Reference Request
Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 10-142
Giacconi, Riccardo
Riccardo Giacconi Papers, circa 1958-1992, 2008
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Giacconi, Riccardo |
Title: | Riccardo Giacconi Papers |
Dates: | circa 1958-1992, 2008 |
Quantity: | 28 cu. ft. (28 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 10-142 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of the professional papers of Riccardo Giacconi, an astrophysicist specializing in x-ray astronomy and who was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of cosmic x-ray sources. Giacconi's papers document his research, participation in the larger astrophysics community, and influence on space policy. Particularly well-documented topics in this accession include the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility; the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Space Studies Board; the Astrophysics Council; the Space Telescope Science Institute; the Wide Field X-Ray Telescope; and numerous other x-ray telescopes and astronomical organizations. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, pre-prints, proposals, meeting materials, reports, data, budgets, clippings, notes, images, pamphlets, newsletters, directories, three-dimensional awards, and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format. For additional biographical information, please see Record Unit 7416. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the professional papers of Riccardo Giacconi (1931-2018), an astrophysicist specializing in x-ray astronomy and who was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of cosmic x-ray sources. Giacconi's papers document his research, participation in the larger astrophysics community, and influence on space policy. Particularly well-documented topics in this accession include the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, the Space Studies Board, the Astrophysics Council, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the Wide Field X-Ray Telescope, and numerous other x-ray telescopes and astronomical organizations. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, pre-prints, proposals, meeting materials, reports, data, budgets, clippings, notes, images, pamphlets, newsletters, directories, three-dimensional awards, and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format.
For additional biographical information, please see Record Unit 7416.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Giacconi, Riccardo
- Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (U.S.)
- Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.)
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Space Studies Board
- Wide Field X-Ray Telescope
Subject
- X-ray telescopes
- Nobel Prizes
- Space photography
- Astrophysics
- Astronomy
- Cosmic rays
- Research
- Astronautics and state
- Astrophysicists
- Astrophysics Council
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-142, Riccardo Giacconi Papers
Container List
Box 1
Space Studies Board (SSB), 1991-1992
SSB, 1992 (3 folders)
SSB - Memoranda, 1992 (2 folders)
Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), 1989-1992 - Report and Peer Review (2 folders)
X-Ray Astronomy Program Working Group (2 folders)
Astrophysics Subcommittee, 1992 - Memoranda
Low Temperature Detector Workshop, 1989 - Miscellaneous documents
High Energy from Space Panel, 1989-1990 - Reports and Memoranda (2 folders)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1991-1992 - Project Management Documents
Chincarini - Correspondence, 1988
Great Observatories Talk, 1984-1987 (2 folders)
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei- Research Grant Correspondence, 1992
Box 2
AXAF - Overview
AXAF - Proposal for Telescope Scientist, 1984
AXAF - Proposal, 1984
AXAF - Proposal for X-Ray Spectroscopy
AXAF - Proposal for High Resolution Camera, 1988
AXAF - Proposal for High Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy Investigation, 1988
AXAF - Proposal for X-Ray Spectrometer, Volume I, September, 1988
AXAF - Proposal, Volume II, Part 1, March 1988
AXAF - Proposal, Volume II, Part 2, March 1988
AXAF - Proposal, Volume II, Part 3, March 1988
AXAF - Proposal, Volume II, Part 4, March 1988
AXAF - Proposal, Volume II, Part 5, March 1988
AXAF - Proposal, Volume II, Part 6, March 1988
AXAF - Proposal, Volume II, Part 7, March 1988 (2 folders)
AXAF - Proposal, Volume II, Part 8, March 1988
AXAF - Proposal, Volume II, Part 9, March 1988
Box 3
Space Caucus Conference, 1985
Giacconi, Riccardo - Curriculum Vitae and Biography, 1985
Carnegie Institute - Annual Report, 1980 and 1982
Space Science Working Group (SSWG) - Memoranda, 1985 (Includes Congressional Updates)
SSWG - Memoranda, 1986
SSWG - Memoranda, 1987 (Includes Legislative Updates on NASA, FY 1988)
SSWG - Memoranda, 1988 (Includes Congressional Updates)
Kitt Peak National Observatory, 1981
Los Almos Laboratory, 1984
National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) - Annual Report, 1989
NOAO - Ground-Base/Space-Base Workstation, 1985
NOAO - Memoranda, 1989
NOAO - Miscellaneous, 1985-1987
Giampapa, Mark - Correspondence, 1985
Jeffries, John - Correspondence, 1985
Synoptic Proposal, 1989
Correspondence - Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory , 1986
Space Transportation Papers, 1988
Palomar Observatory Papers, 1988
Anglo-Australian Observatory Papers, 1988
International Ultraviolet Explorer - Memoranda, 1986
Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) - Documents, 1983
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) - Memoranda, 1988
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) - Correspondence, 1984
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, 1985
Astrophysics Data Operations, 1985
Ground-Based Observatories - Correspondence, 1985-1988
Stellar - Miscellaneous, 1985
Stellar Coronal Explorer - Correspondence, 1980
The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics - Master Copy, 1991
Applied Aerospace Structures Corporation (AASC) - High Energy from Space Report, 1990
Box 4
Starlab Instrument Package Report, 1981-1985 (Includes: transparencies)
Wave Telescope Progress Report, 1981 (Includes: correspondence and memoranda)
Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) - Memoranda (Includes: photos, transparencies, diagrams)
Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) - Briefing at NASA, 1983-1984 (Includes: photos, transparencies)
IRAS - Miscellaneous
IRAS - Memoranda, 1983-1986 (2 folders)
Near Infrared Astronomy Satellite (NIRAS) - Proposal to Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1988
Gamma-Ray Observatory (GRO) - Memoranda and Service Plan, 1981-1987
European Science Foundation - Miscellaneous, 1983
National Academy of Sciences - Study on Space Science Policy Initiatives, 1987 (Includes: notes and lists)
National New Technology Telescope - Program Report and correspondence, 1982-1984
Future Optical Telescopes - Review of Proposed Concepts, 1985
Planetary Program - Miscellaneous, 1984
Astrophysics Data Operations - Draft Report, 1986
Astrophysics Data Operations - Final Report, 1986
Astrophysics Subcommittee - Minutes, Strategic Plan, and Committee Member Lists, 1988-1991
SSB - Symposium documents, 1958-1988
SSB 30th Anniversary, 1988
Manned Space Program - News Clippings, 1986-1987
SSWG - Memoranda, 1986 (Includes: budget)
NASA Space Programs - Plans and Reports, 1981-1983
Box 5
Leadership in Space Science - Draft Report, 1987
Assessment of the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) - Draft, 1991
Woods Hole Study, Summer 1984 (Includes: pamphlet)
SSB Executive Council Meeting - Memoranda, 1989
SSB - Memoranda, 1991
SSB - Memoranda, Board Meeting February, 1991 (Includes: Budget, Program Status Reports)
SSB - Memoranda, Earth Studies Assessment, February 1991
SSB - Memoranda, Earth Observing System (EOS) Assessment, February 1991
SSB - Critical Policy Issues / Recommendations for Bush Administration
SSB - Memorandum, Board Meeting, January 1991
SSB Executive Council Meeting - Memoranda, April 1991
SSB Airlie Retreat - Miscellaneous, 1988 (Includes: transparencies, strategic plan) (2 folders)
SSB Airlie Retreat - Background Book, 1988
SSB Committee Chairs/NASA Meeting - Memoranda, Board Meeting 1991
SSB - Memoranda, Board Meeting, January 1991
SSB - Memoranda, Board Meeting, December 1990 (Includes: Draft Assessment of NASA EOS)
SSB Executive Council Meeting - Memoranda, October 1990
SSB Executive Council Meeting - Memoranda, June 1990 (2 folders)
SSB Executive Council Meeting - Memoranda, May 1990
SSB - EOS Assessment, June 1990 (Includes: Memoranda, Photo, Pamphlet)
Box 6
Richard McCray - Correspondence, May-September 1990
NASA to Subcommittee on Space - Correspondence, February 1992
SSB Position Paper - Redesign of Space Station Freedom, March 1991
SSB - Memoranda, April to July 1990
SSB - Memoranda, 99th Board Meeting, May 1990
SSB - Memoranda, 100th Board Meeting, July-August 1990 (2 folders)
SSB - Report on the Task Group of Priorities in Space Research, July 1990
SSB - Memoranda, April to September 1991
SSB - Memoranda, Scientific Sustainability of Space Station, March 1991
SSB - Memoranda, June 1991-March 1992
SSB - Chairman Position, March 1991
SSB - Augustine Report, 1991
SSB - Report of Space Science Committee Meeting, December 1990
SSB - Report of European Science Foundation (ESF) Space Science Committee Meeting, October 1990
SSB - Committee on Space Biology and Medicine (CSBM) Assessment Report, November 1990
SSB - Satellite Earth Observation Programs Assessment, 1991
National Academy of Sciences Proposals for Nomination, 1990
SSB - Memoranda, January 12-March 8, 1990 (includes: Annual Reports and Speech by Vice president Dan Quayle)
SSB - Giacconi Acceptance Letter, 1989
Bahcall Survey, March 1989
SSB - Draft of EOS Assessment, October 1989
SSB - Minutes of Committee on Solar and Space Physics, November 1989
SSB - Memoranda, Vice Admiral Truly, November 1989 to May 1990
Space Science Board of National Academy of Sciences, 1985-1991
Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology - Presentation to Space Science Board
Office of Space Science and Applications - Budget, FY 1991
NASA News - Budget Briefing, FY 1991
SSB - Office of Space Science and Applications, Strategic Plan for 1990
SSB - 98th Board Meeting, March 1990
SSB - Executive Council Meeting, January 1990
SSB - Board Meeting, February 1990
Box 7
International Ultraviolet Explorer, 1988-1989
European Space Agency (ESA) - Reports, 1982-1983
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting - Miscellaneous, 1984-1985
NASA Astrophysics Council Reimbursements, 1985
The Era of Great Observatories in Space - Publication, May 1985 (3 folders)
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting - Minutes, March 25, 1991
NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee Meeting - Miscellaneous, March 25, 1991
NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee Meeting - Minutes, May 1991
Astrophysics Management Operations Working Group (AMOWG) - Minutes, December 1990
NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee Meeting - Minutes, December 13, 1990
NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee Meeting - Fact Finding Session, September 1990
NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee Meeting - Minutes, September 1990
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting - Minutes, June, 1990
NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee Meeting - Miscellaneous, May 1990
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting - January 1990
NASA Office of Space Science Applications (OSSA) - Catalog of Education Programs and Activities, 1991
NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee Meeting - Miscellaneous, September 1989 (3 folders)
NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee Meeting - Miscellaneous, May 1989 (2 folders)
AXAF - Science Support Center (SSC) Requirements, April 1989
NASA Operating Plan Package (Includes: transparencies)
Fisk, Leonard - Correspondence, 1987
Box 8
AMOWG - Correspondence, 1986
Astrophysics Council - Correspondence, 1985
AMOWG Meeting - Miscellaneous, February 1989
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, March 25, 1985 (2 folders)
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, July 22, 1985 (2 folders)
NASA/OSSA - Mission Plan for the In-Orbit Construction Time of the Space Station Complex, June 1985
Astrophysics Data Operations Workshop, September 1985 (2 folders)
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, September 20, 1985
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, December 6, 1985
Astrophysics Council, April 17, 1985
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, February 4, 1986
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, March 25, 1986
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, June 3, 1986 (2 folders)
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, August 15, 1986
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, October 10, 1986
NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, December 10, 1986
Astrophysics Council/AMOWG, February 24, 1987 (3 folders)
AMOWG Meeting, April 23, 1987
AMOWG Meeting, June 23, 1987
Astrophysics Council - Report, October 1987 (folder 1 of 2)
Box 9
Astrophysics Council - Report, October 1987 (folder 2 of 2)
AMOWG Meeting, October 6, 1988
Correspondence, 1985 (Includes: Contract for AXAF Support Supplies)
X-ray Astronomy Symposium - Bologna, June 1984 (3 folders)
X-ray Astronomy Symposium - Forward, January 1984
X-ray Astronomy Symposium - Papers, June-December 1984 (2 folders)
AXAF Working Group Meeting, October 31, 1985
AXAF Midterm Review - Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), May 14-17, 1985
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, July 25, 1985
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, July 23-24, 1985
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, March 19-20, 1985 (Includes: 2 Transparencies)
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, Minutes, January 13, 1983
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, November 16, 1982
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting Minutes - Compendium, December 1977-December 1982
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, February 29-March 1, 1988
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, April 28, 1988
AXAF Statement of Requirements, April-May 1988
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, February 29, 1988
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, December 18-19, 1989
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, April 28, 1988
AXAF Science Working Group -Technical Review Workgroup (TRW) Contract End Items, August 25, 1989
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, August 16-17, 1989
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, May 24, 1989
Box 10
AXAF Science Working Group - Low Energy Configuration, March 2, 1992
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting - AFAX-E Study Presentation, February 25, 1992
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting - Presentation Materials, February 25, 1992 (2 folders)
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting - Miscellaneous, February 25, 1992 (2 folders)
Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) - Lockman Hole transparency
ROSAT - Deep Survey, 1992
Space Telescope Science Institute (ST ScI) - Correspondence/Xeroxes of Uncalibrated Spectra, March 1992
Joint European X-Ray Telescope (JET-X) - Miscellaneous, 1991-1992
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 1-6, 1983
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 7-12, 1983
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - List of Pre-print Series 13-34, 1984
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 14-21, 1984
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 22-28, 1984
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 29-31, 1984
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - List of Pre-print Series 48-56, 1985
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 48-52, 1985
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 53-56, 1985
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - List of Pre-print Series 57-85, 1985
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 57-72, 1985
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 73-80, 1985
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 81-85, 1985
Box 11
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting - April 29, 1992
AXAF - Memoranda, March-July, 1992
AXAF - Teleconference Data, May 11, 1992
ST ScI / AXAF - Agenda for Monthly Review, April 15, 1992
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting - April 21-22, 1992
AXAF - Miscellaneous, 1992
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - List of Pre-print Series 35-56, 1985
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 35-40, 1985
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 41-48, 1985
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - List of Pre-print Series 57-66, 1985
Wyckoff, Eric W. - Senior Scientific Data Analyst at Space Telescope Science Institute, Resignation Letter and Instruction Manual "Making a New Catalog from a New Position List," September, 1992
Observatory Catalog - Position Lists, February 1991-July 1992 (Raw data for "The Astrophysical Journal") (15 folders)
"The Astrophysical Journal" - "X-Ray Luminosity Functions . . .," January 10, 1991 (Includes: Correspondence about copies)
"The Astrophysical Journal" - Article, "Optical Grazing Incidence Optics . . .," January 10, 1991
"Astronomy and Astrophysics" - Article, "Discovery of the Intermediate Redshift Galaxy Clusters in the ROSAT NEP Field," 1992
Box 12
Recordings of Telescope Observations - Originals and Backups, January-June 1992 (Includes: Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory/Mount Hopkins Observatory, Multiple Mirror Telescope, and unmarked disk all of which likely relate to the Observatory Catalog in Box 11) (3 folders) (electronic records and videos)
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - List of Pre-print Series 169-199, 1987
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 171-182, 1987
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 183-190, 1987
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 191-199, 1987
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 200-210, 1987
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 211-221, 1987
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 222-230, 1987
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 231-238, 1988
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 239-249, 1988
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 250-256, 1988
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 257-261, 1988
Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) Observing Lists/Finding Charts (2 folders)
Lochman - Observing Lists, December 2, 1992
Guide Star Selection System (GSSS) - Image Archives
GSSS - Image Archives
GSSS - Image Archives, Master List, Region 0-4
GSSS - Image Archives, List 2, Region 5-119
GSSS - Image Archives, List 2, Region 310-604
GSSS - Image Archives, Updated List 2
The QSO (Quasi Stellar Object) X-Ray Luminosity Function - Notes (Includes: images and charts)
"The Astrophysical Journal" - Articles related to Number-Flux-Density, November 1970-July 1973
Image Reduction Analysis Facility (IRAF) - Astronomical Images, July-November 1992
Princeton - Observatory Pre-prints, June 1991
Box 13
Miscellaneous Journal Articles and "Proposal Responsibilities" List - 1990-1992
ST ScI - BLOTCH Talk Documents, September 1991 (Includes: Transparencies)
Clusters and Groups of Galaxies - Draft, September 1992
Major Ground-Based Astronomical Facilities - Charts and GSSS Images
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - Cosmological Structure Formation, September 1991
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 86-95, 1985-1986
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 96-100, 1985-1986
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 101-109, 1986
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 110-115, 1986
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 116-120, 1986
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 121-129, 1986
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 130-137, 1986
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 138-140, 1986
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 141-147, 1986
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 148-158, 1986
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 159-166, 1987
ST ScI Pre-print Series for "The Astrophysical Journal" - Numbers 167-170, 1987
AEC-Able Engineering Company Incorporated - Volume I, Technical/Management Proposal for the Wide Field X-Ray Telescope (WFXT), 1991
Box 14
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Profili Economici, 1990-1994
AEC-Able Engineering Company Incorporated - Volume II, Technical/Management Proposal for the Wide Field X-Ray Telescope (WFXT), April 1991 (2 folders)
WFXT - Presentation Documents, 1991 (Includes: Images and transparencies) (2 folders)
ROSAT North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) - Field Finding Charts, April 24, 1991
WFXT Deployment Subsystem - Statement of Work, March 1, 1991
WFXT Deployment Subsystem - Design and Performance Specification, March 1, 1991
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory - Bound Reports, 1980 and 1990
National Optical Astronomy Observatory - Newsletter, September 1991
AXAF Project Science and Science Working Group - Miscellaneous Documents, November 1992
ROSAT - Miscellaneous Documents, November 1992
"X-Ray Emissions from Clusters" - Article, January 1986
WFXT - Miscellaneous Documents, September 1992
Institut D'Astrophysique de Paris, June 1991
Magazines, 1991-1992
Legacy - Journal of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center, 1992
Soft X-Ray Background - Articles
International Symposium, "Observational Cosmology" - Memorandum, August 1992
ST ScI Pre-print Series, 1990-1992
AXAF Task Group - Memorandum, November 1992
Palomar - Deep Survey Paper Presentation, February 24-26, 1992
Space Telescope - Job Summary Report, October 1992
Space Telescope - Purchase Commitments, June 1992
"Low Dispersion Spectograph for the Galileo Telescope" - Report, May 1992
Ultraviolet, Visible, and Gravitational Astrophysics Research and Analysis Program - Research Announcement, August 20, 1992
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory - Request for information on FeLix Space Craft, January 1992
Giacconi, Riccardo - Miscellaneous Notes and Office Documents, 1992
How to Apply for Telescope Time
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Memorandum, 1991
WFXT Meeting with NASA - March 1992
ROSAT NEP Surveys
"Extensive X-Ray Monitoring of the Broad Line Radio Galaxy 3C 382" - Report, 1991
ST Sci Scientific Staff Directory, 1992
"First Light in the Universe" - Memorandum, January 1992
Lockman Position Sensitive Proportional Counters (PSPC) Data, June 1991
Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) - Research Announcement, September 1991
Nuclear Physics Laboratory Abstracts, 1991
Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (ISAS) - Research Note, December 1989
AFAX Science Center - Mission Plan, September 1992
Box 15
Pennsylvania State University - Gordon Garmire, Summary of work and follow up, September 1992
ST ScI - Correspondence, 1991-1992
S. P. Jordan - Correspondence, August 1992
NASA - Correspondence, 1992
Burg, Richard - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1992
Space Telescope Reports, 1992
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, March 16-17, 1992
AXAF Science Working Group, April 1992
AXAF Science Working Group - Correspondence, September-October 1992
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, September 16-17, 1992
Miscellaneous, Untitled Notes (found between AXAF and WFXT files)
NASA - Medium-Class Explorer Workshop, March 27, 1991 (2 folders)
Wide Field X-Ray Telescope (WFXT) - Outline and Abstract
WFXT - Viewgraphs for NASA Briefing, March 1992
WFXT - Research documents (Includes: transparencies)
WFXT - Proposal for construction, August 1992 (5 folders)
WFXT - Final Proposal to Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, August 1992 (3 folders)
WFXT - Initial Proposal to Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, January 1991
WFXT - Management and Cost Plan Proposal, August 10, 1992
WFXT - Conference in Milan, Munich, Rome; May 1991
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) - Giacconi and Burg Associate Research Scientist Appointment, June 1990
Trieste Workshop (Italy), October 22-25, 1991
WFXT Conference in Milan, Munich, Rome, May 1991
Edinburgh Astronomy Preprint - "The Edinburgh/Durham Southern Galaxy Catalogue," February 1992
WFXT - Technical Description
WFXT - Organization Breakdown Structure and Background, November 1991
Kitt Peak National Observatory - CCD Direct Camera Log, April 18, 1991
Library of Stellar Spectra, October 1984
Spectra Reduction Techniques, 1979 and 1985
"X-Ray Luminosity Functions of Abell Clusters," February 1991
St ScI - Preprint Series "Optical Colors of Early-Type Galaxies in Compact Groups," July 1991
European Space Agency - "Nb Tunnel Junctions as X-Ray Spectrometers," July 1991
"Report of the HST Science Instrument Replacement Review," March 7, 1991
Proposal for an Experimental Program of Extra Solar X-Ray Astronomy, September 25, 1963
Mission Concepts - Moderate Imaging/Spectroscopic Mission (MISM) for X-Ray Astronomy, March 22, 1991
"The Universe in a Box: Thermal Effects in the Standard Cold Dark Matter Senario," April 23, 1991
University of Durham - "A Uniformly-Selected Catalogue of Distant Galaxy Clusters"
Center for Astrophysical Sciences - "Study of the SA68 Supercluster at Z=0.54," May 1989
Box 16
Chincarini, Guido - Proposal for WFXT, January 15, 1991 (2 folders)
Goddard Space Flight Center - New Initiative for a Medium Class Explorer Program, March 27, 1991
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Memorandum, 1991
WFXT - Italian Scientific Justification Summary
AXAF Science Working Group - Meeting Minutes, October 7-8, 1991
Van Speybroeck Overview, October 7, 1991
Giacconi to Zamorani - Correspondence, November 26, 1990
"Evolution of Galaxies: Automated Faint Object Counts to 24th Magnitude," June 15, 1979
Wide Field X-Ray Telescope (WFXT) Status Report, August 1, 1991 (Includes: 5 transparencies)
WFXT - Miscellaneous Notes
WFXT - Proposal Selections Revised, October 31, 1990
ROSAT Guest Observer Program - January 15, 1991
"The Hubble Constant," March 1992
Science Working Group - AXAF Survey Science Center (SSC) Presentation, April 25, 1989
Science Working Group - AXAF SSC Presentation, April 26, 1989
"A Deep Abell Cluster Redshift Survey"
Faint Object Camera Science Verification Report, March 9, 1992
Faint Object Camera Science Verification Report - Appendix, March 9, 1992
Final Report of the Science Verification Program for the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph for the Hubble Space Telescope, February 24, 1992
AXAF Science Working Group - Minutes, January 17-18, 1989
"Astrophysics at the Johns Hopkins University in the Nineties: Building the Future" - Overview and Summary Draft, April 5, 1991
"Synchronization of the Magnetic Nova V1500 Cygni," April 20, 1991
Center for the Astrophysical Sciences Preprint Series, 1991 and 1992 (2 folders)
University of Maryland - Preprint Series
NASA - Research Announcement, Innovative Research Program, May 1, 1991
Physics Today - December 1991 and February 1992
"Rapid Ultraviolet variability in the BL Lacertae Objects " Proposal - January 7, 1991
Academy of Sciences of the USSR Space Research Institute - International Symposium on Gamma-Ray Line Astrophysics, December 1991
X-Ray Astronomy Image Analysis Facility (XIMAGE) - User's Guide
Guide to the ARGUS Reduction Task, September 1990
Burg, Richard - Miscellaneous Faxes, February-June 1991
Burg, Richard - Faxes sent from Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, March-May 1991
Australia Telescope National Facility - Proposal Application Forms, 1991
ST ScI Proposal #250 - ROSAT and User Access to the Digitized Sky Survey Data at the ST ScI, April 30, 1991
NASA Research Announcement, August 1991-April 1992
Box 17
NASA to AXAF Science Working Group - Correspondence, April-June 1991
Giacconi, Riccardo - NAG5 Grant Correspondence, March 1992
AXAF Minority Report - Correspondence, March 1992
"The Earthling's Brief Guide Through Space Telescope Science Institute," March 1992
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility - Application for Observing Time, February 1992
Space Telescope - Job Summary Report, February to April 1992
NASA - Correspondence, March-April 1992
Kitt Peak National Observatory - Correspondence, March-August 1992
ST ScI - Preprint indexes, 1991 and 1992
Giacconi, Riccardo - Miscellaneous Notes
European Space Agency - Preprints, 1992
Bologna Astrophysics - Preprints, 1991-1992
Harvard-Smithsonian - Preprints, 1991-1992
Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei - Proposal, 1980
Hardware and Software Product Information, 1991-1992
Johns Hopkins University - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1991-1992
St ScI - Correspondence, February-May 1991
ROSAT, 1991-1992
Lockman FITS File, February-December 1991
Center for Astrophysical Sciences Memoranda
Burg, Richard - Miscellaneous Correspondence
Performance Appraisals, July 1991
Partial EXSAS User's Guide, August 1991
Giacconi, Riccardo - Institute Visiting Committee Correspondence, July 1991
ST ScI - Memoranda, February-August 1991
"The X-Ray Background" Workshop, July 1991
Science Working Group (SWG) - Miscellaneous, April-May 1989
Satellite Images - Miscellaneous Notes, November 1991-June 1992 (Found amongst Richard Burg's miscellaneous correspondence)
Miscellaneous - Programs and Brochures, March-April, 1992
Mission Ginga, April 10, 1992
"How has Space Astrophysics Expanded the Horizon of Physics?," December 1990
"Imaging Characteristics of the Development Model of the JET-X X-Ray Telescope," July 1991
St ScI - Miscellaneous, August 1990 and March 1992
"Dark Matter in the Universe," November 1990
"The Evolution of the X-Ray Luminosity Function of Galaxy Clusters"
LATEX - Documentation Preparation Handbook (Includes 2 publications) (5 folders)
ST ScI Preprint - #262 through #299, 1988 (5 folders)
MA-05 Business Management Plan, 1981-1983 (3 folders)
Box 18
MA-04 Configuration Management Plan, 1983
AXAF Proposal to NASA, February 1980
AXAF - Interim Engineering Report, December 1979
Study of the 1.2 Meter X-Ray Telescope Proposal to NASA, April 1976
Study of the 1.2 Meter X-Ray Telescope Proposal to NASA, July 1977
High Energy Astrophysical Observatory-B (HEAO-B) X-Ray Observatory Consortium Observing Program, June 1978
Head Scientist Publications, August 1986 (2 folders)
HEAO - 2 Mission Evaluation Final Report, June 29, 1981
Budgets, 1988
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archives Research Center (HEASARC) Report, August 1989
AXAF Science Data Center Draft, June 1989
AXAF Science Working Group, April 25-26, 1989
AXAF Science Working Group, June 11, 1987
AXAF Science Working Group, October 4-5, 1988
Burg, Richard - Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), January 7-8, 1991
Future of the United States Space Program, December 1990
Hubble Space Telescope Optical Systems Failure Report, November 1990
Murray, Micah - ROSAT Finding Charts
"A Deep X-Ray Survey in the Lockman Hole," September 17, 1992
Observational Cosmology Conference, Milano, September 21-25, 1992
AXAF Science Working Group (SWG), April 1988 (3 folders)
AXAF SWG Meeting, September 16-17, 1992
Box 19
Seconda Universita di Roma - Preprint Series, 1992
ROSAT User's Guides
ST ScI Grant Budgets
WFXT Meeting with NASA - March 30, 1992
Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Publication, 1991
AXAF - Correspondence, 1992
The X-Ray Explorer Experiment, December 12, 1968
Burg, Richard - Correspondence / General
All Staff Mailings - Miscellaneous
Field Image Data, 1991-1992
"Bootstrap Calibration of Night Three" - March 11, 1992
"On the Energetics of Black Hole" - Remo Ruffini
"The Spatial Distribution of Active Galactic Nuclei" - Richard Burg and John Huchra
JHU X-ray Astronomy Group - Richard Burg and Riccardo Giacconi
"Possible Geometric Patterns in 0.1c-Scale Structure" - University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
"A Lower Limit on the Cosmic Mean Density from the Ages of Clusters of Galaxies" Institute for Advanced Study
"Intergalactic Ionizing Flux from Active Galactic Nuclei" - "The Astrophysical Journal," June 10, 1992
"Contributions of Clusters to the X-ray Background"
"Application of an Adaptive Filtering Technique to Surface Photometry of Galaxies" - "Astronomische Nachrichten," 1988
Space Telescope Institute Visiting Committee Documents, 1988 (2 folders)
AXAF - Presentations January to December, 1989 (5 folders)
AXAF - X-ray Calibration, January, 1989 to 1991 (3 folders)
AXAF - Project Requirements Document, March 1989-September 1990 (2 folders)
Box 20
AXAF - Reports to SWG, 1990 (3 folders)
Statistical Library (STATLib)
S-Survival Analysis
S-PLUS
Pre-prints, 1990-1991 (Contains ST ScI and Harvard Smithsonian)
Optical Categorization of Satellite Discovered Sources, March 1989
Proposal for Long-Term Space Astrophysics Research Program, October 1989
AXAF - Interdisciplinary Scientist Grant, 1990
AXAF - Wide Field High Resolution Mirror Assembly (HRMA), 1990
Star Trackers
Hubble Space Telescope - FGS Concerns, 1990
Burg, Richard - Grant Proposals, 1991
AXAF Science Working Group Meeting, March 7-8, 1991
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1989 (3 folders)
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1990 (5 folders)
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1988 (2 folders)
Box 21
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1988 (2 folders)
Institute Visiting Committee - Agenda and Expenses, 1987
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1987 (6 folders)
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1986 (4 folders)
Institute Visiting Committee - Agenda and Expenses, 1986
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1985 (2 folders)
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1984
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1983 (5 folders) (folder 5 includes 4 photographs)
Box 22
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1983 (2 folders)
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1988
Institute Visiting Committee Reports, 1989 (2 folders)
Hubble Space Telescope Data, August 1987
User's Guides (3 folders)
ROSAT NEP Data - February 1991
AXAF - Handouts, 1991
Johns Hopkins University - Correspondence, 1983
Johns Hopkins University - Correspondence, 1982
Illingworth, Garth - Correspondence, 1984-1988 (4 folders)
UH - Photometry Night 1
B Calibration
R Calibration
ERIC - Notes and Plots (2 folders)
Miscellaneous - Notes and Plots
MAARTEN - Notes and Plots
The Extended CfA Einstein Observatory Deep X-ray Survey (Includes: Transparencies and negatives)
ROSAT Satellite - Survey Results and Plots, 1991
Preprints, 1991-1992
Satellite Photos and Negatives, May 1989
Box 23
NASA - Project Concepts Summary, October 1980
Design of a Lunar Colony, 1972
NASA - AXAF Technical Memorandum, 1980 (5 folders)
NASA - HEAO Science Symposium, May 1979
AXAF - Technical Proposal, February 1980
AXAF - Focal Plane Assembly Study, July 1980
HEAO - Einstein Observing Catalog (2 folders)
HEAO - Case Study in Spacecraft Design, July 4, 1981
Optical Shop Fabrication of HEAO-B X-ray Mirror Blanks (Includes: Photographs)
Space Transportation System
Center for Astrophysics - Publications, 1973-1979
Box 24
AXAF - Phase Reference Concept, November 1980
AXAF - Utilization of STS and Satellite Servicing, April 1982
AXAF - Bound Reports, 1979-1980 (2 folders)
Astrophysical Journal - Publication Correspondence, 1982-1983
Center for Astrophysics - Publications, 1973-1979
St ScI - Request for Proposals, December 14, 1979 (2 folders)
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) - Proposal to ST ScI, October 31, 1980 (8 folders)
Box 25
AXAF - Focal Plane Assembly Study, June 1980
AXAF - Effective Area Studies, January 1983
AXAF - Counting Rates for Representative AXAF Imaging Instruments, March 1983 (2 folders)
AXAF - Optical constants and Reflectives, March 1983
AXAF - Strawman Instrument Complement Sizing Study, May 1983
HEAO-B Observer's Guide
HEAO-2 Mission Evaluation Final Report, June 1981
HEAO-2 Post Launch Evaluation Report, January 1979
HEAO-2 Observation Catalog, 1980-1983 (4 folders)
Dansk Rumforsknings Institut (DRI) - Reports, 1985
AXAF - Technology Readiness Review, June 1980
Smithsonian Institute Astronomical Observatory - Proposal to NASA, 1976-1980 (5 folders)
AXAF - Conceptual Design, May 1978 (3 folders)
Box 26
ST ScI - Monthly Review Reports, 1981 (3 folders)
AXAF Proposal - Miscellaneous
MA-03 Technical Management Plan, March 1982 (2 folders)
MA-03 Technical Management Plan, September 1983
MA-06 Program Operating Plan, December 1987
MA-08 Facilities, December 1983
MacDraw - User's Guide
ST ScI - Contractor Financial Report, 1988
ST ScI - Preprint Series, 1988 (3 folders)
The Fourth UHURU Catalog of X-ray Sources, 1987
TRW Annual Report, 1978
Deputy Director Search - Correspondence, 1987 (2 folders)
Littman, Mark - Correspondence (3 folders)
Box 27
Deputy Director Search - Correspondence, 1987
Cowie, Len - Correspondence, 1983-1985 (4 folders)
Institute Visiting Committee Report, 1988 (3 folders)
Institute Visiting Committee - Expenses, 1988
Institute Visiting Committee - Correspondence, 1988
Public Information Officer Search, 1983 (3 folders)
NASA - Project Concepts Summary, October 1980
Giacconi, Riccardo - Career Summary
"Il Primo Osservatorio Astronomico di Raggi X (UHURU)"
Miscellaneous Mailings and Notes
Miscellaneous Newsletters, March 1991-March 1992
Burg, Richard - Miscellaneous Mailings
ST ScI Scientific Staff Directories
Box 28
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) - Correspondence, 1984
Russell, Jane
Johns Hopkins University Agreement with University of Florence, 1984
Fastie Draft, March 12, 1984
Cowie, Len (2 folders)
Ebbets, Denis
Rivolo, Rex
Marshall, Herman
Jaffe, Walter
Hu, Esther
Hoessel, John
Fresneau, Alain
Ostriker, Jerry
First ST Science Verification Working Group, 1983
Scientific Search Committee - Applicants
Scientific Search Committee - Correspondence
Hubble Space Telescope - Solar System Proposals, 1989
Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences
Office of the President
Faculty Planning Committee - Draft Report, February 17, 1983
Office of the Dean of Engineering
Box 29
Business Card from Chinese Company
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