Cycle 11
CfP Release: Dec 15 2008
POG, final AEff : 15 Jan 2009
GTO: 43 proposals
Deadline: 17 March 2009
# Proposals: 668
Requested time: 93761 ksec
Oversubscription: 5.6
Joint time: Spitzer, Hubble, XMM,
Suzaku, NOAO, NRAO
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Cycle 11 Proposal Submission
# Proposals per Cycle
900
700
No. of Proposals Submitted (zoom)
Number
600
Number
668 submitted proposals
*5.6 oversubscribed
(based on time)
45 LP, 9 VLP
Fewer LPs cf Cycle 10
(64)
65 Archive, 40 Theory
800
GO
70
400
VLP
LP
Archive
LP
Theory
VLP
60
300
50
Archive
40
200
30
Theory
100
20
10
0
0
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All proposals
90
500
80
1
1
2
2
3 4 5 6 7 8
3 4 5 6 7
Cycle
Cycle
9 10 11
8 9 10 11
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Total Time Request
Oversubscription in Time
Time requested/time available
Change from Cycle 10
Time request: +9%
LP+VLP request: -6%
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1
Time per Cycle (Msec)
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Cycle
120
100
80
Requested
60
Accepted
40
20
0
1
2 3 4
5 6 7
8 9 10 11
Cycle
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Oversubscription by Category
LP/VLP will compete for full 6 Msec
LP/VLP Over-subscription: 6.1
Oversubscription by Category
12
Oversubscription Ratio
10
8
Archive
Theory
LP
VLP
GO
6
4
2
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Cycle
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Gratings Proposals
Fraction Grating Time Requested
Grating request down 25%
HETG is the variable
Ratio: Gratings/Total Request
0.35
Grating Time Request
30000
0.25
0.2
0.15
0.1
0.05
0
25000
Time
0.3
1
20000
Total
15000
HETG
10000
LETG
2
3
4
5
6
7
Cycle
5000
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11
Cycle
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8
9
10
11
Archive/Theory Results
Archive:
Budget: $1050K
Over-subscription: 4.4
Theory:
Budget: $600K
Over-subscription: 5.3
Cycle 10 over-subscription
similar, A+T budget was
increased by $410K
Oversubscription
7
6
5
4
Archive
3
Theory
2
1
0
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
P roposal Cycle
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11
Joint Chandra Proposals:
(other Observatory TACs)
XMM TAC: 3 approved, in ObsCat
HST TAC: SM-4 ongoing, no call
Spitzer:
6 Feb 2009 deadline, no joint
proposals solicited
Joint time will resume Feb 2010
Call
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Peer Review
23-26 June 2009, Hilton, Logan Airport
13 topical panels, 1 Big Project Panel (BPP)
Program as last year:
Tues, Wed: topical panels
Wed evening: BPP organizational session
Thurs, Frid: BPP
Panels:
1,2: Stars, Planets
3,4: SN, SNR, NS
5,6,7: Binaries, Galaxies: Populations
8,9,10: Clusters, Galaxies: Diffuse
11,12,13: AGN, Extragalactic surveys
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Upcoming Major Events
Workshop: SNR and Pulsar Wind Nebulae
in the Chandra Era, 8-10 July 2009, Double
Tree Guest Suites Hotel, Boston
Conference: Ten Years of Science with
Chandra: 22-25 Sept, Boston, MA
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New Design of CXC Science Website
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