Director Discretionary Time
Target
PI
ks
Obs Instrument
Prop.
PSN J12215757 (SN)
Margutti
20
1
ACIS-S
N
CXO J122518.6 (ULX)
Heida
60
2
ACIS-S
Y
ASASSN-14li (TDE)
Miller
60
2
HRC-S/LETG
N
SN2014C
Margutti
30
3
ACIS-S
N
Swift J123205.1 (Short Troja
15
1
ACIS-S
N
Swift J123205.1 GRB) Levan
15
1
ACIS-S
N
4U1700-37
(HMXB) Oskinova
15
1
ACIS-S/HETG N
1817-0454
(FRB)
Petroff
10
1
HRC-I
Y
WPVS 007
(AGN)
Grupe
10
1
ACIS-S
N
[PFH2005] 622 (GRB)
Burrows
10
1
ACIS-S
N
Cas A CCO
Posselt
50
1
ACIS-S
N
RW Aur (Young binary) Schneider
40
1
ACIS-S
N
GK Persei(Dwarf Nova) Orio
35
1
ACIS-S/HETG N
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Director Discretionary Time (cont)
Target
PI
ks
Obs
Instrument
1RXS J180408.9 LMXB Degenaar
30
1
ACIS-S/HETG Y
GRB150423A (GRB)
Berger
25
1
ACIS-S
N
SAX J1808.4 (AMXP)
Patruno
30
1
HRC-S
Y
2S1553-542 (Transient) Lutovinov
5
1
ACIS-I
Y
SNhunt275 (Massive *) Margutti
20
2
ACIS-S
N
M 82
(IMBH?)
Brightman
10
1
ACIS-I
N
V404 Cyg
(XRB)
King
55
2
ACIS-S/HETG N
Neilsen
40
1
ACIS-S/HETG N
V404 Cyg
Prop.
V404 Cyg
(Rings)
Heinz
28
1
ACIS-S
N
Pluto
(Planet)
McNutt
140
1
ACIS-S
N
NGC 660
(AGN)
Annuar
10
1
ACIS-S
N
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DDT Summary
 Proposal Status:
• 24 DDT requests approved:
• 15 DDT requests denied/withdrawn:
785 ks
677 ks
 Cycle time used:
• Cycle 16: 595 ks
• Cycle 15: 420 ks (total)
• Carry-forward (from Cycles 13-15): 590 ks
 Pending Requests:
• 2 proposals, 20 ks total
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NASA Senior Review 2016
 Draft Call for Proposals received 20th August
 Comments sent by Sept 11th deadline
 Final Call for Proposals received 25th Sept
 Deadline: 22 Jan 2016
 Review at OCC, 22-24th Mar 2016
 Changes:
 Proposal requested as a “Delta” on SR2014
 20 page limit (down from 30)
 Review 1 day shorter
 Proposal preparation will be similar to past cycles
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Large, Joint-time Proposals
 Joint time program solved multiple-jeopardy for
small programs only (< 400 ks or equivalent)
 Time-domain campaigns are ~impossible, as
discussed at a workshop on time-domain science:
Lorentz Center, July 2015 (usually try for DDT time)
 Options to facilitate time-critical programs:
• “Hold” a large joint program until required joint
time has been approved, discard if it is not
• Large, multi-mission joint CfP (discussed with
XMM, Integral, Spitzer so far). If all relevant
missions are interested, this would likely take a
few years to work out.
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