Legacy Programs
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Selected in Cycle 7
Radiative and Mechanical Feedback in Regions of Massive Star Formation
Co-PIs: Alexander G.G.M. Tielens, University of Maryland; Nicola Schneider, University of Cologne, Germany
Proposal ID: 07_0077
Instrument: GREAT
Constraining Recent Star Formation in the Galactic Center
PI: Matthew Hankins, Caltech
Proposal ID: 07_0189
Instrument: FORCAST
Selected in Cycle 8
HyGAL: Characterizing the Galactic Interstellar Medium with Hydrides
PI: David Neufeld (Johns Hopkins University) and Peter Schilke (University of Cologne)
Proposal ID: 08_0038
Instrument: GREAT
FIELDMAPS: Filaments Extremely Long and Dark: A Magnetic Polarization Survey (Pilot Legacy Program)
PI: Ian Stephens (Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Proposal ID: 08_0186
Instrument: HAWC+
SOFIA Heralds a New Era of Measuring the Magnetic Fields of Galaxies (Legacy Program)
PI: Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez (SOFIA Science Center)
Proposal ID: 08_0012
Instrument: HAWC+
Selected in Cycle 9
SOFIA Joint Legacy Survey of [CII] in the LMC: LMC+ (Legacy Program)
PI: Suzanne Madden (CEA)
Proposal ID: 09_0036
Instrument: FIFI-LS
A Two-Color Polarimetric Survey of the Galactic Center (Pilot Legacy Program)
PI: David Chuss (Villanova University)
Proposal ID: 09_0054
Instrument: HAWC+
Study of Interstellar Magnetic Polarization: A Legacy Investigation of Filaments (SIMPLIFI) (Pilot Legacy Program)
PI: Thushara Pillai (Boston University)
Proposal ID: 09_0215
Instrument: HAWC+
Mapping the 6 Micron Molecular Water Line Across the Lunar Surface (Pilot Legacy Program)
PI: Paul Lucey (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Proposal ID: 09_0171
Instrument: FORCAST
The Cycle 9 Legacy proposal 09_0171 is approved as a pilot but will be executed in Cycle 8 using Director’s Discretionary Time.