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Interferometry: FP6 & FP7

Interferometry: FP6 & FP7. Alain Chelli, LAOG and Jean-Marie Mariotti Center Andreas Quirrenbach, U Heidelberg on behalf of the European interferometric community. OPTICON Meeting, June 2006, Edinburgh. Activities in FP6. Alain Chelli Andreas Quirrenbach.

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Interferometry: FP6 & FP7

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  1. Interferometry: FP6 & FP7 Alain Chelli, LAOG and Jean-Marie Mariotti Center Andreas Quirrenbach, U Heidelberg on behalf of the European interferometric community OPTICON Meeting, June 2006, Edinburgh

  2. Activities in FP6 Alain Chelli Andreas Quirrenbach

  3. Integrating interferometry into mainstream astronomy • Objectives • Maintain & reinforce european interferometry • Generate a long term european vision • Integrate new countries • Formation/exchange of students/investigators • Make the VLTI an end-to-end service instrument

  4. Participants: 14 countries+ ESA + ESO (> 20 labs) • Universität Wien (Austria) • Universitè de Liège (Belgium) • Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic) • Jean-Marie Mariotti Center for Interferometry, JMMC (France) • Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (Germany) • Konkoly Observatory (Hungary) • Technion (Israel) • Torino University (Italy) • Nederlandse Onderzoekschool Voor Astronomie, NOVA (The Netherlands) • Torun University (Poland) • Porto University (Portugal) • Universidad Autonoma Madrid (Spain) • Observatoire de Genève (Switzerland) • University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) • European Space Agency • European Southern Observatory

  5. Executive Board (JRA4+N5+MC boards) Scientific Council (1 representative per country) Chair: T. Henning OPTICON PC: Gerry Gilmore / PS: John Davies 6th Framework Program Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives (I3) Marie-Curie Program PC: P. Garcia JRA4 PC: Chelli Network 5 PC: A.Quirrenbach Euro-Interferometry Initiative (EII) MOU

  6. 2 WG: Radiative transfer & Stellar Atmosphere Asteroseismology Objective: Initiate science case & technology roadmap for next-generation facility Network # 5 “Integrating interferometry into mainstream astronomy” PC: Andreas Quirrenbach (U. Heidelberg) (http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~eurinterf) ~ 10 exchange programs per year WP1: Exchange visitor program WPL: Andrej Niedzelski (Torun) WP2: Working groups WPL: S. Wolf (MPIA) WP3: Modeling & Technology WPL: Jean Surdej (U. Liege) 260K€

  7. Objective: Prepare 2nd generation of VLTI instruments WP1 Advanced Instruments (2nd Generation VLTI Instruments) Joint Research Activity # 4 “Integrating interferometry into mainstream astronomy” PC: Alain Chelli (LAOG) (http://eii-jra4.ujf-grenoble.fr) WP2: Off-line data reduction Software WPL: Gilles Duvert (LAOG) SPM: Gerard Zins (LAOG) WP1.2: Cophasing & fringe tracking WPL: Mario Gai (Torino) WP1.1: Concepts to Feasibility WPLs: Uwe Graser (Heidelberg) & Denis Mourard (OCA) Objective:facilitate the use of modern interferometric facilities such as ESO’s VLTI to a non specialist end user 500K€ 500K€

  8. Advanced instruments: preparing VLTI2 instruments • 6 Concept studies(01/2004-06/2005) • 4 Infrared multi-beams combiners • 2 visible instruments • 2 (+1) instruments selected by ESO for phase A

  9. 1st Prototype used at the Gouttelas summer school (June 2006) WP2: Off-line Data Reduction Software WP2.3: Model-fitting WP2.2: Integration WP2.4: Astrometry WP2.5: Image Reconstruction WP2.1: Management & User Support Software:making the VLTI an end-to-end service instrument

  10. 06/2006 Observations and data reduction with the VLTI Gouttelas, France 2007 Circumstellar disks and Planets CAUP, Portugal 2007 AGN’s Arcetri, Italy 2008 PRIMA Siofok, Hungary Marie-Curie program

  11. Major Meetings • 5 major meetings • JRA4 Kick-off (Nice 01/2004) • Science cases (JENAM 08/2004) • Technology roadmap (JENAM, 08/2005) • Joint EII/ESO workshop (Garching, 04/2005) • Joint ARENA/JRA4 workshop (Nice, 05/2006) • EII Scientific Council • 12 meetings since its creation in 2002

  12. Major Achievements • Integrated and Expanded European interferometric community including Central Europe • Jump-started VLTI 2nd generation instruments • 1st prototype user-friendly software being used at Gouttelas summer school • Initiated science case and technology roadmap for next-generation facility

  13. Interferometry in FP7 Andreas Quirrenbach Alain Chelli

  14. Top-Level Goals • Build on success of FP6 • Exploit current instrumentation to the fullest • Networking (exchange visits, working groups) • User-friendly data reduction and analysis tools • Support advances in VLTI instrumentation • 2nd and 3rd generation instruments • Prepare next-generation ground-based facility • Build science case • Conceptual design options • Develop critical technologies • Support space-based interferometry • Nulling technology • General science potential

  15. Proposed FP7 Networking Activities • Fizeau Exchange Visitors Program • WG on science case for next-generation interferometer • WG on potential of Antarctica for interferometry (link with ARENA) • WG on Darwin science preparation • WGs on Interferometry and astrophysics • E.g., asteroseismology, radiative transfer, fundamental stellar parameters • WG on VLTI instruments • Conference series: Applications of interferometry to astrophysics

  16. Proposed FP7 JRA Activities (1 of 2) • Advanced user-friendly data reduction software • Second-generation data processing for VLTI • Optimized fringe tracking • Contribution to 2nd-generation VLTI instruments (?) • Studies of 3rd-generation VLTI instruments

  17. Proposed FP7 JRA Activities (2 of 2) • Guided optics (fibers, integrated optics) • Nulling technology (link with ESA) • Detectors (single-pixel, energy resolution) • Multi-beam co-phasing • Array design concepts • Beam transport concepts • Beam combination technology • Interferometer end-to-end modeling

  18. JRA Deliverables • Fully operational user-friendly software packages • Prototypes for key technologies (guided optics, nuller, single-pixel detector) • Realistic conceptual design(s) of next-generation interferometer

  19. Indicative Budget • Networking activities: € 775,000 • Software & algorithms: € 1,200,000 • Key technology development: € 1,800,000 • Next gen. conceptual design: € 850,000 • Post 2nd gen. VLTI instruments: € 500,000 • Grand total: € 5,125,000 • EU Funding only; cost-sharing not included

  20. Principal Interfaces • ESO (VLTI) and ESA (Darwin) • Leave programmatics to ESO/ESA • Support community and science cases • ELTs • Technology synergies (co-phasing, mirror and telescope manufacturing, …) • ARENA (Interferometry in Antarctica) • Through dedicated network • Deal mostly with specifics for interferometry • Leave specifics of Antarctica for ARENA • High-Time-Resolution JRA • Specialized detectors (few pixels, energy resolution)

  21. Activities outside OPTICON • Summer School Series • Marie Curie Program • Large Ground-Based Interferometer design study • Preparation in FP6/FP7 • Coordination with US (Decadal Review), others • Timing depending on FP7 funding opportunities • Would seek OPTICON endorsement

  22. Programmatic Questions • Number of participants in FP6 is large • Success! Many groups are contributing, interferometric community is growing • Management is difficult, accounting is tedious and expensive • Preparation of next-generation facility • Design-study proposal to FP7 • Need to be ready in 2008 (?) – which level of maturity is required? • Relation to roadmaps (ESFRI, Astronet) • Interface with OPTICON activities

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