Attendance:
Notes by:

• Workshops updates
  1. Foregrounds (Raphael? may not be able to attend telecon)
  2. Science+Complementarity (Mark, Bill, Shaul)
• Overlap between Foregrounds and Galactic Science WG (Dave Chuss, Laura Fissel; see draft letter below)
• CMBPol? Inflation Probe? CMB Probe? CMBP? Other suggestions?
• NASA Guidance for cost, mass, power, margins (Amy)
• Updates fromSystematics and data challenge WG

Hello,

As part of the CMB Probe Mission Study led by Shaul Hanany, we are assembling a Working Group to explore potential Galactic Science that can be done with such a mission. Our goal is twofold. First, we will provide input into the design that is informed by Galactic science drivers. Second, once the concept is finalized, we will provide text to the final report that will describe the Galactic science capabilities of the instrument.

Topics under consideration include (but are not limited to) 1.) Magnetic fields in star forming regions, 2.) Magnetics fields/turbulence in the diffuse ISM 3.) ISM dust physics.

The product of the Mission Study will be a 50 page report that is due December 31, 2018; however, most of our work will be done in advance of that, and our contribution is likely to be ~2 pages of that report.

We would like to invite you to participate in this working group. The commitment would involve 2-3 telecon in the next ~2 months, followed by another ~3 telecons over the next year. In addition, once we get to the point of producing text for the report, feedback would be appreciated.

Please let us know if you have the time and the interest to join the Working Group. If you have any questions, please let one of us know.

Best Wishes, Laura Fissel David Chuss