Assessment of Future Opportunities in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

NAS赞助的原子、分子和光学科学委员会(CAMOS)将挑选和监督一个科学家小组，该小组将对原子、分子和光学物理的未来机会进行评估。该小组将报告科学和技术机会，确定和建议资源投资应集中的领域，以及相对兴趣和前景日益减弱的领域。它将解决人力、仪器、设施和资金问题，不仅在智力挑战的背景下，而且在确定的国家需求的背景下，如科学教育；国防、能源和环境应用；工业和技术竞争力，以及人类健康和福利的适当方面。研究结果将在一份符合NAS标准的报告中公布，并将由国家科学院出版社出版。

The NAS sponsored Committee on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences (CAMOS) will select and oversee a panel of scientists which will carry out an assessment of future opportunities in atomic, molecular and optical physics. The panel will report on scientific and technological opportunities, identifying and recommending areas in which investments of resources should be concentrated, and, as well, those of diminishing relative interest and promise. It will address manpower, instrumentation, facility, and funding issues, not only in the context of intellectual challenges, but also in the context of identified national needs such as science education; defense, energy and environmental applications; industrial and technological competitiveness, and appropriate aspects of human health and welfare. Findings will be presented in a report which meets the standards of the NAS, and which will be published by the National Academy Press.