Space Telescope Science Institute  A.3 Canadian Astronomy Data Centre Appendix C:  Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Appendix B:
Scientific Keywords


The Tables in this Appendix list the Scientific Keywords that are valid for use in the Phase I proposal template (see Section 8.9).

Table B.1: Generic Keywords
ASTROMETRY
DYNAMICS
CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES
EVOLUTION
DYNAMICS
RADIATIVE TRANSFER
DUST
VARIABILITY

Table B.2: Solar System Keywords
ASTEROIDS
PLANETARY SATELLITES
COMETS
SUPPORT OF NASA PLANETARY MISSIONS
GIANT PLANETS
SURFACES OF PLANETS/MOONS/OTHER

KUIPER BELT OBJECT
TERRESTRIAL PLANETS
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES


Table B.3: Galactic Keywords
ATMOSPHERES AND CHROMOSPHERES
OPEN STAR CLUSTERS
CENTRAL STARS OF PLANETARY NEBULAE
PLANETARY NEBULAE
CLUSTER BINARY STARS AND BLUE STRAGGLERS
PROTO-PLANETARY DISKS
DETACHED BINARIES
PROTO-PLANETARY NEBULAE
ECLIPSING BINARIES
STELLAR ACTIVITY
ERUPTIVE BINARY STARS AND CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES
STELLAR EVOLUTION AND MODELS
EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETS
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
GALACTIC BULGE
T TAURI STARS
GALACTIC CENTER
UV-BRIGHT STARS
GALACTIC HALO
VARIABLE AND PULSATING STARS
GALACTIC STRUCTURE
VERY LOW MASS STARS AND BROWN DWARFS
GIANTS AND AGB STARS
WHITE DWARFS
HERBIG-HARO OBJECTS
WINDS/OUTFLOWS/MASS-LOSS
LOW-MASS AND COOL STARS
WOLF-RAYET STARS
MAIN SEQUENCE STARS
X-RAY BINARIES
MASSIVE STARS
YOUNG STARS AND PROTOSTELLAR OBJECTS
NEUTRON STARS AND PULSARS

NOVAE


Table B.4: Galactic or Extra-Galactic Keywords
ACCRETION DISKS
JETS
BLACK HOLES
MICROLENSING
DARK MATTER
MOLECULAR CLOUDS
GLOBULAR CLUSTERS
STAR FORMATION
H II REGIONS
RESOLVED STELLAR POPULATIONS
INTERSTELLAR AND INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM


Table B.5: Extra-Galactic Keywords
AGN PHYSICS
HUBBLE DEEP FIELDS
BAL QUASARS
INTERACTING AND MERGING GALAXIES
CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES
INTRACLUSTER MEDIUM
COOLING FLOWS
IR-LUMINOUS GALAXIES
COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND DISTANCE SCALE
IRREGULAR GALAXIES
DAMPED LYMAN-ALPHA ABSORPTION SYSTEMS
LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE AND PECULIAR VELOCITIES
DWARF GALAXIES
LOCAL GROUP GALAXIES
ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES
MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
GALAXY BULGES
LOW SURFACE BRIGHTNESS GALAXIES
GALAXY CENTER
LYMAN-ALPHA FOREST CLOUDS
GALAXY DISKS
METAL ABSORPTION SYSTEMS
GALAXY FORMATION AND EVOLUTION
RADIO GALAXIES
GALAXY HALOS
RADIO-LOUD QUASARS
GALAXY MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURE
RADIO-QUIET QUASARS
GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
SEYFERT GALAXIES
GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEMS
SPIRAL GALAXIES
GRAVITATIONAL LENSING
STARBURST GALAXIES
GROUPS OF GALAXIES
STELLAR POPULATIONS IN EXTERNAL GALAXIES
HIGH REDSHIDT GALAXIES
SU{ERNOVAE
HOST GALAXIES
YOUNG STAR CLUSTERS IN EXTERNAL GALAXIES


A.3 Canadian Astronomy Data Centre Appendix C:  Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations
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