Accepted Cycle 14 Large / X-ray Visionary Proposals

Proposal Number	Subject Category	PI Name	Type	Time (Ks)	Title
14200176	STARS AND WD	Huenemoerder	LP	450	Wolf-Rayet Winds at High Spectral Resolution
14200631	STARS AND WD	Corcoran	LP	500	Occultation Measurements of the Embedded Wind Shock Distribution in the Nearest Eclipsing O-star Binary
14200801	STARS AND WD	Kastner	LP	670	COMPACT AND DIFFUSE X-RAY SOURCES IN THE YOUNGEST PLANETARY NEBULAE
14400870	BH AND NS BINARIES	Zezas	XVP	1100	The Small Magellanic Cloud - A Case Study of X-ray Populations at Low Metallicity
14500153	SN, SNR AND ISOLATED NS	Romani	XVP	1300	A Legacy Study of the Relativistic Shocks of PWNe
14500702	SN, SNR AND ISOLATED NS	Slane	LP	375	A Detailed Study of the Composite Supernova Remnant MSH 11-62
14500725	SN, SNR AND ISOLATED NS	Reynolds	LP	400	G11.2-0.3: Core-Collapse Supernova Progenitors, Cosmic Rays, and Pulsar-Wind Nebulae
14500928	SN, SNR AND ISOLATED NS	Kargaltsev	LP	500	A comparative study of two outstanding pulsar tails
14700473	ACTIVE GALAXIES AND QUASARS	Kochanek	LP	810	ENERGY DEPENDENT X-RAY MICROLENSING AND THE STRUCTURE OF QUASARS
14700824	ACTIVE GALAXIES AND QUASARS	Haggard	LP	300	Joint Chandra/XMM/EVLA Monitoring of the Gas Cloud G2 as it Encounters Sgr A*
14700854	ACTIVE GALAXIES AND QUASARS	Sanders	LP	435	C-GOALS: The Chandra-RBGS Survey of a Complete Sample of Major-Merger LIRGs
14800360	CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES	Tozzi	LP	380	Extreme constraints on ICM physics and cosmology: a deep observation of XMMUJ0044, the most distant massive cluster
14800365	CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES	Jones	XVP	988	A Chandra-Planck Legacy Program for Massive Clusters of Galaxies
14800434	CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES	Randall	LP	350	A Detailed Study of the Longest Known Ram Pressure Stripped Tail with Deep Chandra Observations of M86
14800815	CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES	Werner	LP	500	Resolving the nearest cold front in the sky: the cleanest experimental tool to study detailed ICM physics
14900904	EXTRAGALACTIC DIFFUSE EMISSION AND SURVEYS	Civano	XVP	2800	The COSMOS Legacy Survey

Subject Category: STARS AND WD

Proposal Number: 14200176

Title: Wolf-Rayet Winds at High Spectral Resolution

PI Name: David Huenemoerder

The physical origin of X-ray emission in single Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars is not known. We request 450 ks on WR 6 with HETGS to establish which mechanisms operate in the winds of massive stars at the end of their evolution, shortly before a supernova or gamma-ray burst explosion. High-spectral resolution above 1 kev with HETGS is required to resolve emission lines from the hottest X-ray emitting plasma and thereby determine the location of wind structures. Principal diagnostics of X-ray emission line profiles in conjunction with our state-of-the-art stellar atmospheres code will help unravel current uncertainties in wind generation.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
06:54:13.00	-23:55:42.00	WR 6	ACIS-S	HETG	450

Subject Category: STARS AND WD

Proposal Number: 14200631

Title: Occultation Measurements of the Embedded Wind Shock Distribution in the Nearest Eclipsing O-star Binary

PI Name: Michael Corcoran

We propose four phase-constrained Chandra/HETGS observations of the massive, eclipsing, single-line spectroscopic binary $\delta$~Ori. Delta Ori is one of the fundamental calibrators of the mass-luminosity-radius relation in the upper HR diagram.These HETGS observations will, for the first time, provide an in-situ measurement of the distribution of the embedded, X-ray emitting shocks in the wind of an O star via radial velocity, occultation and $f/i$ ratio diagnostics, as well as determine the primary star's clumping-corrected mass loss rate. These observations will help resolve critical uncertainties in our understanding of the connection between stellar and mass loss parameters and pioneer new X-ray analysis methods in massive star astrophysics.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
05:32:00.40	-00:17:56.70	Delta Ori	ACIS-S	HETG	125
05:32:00.40	-00:17:56.70	Delta Ori	ACIS-S	HETG	125
05:32:00.40	-00:17:56.70	Delta Ori	ACIS-S	HETG	125
05:32:00.40	-00:17:56.70	Delta Ori	ACIS-S	HETG	125

Subject Category: STARS AND WD

Proposal Number: 14200801

Title: COMPACT AND DIFFUSE X-RAY SOURCES IN THE YOUNGEST PLANETARY NEBULAE

PI Name: Joel Kastner

The community of planetary nebula (PN) astronomers is undertaking ChanPLaNS, the first systematic X-ray survey of PNe in the solar neighborhood. ChanPlaNS is yielding such fundamental, new results as the frequency of appearance and range of X-ray spectral characteristics of X-ray-emitting PN central stars and the evolutionary timescales of wind-shock-heated bubbles within PNe. Here, we propose the next phase of the survey, in which we will observe all (24) remaining known compact (radius <= 0.4 pc), young PNe within ~1.5 kpc that have yet to be observed by Chandra. This LP represents the next step toward understanding the relationship between PN X-ray emission and PN shaping processes, and its results will have broad and profound impact on the study of binary stars and wind interactions.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
09:52:44.50	-46:16:51.00	PN G273.6+06.1	ACIS-S	NONE	20
21:59:35.20	-39:23:08.00	IC 5148	ACIS-S	NONE	20
17:22:15.70	-38:29:03.50	NGC 6337	ACIS-S	NONE	20
19:31:07.20	-03:42:31.50	PN G034.1-10.5	ACIS-S	NONE	20
15:51:40.90	-51:31:28.60	PN G329.0+01.9	ACIS-S	NONE	30
08:37:08.00	-39:25:05.40	ESO 313-5	ACIS-S	NONE	30
19:01:59.30	+02:09:18.00	LBN 036.00-01.26	ACIS-S	NONE	30
19:46:34.20	-23:08:12.90	ESO 526-3	ACIS-S	NONE	30
17:45:57.70	-30:12:00.60	ESO 455-33	ACIS-S	NONE	30
18:54:37.20	-08:49:39.10	IC 1295	ACIS-S	NONE	30
20:16:24.00	+30:33:53.20	NGC 6894	ACIS-S	NONE	30
16:01:21.10	-34:32:35.80	NGC 6026	ACIS-S	NONE	30
09:27:03.00	-56:06:21.10	NGC 2899	ACIS-S	NONE	30
16:12:58.10	-36:13:46.10	NGC 6072	ACIS-S	NONE	30
21:26:23.50	+62:53:31.80	NGC 7076	ACIS-S	NONE	30
05:56:23.90	+46:06:17.50	IC 2149	ACIS-S	NONE	30
17:29:20.40	-23:45:34.80	NGC 6369	ACIS-S	NONE	30
22:40:19.80	+61:17:08.70	NGC 7354	ACIS-S	NONE	30
17:47:56.20	-29:59:41.90	ESO 455-42	ACIS-S	NONE	30
04:06:59.40	+60:55:14.40	NGC 1501	ACIS-S	NONE	20
16:31:30.60	-40:15:12.30	NGC 6153	ACIS-S	NONE	30
17:05:10.50	-40:53:08.40	IC 4637	ACIS-S	NONE	30
18:09:29.90	-24:12:23.50	ESO 521-39	ACIS-S	NONE	30
11:50:17.70	-57:10:56.90	NGC 3918	ACIS-S	NONE	30

Subject Category: BH AND NS BINARIES

Proposal Number: 14400870

Title: The Small Magellanic Cloud - A Case Study of X-ray Populations at Low Metallicity

PI Name: Andreas Zezas

We propose a deep survey of 11 fields (100 ks each) in the SMC probing young (10-100 Myr) stellar populations of different ages down to a luminosity limit of 2E32 erg/s, well into the regime of quiescent X-ray binaries and X-ray emitting normal stars. These observations will provide the deepest luminosity functions (XLFs) of X-ray binaries ever recorded, enabling us to: (a) directly measure their formation efficiency as a function of age; (b) address the evolution of their XLF in the 10-100Myr range, (c) constrain the duty cycles of accreting pulsars; and (d) constrain parameters relevant to their formation and evolution. We will also observe for the first time low (0.2Zo) metallicity stars, and we will search for central compact objects in SNRs, and characterize their SN type.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
01:11:10.10	-72:44:03.50	SMC Deep Field 01	ACIS-I	NONE	100
01:13:33.20	-72:32:41.80	Deep Field 02	ACIS-I	NONE	100
01:13:56.90	-73:20:34.00	Deep Field 03	ACIS-I	NONE	100
01:13:39.90	-73:08:37.20	Deep Field 04	ACIS-I	NONE	100
00:56:08.60	-72:35:02.50	Deep Field 05	ACIS-I	NONE	100
00:52:46.60	-72:42:11.80	Deep Field 06	ACIS-I	NONE	100
00:51:52.00	-73:00:24.60	Deep Field 07	ACIS-I	NONE	100
00:49:43.20	-72:49:16.30	Deep Field 09	ACIS-I	NONE	100
00:41:00.00	-73:19:60.00	Deep Field 10	ACIS-I	NONE	100
00:47:09.60	-73:07:33.00	Deep Field 11	ACIS-I	NONE	100
00:56:35.90	-72:20:06.30	Deep Field 08	ACIS-I	NONE	100

Subject Category: SN, SNR AND ISOLATED NS

Proposal Number: 14500153

Title: A Legacy Study of the Relativistic Shocks of PWNe

PI Name: Roger Romani

We propose deep ACIS observations of five pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) with kyr-Myr ages. These carefully chosen targets show a high degree of axial symmetry in existing short ACIS images, so that the proposed imaging/spectroscopic studies can probe the geometry of the termination shock and the nature of the post-shock flow. Partitioning the exposure, we will also constrain instability growth and flow speed. By extending our view of PWN dynamics and evolution beyond the spectacular Crab and Vela nebulae, this legacy data set probes the mechanisms converting rotational energy to relativistic jet/torus outflow, key to astrophysical sources on many scales. Multiwavelength studies and modeling will also reveal parameters of the underlying pulsar accelerator and the wind-environment interaction.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
03:58:53.70	+54:13:13.70	PSR J0358+5413	ACIS-I	NONE	400
06:33:54.20	+17:46:12.90	PSR J0633+1746	ACIS-I	NONE	600
17:41:57.30	-20:54:11.80	PSR J1741-2054	ACIS-S	NONE	300

Subject Category: SN, SNR AND ISOLATED NS

Proposal Number: 14500702

Title: A Detailed Study of the Composite Supernova Remnant MSH 11-62

PI Name: Patrick Slane

MSH 11-62 is a remarkable example of an evolved core-collapse supernova remnant. It appears to be evolving in a wind-blown cavity created by its massive progenitor, shows evidence for energetic particles accelerated by the SNR shock and for ejecta heated by the reverse shock, and is accompanied by a neutron star powering a bright pulsar wind nebula that is apparently being disrupted by the supernova remnant reverse shock. We propose a deep Chandra observation to turn our qualitative picture of this remnant into a quantitative investigation of its ambient medium, ejecta profile, and pulsar wind nebula structure. We will use these measurements to model the evolution of the system, constrain the properties of its progenitor, and address the nature of its gamma-ray emission.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
11:11:48.00	-60:37:60.00	MSH 11-62	ACIS-I	NONE	375

Subject Category: SN, SNR AND ISOLATED NS

Proposal Number: 14500725

Title: G11.2-0.3: Core-Collapse Supernova Progenitors, Cosmic Rays, and Pulsar-Wind Nebulae

PI Name: Stephen Reynolds

We propose a 400 ks observation of the young supernova remnant G11.2-0.3, a shell containing a pulsar-wind nebula and known pulsar, to address fundamental issues of core-collapse supernovae. Our observation should allow the determination of expansion proper motions and search for variability in the PWN; a sensitive search for thin rims of synchrotron X-ray emission; and greatly improved spectral characterization of shell emission, ejecta knots ahead of the blast wave, and mysterious interior thermal emission. G11.2-0.3 may be the remnant of a Type IIL/b (partially stripped) supernova, in which case our observations can constrain the nature of the progenitor wind, as well as give information on shock acceleration of electrons and the evolution of the interior pulsar-wind nebula.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
18:11:29.40	-19:25:25.00	G11.2-0.3	ACIS-S	NONE	400

Subject Category: SN, SNR AND ISOLATED NS

Proposal Number: 14500928

Title: A comparative study of two outstanding pulsar tails

PI Name: Oleg Kargaltsev

Long pulsar tails detected in X-rays and radio are believed to result from the supersonic motion of pulsars through the ISM. The processes responsible for the tail formation, collimation, and stability are poorly understood. Short Chandra observations of two outstanding pulsar tails allowed us to characterize their general properties, but much remains to be learned about the complex physics of magnetized collimated flows. We propose much deeper observations of these two tails which show very different properties. We will measure their shapes and internal structures, perform definitive spatially-resolved spectroscopy, and study the connection with the radio tails. The results will advance our understanding of magnetized collimated outflows and their interaction with the ambient medium.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
15:09:27.10	-58:50:56.10	PSR J1509-5850 nebula	ACIS-I	NONE	380
17:47:25.90	-29:59:58.00	The Mouse	ACIS-I	NONE	120

Subject Category: ACTIVE GALAXIES AND QUASARS

Proposal Number: 14700473

Title: ENERGY DEPENDENT X-RAY MICROLENSING AND THE STRUCTURE OF QUASARS

PI Name: Christopher Kochanek

The structure of the X-ray emitting regions of quasars remains an open question. Using microlensing in lensed quasars, we can now constrain the sizes, finding that they are compact compared to the UV emission (2500A) with 1/2 light radii of ~10-30 gravitational radii. We propose measuring the relative sizes of the hard and soft X-ray emission, better constraining the overall X-ray sizes and comparing them to the hottest regions of the accretion disk by coarsely monitoring 6 lenses with CXO (6 epochs each) and 5 with HST/UV (2 epochs). In essence, the variability amplitudes of the X-ray/UV compared to our well-sampled optical light curves allows us to measure the sizes. We request ~2/3 (1/3) of the time in Cycle 14 (15) for a total of 864~ks (with slew tax) and 12 HST orbits.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
01:58:41.40	-43:25:04.20	QJ0158-4325	ACIS-S	NONE	114
04:38:14.90	-12:17:14.40	HE0435-1223	ACIS-S	NONE	222
10:04:34.20	+41:12:44.00	SDSS1004+4112	ACIS-S	NONE	150
11:06:33.50	-18:21:24.20	HE1104-1805	ACIS-S	NONE	84
22:40:30.30	+03:21:28.80	Q2237+0305	ACIS-S	NONE	180
11:31:51.60	-12:31:57.00	RXJ1131-1231	ACIS-S	NONE	60

Subject Category: ACTIVE GALAXIES AND QUASARS

Proposal Number: 14700824

Title: Joint Chandra/XMM/EVLA Monitoring of the Gas Cloud G2 as it Encounters Sgr A*

PI Name: Daryl Haggard

A dense, cold cloud (G2) is on a collision course with Sgr A*, the radio source at our Galactic Center. G2 is on an eccentric orbit and already shows signs of tidal disruption by the black hole. High-energy emission from Sgr A* will likely increase significantly due to this encounter, peaking at pericenter (summer 2013). We propose simultaneous Chandra, XMM, and EVLA monitoring observations to constrain the rates and emission mechanisms of faint X-ray flares, study the radiation properties of Sgr A* as G2 breaks up and feeds gas to the central accretion flow, and detect G2 itself as it is shocked and heated. Multiwavelength observations of this encounter will have a profound impact on our understanding of radiatively inefficient accretion flows into, and outflow from, massive black holes.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
17:45:40.00	-29:00:27.90	Sgr A	ACIS-I	NONE	50
17:45:40.00	-29:00:27.90	Sgr A	ACIS-I	NONE	50
17:45:40.00	-29:00:27.90	Sgr A	ACIS-I	NONE	50
17:45:40.00	-29:00:27.90	Sgr A	ACIS-I	NONE	50
17:45:40.00	-29:00:27.90	Sgr A	ACIS-I	NONE	50
17:45:40.00	-29:00:27.90	Sgr A	ACIS-I	NONE	50

Subject Category: ACTIVE GALAXIES AND QUASARS

Proposal Number: 14700854

Title: C-GOALS: The Chandra-RBGS Survey of a Complete Sample of Major-Merger LIRGs

PI Name: David Sanders

We propose to finish our Chandra-ACIS survey of a statistically complete sample of 87 major-merger LIRGs [log(Lir/Lsun)=11.0-12.57], from the IRAS RBGS. Our proposed Cycle-14 observations of the 29 lower-luminosity objects (11.0-11.72) will allow us to have a uniform and complete census of AGN and X-ray luminous starbursts in the nearest and brightest major-merger LIRGs, and will complement our existing Spitzer-IRAC/MIPS/IRS, HST-ACS, GALEX and Herschel observations of the same sample. The results will be used to address the following key questions: are binary AGN a common feature of these LIRGs, and if so, when and at what level is the AGN activity triggered in each nucleus? And can the fueling and growth of massive black holes be correlated in time with the merger phase?

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
01:51:14.00	+22:34:55.00	NGC 0695	ACIS-S	NONE	15
01:20:01.40	+14:21:35.00	CGCG 436-030	ACIS-S	NONE	15
13:01:49.90	+04:20:01.00	CGCG 043-099	ACIS-S	NONE	15
18:33:35.60	+59:53:20.00	NGC 6670A/B	ACIS-S	NONE	15
13:52:16.60	+02:06:08.00	NGC 5331	ACIS-S	NONE	15
06:09:45.10	-21:40:22.00	IRAS F06076-2139	ACIS-S	NONE	15
11:25:47.30	+14:40:23.00	IC 2810	ACIS-S	NONE	15
18:11:37.30	+01:31:40.00	IRAS 18090+0130	ACIS-S	NONE	15
16:42:39.20	-09:43:11.00	IRAS F16399-0937	ACIS-S	NONE	15
18:13:38.60	-57:43:36.00	IC 4687/6	ACIS-S	NONE	15
16:19:10.30	-07:53:57.00	IRAS F16164-0746	ACIS-S	NONE	15
23:16:01.70	+25:33:33.00	IC 5298	ACIS-S	NONE	15
04:21:20.00	-18:48:48.00	ESO 550-IG025	ACIS-S	NONE	15
00:11:06.60	-12:06:27.00	NGC 0034	ACIS-S	NONE	15
00:54:04.00	+73:05:13.00	MCG+12-02-001	ACIS-S	NONE	15
17:16:36.30	-10:20:40.00	IRAS F17138-1017	ACIS-S	NONE	15
12:06:53.00	-31:57:08.00	ESO 440-IG058	ACIS-S	NONE	15
13:01:25.90	+29:18:46.00	NGC 4922	ACIS-S	NONE	15
09:36:39.30	+48:28:19.00	MCG+08-18-013	ACIS-S	NONE	15
02:46:17.00	+13:05:45.00	UGC 02238	ACIS-S	NONE	15
10:04:02.70	-06:28:35.00	NGC 3110	ACIS-S	NONE	15
09:46:20.30	+03:03:22.00	IC 563/4	ACIS-S	NONE	15
03:54:16.40	+15:55:44.00	CGCG 465-012	ACIS-S	NONE	15
13:02:20.50	-15:46:05.00	MCG-02-33-098/9	ACIS-S	NONE	15
21:36:10.80	-38:32:38.00	ESO 343-IG013	ACIS-S	NONE	15
04:34:00.10	-08:34:46.00	NGC 1614	ACIS-S	NONE	15
20:37:18.60	+25:31:42.00	IRAS 20351+2521	ACIS-S	NONE	15
00:42:46.50	-23:33:31.00	NGC 0232	ACIS-S	NONE	15
08:44:27.60	-31:41:41.00	ESO 432-IG006	ACIS-S	NONE	15

Subject Category: CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES

Proposal Number: 14800360

Title: Extreme constraints on ICM physics and cosmology: a deep observation of XMMUJ0044, the most distant massive cluster

PI Name: Paolo Tozzi

We propose a deep (380 ks) Chandra observation of the distant galaxy cluster XMMUJ0044 at z=1.58. With this observation we will push detailed studies of X-ray clusters to the edge of the current discovery limit, by measuring global temperature and Fe abundance, gas and total mass, putting strong constraints on the time formation of cool core, on the chemical enrichment time scale, on the relation between ICM and galaxy population, and deriving the best constraint to the standard Lambda-CDM model attainable at present. These results, achievable only with Chandra, are secured by a first X-ray characterization of XMMUJ0044 based on XMM data, and will constitute an unrivaled reference for distant cluster studies until the next generation of high-angular resolution X-ray satellites.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
00:44:05.20	-20:33:59.70	XMMUJ0044.0-2033	ACIS-S	NONE	380

Subject Category: CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES

Proposal Number: 14800365

Title: A Chandra-Planck Legacy Program for Massive Clusters of Galaxies

PI Name: Christine Jones

ESA's Planck Mission has provided a large, statistically representative sample of very massive clusters, detected over the full sky through their SZ effect. The Planck clusters are sufficiently X-ray bright that for all 165 z<0.35 clusters, Chandra will collect 10,000 source counts to characterize each cluster's dynamical state, including merger properties, measure cluster masses and mass proxies and define local cluster mass and temperature functions. Chandra observations will provide a benchmark at low redshifts for comparison to high redshift clusters and to cosmological N-body simulations. Our team is expert in the analysis of X-ray and SZ data and in theory, simulations, lensing, and radio studies of clusters. We plan to make our cluster analysis products available to the community.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
10:43:24.80	-20:37:18.00	G106.73-83.22	ACIS-I	NONE	12
21:35:19.90	+01:23:14.50	G055.97-34.88	ACIS-I	NONE	20
18:04:29.70	+18:04:29.70	G036.72+14.92	ACIS-I	NONE	10
05:16:37.50	-54:31:31.80	G262.25-35.36	ACIS-I	NONE	22
06:16:19.80	-21:57:35.00	G229.21-17.24	ACIS-I	NONE	24
22:18:41.30	-38:54:16.80	G002.74-56.18	ACIS-I	NONE	11
19:47:09.30	-76:23:52.00	G318.13-29.57	ACIS-I	NONE	20
21:27:03.50	-12:09:19.00	G039.85-39.98	ACIS-I	NONE	15
19:38:19.70	+54:09:26.30	G086.45+15.29	ACIS-I	NONE	15
10:22:27.30	+50:06:16.30	G163.72+53.53	ACIS-I	NONE	14
22:23:49.30	-01:37:13.20	G062.42-46.41	ACIS-I	NONE	9
20:23:24.30	-55:34:26.50	G342.31-34.90	ACIS-I	NONE	21
09:45:26.20	-08:40:06.00	G244.69+32.49	ACIS-I	NONE	16
02:25:56.00	-41:54:53.00	G256.45-65.71	ACIS-I	NONE	15
05:32:59.40	-37:01:39.60	G241.74-30.88	ACIS-I	NONE	25
03:03:53.10	-77:52:14.40	G294.66-37.02	ACIS-I	NONE	34
10:23:44.10	+49:08:17.00	G165.08+54.11	ACIS-I	NONE	10
22:17:46.10	-35:43:22.20	G008.44-56.35	ACIS-I	NONE	12
10:39:28.10	+05:10:06.00	G241.85+51.53	ACIS-I	NONE	14
17:47:18.00	+45:13:30.70	G071.61+29.79	ACIS-I	NONE	21
11:59:23.00	+49:47:39.00	G143.24+65.21	ACIS-I	NONE	22
19:34:54.00	-50:53:18.80	G347.18-27.35	ACIS-I	NONE	25
05:25:50.00	-47:14:38.30	G253.47-33.72	ACIS-I	NONE	18
13:15:06.60	+51:49:27.20	G114.33+64.87	ACIS-I	NONE	31
23:39:44.00	-85:10:33.00	G304.67-31.66	ACIS-I	NONE	23
06:16:29.50	-39:48:28.80	G247.17-23.32	ACIS-I	NONE	17
12:36:57.40	+63:11:08.00	G125.70+53.85	ACIS-I	NONE	29
09:20:24.80	+30:30:09.20	G195.62+44.05	ACIS-I	NONE	38
14:14:05.30	+71:17:36.50	G113.82+44.35	ACIS-I	NONE	19
18:19:55.30	+57:09:57.30	G085.99+26.71	ACIS-I	NONE	35
10:00:02.10	-30:15:55.80	G264.41+19.48	ACIS-I	NONE	31
20:51:50.20	-58:45:23.00	G345.40-39.34	ACIS-I	NONE	30
12:01:04.00	-39:52:11.00	G292.51+21.98	ACIS-I	NONE	45
19:14:36.90	-59:28:19.90	G337.09-25.97	ACIS-I	NONE	25
09:38:21.40	+52:02:38.40	G164.61+46.39	ACIS-I	NONE	42
12:59:37.60	+60:04:41.90	G121.11+57.01	ACIS-I	NONE	44
06:21:55.00	+74:41:38.40	G139.59+24.18	ACIS-I	NONE	18
11:11:37.10	+40:50:01.90	G172.88+65.32	ACIS-I	NONE	12
05:10:13.00	-45:19:29.00	G250.90-36.25	ACIS-I	NONE	16
05:31:34.70	-75:11:26.40	G286.58-31.25	ACIS-I	NONE	24
18:54:06.00	+68:22:15.00	G098.95+24.86	ACIS-I	NONE	17
06:37:19.50	-48:28:50.40	G257.34-22.18	ACIS-I	NONE	25
21:04:22.90	-41:21:46.00	G000.44-41.83	ACIS-I	NONE	14
11:42:37.40	+58:32:14.30	G139.19+56.35	ACIS-I	NONE	33
12:15:28.80	-39:01:47.00	G295.33+23.33	ACIS-I	NONE	15

Subject Category: CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES

Proposal Number: 14800434

Title: A Detailed Study of the Longest Known Ram Pressure Stripped Tail with Deep Chandra Observations of M86

PI Name: Scott Randall

We propose deep Chandra observations of the ram pressure stripped tail in M86, the longest ram pressure stripped tail known. M86 is nearby, in the Virgo cluster (~17 Mpc), and is X-ray bright. With Chandra's high spatial resolution we will image fine detail in the tail, and map the temperature and abundance structure along the tail. We will determine the origin of the stripped gas, place limits on gas mixing in the tail with the ICM, and ultimately place constrains on ICM microphysics through comparisons with detailed hydrodynamical simulations.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
12:25:45.90	+13:04:52.00	M86 Inner Tail	ACIS-I	NONE	150
12:25:02.30	+13:16:54.60	M86 Outer Tail	ACIS-I	NONE	200

Subject Category: CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES

Proposal Number: 14800815

Title: Resolving the nearest cold front in the sky: the cleanest experimental tool to study detailed ICM physics

PI Name: Norbert Werner

We propose a very deep legacy-class observation of the nearest, best resolved cold front in the sky which lies 90 kpc to the North of M87. Cold fronts are known to be remarkably sharp, with gas density and temperature discontinuities several times sharper than the Coulomb mean free path. The proposed observation will provide an extraordinary improvement in resolution (resolving ~80 pc scales), allowing to study the cold front interface in unprecedented detail. Cold fronts provide a relatively simple experimental setup - a unique tool to study ICM physics. The proposed observation will place crucial constraints on fundamental physical processes shaping cold fronts, such as: growth of instabilities in the ICM, intra-cluster magnetic fields, gas velocities, conduction and viscous stresses.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
12:29:56.30	+12:38:39.60	Virgo cold front	ACIS-I	NONE	500

Subject Category: EXTRAGALACTIC DIFFUSE EMISSION AND SURVEYS

Proposal Number: 14900904

Title: The COSMOS Legacy Survey

PI Name: Francesca Civano

We propose the COSMOS-Legacy Survey covering the entire 1.7deg2 COSMOS/HST area to a uniform depth of ~160ks, expanding the current deep C-COSMOS area by a factor 3, with 56x50 ks pointings for a total of 2.8 Ms. This area and depth proposed are designed to detect~40 z>4, and ~4 z>5 Large Scale Structures on >15' scales, connecting luminous Chandra quasars (among over 200 z>3 quasars) and sub-mm galaxies, a method already proven in C-COSMOS. The area/depth combination also probes mini-quasars at z>7 using anistotropies of the unresolved XRB and the masses of the DM halos hosting X-ray AGN up to z~3 via autocorrelation functions on ~30' scales. Large programs with SCUBA2, NuSTAR, Subaru and Keck over the COSMOS field will identify and get redshifts for all COSMOS-Legacy sources.

R.A.	Dec.	Target Name	Det.	Grating	Exp.Time
10:00:29.90	+02:12:40.00	COSMOS Legacy	ACIS-I	NONE	2800

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