===== Astro2020 Decadal Review Activities =====

This page summarizes activities to promote long-baseline optical/infrared ground-based astronomy in the Astro2020 decadal survey. This includes 17 [[:usic:astro2020#science_white_papers|Science White Papers]] and 6 [[:usic:astro2020#activities_projects_or_state_of_the_profession_consideration_-_apc_white_papers|White Papers on Activity, Project, and State of Profession Considerations (APC)]].

Several members of MUSIC participated in the [[https://www.noao.edu/meetings/2020decadal/|NOAO Decadal Planning Workshop]] held in Tucson, AZ on Feb 20-21, 2018. Links to presentations are available through the meeting website. Two white papers on optical/infrared interferometry were submitted in response to the [[https://www.noao.edu/2020Decadal/whitepapers.php|NOAO planning call]].

==== Science White Papers ====

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c..56C|Stars at High Spatial Resolution]]\\
Carpenter, K., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 56

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.156K|Exploring Active Supermassive Black Holes at 100 Micro-arcsecond Resolution]]\\
Kishimoto, M., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 156

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.171G|High Angular Resolution Astrophysics: Evolutionary Impact of Stellar Mass Loss]]\\
Gies, D., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 171

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.174I|Observing Planetary Systems in the Making]]\\
Isella, A., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 174

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.181R|High Angular Resolution Astrophysics: Resolving Stellar Surface Features]]\\
Roettenbacher, R., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 181

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.196C/abstract|Pulsation as a Laboratory for Understanding Stellar Physics]]\\
Creech-Eakman, M., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 196

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.206P/abstract|Stellar multiplicity: an interdisciplinary nexus]]\\
Breivik, K., Price-Whelan, A. M., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 206

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.214B|Fundamental Physics with Brown Dwarfs: The Mass-Radius Relation]]\\
Burgasser, A., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 214

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.241R|Cool, evolved stars: results, challenges, and promises for the next decade]]\\
Rau, G., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 241

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.381V|High Angular Resolution Astrophysics: Fundamental Stellar Parameters]]\\
van Belle, G., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 281

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.332R|Precision Analysis of Evolved Stars]]\\
Ridgway, S., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 322

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.445W/abstract|A Strategy for Understanding Planet Formation]]\\
Weinberger, A. J., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 445

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.483S|Binary and Multiple Star Systems at High Angular Resolution]]\\
Schaefer, G., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 483

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.488H|Stellar Physics and Galactic Archaeology using Asteroseismology in the 2020's]]\\
Huber, D., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 488

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.498M|Imaging the Key Stages of Planet Formation]]\\
Monnier, J., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 498

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.502S|High Angular Resolution Astrophysics in the Era of Time Domain Surveys]]\\
Schaefer, G., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 502

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51c.514M|The Future of Exoplanet Direct Detection]]\\
Monnier, J., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 514

==== Activities, Projects, or State of the Profession Consideration - APC White Papers ====

[[http://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads/623127/5043187/137-a332491ef97ce4174ef991cd28abafae_vanBelleGerardT.pdf|The Navy Precision Optical Interferometer]]\\
van Belle, G., et al. 2019, 117

[[http://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads/623127/5043187/136-1087eb84484d7a5749ab7dca30f35cb1_Creech-EakmanMichelleJ.pdf|The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer]]\\
Creech-Eakman, M., et al. 2019, 146

[[http://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads/623127/5043187/117-5c6a106659652455f3959eb9afd93009_Astro2020_Tech_PFI_MONINER.pdf|Setting the Stage for the Planet Formation Imager]]\\
Monnier, J., et al. 2019, 149

[[http://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads/623127/5043187/118-210e6a84af6780b1c9091e447e962332_Astro2020_Tech_FFSI_MONNIER.pdf|A Realistic Roadmap to Formation Flying Space Interferometry]]\\
Monnier, J., et al. 2019, 169

[[http://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads/623127/5043187/117-806fe63350ed097713f399b1cfedc18f_RidgwayStephenT.pdf|Revitalizing the Optical/Infrared Interferometry Community in the U.S.]]\\
Ridgway, S., et al. 2019, 173

[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019BAAS...51g.222R/abstract|A Long-Term Vision for Space-Based Interferometry]]\\
Rinehart, S., et al. 2019, BAAS, 51, 222

[[http://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads/623127/5043187/176-5b926e645fe1731006312ea104aecc91_GiesDouglasR.pdf|The CHARA Michelson Array: A Kilometer-sized Optical/Infrared Interferometer]]\\
Gies, D., et al. 2019, 249