Title
Bastian, Tim	NRAO	Radio Observational Constraints on Turbulent Astrophysical Plasmas
Bastian, Tim	NRAO	Diagnostics of Space Weather Drivers Enabled by Radio Observations
Bastian, Tim	NRAO	Radio, Millimeter, Submillimeter Observations of the Quiet Sun
Braatz, James	NRAO	H₂O Megamaser Cosmology with the ngVLA
Butler, Bryan	NRAO	Indirect Detection of Extrasolar Planets via Radio Wavelength Astrometry
Carilli, Christopher	NRAO	Imaging Molecular Gas in High Redshift Galaxies at ≤1 kpc resolution
Carilli, Christopher	NRAO	Resolving the Radio Photospheres of Main Sequence Stars
Emonts, Bjorn	NRAO	The Radio Universe at Low Surface Brightness: Feedback & Accretion in the Circumgalactic Medium
Fissel, Laura	NRAO	Studying Magnetic Fields in Star Formation and the Turbulent Interstellar Medium
Friesen, Rachel	NRAO	Star-Forming Filaments and Cores in Molecular Clouds
Ginsburg, Adam	NRAO	Galactic Center Star Formation & Feedback: Key Questions
Hunter, Todd	NRAO	Understanding Accretion Outbursts in Massive Protostars through Maser Imaging
McGuire, Brett	NRAO	Lifting the Veil on Aromatic Chemistry: Complex Carbon Across the Stellar Life Cycle from Birth to the Afterlife
McGuire, Brett	NRAO	Closing Gaps in Our Astrochemical Heritage: From Molecular Clouds to Planets
McGuire, Brett	NRAO	Revealing Chemical Evolution Throughout the Star-Formation Process
Murphy, Eric	NRAO	Unsolved Problems in Modern Astrophysics: Anomalous Microwave Emission
Murphy, Eric	NRAO	Robustly Mapping the Distribution of Star Formation in High-z Galaxies
Murphy, Eric	NRAO	Towards a Theory for Star Formation on All Scales
Remijan, Anthony	NRAO	Observational Astrochemistry in the Next Decade
Sheehan, Patrick	NRAO	Protostellar Disks: The Missing Link Between Cores and Planets
Tobin, John	NRAO	The Formation and Evolution of Multiple Star Systems
Tobin, John	NRAO	Measuring Protostar Masses: The Key to Protostellar Evolution
Walter, Fabian	MPIA/NRAO	The Evolution of the Cosmic Molecular Gas Density
Wrobel, Joan	NRAO	Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Extragalactic Globular Clusters

APC White Papers

Principal Author	Institution(s)	Title
Bastian, Tim	NRAO	Frequency Agile Solar Radiotelescope
Beasley, Anthony	AUI/NRAO	Multiwavelength Astrophysics in the Era of the ngVLA and the US ELT Program
Beasley, Anthony	NRAO	The National Radio Astronomy Observatory through the 2030s: Strategic Goals and Initiatives
Brisken, Walter	NRAO	The Status and Future of the Very Long Baseline Array
Brogan, Crystal	NRAO	A Science-Driven Vision for ALMA in the 2030s
Kern, Jeffrey	NRAO	The Science Ready Data Products Revolution at the NRAO
McKinnon, Mark	NRAO	ngVLA: The Next Generation Very Large Array
Thyagarajan, Nithyanandan	NRAO	A Roadmap for Efficient Direct Imaging with Large Radio Interferometer Arrays
Ransom, Scott	NRAO	The NANOGrav Program for Gravitational Waves and Fundamental Physics

Related APC White Papers

Principal Author	Institution(s)	Title
Hall, Jeff	Lowell Observatory	Light Pollution, Radio Interference, and Space Debris: Threats and Opportunities in the 2020s
van Zee, Liese	Indiana University	Spectrum Management: A State of the Profession White Paper