https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/ 2026-04-04T02:17:33+00:00 https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/ https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/_media/wiki/dokuwiki-128.png text/html 2007-09-18T16:31:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20070904teleconnotes?rev=1190133067&do=diff Telecon Notes September 4, 2007, 3pm EDT All team members present except for Peter Timbie who had a conflict. Additionally, Nigel Sharp from the NSF and Wilt Sanders from NASA HQ were on the line. Eric gave a brief history of why the group was formed and what has changed since the concept for the group solidified. Initially, the team’s focus was to be primarily one of advocacy for a CMB mission to investigate signatures of inflation to the decadal survey panel(s). Since the group was solic… text/html 2007-09-18T16:54:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20070913teleconnotes?rev=1190134473&do=diff Telecon Notes September 13, 2007, 3pm EDT Topic 1: Review of the BEPAC deliberations and findings by Mark Devlin and Stephan Meyer, DEVLIN: Competition for top three slots in survey (JDEM, Con-X, LISA) was very tough. Two missions have broad appeal (Con-X, LISA ) and they serve larger communities. LISA had very exciting science compared with other Beyond Einstein (BE) missions. JDEM, all flavors, returns much more data than that needed to get the single Dark Energy measurement, also had very… text/html 2007-10-15T22:01:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20070920teleconnotes?rev=1192485691&do=diff Telecon Notes September 20, 2007, 3pm EDT text/html 2007-09-28T15:56:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20070927teleconnotes?rev=1190995015&do=diff Telecon Notes September 27, 2007, 3pm EDT Discussion of candidates for leader of the Omnibus proposal. Shaul reports that Steve Meyer appears to be a front runner. He has garnered a larger number of nominations relative to other nominees. Shaul had two phone conversations with Steve. text/html 2007-11-08T04:10:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20071011teleconnotes?rev=1194495008&do=diff Telecon Notes October 11, 2007, 3pm EDT About 50% of the committee present. Shaul reports on e-mail communications with Steve. Steve reports a positive discussion with Eric Smith regarding the thrust of the proposal. He still wants to talk to a number of people in the community. He expects a response tomorrow (Friday, October 12). text/html 2007-11-09T19:14:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20071108teleconnotes?rev=1194635676&do=diff Telecon Notes November 8, 2007, 3pm EDT Steve describes the status of preparations for the proposal. * Workshops: * Irwin and Hanany will lead the technology development workshop. It will be held in August/September 2008 in Boulder. Part of Hanany's and Irwin's work will be to assess TRL levels of all the technology development necessary for a future satellite and to estimate necessary costs for further development. text/html 2007-11-30T18:55:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20071129teleconnotes?rev=1196448959&do=diff Telecon Notes November 29, 2007, 3pm EDT Some of the information posted here came by e-mail after telecon. Status of NASA Proposal * Eric reports that about 40 proposals have been submitted. * NASA plans to finish review process by mid-end February, with money available shortly after text/html 2008-01-28T02:51:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20080117teleconnotes?rev=1201488706&do=diff Telecon Notes January 17, 2007, 3pm EDT Change of name Discussion about changing the name of the PPPDT. Most opinions are against changing the name. There is already some confusion about the roles of the PPPDT and the mission concept study team. Changing the name will add to the confusion. The name remains as is. text/html 2008-03-26T15:28:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20080313teleconnotes?rev=1206545309&do=diff Telecon Notes March 13, 2008, 3pm EDT Present: Bock, Borrill, Hanany, Kogut, Meyer, Miller, Smith Selection of Mission Concept Studies Eric reports on the selection process of Mission Concept Studies. Some reviewers thought that the CMBPol proposal was exactly what the field needed, others balked at the un-usual proposal: 'it is not a mission concept study'. $200K costing that would go to JPL or Goddard. For CMBPol we had two such costing studies. Their removal brings the proposal budget fr… text/html 2008-04-10T02:17:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20080403teleconnotes?rev=1207793879&do=diff Telecon Notes April 3, 2008, 3pm EDT Present: Borrill, Gunderson, Hanany, Kogut, Meyer, Miller Update on Decadal Panel Shaul reviews input from Chuck Bennet about process for selection of decadal panel. Eric reports that the authorization to the National Academy to start the process is still being considered by NASA officials. $2B. Only LISA's cost estimates are near that level and there is a broad perception that science return from LISA is on a class of its own. The key question then beco… text/html 2008-04-24T14:34:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20080410teleconnotes?rev=1209047646&do=diff Telecon Notes April 10, 2008, 3pm EDT Present: Borrill, Gunderson, Hanany, Hinshaw, Kogut, Laurence, Lee, Meyer, Miller Update on Workshops * Dates are all set. * Theory workshop has a web site. Many registered. Skeleton program is set. Theorists need some guidance where to focus their work. There are topics that cross boundaries between experiment and theory. ACTION (everyone) - send key issues to Scott Dodelson. text/html 2008-10-24T04:01:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20080926teleconnotes?rev=1224820866&do=diff Telecon Notes Sept. 26, 2008, 2pm EDT * Discussion of nominations of members to serve on the Decadal Survey. Deadline is Sept. 31. The prevailing opinion is that we should nominate people who we think are appropriate and might have favorable view of our science. Several names have been suggested and discussed. text/html 2009-01-12T21:23:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/20090109teleconnotes?rev=1231795381&do=diff Telecon Notes Jan. 9, 2009, 2pm EDT Present: Bock, Borrill, Dodelson, Hanany, Lawrence, Lee, Meyer, Miller, Page Shaul reviews near term requirements of decadal survey raises following questions: - should we have only one white paper or several, each discussing different topics, - the ASC has a 'ground project' panel separate from a 'space project' panel. Should we have two separate papers, or the same paper to both, or some other combination. text/html 2008-10-24T03:50:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/200801003teleconnotes?rev=1224820224&do=diff Telecon Notes Oct. 3, 2008, 2pm EDT Present: Bennett, Hanany, Kogut, Page, Meyer, Miller, Smith, Timbie * Discussion of nominations of members to the technical panels of the Decadal Survey. Decision: Shaul will coordinate nominations of members of the PPPDT to serve on the panels. text/html 2008-10-24T03:27:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/200801010teleconnotes?rev=1224818873&do=diff Telecon Notes Oct. 10, 2008, 3pm EDT Present: Borrill, Gunderson, Hanany, Kogut, Lawrence, Meyer, Miller, Smith * Shaul reports that members of the PPPDT have been nominated for membership in the technical panels of the Decadal Survey. * Discussion of notes from telecon with the Astrophysics SubCommittee of the NASA Advisory Committee. Notes originated from Mike Werner and distributed by Charles Lawrence. text/html 2007-10-03T17:20:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/communitycomments?rev=1191432026&do=diff Community Comments Requirements from PI of Omnibus Proposal (collected by SH from several communications) * Must be senior enough (but not too senior) to have credibility outside our field. * Have experience organizing large numbers of people and activities simultaneously. text/html 2008-10-24T03:37:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/documents?rev=1224819442&do=diff Documents [NGST Report to Decadal Survey 2000] [Hanany's Slides for Aspen Workshop (Version 4)] ---------- [NASA Solicitation for Strategic Mission Concepts Studies, 2007] [Strategic Mission Concepts - FAQs] [BEPAC report] Proposals submitted to ESA's Cosmic Vision Program [Weiss Committee Report] Status of Mission Studies [JPL EPIC presentation1 to BEPAC] [JPL EPIC presentation2 to BEPAC] [JPL EPIC response to BEPAC's RFI] --- [Wisconsin EPIC presentation1 to BEPAC - part 1] [Wis… text/html 2008-01-22T16:02:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/membership?rev=1201017723&do=diff Name Institution e-mail Phone Charles Bennet Johns Hopkins <cbennett@jhu.edu> Jamie Bock JPL <jjb@astro.caltech.edu> Julian Borrill Lawrence Berkeley National Lab <jdborrill@lbl.gov> Josh Gundersen University of Miami <gunder@physics.miami.edu> Shaul Hanany (Chair) University of Minnesota text/html 2007-10-03T17:18:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/pierpaoli_20070928?rev=1191431935&do=diff As the letter points out: we need to assess the foreground/systematic effect issues, even when it comes to discuss parameter estimation. In this respect, in my opinion the best studies up to now have been done in the context of Planck data analysis preparation. Some of the foreground subtraction techniques developed there have already been applied to WMAP as well. Planck people started to think about these problems more than 10 years ago, and independent groups developed different strategies, wh… text/html 2007-10-15T22:17:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/start?rev=1192486679&do=diff View / Upload Files PPPDT Wiki Committee Membership Telecons and Meetings Documents Community Comments text/html 2010-11-28T23:01:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/teleconsandmeetings?rev=1290985300&do=diff Telecons and Meetings Telecon Details Time: Friday 2 pm Eastern, when specifically announced Telephone: 866-729-5324 Conference ID: 7265675# Nov. 29, 2010 ---------- Jan. 9, 2009 (Telecon Notes) ---------- Oct. 10, 2008 (Telecon Notes) Oct. 3, 2008 (Telecon Notes) Sept. 26, 2008 (Telecon Notes) ---------- April 24, 2008 April 10, 2008 (Telecon Notes) April 3, 2008 (Telecon Notes) March 13, 2008 (Telecon Notes) Jan. 17, 2007 (Telecon Notes) Nov. 29, 2007 (Telecon Notes) Nov. … text/html 2007-09-10T21:41:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!pppdt/telecon_notes?rev=1189460488&do=diff Telecon Notes September 4, 2007, 3pm EDT All team members present except for Peter Timbie who had a conflict. Additionally, Nigel Sharp from the NSF and Wilt Sanders from NASA HQ were on the line. Eric gave a brief history of why the group was formed and what has changed since the concept for the group solidified. Initially, the team’s focus was to be primarily one of advocacy for a CMB mission to investigate signatures of inflation to the decadal survey panel(s). Since the group was solic…