Appendix B:
Scientific Keywords

The Tables in this Appendix list the Scientific Keywords that are valid for use in the Phase I proposal template (see Section 8.9).

Table B.1:Generic Keywords

ASTROMETRY	DYNAMICS
CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES	EVOLUTION
DYNAMICS	RADIATIVE TRANSFER
DUST	VARIABILITY

Table B.2:Planetary System Keywords

ASTEROIDS	PLANETARY SATELLITES
COMETS	PROTO-PLANETARY DISKS
EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETS	SUPPORT OF NASA PLANETARY OR EXOPLANETARY MISSIONS
GIANT PLANETS	SURFACES OF PLANETS/MOONS/OTHER
KUIPER BELT OBJECTS	TERRESTRIAL PLANETS
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES

Table B.3:Galactic Keywords

ATMOSPHERES AND CHROMOSPHERES	OPEN AND GLOBULAR STAR CLUSTERS
CENTRAL STARS OF PLANETARY NEBULAE	PLANETARY NEBULAE
CLUSTER BINARY STARS AND BLUE STRAGGLERS	PROTO-PLANETARY NEBULAE
DETACHED BINARIES	RESOLVED STELLAR POPULATIONS
ECLIPSING BINARIES	STELLAR ACTIVITY
ERUPTIVE BINARY STARS AND CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES	STELLAR EVOLUTION AND MODELS
GALACTIC BULGE	SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
GALACTIC CENTER	T TAURI STARS
GALACTIC HALO	UV-BRIGHT STARS
GALACTIC STRUCTURE	VARIABLE AND PULSATING STARS
GIANTS AND AGB STARS	VERY LOW MASS STARS AND BROWN DWARFS
HERBIG-HARO OBJECTS	WHITE DWARFS
LOW-MASS AND COOL STARS	WINDS/OUTFLOWS/MASS-LOSS
MAIN SEQUENCE STARS	WOLF-RAYET STARS
MASSIVE STARS	YOUNG STARS AND PROTOSTELLAR OBJECTS
NEUTRON STARS AND PULSARS	X-RAY BINARIES
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Table B.4:Galactic or Extra-Galactic Keywords

ACCRETION DISKS	INTERSTELLAR AND INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM
BLACK HOLES	JETS
DARK MATTER	MICROLENSING
GLOBULAR CLUSTERS	MOLECULAR CLOUDS
H II REGIONS	STAR FORMATION

Table B.5:Extra-Galactic Keywords

AGN PHYSICS	HUBBLE DEEP FIELDS
BAL QUASARS	INTERACTING AND MERGING GALAXIES
CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES	INTRACLUSTER MEDIUM
COOLING FLOWS	IR-LUMINOUS GALAXIES
COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND DISTANCE SCALE	IRREGULAR GALAXIES
DAMPED LYMAN-ALPHA ABSORPTION SYSTEMS	LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE AND PECULIAR VELOCITIES
DWARF GALAXIES	LOCAL GROUP GALAXIES
ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES	MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
GALAXY BULGES	LOW SURFACE BRIGHTNESS GALAXIES
GALAXY CENTER	LYMAN-ALPHA FOREST CLOUDS
GALAXY DISKS	METAL ABSORPTION SYSTEMS
GALAXY FORMATION AND EVOLUTION	RADIO GALAXIES
GALAXY HALOS	RADIO-LOUD QUASARS
GALAXY MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURE	RADIO-QUIET QUASARS
GAMMA-RAY BURSTS	SEYFERT GALAXIES
GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEMS	SPIRAL GALAXIES
GRAVITATIONAL LENSING	STARBURST GALAXIES
GROUPS OF GALAXIES	STELLAR POPULATIONS IN EXTERNAL GALAXIES
HIGH REDSHIFT GALAXIES	SUPERNOVAE
HOST GALAXIES	YOUNG STAR CLUSTERS IN EXTERNAL GALAXIES