Appendix B: Science Keywords
Keywords to be used in APT when submitting a proposal.
The Tables in this Appendix list the Scientific Keywords that are valid for use in the proposal template.
Within a panel, proposals are assigned to individual reviewers based on the reviewers' expertise and based partly on the keywords given in the proposal and partly on analysis of the proposal text. Generally, the more keywords the proposer selects the better the match to reviewers' expertise. Proposals can designate both a Science Category and an Alternate Category. Designating an Alternate Category enables usage of keywords from multiple categories. The Science Mission Office at STScI reserves the right to re-classify proposals.
For additional information on the proposal sorting into each panel, see HST Proposal Selection Procedures. The HST Scientific Categories and Keywords were developed using the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus beginning in Cycle 28.
Solar System Astronomy: |
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Asteroids |
Astronomical models |
Astronomical simulations |
Atmospheric composition |
Atmospheric variability |
Binary systems / Multiple systems |
Biomarkers |
Centaurs |
Chemical composition |
Comets |
Inner planets |
Irregular satellites |
Main belt asteroids |
Minor planets |
Natural satellites |
Near-Earth objects |
Occultation |
Orbits |
Outer planets |
Planetary atmospheres |
Planetary rings |
Planetary surfaces |
Small solar system bodies |
Space weather |
Surface composition |
Surface ices |
Surface processes |
Surface variability |
Trans-Neptunian objects |
Transits |
Trojan asteroids |
Zodiacal cloud |
Stellar Physics and Stellar Types: |
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| Astrometry |
| Astronomical models |
| Astronomical simulations |
Binary stars / Trinary stars |
Black holes |
| Brown dwarf stars |
| Circumstellar disks |
| Circumstellar matter |
| Early-type stars |
| Evolved stars |
| Gamma-ray bursts |
| Gravitational wave sources |
| H II regions |
| High contrast techniques |
| Interacting binary stars |
| Interstellar dust |
| Intermediate type stars |
| Interstellar medium |
| Late-type stars |
| Low mass stars |
| Main sequence stars |
| Massive stars |
| Molecular clouds |
| Neutron stars |
| Planetary nebulae |
| Pre-main sequence stars |
| Pulsars |
| Radiative transfer |
| Stellar abundances |
| Stellar accretion disks |
| Stellar atmospheres |
| Stellar evolution |
| Stellar jets |
| Stellar mergers |
| Stellar phenomena |
| Stellar structures |
| Supernovae |
| Transient sources |
| Variable stars |
| White dwarf stars |
| Young stellar objects |
Galaxies: |
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| Astronomical models |
| Astronomical simulations |
| Chemical abundances |
| Disk galaxies |
| Dwarf galaxies |
| Elliptical galaxies |
| Emission line galaxies |
Galaxy bulges |
| Galaxy classification systems |
| Galaxy dark matter halos |
| Galaxy disks |
| Galaxy environments |
| Galaxy evolution |
| Galaxy formation |
| Galaxy kinematics |
| Galaxy mergers |
| Galaxy spheroids |
| Galaxy stellar halos |
| Galaxy structure |
| High-redshift galaxies |
| Infrared photometry |
| Interacting galaxies |
Interstellar dust |
| Irregular galaxies |
| Local Group |
| Luminous infrared galaxies |
Lyman-break galaxies |
| Magellanic Clouds |
Molecular gas |
Nearby galaxies |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
Population III stars |
| Quenched galaxies |
| Scaling relations |
| Spectral energy distribution |
| Star clusters |
| Star formation |
| Starburst galaxies |
| Stellar populations |
| Ultraluminous infrared galaxies |
Intergalactic Medium and Circumgalactic Medium: |
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| Astronomical models |
| Astronomical simulations |
| Circumgalactic medium |
| Cooling flows |
| Damped Lyman-alpha systems |
| Gunn-Peterson effect |
| Intergalactic dust clouds |
| Intergalactic medium |
| Lyman-alpha forest |
| Metal line absorbers |
| Warm-hot intergalactic medium |
Exoplanets and Exoplanet Formation: |
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| Astronomical models |
| Astronomical simulations |
| Biomarkers |
| Chemical composition |
| Circumstellar disks |
| Debris disks |
| Exoplanet atmospheres |
| Exoplanet atmospheric composition |
| Exoplanet atmospheric variability |
| Exoplanet evolution |
| Exoplanet formation |
| Exoplanet structure |
| Exoplanet surfaces |
| Exoplanet systems |
| Exoplanets |
| Extrasolar gas giants |
| Extrasolar ice giants |
| Extrasolar rocky planets |
| Free floating planets |
High contrast techniques |
| Natural satellites (Extrasolar) |
| Planet hosting stars |
| Protoplanetary disks (Extrasolar) |
| Space weather |
| Transits |
Stellar Populations and the Interstellar Medium: |
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Young stellar objects |
Stellar population synthesis |
Stellar kinematics |
| Stellar distance |
Star formation histories |
| Star formation |
| Star clusters |
Resolved stellar populations |
| Population III stars |
| Population II stars |
| Population I stars |
| Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| Planetary nebulae |
| Open star clusters |
Molecular gas |
Molecular clouds |
| Magellanic Clouds |
Low metallicity stars |
Low mass star formation |
| Local Group |
| Late-type stars |
| Irregular galaxies |
| Interstellar medium |
| Interstellar ices |
| Interstellar dust |
Interstellar atomic gas |
| Intermediate type stars |
Initial mass function |
High mass star formation |
| Hertzsprung Russell diagram |
| H II regions |
| Gravitational microlensing |
| Globular star clusters |
| Galaxy spheroids |
| Galaxy halos |
| Galaxy evolution |
| Galaxy bulges |
| Galactic center |
| Elliptical galaxies |
| Early-type stars |
| Dwarf galaxies |
| Chemical abundances |
| Astronomical simulations |
| Astronomical models |
| Astrometry |
Astrochemistry |
Supermassive Black Holes and Active Galaxies: |
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| AGN host galaxies |
| Astronomical models |
| Astronomical simulations |
| Blazars |
| Broad-absorption line quasar |
| Emission line galaxies |
| Galaxy jets |
| Galaxy winds |
High contrast techniques |
| High-luminosity active galactic nuclei |
| LINER galaxies |
| Low-luminosity active galactic nuclei |
| Markarian galaxies |
| M-sigma relation |
| Quasars |
| Quenched galaxies |
| Radio cores |
| Reverberation mapping |
| Seyfert galaxies |
| Stellar accretion disks |
| Stellar feedback |
| Supermassive black holes |
| X-ray active galactic nuclei |
Large-scale Structure of the Universe: |
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| Astronomical models |
| Astronomical simulations |
| Chemical abundances |
| Cooling flows |
| Cosmic infrared background |
| Cosmological parameters |
| Cosmology |
| Dark energy |
| Dark matter distribution |
| Extragalactic legacy and deep fields |
| Galaxy clusters |
| Galaxy groups |
| Gamma-ray bursts |
| Gravitational lensing |
Hubble constant |
| Intracluster medium |
| Large-scale structure of the universe |
Low densities |
Lyman-break galaxies |
Overdensities |
Protoclusters |
| Protogalaxies |
| Protostars |
| Red giant tip |
| Reionization |
| Stellar distance |
| Supernovae |