Not listed WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A CONCEPT FOR THE X-RAY QUANTUM CALORIMETER SATELLITE (XQCSAT) A SMALL SATELLITE IN THE ESPA ENVELOPE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY OF DIFFUSE GAS IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM WITHIN THE GALAXY AND THE GALACTIC HALO. THE HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION OF XQCSAT ENABLES UNAMBIGUOUS MEASUREMENT OF THE PHYSICAL STATE OF HOT GAS FROM INDIVIDUAL SPECTRAL LINES WHILE ITS WIDE FIELD OF VIEW PROVIDES MORE THAN TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE IMPROVEMENT IN THE STUDY OF DIFFUSE EMISSION RELATIVE TO THE MICROCALORIMETER FLOWN ON HITOMI. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO STUDY STELLAR FEEDBACK HOW ENERGY FROM STARS AND SUPERNOVAE AFFECTS THE SURROUNDING STELLAR AND GALACTIC ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTS METAL PRODUCED IN STARS. STELLAR FEEDBACK IS A MAJOR INGREDIENT NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION AND STRUCTURE OF GALAXIES. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO PROBE THE DISTRIBUTION AND DYNAMICS OF HOT GAS IN THE HALO OF THE MILKY WAY TO DETERMINE HOW IT IS HEATED AND WHETHER IT CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE TOTAL MASS OF THE MILKY WAY. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO OR DENY REPORTS OF X-RAY LINE EMISSION ASCRIBED TO STERILE NEUTRINOS. XQCSAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED AT MODEST COST USING A SMALL SATELLITE IN THE ESPA FORMAT. WE WILL USE A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SMALL SATELLITE BUS AND X-RAY DETECTORS DEVELOPED TO HIGH TRL UNDER THE APRA PROGRAM AND FLOWN ON MULTIPLE SOUNDING ROCKETS TO REDUCE DEVELOPMENT RISK AND MINIMIZE OVERALL MISSION COST. THE TEAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CONTAINS EXPERTS IN X-RAY DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND DATA ANALYSIS AND THE ASTROPHYSICS OF HOT PLASMAS AND GALACTIC STRUCTURE. THE TEAM WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF JUNIOR RESEARCHERS UNDERGRADUATES GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS AND HELP TRAIN THEM FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP ROLES ON NASA SPACE FLIGHT MISSIONS. XQCSAT WILL: ? HELP UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF STELLAR FEEDBACK WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES ? DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF GAS IN THE HALO OF THE MILKY WAY AND HELP UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS FORMED AND HEATED ? BE EXECUTED BY AN EXPERIENCED TEAM AT MODEST COST AND WITH LOW RISK BY EXPLOITING PROVEN TECHNOLOGIES ? TRAIN JUNIOR RESEARCHERS FOR FUTURE ROLES IN NASA MISSIONS. $0 6/11/19 P00002 WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A CONCEPT FOR THE X-RAY QUANTUM CALORIMETER SATELLITE (XQCSAT), A SMALL SATELLITE IN THE ESPA ENVELOPE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY OF DIFFUSE GAS IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM WITHIN THE GALAXY AND THE GALACTIC HALO. THE HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION OF XQCSAT ENABLES UNAMBIGUOUS MEASUREMENT OF THE PHYSICAL STATE OF HOT GAS FROM INDIVIDUAL SPECTRAL LINES, WHILE ITS WIDE FIELD OF VIEW PROVIDES MORE THAN TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE IMPROVEMENT IN THE STUDY OF DIFFUSE EMISSION RELATIVE TO THE MICROCALORIMETER FLOWN ON HITOMI. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO STUDY STELLAR FEEDBACK HOW ENERGY FROM STARS AND SUPERNOVAE AFFECTS THE SURROUNDING STELLAR AND GALACTIC ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTS METAL PRODUCED IN STARS. STELLAR FEEDBACK IS A MAJOR INGREDIENT NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION AND STRUCTURE OF GALAXIES. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO PROBE THE DISTRIBUTION AND DYNAMICS OF HOT GAS IN THE HALO OF THE MILKY WAY TO DETERMINE HOW IT IS HEATED AND WHETHER IT CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE TOTAL MASS OF THE MILKY WAY. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO OR DENY REPORTS OF X-RAY LINE EMISSION ASCRIBED TO STERILE NEUTRINOS. XQCSAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED AT MODEST COST USING A SMALL SATELLITE IN THE ESPA FORMAT. WE WILL USE A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SMALL SATELLITE BUS AND X-RAY DETECTORS DEVELOPED TO HIGH TRL UNDER THE APRA PROGRAM AND FLOWN ON MULTIPLE SOUNDING ROCKETS TO REDUCE DEVELOPMENT RISK AND MINIMIZE OVERALL MISSION COST. THE TEAM, FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, CONTAINS EXPERTS IN X-RAY DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND DATA ANALYSIS AND THE ASTROPHYSICS OF HOT PLASMAS AND GALACTIC STRUCTURE. THE TEAM WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF JUNIOR RESEARCHERS, UNDERGRADUATES, GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND POSTDOCS, AND HELP TRAIN THEM FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP ROLES ON NASA SPACE FLIGHT MISSIONS. XQCSAT WILL: ? HELP UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF STELLAR FEEDBACK WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES, ? DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF GAS IN THE HALO OF THE MILKY WAY AND HELP UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS FORMED AND HEATED, ? BE EXECUTED BY AN EXPERIENCED TEAM AT MODEST COST AND WITH LOW RISK BY EXPLOITING PROVEN TECHNOLOGIES, ? TRAIN JUNIOR RESEARCHERS FOR FUTURE ROLES IN NASA MISSIONS. Other Administrative Action $0 6/11/19 P00001 WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A CONCEPT FOR THE X-RAY QUANTUM CALORIMETER SATELLITE (XQCSAT), A SMALL SATELLITE IN THE ESPA ENVELOPE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY OF DIFFUSE GAS IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM WITHIN THE GALAXY AND THE GALACTIC HALO. THE HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION OF XQCSAT ENABLES UNAMBIGUOUS MEASUREMENT OF THE PHYSICAL STATE OF HOT GAS FROM INDIVIDUAL SPECTRAL LINES, WHILE ITS WIDE FIELD OF VIEW PROVIDES MORE THAN TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE IMPROVEMENT IN THE STUDY OF DIFFUSE EMISSION RELATIVE TO THE MICROCALORIMETER FLOWN ON HITOMI. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO STUDY STELLAR FEEDBACK HOW ENERGY FROM STARS AND SUPERNOVAE AFFECTS THE SURROUNDING STELLAR AND GALACTIC ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTS METAL PRODUCED IN STARS. STELLAR FEEDBACK IS A MAJOR INGREDIENT NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION AND STRUCTURE OF GALAXIES. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO PROBE THE DISTRIBUTION AND DYNAMICS OF HOT GAS IN THE HALO OF THE MILKY WAY TO DETERMINE HOW IT IS HEATED AND WHETHER IT CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE TOTAL MASS OF THE MILKY WAY. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO CONFIRM OR DENY REPORTS OF X-RAY LINE EMISSION ASCRIBED TO STERILE NEUTRINOS. XQCSAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED AT MODEST COST USING A SMALL SATELLITE IN THE ESPA FORMAT. WE WILL USE A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SMALL SATELLITE BUS AND X-RAY DETECTORS DEVELOPED TO HIGH TRL UNDER THE APRA PROGRAM AND FLOWN ON MULTIPLE SOUNDING ROCKETS TO REDUCE DEVELOPMENT RISK AND MINIMIZE OVERALL MISSION COST. THE TEAM, FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, CONTAINS EXPERTS IN X-RAY DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND DATA ANALYSIS AND THE ASTROPHYSICS OF HOT PLASMAS AND GALACTIC STRUCTURE. THE TEAM WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF JUNIOR RESEARCHERS, UNDERGRADUATES, GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND POSTDOCS, AND HELP TRAIN THEM FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP ROLES ON NASA SPACE FLIGHT MISSIONS. XQCSAT WILL: ? HELP UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF STELLAR FEEDBACK WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES, ? DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF GAS IN THE HALO OF THE MILKY WAY AND HELP UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS FORMED AND HEATED, ? BE EXECUTED BY AN EXPERIENCED TEAM AT MODEST COST AND WITH LOW RISK BY EXPLOITING PROVEN TECHNOLOGIES, ? TRAIN JUNIOR RESEARCHERS FOR FUTURE ROLES IN NASA MISSIONS. Other Administrative Action $0 2/8/19 Not listed WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A CONCEPT FOR THE X-RAY QUANTUM CALORIMETER SATELLITE (XQCSAT) A SMALL SATELLITE IN THE ESPA ENVELOPE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY OF DIFFUSE GAS IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM WITHIN THE GALAXY AND THE GALACTIC HALO. THE HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION OF XQCSAT ENABLES UNAMBIGUOUS MEASUREMENT OF THE PHYSICAL STATE OF HOT GAS FROM INDIVIDUAL SPECTRAL LINES WHILE ITS WIDE FIELD OF VIEW PROVIDES MORE THAN TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE IMPROVEMENT IN THE STUDY OF DIFFUSE EMISSION RELATIVE TO THE MICROCALORIMETER FLOWN ON HITOMI. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO STUDY STELLAR FEEDBACK HOW ENERGY FROM STARS AND SUPERNOVAE AFFECTS THE SURROUNDING STELLAR AND GALACTIC ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTS METAL PRODUCED IN STARS. STELLAR FEEDBACK IS A MAJOR INGREDIENT NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION AND STRUCTURE OF GALAXIES. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO PROBE THE DISTRIBUTION AND DYNAMICS OF HOT GAS IN THE HALO OF THE MILKY WAY TO DETERMINE HOW IT IS HEATED AND WHETHER IT CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE TOTAL MASS OF THE MILKY WAY. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO CONFIRM OR DENY REPORTS OF X-RAY LINE EMISSION ASCRIBED TO STERILE NEUTRINOS. XQCSAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED AT MODEST COST USING A SMALL SATELLITE IN THE ESPA FORMAT. WE WILL USE A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SMALL SATELLITE BUS AND X-RAY DETECTORS DEVELOPED TO HIGH TRL UNDER THE APRA PROGRAM AND FLOWN ON MULTIPLE SOUNDING ROCKETS TO REDUCE DEVELOPMENT RISK AND MINIMIZE OVERALL MISSION COST. THE TEAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CONTAINS EXPERTS IN X-RAY DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND DATA ANALYSIS AND THE ASTROPHYSICS OF HOT PLASMAS AND GALACTIC STRUCTURE. THE TEAM WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF JUNIOR RESEARCHERS UNDERGRADUATES GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS AND HELP TRAIN THEM FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP ROLES ON NASA SPACE FLIGHT MISSIONS. XQCSAT WILL: ? HELP UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF STELLAR FEEDBACK WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES ? DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF GAS IN THE HALO OF THE MILKY WAY AND HELP UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS FORMED AND HEATED ? BE EXECUTED BY AN EXPERIENCED TEAM AT MODEST COST AND WITH LOW RISK BY EXPLOITING PROVEN TECHNOLOGIES ? TRAIN JUNIOR RESEARCHERS FOR FUTURE ROLES IN NASA MISSIONS. $0 2/8/19 Not listed WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A CONCEPT FOR THE X-RAY QUANTUM CALORIMETER SATELLITE (XQCSAT) A SMALL SATELLITE IN THE ESPA ENVELOPE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY OF DIFFUSE GAS IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM WITHIN THE GALAXY AND THE GALACTIC HALO. THE HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION OF XQCSAT ENABLES UNAMBIGUOUS MEASUREMENT OF THE PHYSICAL STATE OF HOT GAS FROM INDIVIDUAL SPECTRAL LINES WHILE ITS WIDE FIELD OF VIEW PROVIDES MORE THAN TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE IMPROVEMENT IN THE STUDY OF DIFFUSE EMISSION RELATIVE TO THE MICROCALORIMETER FLOWN ON HITOMI. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO STUDY STELLAR FEEDBACK HOW ENERGY FROM STARS AND SUPERNOVAE AFFECTS THE SURROUNDING STELLAR AND GALACTIC ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTS METAL PRODUCED IN STARS. STELLAR FEEDBACK IS A MAJOR INGREDIENT NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION AND STRUCTURE OF GALAXIES. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO PROBE THE DISTRIBUTION AND DYNAMICS OF HOT GAS IN THE HALO OF THE MILKY WAY TO DETERMINE HOW IT IS HEATED AND WHETHER IT CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE TOTAL MASS OF THE MILKY WAY. WE WILL USE XQCSAT TO CONFIRM OR DENY REPORTS OF X-RAY LINE EMISSION ASCRIBED TO STERILE NEUTRINOS. XQCSAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED AT MODEST COST USING A SMALL SATELLITE IN THE ESPA FORMAT. WE WILL USE A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SMALL SATELLITE BUS AND X-RAY DETECTORS DEVELOPED TO HIGH TRL UNDER THE APRA PROGRAM AND FLOWN ON MULTIPLE SOUNDING ROCKETS TO REDUCE DEVELOPMENT RISK AND MINIMIZE OVERALL MISSION COST. THE TEAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CONTAINS EXPERTS IN X-RAY DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND DATA ANALYSIS AND THE ASTROPHYSICS OF HOT PLASMAS AND GALACTIC STRUCTURE. THE TEAM WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF JUNIOR RESEARCHERS UNDERGRADUATES GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS AND HELP TRAIN THEM FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP ROLES ON NASA SPACE FLIGHT MISSIONS. XQCSAT WILL: ? HELP UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF STELLAR FEEDBACK WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES ? DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF GAS IN THE HALO OF THE MILKY WAY AND HELP UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS FORMED AND HEATED ? BE EXECUTED BY AN EXPERIENCED TEAM AT MODEST COST AND WITH LOW RISK BY EXPLOITING PROVEN TECHNOLOGIES ? TRAIN JUNIOR RESEARCHERS FOR FUTURE ROLES IN NASA MISSIONS. $108.3k 11/16/18