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DRM ProgramsThe Design Reference Mission (DRM) is a representative science program for the NGST. The DRM is presented in detail sufficient to aid in the development of functional requirements for the NGST mission. The DRM was developed by the Ad Hoc Science Working Group. The DRM is regularly updated to track astronomical and NGST design developments. Look at the Version 2.3 Update for the discription of a recent update. Cosmology and the Structure of the UniverseMapping the dark matter distribution at high redshift with NGST Measuring cosmological parameters with high-z supernovae Probing the intergalactic medium out to the reionization epoch Observing the IR transients of gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies Microlensing in the Virgo cluster and the role of baryonic dark matter in the universe The Origin and Evolution of GalaxiesThe formation and evolution of galaxies I: the deep imaging survey(s) The formation and evolution of galaxies II: the deep spectroscopic survey(s) The formation and evolution of galaxies III: cluster galaxies The formation and evolution of galaxies IV: the relation between galaxy evolution and AGN The formation and evolution of galaxies V: obscured star formation at high redshifts The evolution of the cosmic supernova rates (revised April 1999) Formation and evolution of galaxies: stressing the need for wide-field ultraviolet rest-frame photometry (submitted April 1999 to complement the imaging survey The History of the Milky Way and Its NeighborsThe age of the oldest stars from the faint end slope of the white dwarf luminosity function in globular clusters A complete initial mass function for old stellar populations The ages and chemistry of the oldest stellar halo populations A study of cool, field brown dwarf neighbors (revised June 30 1999) The Birth and Formation of StarsThe physics of star formation: understanding the youngest protostars (revised 26 May, 1999) The origin of sub-stellar mass objects: probing brown dwarfs and extra-solar planets in star-forming regions Dynamics and evolution of the interstellar medium: cosmic recycling The Origin and Evolution of Planetary SystemsEvolution of circumstellar disks around young stars: the search for gas and remnant dust Detection and characterization of extra-solar planets Detection and characterization of Jovian Planets and Brown Dwarf Companions in the Solar Neighborhood (Draft submitted April 1999) A survey of the trans-Neptunian region Measuring the physical properties of Kuiper belt objects Explorations in Astrobiology: Evolution of Organic Matter from the ISM to Planetary Systems (submitted April 1999) |
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