A number of White Papers and studies promoting the use of polarization as a tool for astronomical research, and the open availability of polarimeters on U.S. community-access telescopes, have been published for and since the 2010 Decadal Survey.
Specifically, six were submitted to the 2010 Decadal Survey; one was submitted to the NRC committee NRC committee on “A Strategy to Optimize the U.S. OIR System in the Era of the LSST“ and; one was submitted to the NASA 2015 COPAG Workshop on “A Plan for the Future of UV/Visible Space Astrophysics“
In Support of the 2010 Decadal Survey the following six white papers were submitted in support of O/IR polarimetry
“O/IR Polarimetry for the 2010 Decade (PSF): Science at the Edge, Sharp Tools for
All”
Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2010 Decadal Survey Planetary Systems and Star Formation sub-panel, 2009. Lead author: D. P. Clemens
“O/IR Polarimetry for the 2010 Decade (GAN): Science at the Edge, Sharp Tools for
All”
Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2010 Decadal Survey Galactic Neighborhood sub-panel, 2009. Lead author: D. P. Clemens
“O/IR Polarimetry for the 2010 Decade (GCT): Science at the Edge, Sharp Tools for
All”
Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2010 Decadal Survey Galaxies Across
Cosmic Time sub-panel, 2009. Lead author: D. Hines.
“O/IR Polarimetry for the 2010 Decade (SSE): Science at the Edge, Sharp Tools for
All”
Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2010 Decadal Survey Stars and Stellar Evolution sub-panel, 2009. Lead author: J. L. Hoffman.
“Understanding Polarized Foreground from Dust: Towards Reliable Measurements of CMB Polarization.”
Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2010 Decadal Survey Cosmology and Fundamental Physics sub-panel, 2009. Lead author: A. Lazarian.
“Spectropolarimetry of the Next Decade”
Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2010 Decadal Survey (all sub-panels), 2009. Lead author L. Wang
NRC COMMITTEE ON A STRATEGY TO OPTIMIZE THE U.S. OIR SYSTEM IN THE ERA OF THE LSST
The National Research Council commissioned a study to evaluate priorities in U.S. O/IR ground-based astronomy once the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) comes on line. The following White Paper was submitted to this study:
“The need for general-use polarimeters in the era of LSST.”
Science White Paper submitted to the NRC committee on “A Strategy to Optimize the U.S. OIR System in the Era of the LSST”. Lead Author: B-G Andersson.
NASA 2015 COPAG WORKSHOP ON “A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF
UV/VISIBLE SPACE ASTROPHYSICS”
As part of the studies for the next large space telescope(s), initiated by NASA, the Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG) organized a workshop in May 2015 to discuss priorities for a [very] large next generation UV-Optical-NIR space telescope (e.g. “Luvoir”). The following White Paper was submitted to this organization:
“Science Cases for Ultraviolet Polarimetry in the 21 st Century”
Science White Paper submitted to the NASA 2015 COPAG, 2015. Lead Author: B-G Andersson.
(This WP forms section 5.4 of the larger study “Finding the UV-Visible Path Forward: Proceedings of the Community Workshop to Plan the Future of UV/Visible Space Astrophysics” by Scowen et al. 2016; arXiv:1611.09736)