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A sub-percent distance scale from binaries and Cepheids (CepBin)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2021,

We propose to carry out a project which will produce a decisive step towards improving the accuracy of the Hubble constant as determined from the Cepheid-SN Ia method to 1%, by using 28 extremely rare eclipsing binary systems in the LMC which offer the potential to determine their distances to 1%. To achieve this accuracy we will reduce the main error in the binary method by interferometric angula ...
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Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe (RadioNet)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

RadioNet is a consortium of 28 institutions in Europe, Republic of Korea and South Africa, integrating at European level world-class infrastructures for research in radio astronomy. These include radio telescopes, telescope arrays, data archives and the globally operating European Network for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (EVN). RadioNet is de facto widely regarded to represent the interests o ...
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Exploring the outer solar system beyond Neptune using stellar occultations (LUCKY STAR)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

The solar system beyond Neptune’s contains largely unaltered material from the primordial circum-solar disk. It also kept the memory of the early planetary migrations, and thus contains essential information on the origin and evolution of our planetary system.Here I propose to study the Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) using the stellar occultation technique. It consists in observing the passage of ...
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EUROPLANET 2020 Research Infrastructure (EPN2020-RI)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure (EPN2020-RI) will address key scientific and technological challenges facing modern planetary science by providing open access to state-of-the-art research data, models and facilities across the European Research Area. Its Transnational Access activities will provide access to world-leading laboratory facilities that simulate conditions found on planetar ...
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CLOck NETwork Services: Strategy and innovation for clock services over optical-fibre networks (CLONETS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

"A scientific and technological paradigm change is taking place, concerning the way that very high performance time and frequency reference signals are distributed, moving from radio signal broadcasting to signal transport over optical fibre networks. The latter technology demonstrates performance improvements by orders of magnitude, over distances up to continental scale. Research infrastructures ...
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Green Flash, energy efficient high performance computing for real-time science (greenFLASH)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

The main goal of Green Flash is to design and build a prototype for a Real-Time Controller (RTC) targeting the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) Adaptive Optics (AO) instrumentation. The E-ELT is a 39m diameter telescope to see first light in the early 2020s. To build this critical component of the telescope operations, the astronomical community is facing technical challenges, emerging f ...
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UNVEILING THE NATURE OF PRIMORDIAL STARS (PRIMORDIAL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

"Understanding the nature of the first stars is a fundamental problem in Cosmology and Galaxy Formation. Numerical simulations suggest that primordial stars were more massive that present-day stars, and so they rapidly disappeared. Heavy elements newly produced by these stars enriched the surrounding gas, out of which long-lived, low-mass stars formed. These "second-generation" stars survive until ...
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High Sensitivity Matter-Wave Gravitation Sensors (MWGRAV)

Start date: Apr 15, 2016, End date: Apr 14, 2018,

After more than 20 years of fundamental research, atom interferometers have reached sensitivity and accuracy levels competing with or beating inertial sensors based on different technologies. Atom interferometers offer interesting applications in geophysics, inertial sensing, metrology and tests of fundamental physics. Recently, a growing interest of the applic ...
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Improved heTErodyne Receiving Arrays for TEraherzt applications (ITERATE)

Start date: Oct 20, 2014, End date: Oct 19, 2017,

"Sensors at sub-millimeter wavelengths, which is loosely defined as 100 GHz to 3 THz, provide unprecedented sensitivity for astrophysics, planetary science, Earth observation, medical imaging or security screening. Heterodyne receivers, which down-convert radio frequency signals to intermediate frequency signals preserving the amplitude and phase information of the incoming radiation, are generall ...
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Science and Technology for Near-Earth Object Impact Prevention (NEOShield-2)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Impacts of near-Earth objects (NEOs) have contributed to mass extinctions and evolution, and it is a proven fact that NEOs will continue to hit the Earth at irregular intervals in the future, with the potential for catastrophic damage to life and property. With the experience and results gained from the NEOShield project we are now very well equipped to address all aspects of this call, including ...
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FUTURE ATOMIC CLOCK TECHNOLOGY (FACT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

During the last decades atomic clocks and frequency standards have become an important resource for advanced economies with impact ranging from satellite navigation (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo) to high speed communication networks, where they ensure synchronisation of data packets at ever higher bit rates. In this field the wake of the new millennium has been marked by the invention of frequency comb t ...
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High Energy Solar Particle Events foRecastIng and Analysis (HESPERIA)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

HESPERIA will produce two novel operational forecasting tools based upon proven concepts (UMASEP, REleASE). At the same time it will advance our understanding of the physical mechanisms that result into high-energy solar particle events (SEPs) exploiting novel datasets (FERMI/LAT/GBM; PAMELA; AMS) and it will explore the possibility to incorporate the derived results into future innovative space w ...
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Exploitation of Space Data for Innovative Helio- and Asteroseismology (SPACEINN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Observations of oscillations on the solar and stellar surfaces have emerged as a unique and extremely powerful tool to gain information on, and understanding of, the processes in the Sun and stars, and the origin of the variability in the solar and stellar output.Through helio- and asteroseismology detailed inferences of the internal structure and rotation of the Sun, and extensive information on ...
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European Unified Research on Observations of Venus using co-ordinated Space- and Earth-based facilities (EUROVENUS)

Start date: Nov 11, 2013, End date: Nov 11, 2016,

The goal of this project is to investigate in detail the dynamics and composition of the middle and lower atmosphere of Venus by combining data from Venus Express instruments (VIRTIS, VMC) with simultaneous data acquired from several ground-based telescope facilities. The project will perform coordinated observations to provide a detailed analysis of dynamical and chemical couplings between differ ...
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Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe (RADIONET3)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

RadioNet is an I3 that coordinates all of Europe’s leading radio astronomy facilities in an integrated cooperation to achieve transformational improvement in the quality and quantity of the scientific research of European astronomers. RadioNet3 includes 27 partners operating world-class radio telescopes and/or performing cutting-edge R&D in a wide range of technology fields important for radio ast ...
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Angular momentum transfer in galaxy formation and evolution (MOMENTUM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The project is dedicated to follow angular momentum within structures over a wide range of scales, to trace galaxy formation and the history of mass assembly. Angular momentum is a key parameter to determine galaxy morphology and kinematics. After primordial spin-up by tidal torques, the subsequent evolution may help to understand galaxy formation, although numerical models fail to reproduce large ...
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Towards Neutral-atom Space Optical Clocks: Development of high-performance transportable and breadboard optical clocks and advanced subsystems (SOC2)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

"A range of new applications will be enabled by ultra-precise optical clocks, some of which by using them in space, near or far distant from Earth. They cover the fields of fundamental physics (tests of General Relativity), time and frequency metrology (comparison of distant terrestrial clocks, operation of a master clock in space), geophysics (mapping of the gravitational potential of the Earth), ...
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European Satellite PArtnership for Computing Ephemerides (ESPACE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2015,

This ESPACE project aims at strengthening the collaboration and at developing new knowledge, new technology, and products for the scientific community in the domains of the development of ephemerides and reference systems for natural satellites and spacecraft by conjugating expertise of main European research centres involved in space sciences and dynamics, ROB, TUB, JIVE, TUD, CNES, DLR and IMCCE ...
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A Global Approach to Near-Earth Object Impact Threat Mitigation (NEOSHIELD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2015,

Collisions of asteroids and comets with the Earth have taken place frequently over geological history and have altered the evolutionary course of life; there is no reason why they should not continue to hit the Earth at irregular and unpredictable intervals in the future. Thousands of near-Earth objects (NEOs), mainly asteroids, have been discovered over the past 20 years and the reality of the im ...
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Multi-Gigabit European Research and Education Network and Associated Services (GN3plus)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2015,

This proposal details activities that will ensure the continued enhancement and ongoing operation of the leading-edge GÉANT network, supporting a range of network and added-value services, targeted at users across the GÉANT service area.In the area of multi-domain network service operation, GN3plus plans to deliver fast, efficient provisioning of advanced services, develop operational support acro ...
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Support at the Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (SUP@VAMDC)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

The Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC) is a major new European initiative now building a unified, secure, documented, flexible and interoperable e-science environment-based interface to 17 existing A+M databases.The SUP@VAMDC (Support at VAMDC) aims at building upon the VAMDC e-infrastructure, supporting different studies and actions linked to the VAMDC e-infrastructure that will in ...
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Large European Array for Pulsars (LEAP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

"In general relativity and other relativistic theories of gravity, space and time are combined to form ``space-time'' which is curved in the presence of mass. As masses move, for instance like the two components in a binary system, ripples in space-time are created that propagate through the Universe, very much like waves caused by a stone falling into a pond. These ``gravitational waves'' (GWs) a ...
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LABORATORY ASTROCHEMICAL SURFACE SCIENCE IN EUROPE (LASSIE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

Astronomical observations are revealing in ever increasing detail how our Universe works. Existing and planned European investment in sophisticated observational platforms approaches many billions of Euros. However, the observations that can be made on these telescopes would be little more than "pretty pictures" were it not for the efforts of the experimental and theoretical laboratory astrophysic ...
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Coordination Action for the integration of Solar System Infrastructures and Science (CASSIS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

Solar System Science has traditionally been undertaken within a number of separate disciplines. However, like any system its aspects are inter-related and it has been difficult to address these aspects because of the lack of the integrating technology required to span the inter-disciplinary boundaries. While advances in technology means that the intrinsic differences between disciplines (manifest ...
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New and Complete Methods to constrain the Evolution of Massive Galaxies and their central Black Holes (SpheroidsEvolution)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Detailed Semi-Analytic Models (SAMs) of galaxy formation often reach opposite conclusions on how early-type, bulge-dominated galaxies have formed and evolved. Hierarchical models predict a fraction of their stars formed in a fast, high-redshift burst of star formation, and the rest assembled later on via a sequence of (mostly gas-poor and minor) mergers. Monolithic models propose instead that most ...
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Nonlinear dynamics of the solar-terrestrial environment (PLASMADYNAMICS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

"The objective of this project is to perform modeling and observation of the nonlinear dynamics of the solar-terresrial environment using the innovative complex systems approach to investigate ""How short-term solar variability affects the geospace environment"". This is the challenge of Task Group 3 of CAWSES-II (Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System), an international program from 2009 to ...
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Millimetre-wave Integrated Diode and Amplifier Sources (MIDAS)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"The MIDAS project will redress the technology imbalance between the EU and the US in a most significant area of European technology non-dependence, affecting the scientific and commercial exploitation of the sub-millimetre region of the electro-magnetic spectrum. Within MIDAS, critical Schottky varactor diodes and the simulation tools for fabricating and designing state-of-the-art sub-millimetre ...
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European Planetology Network Research Infrastructure (EuroPlaNeT RI)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

The Europlanet RI project will provide the European planetary science community with a unique research infrastructure, combining access to a suite of state of the art facilities while fostering their joint development and integration in terms of capacity and performance. This research infrastructure will include access to laboratory and field site facilities, advanced modelling, simulation and dat ...
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Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Center (VAMDC)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Many research groups and institutes within the European Research Area (ERA) are playing a central role in the production of a vast range of atomic and molecular (AM) data, data that is of critical importance across a wide range of applications such as astrophysics, atmospheric physics, fusion, environmental sciences, combustion chemistry and in industrial applications from plasmas to lighting.Thro ...
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The Heliophysical Integrated Observatory (HELIO)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

The Heliophysics Integrated Observatory, HELIO,will deploy a new Europe-wide distributed network of services that will address the needs of a broad community of researchers in heliophysics.This new research field explores the "Sun-Solar System Connection" and requires the joint exploitation of solar, heliospheric, magnetospheric and ionospheric observations. HELIO will provide the most comprehensi ...
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Towards the next generation of the Geological Time Scale for the last 100 million years – the European contribution to EARTHTIME (GTSnext)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

Geological time is inextricably linked with Earth Sciences and the Geological Time Scale (GTS) is the yardstick to measure it. As such the GTS is the key to reconstruct Earth history. Recent developments in numerical dating now permit to build a much improved next generation GTS for the last 100 million years by integrating independent state-of-the-art techniques; this time scale will have an unpr ...
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Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe (RadioNet-FP7)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

RadioNet is an integrating activity that has pulled together ALL of Europe's leading radio astronomy facilities to produce a focused, coherent and integrated proposals that will significantly enhance the quality and quantity of science performed by European astronomers. RadioNet FP7 has 25 partners. They range from operators of major radio telescope facilities to laboratories that specialise in m ...
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A Preparatory phase proposal for the Square Kilometre Array (PrepSKA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be one of the largest scientific projects ever undertaken. It is a machine designed to answer some of the big questions of our time: what is Dark Energy? Was Einstein right about gravity? What is the nature of dark matter? Can we detect gravitational waves? When and how did the first stars and galaxies form? What was the origin of cosmic magnetism? How do Eart ...
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SOlar-TERrestrial Investigations and Archives (SOTERIA)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

"The proposed project realizes a wide synergy in the fields of solar- space- and geophysics to achieve a higher level of processed data and better understanding of solar and space events having terrestrial impact. The study of these events has an increasing importance with the increasing amount of technical equipment (e.g. power lines and telecommunication satellites) that can be damaged during th ...
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Modeling the surface properties of small bodies of the inner and outer Solar system (ASTROSURFACE)

Start date: Sep 15, 2009, End date: Sep 14, 2011,

"The project is aimed to study surface properties of small bodies from the inner and outer belts of the Solar system in order to put constraints on their formation and surface evolution scenarios. We plan to develop a complex approach to derive characteristics of the topmost surface layer of atmosphereless bodies, mainly average particle size and porosity, from remote observations. The main idea i ...
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Chemistry in Protoplanetary Disks (CIPDISKS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

"The study of the chemistry in protoplanetary disks is one of the current hot topics in astrophysics. The interest in studying these systems is that it permits to get insight into the chemical composition of protosolar-like nebulae at the moment when planets form. The faint emission of such systems and the small angular sizes they subtend in the sky have prevented for many years an extensive obser ...
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EST: The large aperture European Solar Telescope (EST)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

"This is the project definition for the Conceptual Design Study of the large aperture European Solar Telescope (EST). EST is a pan-European project involving 29 partners from 14 different countries. A consortium EAST (European Association for Solar Telescopes) exists with the aim, among others, of undertaking the development of EST, to keep Europe in the frontier of Solar Physics in the world. EST ...
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The Astronomical Republic. Emergence of a disciplinary field in early modern Europe, 1700-1830 (astronomicalrepublic)

Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2010,

The aim of this historical and sociological project is to analyse the emergence of astronomy as a modern scientific discipline in the golden age of royal academies, i. e. between 1700 and 1830. The study of this historical process, conceived as a broader social and intellectual phenomenon, is designed to test the validity of the concept of Republic of Science as an explanative paradigm for the eme ...
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Cm-wave continuum emission from molecular clouds (cmwaveclouds)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2010,

...ta on well studied local clouds can bring information on the environments giving rise to cm-wave radiation. The U. Ch. participant seeks to collaborate with the ISM team at the LUTh laboratory of the Observatoire de Paris, who has an established expertise on the theoretical modelling of ISM physical conditions. We aim at distinguishing between two broad interpretations of the cm-wave emission, bas ...
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Real-Time database for high resolution Neutron Monitor measurements (NMDB)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2009,

We propose to set up a European digital repository for cosmic ray databy pooling existing data archives and by developing a real-time databasewith the data of as many European neutron monitor stations as possible.The data will be available through internet. Cosmic rays provide adiagnostic tool to analyze processes in interplanetary space and at theSun. Cosmic rays also directly affect the terrestr ...
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