Glossary and Acronyms

ADAM^TM

ABLE Deployable Articulated Mast

ADR

Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator

AGN

Active Galactic Nucleus

ALMA

 Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array

AO

Announcement of Opportunity

APS

Active Pixel Sensor

ASCA

 Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics

ASTRO-H

Planned X-ray astronomy satellite under development by JAXA

BEPAC

Beyond Einstein Program Assessment Committee

BH

Black Hole

CAD

Computer-Aided Design

CADR

Continuous Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator

CAT

Critical Angle Transmission

CCD

Charge-Coupled Device

CDR

Critical Design Review

CESR

Centre d’Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements

CfA

Center for Astrophysics

ChaMP

Chandra Multiwavelength Project

CL

Confidence-level

COSMOS

Cosmological Evolution Survey

Con-X

Constellation-X

COTS

Commercial Off-The-Shelf

CV

Cosmic Vision

CXC

Chandra X-ray Center

DA

Data Analysis

DEPFET

Depleted P-channel Field Effect Transistor

DS-CdTe

Double- sided Strip Cadmium Telluride

DSSD

Double-sided Si Strip Detector

EELV

Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle

EOS

Equations of State

ESA

European Space Agency

FDM

Frequency Division Multiplexing

FIP

Fixed Instrument Platform

FMA

Flight Mirror Assembly

FOV

Field of View

FRR

Flight Readiness Review

FWHM

Full Width Half Maximum

FY

Fiscal Year

GR

General Relativity

GS

Ground System

GSFC

Goddard Space Flight Center

HPD

Half Power Diameter

HST

Hubble Space Telescope

HTRS

High Time Resolution Spectrometer

HXI

Hard X-ray Imager

I&T

Integration and Test

IC

Imperial College

ICE I

Independent Cost Estimate

IGM

Intergalactic Medium

IM

Instrument Module

INAF

Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica

ISAS

Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences

ISOC

IXO Science and Operations Center

IWG

Instrument Working Group

IXO

International X-ray Observatory

IXO SCG

IXO Study Coordination Group

JAXA

Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency

JDEM

Joint Dark Energy Mission

JKCS

John Keells Computer Services

JT

Joule-Thomson

JWST

James Webb Space Telescope

KDP

Key Decision Point

LSST

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

MCR

Mission Confirmation Review

MDR

Mission Definition Review

MEL

Master Equipment List

MIP

Movable Instrument Platform

MIRI

Mid-Infrared Instrument

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIXS

Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer

MO

Mission Operations

MODA

Mission Operations & Data Analysis

MPE

Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik

MUX

Multiplexer

NAR

Non-Advocate Review

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NS

Neutron Star

NIR

Near-Infrared

NuStar

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

OM

Optics Module

PDR

Preliminary Design Review

PER

Pre-environmental Review

PRICE-H

Parametric Review of Information for Costing and Evaluation Hardware

QCD

Quantum Chromodynamics

RASS ROSAT

All-Sky Survey

RF

Radio Frequency

RFP

Request for Proposals

RIXOS

ROSAT International X-ray/Optical Survey

ROSAT

Röntgensatellit - a German X-ray satellite telescope

SAO

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

SCG

Study Coordination Group

SDD

Silicon Drift Diodes

SDT

Science Definition Team

SM

Spacecraft Module

SMBH

Supermassive Black Holes

SMILES

Superconducting Submilimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder

SOC

Science Operations Centre

SQUID

Superconducting Quantum Interference Device

TDM

Time-Division-Multiplexing

TES

Transition-Edge Sensor

TRL

Technology Readiness Level

TWG

Telescope Working Group

UDS

Ultra-Deep Survey

VLA

Very Large Array

WBS

Work Breakdown Structure

WFI

Wide Field Imager

XGS

X-ray Grating Spectrometer

XMM

X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission

XMS

X-ray Microcalorimeter Spectrometer

XPOL

X-ray Polarimeter

XRS

X-ray Spectrometer