ASTROPHYSICALLY IMPORTANT SPECTRAL LINES
This WG has the important task of finalizing the list of spectral lines
and presenting it to the IAU as a resolution urging protection of
the appropriate frequency bands. This will be a crucial step leading
up to the next Work Radio Conference in 2003.
The committee were very active during the year leading up to the last
General Assembly. The committee has prepared a revised list of important
lines that is much more complete in the mm-submillimeter wavelength regime.
It has to be vetted in the community and refined. This wavelength regime is
the important "frontier" in spectrum protection and management.
Masatoshi Ohishi is the chairman of the working group.