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-Atd: Shaul, Nick BTim PDan GAmy T.Charles+OnlineLucy, Liliya, Shaul, Pat, Szabi, VukMichael CoughlinClaudiaDavid WilliamsAlexandra Corsi… and more
  
 +=== notes ===
  
 +Submit by 9 am Tuesday morning, or Monday afternoon.
  
-=== Agenda === +==Review of status:==
-  * Cover Art - Volunteer(s)?  +
-  * Policy for report Authors/Endorsers?  +
-  * Final TeamX - 2nd week of October +
-  * Status of report {{:private:picoreport.pdf|Current status}} +
-    * Schedule (work backwards) +
-      * Submit 12/31/2018 effectively Friday 12/21 +
-      * 4 weeks to implement external review comments + final polish 11/21 (11/21-26 - Thanksgiving) +
-      * Nov. 1: submit to external reviews; receive back between 11/9 and 11/19 +
-      * Nov. 1 version: essentially final text; essentially final forecasts; essentially final Figures +
-    *[[https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/ipsig/private/teleconsnotes20180919?&#status_of_probe_report|Last Week's Action Items]]  +
-  * Revised cost estimate process for all the Probes +
-    * {{:private:tor_-_pcat_v5-1.pdf|Draft charter for the Probes Concept Assessment Team (PCAT) }} +
-    * See more information below+
  
-__PCAT__ \\ +project summary – not written yetManuela and SH working on this this week.
-  * Independent cost estimate by Science Office of Mission Assessment is canceled +
-  * Cost Estimation and Pricing Section (CEPS) in JPL will provide a cost estimate that is independent of TeamX'  +
-  * PCAT will review CEPS and RAO's (Goddard's CEPS) estimates, and will provide another review of the feasibility of executing the Probes within costs  +
-  * Q: What is the input to CEPS?  +
-    * A: "Spreadsheet with some specific requested information" and the report. (what about the TeamX slides? ) +
-  * Q: Interaction with CEPS?   +
-    * A: there will be a get-to-work meeting in January with opportunity for questions and some communication. Other interactions Afterwards and before the final meeting in May? Not clear.  +
-  * Q: What if CEPS costs come different than TeamX? Will there be an opportunity to reconcile? +
-    * A: There will be a reconciliation meeting with PCAT. But with the teams? Not clear.+
  
-__More Questions__ \\ +Investigators list - **add your specialty, experiments you’re associated with, and MA*
-  What will be submitted to the Decadal?  +  * MClots of acronyms. Is there need to collapse projects into smaller summaries. 
-  * CEPS ProcessAre the TeamX slides provided to CEPS? What other inputs they require? Is there a technical briefing or technical Q/A with the teams?  +    SH: using 2 lines per person if fine. Keeping all acronyms is baseline for now.
-  For a given Probe, is there a reconciliation process between the TeamX cost and the CEPS cost? Will PCAT be managing this in real time (or is PCAT handed a reconciled cost)? +
  
 +Overview: ignore all text there. Real text not written yet.  Manuela and SH will write.
 +  * 2 key points we plan to emphasize 
 +    * oppurtunities coming in next decade. New science, new messengers, new data/new observatories.
 +    * need for holostic end to end approach
 +    * VM: highlight that this is 1 of 10 big ideas for NSF. SH: and matches astro's 'horizons on the universe'  
 +    * Manuela: ~45-48 white papers on this for astro2020. Should we cite some of these?
 +      * SH: also mention references to multi-messenger institute. Manuela: related to XEMA?
 +      * Zabi has some connection. get ref from him.
 +  * Figure.  Goal was to captures much of science we plan. including stochastic grav wave background
 +    * SH: missing cosmic rays
 +    * Lucy: might look good to add a repeat of the GRB image next to the galaxy (replace image with a jetted radio galaxy) to show we're looking at AGN which are related jet phenomena at a different scale.
 +      * SH: science connection is AGN/blazars to jets in GRBs. LF: yes.  
 +      * LF: large scale to small would be from left to right.
 +      * ??: then not host galaxy, since AGN aren't hosts of GRBs
 +      * SH: makes sense. just a question of how complicated the figure gets.
 +        * LF: definitely want to have AGN, otherwise missing an entire MA. 
 +      * VM: could show stochastic background map. it's similar to the CMB map. is one a few months old.
 +        * ??: could split CMB/SGWB maps so each is 1/2 sky.
 +        * then replace galaxy with a jetted one. an agn.  Then don't mention host galaxy. add cosmic rays.
 +        * emphasize accretion disk in AGN.
 +      * ??: any font restrictions for figures?  LF: captions must be 10 pt. never seen limits on text in figures. ??:agree.  just must be 'readable'
 +      * SH: will work on this new figure.
  
 +Results from Prior NSF.  Josh is in charge.
 +  * Looks disjointed, but that may be inevitable.
 +  * 1st paragraph is exec summary. Collab deals with much of NSF.
 +    * will get paper count in few days.
 +    * if people have 1 clause papers to highlight send to Josh. probably can add.
 +    * Intellectual merit and broader impact are not separated out. Due to space. 
 +      * both are mixed in and should be clear enough.
 +      * Can add references. **feel free to add lists of your references**
 +      * Manuela: can do just last names to save space.  
 +        * Josh: don't think we'd gain a line. and this reads as friendlier.
 +        * SH: agree with Manuela, but if no savings that's fine.  Don't need grant numbers. LF: no grant numbers? SH: yes, instructions are different from most NSF proposals.
 +      * SH: concerned that Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts aren't called out. don't want to annoy NSF's format. 
 +        * ??: agree that it is worth a few lines to call out broader impacts.
 +      * SH: **please send broader impact results to SH, Josh**
 +      * VM: maybe don't need a paragraph per person? could put all GW in 1 paragraph. or similar. group by field. LF: I agree.
 +      * LF: could be narrative format? SH: yes is fine.
 +      * Josh: could do intellectual merit organized by the 4 MAs. broader impact is 5th category.  **can do tonight**
 +        * SH: keep names while reorganizing, not just projects/achievements. 
 +        * Josh: if only last names with do bold to call out to reviewer. (note 2 William's, to Marka's)
 +    * SH: feel free to ping lots of people.
 +      * Josh: Halzen and Pryke are large numbers in the grants. need a sentence from each.
 +    * Szabi: in past had complaints from reviewers about people with prior support from non-NSF places. might want to short circuit problems.
 +      * Manuela: agree some explanation of why the specific things listed here are chosen may matter.
 +        * Josh: should be less of a problem when reorganized with MAs as context.
  
  
 +MA4: (david, lucy, ...)
 +  * Szabi: yes, should distinguish high/low-energy neutrinos. (different detection method and different origins)
 +    * SH: high in this context? number?  Szabi: for IceCube can provide numbers. (but not key detail right now)
 +  * SH: cosmic high-energy neutrinos section modified to call out: 
 +    * modeling (like blazars) to explain background, models inform observing plans.
 +    * SH: additional background possibilities (SNe). contingent on using proprietary IceCube data.
 +    * SH: 3rd possibility. do a census of all sources to explain background. Conflicts with first paragraph saying some of these are negligible. 
 +      * DW/BZ: each source (GRBs, star forming, blazars) in Paragraph 1 can produce 10% each.
 +        * SH: I see. text needs clearing up.
 +  * Cosmic ray accelerators:
 +    * 1st paragraph on galactic cosmic rays. not clear what will be done. 
 +      * LF: yes, and who will do the work? no one called out.
 +    * 2nd paragraph is extragalatic CRs. all we say is we can model sources. need consensus that that is what we should do.
 +      * DW: ok with me.
 +      * LF: everyone in MA4 would be interested in working on this section. but not sure who would work on galactic CR.
 +        * DW: maybe IceCube folks? Justin?  **Can talk to him and confirm his name on paragraph 1. get a defined goal for this topic.**
 +          * SH: yes. or this 1st paragraph removed.
 +      * SH: and 2nd paragraph needs some cleaning up to define the topic.
 +    * SN neutrinos from next supernova. from Justin?
 +      * BZ: these are low energy neutrinos? in IceCube.
 +      * ??: galactic supernova will be seen at high SNR.
 +      * **can ask Yong Qian** he is expert on this.
 +  * SH: done editing.  Please DW, LF go over and fix the things I broke.  **Will talk to Yong Qian**.
  
  
  
  
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-  * Update on Signal Separation (aka - foregrounds) - Clem 
-    * [[https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/ipsig/20180914_decorr|Clem's posting about foreground models]] 
-    * [[https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180830|Foreground telecon with Soumen's latest results]] 
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-Recommendations for external reviewers (deliver report end of Oct.) 
-  * desired perspectives: broad astrophysics; few within the field; Orbital vs sub-orbital; technical expertise 
-  * Names proposed so far 
-      * US: Page, Dodelson, Bennett, Hinshaw, Ruhl, Runyan 
-      * International: Desert, DeBernardis, 
-      * suggested in telecon: Francios, Ganga,  
-      * Any outside CMB field?  SH: Josh Frieman? --sure. 
-      * Any survey groups?  JB: Dave Spurgel. MS: Anze Slosar  SH: Martin White,  
-        * AT: good to people with broad perspective. experience with mission proposals is a plus.  This document is essentially a mission proposal. 
-        * Jamie Bock? (is formally on EC, so more 'neighbor' than external) 
-        * SH: People outside field are especially useful. Surveys? other space missions? 
-          * CP: Anyone from Euclid? 
-          * Ichiro (Andrian?) Klapsful (sp? 
-          * JB: A Euclid group that does 'external data' **Will look for a name from that group.** 
-        * SH: LSST connections? NB: Eric Wiezers, Phil Marshal (spokes-people), Rachael Mandlebaum (DESC people) 
-          * JB: Michael Strauss 
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