Kollmeier, Juna A. and Anderson, Lauren and Benson, Andrew and Bogdanović, Tamara and Boylan-Kolchin, Michael and Bullock, James S. and Davé, Romeel and Fraschetti, Federico and Fuller, Jim and Hopkins, Phil and Kaplinghat, Manoj and Kratter, Kaitlin and Lamberts, Astrid and Miller, M. Coleman and Owen, James E. and Phinney, E. Sterl and Piro, Anthony L. and Rix, Hans-Walter and Robertson, Brant and Wetzel, Andrew and Wheeler, Coral and Youdin, Andrew N. and Zaldarriaga, Matias (2019) Astro2020 APC White Paper: Theoretical Astrophysics 2020-2030. Astro2020 Science White Paper, . (Unpublished) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200309-124819106
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The past two decades have seen a tremendous investment in observational facilities that promise to reveal new and unprecedented discoveries about the universe. In comparison, the investment in theoretical work is completely dwarfed, even though theory plays a crucial role in the interpretation of these observations, predicting new types of phenomena, and informing observing strategies. In this white paper, we argue that in order to reach the promised critical breakthroughs in astrophysics over the next decade and well beyond, the national agencies must take a serious approach to investment in theoretical astrophysics research. We discuss the role of theory in shaping our understanding of the universe, and then we provide a multi-level strategy, from the grassroots to the national, to address the current underinvestment in theory relative to observational work.
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Group: | Astronomy Department, TAPIR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20200309-124819106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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