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| Title | Getting Ready for EST |
| Grant Agreement Number | 653982 |
| Funding Programmes | H2020 |
| Budget | Total: €3,956,730.00, EC Contribution: €2,977,273.00 |
| Dates | 01/06/2015 - 31/05/2018 |
| Project URL | http://www.est-east.eu/ |
| Scientific Domain |
Physical Sciences and Engineering |
| Type Of Project | RIA |
| Abstract | The present project is intended to take the European Solar Telescope (EST) to the next level of development by undertaking crucial activities to improve the performance of current state-of-the-art instrumentation. Legal, industrial and socio-economic issues will also be addressed, as key questions for the attainment of EST. The particular developments and strategic tasks proposed here can be summarised in the following specific objectives: (i) Boosting new generation detectors, with the development of two prototype sensors, one for large-format imaging and a the other for high-precision polarimetry, the evaluation of an existing large format wavefront sensing camera is also addressed; (ii) Development of a capacitance-stabilised Fabry-Perot prototype for a high quality control of the parallelism of the etalon plates; (iii) new techniques for 2D solar spectro-polarimetry; with integral field units based on multi-slit image slicers or a microlens-fed spectrograph; (iv) development of large format liquid-crystal modulators, required for the large-format sensors that will be needed for the new generation large aperture telescopes ; (v) evaluation of the performance of the EST-MCAO deformable mirrors to improve the design and performance of this system; and (vi) strategic work to covering industrial, financial and legal issues related the future construction and operation of EST. The following issues will be addressed: • Elaboration of a census of the European solar physics community • Analysis of the technological expertise of European companies in the different countries and their potential expertise related with the construction needs of EST • Revision and update of the construction budget of EST • Stimulation of a discussion of all these aspects within the consortium EAST With all these elements in hand, the project will be in the condition to present a definite proposal for detailed design, construction, managing and operation of EST. |
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Coordinator
(Organisation name and Country, EC contribution to budget) |
INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE CANARIAS, Spain, (€705,000.00) |
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Partners
(Organisation name and Country, EC contribution to budget) |
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL, Spain, (€194,062.50) STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET, Sweden, (€42,500.00) THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST, United Kingdom, (€54,306.00) CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, Spain, (€194,062.50) UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA, Italy, (€201,500.00) ANDOR TECHNOLOGY PLC, United Kingdom, (€280,000.00) ARCOPTIX SA, Switzerland, (€0.00) A.D.S. INTERNATIONAL SRL, Italy, (€285,750.00) |
