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General Astrophysics

WINGS Roman Stellar Halos: M101Roman will support general astrophysics goals beyond dark energy and exoplanets in two ways. First, 25% of the 5 year prime mission will be dedicated to peer reviewed science covering any aspect of astrophysics. Second, data from the Core Community Surveys will enable archival investigations.

General Astrophysics Surveys are anticipated to use any combination of archival data and dedicated observations, from purely archival data analysis to new observing programs enabling science that cannot be addressed otherwise.

The 2015 WFIRST Science Definition Team report includes as appendix D a set of about 40 briefly described general astrophysics science programs contributed by the community, providing a substantial, but not exhaustive, list of general astrophysics investigations enabled by Roman. This table, drawn from the 2015 report, lists the lead author and investigation title for each of these science cases. It also indicates whether the suggested investigation depends on new General Astrophysics Surveys observations ("GO"), and/or on data from each of the three Core Community Surveys ("GI"). The investigations listed there are purely suggestive and do not represent the actual set of programs, which are still to be determined through a competitive peer review process.