AXAF CYCLE 1 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION AND PEER REVIEW STATISTICS

fds 7/1/98

1. Number of proposals, targets, and exposure time (ks) by subject category


			      Submitted             Accepted
			      --------------------  ---------------------
 Category                     Props Targets Time    Props Targets Time 
 ---------------------------- ----- ------- ------  ----- ------- -----
 SOLAR SYSTEM AND MISC           21     78   3499      7     13     302
 NORMAL STARS AND WD            112    242  13435     27     39    1807
 WD BINARIES AND CV              46     83   3949     12     13     770
 BH AND NS BINARIES              93    288   8519     23     46     778
 SN, SNR AND ISOLATED NS        110    281   9690     32     49    1752
 NORMAL GALAXIES                 83    233   7854     21     24     999
 ACTIVE GAL AND QUASARS         165    494  15322     43     80    2374
 CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES           111    276  10373     32     43    1805
 EXTRAGAL DIFFUSE AND SURVEYS    18    149   2667      4     11     204
 GALACTIC DIFFUSE AND SURVEYS    20     89   2109      7      9     512
			      ----- ------- ------  ----- ------- -----
				779   2213  77417    208    327   11303

2. Number of proposals and targets by exposure-time range

 Range       Props Targets   Accepted Props Targets
 ----------  ----- -------            ----- -------
     <2 ks	 1	30              1     11
    2-4 ks	 0     223              0     18
    4-8 ks	 6     162              2     38
   8-16 ks      16     426             12     48
  16-32 ks      76     518             34     66
  32-64 ks     245     546            100    103
 64-128 ks     262     255             50     39
128-256 ks     136      52              7      4
   >256 ks	37       1              2      0

3. Number of targets and exposure time (ks) by instrument

 instrument  grating  Time    Targets  Accepted Time Targets 
 ----------  -------  -----   -------          ----- -------
 ACIS-I      NONE     28799    948		4511  134	
 ACIS-S      NONE     22709    789		3098  112
 HRC-I       NONE      5917    171		 358   19
 HRC-S       NONE        25      1		   0    0
 ACIS-S      HETG     12800    194		2200   41
 ACIS-S      LETG      1055     18		 330    5
 HRC-S       LETG      6114     92		 807   16

4. Number of proposals vs. PI

 Proposals  Submit_by_PI  Accepted_for_PI   
 ---------  ------------  --------------- 
       1	455       151
       2	 95        22
       3	 26         3
       4	  7         1
       5	  3  
       6	  1   
       7	  1

5. Number of proposals for USA, Foreign Countries

        Submitted Accepted percent
        --------- -------- -------
USA       520      157	     30.2
FOREIGN   259       51       19.7
	-----	  -----	   ------
TOTAL     779      208       26.7


 Country      Proposals  Accepted percent
 ----------   ---------  -------- -------
 INDIA                1    0         0
 ISRAEL               1    1       100 
 BELGIUM              1    0         0
 DENMARK              1    0         0
 FINLAND              1    0         0
 CHINA                2    1        50
 SPAIN                2    0         0
 RUSSIA               2    1        50
 TURKEY               2    1        50
 AUSTRALIA            2    0         0
 CANADA               3    1        33
 SWITZ                4    0         0
 FRANCE               9    4        44
 NETH                23    5        22
 ITALY               36    5        14
 JAPAN               37    9        24
 GERMANY             60    9        15
 USA                520  157        30
 UK                  72   14        19

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