\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A}Project Description}{1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A. 1}Results from Prior NSF Support}{1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A. 2}Overview of the Project}{1}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 2.1}NJIT Support for BBSO Programs}{3}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 2.2}Heritage and Goals of the NST}{3}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 2.3}NST, BBSO and Other Solar Observatories}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A. 3}Science Drivers for the NST}{5}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 3.1}High Resolution, High Cadence Studies of Solar Flares}{5}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 3.2}Structure and Evolution of Magnetic Fields in Flaring Active Regions}{6}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 3.3}Dynamics of Kilogauss Flux Tubes}{6}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 3.4}Heating of the Upper Atmosphere}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A. 4}The 1.6\nobreakspace {}m NST}{8}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 4.1}Technical Overview}{8}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 4.2}Telescope Optics}{9}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 4.3}Mechanical Structure}{10}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 4.4}Control Systems}{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A. 5}Adaptive Optics}{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A. 6}New Scientific Instrumentation for the NST}{11}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 6.1}Visible Light Vector Magnetographs}{11}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 6.2}Infrared Vector Magnetograph}{12}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {A. 6.3}Real--Time Image Reconstruction (RTIR)}{12}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A. 7}Project Organization and Management}{13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {B}References}{16}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {C}Budget}{17}