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| The POLAR Project |
Polar WiKi
Topical group POLAR. Gamma Ray Burst Polarimetry onboard the ISS
Topical team to study physics of the Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) with special emphasis on the polarization aspects.
This topical group shall also investigate possible implementation of a hard X-ray polarimeter instrument on board of the international space station (ISS).
This was the letter of intent we sent to ESA saying that we will respond to the AO
This is the submited text that was submitted to the ESA AO in 2009
Here is the official ESA answer
Initial document (rather outdated) submitted to ESA in January 2008 in order to apply for Topical Team funding.
According to ESA here are the objective of a topical group:
- To assess the potential long term development of research in their topic;
- To assess the relevance of the space environment as a tool for
investigations and determine the specifications of the instruments required
for such investigations;
- To identify potential industrial partners that could benefit from the
envisaged research and involve them to the definition of the objectives and
the strategy of a project including a space element;
- To assess the relevance of the project to the Framework Programmes of the
European Commission;
- To submit (where possible in association with their industrial partners)
research programme proposals in response to regular ESA Announcements
of Opportunity such as the present one.
List of actual members of the topical group
|
Name |
|
institution/country |
specific expertise |
Workshop |
Sign AO |
|
Nicolas Produit |
Nicolas.Produit@unige.ch |
ISDC/Switzerland |
direction/instrumentation |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Daniel Haas |
Daniel.Haas@unige.ch |
ISDC/Switzerland |
instrumentation |
Yes |
|
|
Silvio.Orsi Estela Suarez Martin Pohl Divic Rapin Catherine.Leluc |
Silvio.Orsi@unige.ch |
DPNC/Switzerland |
instrumentation |
Silvio |
|
|
Wojtek Hajdas |
Wojtek.Hajdas@psi.ch |
PSI/Switzerland |
instrumentation |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Tadeusz Batsch Michal Gierlik Radolslaw Marcinkowski Dominik Rybka |
R.Marcinkowski@ipj.gov.pl |
IPJ/Poland |
instrumentation |
Radoslav Dominik |
Yes |
|
Jean-Pierre Vialle Giovani Lamanna |
vialle@lapp.in2p3.fr |
LAPP/France |
instrumentation |
Jean-Pierre |
Yes |
|
Rene Hudec |
rhudec@asu.cas.cz |
Czech Republic |
instrumentation |
No |
Yes |
|
Stephane Basa |
stephane.basa@oamp.fr |
OAMP/France |
instrumentation |
|
|
|
Mark Pearce |
pearce@particle.kth.se |
Sweden |
instrumentation |
No |
Yes |
|
Andrzej Zdziarski |
andrzej_zdziarski@camk.edu.pl |
Poland |
theory |
No |
|
|
Fernando Barao |
barao@lip.pt |
LIP/Portugal |
instrumentation |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Kenji Toma |
toma@astro.psu.edu |
Japan/US |
theory |
|
Yes |
|
Juri Poutanen |
juri.poutanen@oulu.fi |
Finland |
theory |
No |
Yes |
|
Mark Mc Connell |
Mark.McConnell@unh.edu |
US |
instrumentation |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Hans Hofer |
Hans.Hofer@cern.ch |
Switzerland |
instrumentation |
|
|
|
Tsutomu Takeuchi Akihiro Furuzawa Kiyotomo Ichiki |
takeuchi@iar.nagoya-u.ac.jp |
Japan |
theory |
|
|
|
Philippe Laurent |
philippe.laurent@cea.fr |
France |
instrumentation |
|
|
|
Joe Hill |
joanne.e.hill@nasa.gov |
US |
instrumentation |
|
Yes |
|
Peter Bloser |
Peter.Bloser@unh.edu |
US |
instrumentation |
|
Yes |
|
Brian McBreen |
brian.mcbreen@ucd.ie |
Ireland |
analysis |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Andrii Neronov |
andrii.neronov@unige.ch |
ISDC/Switzerland |
theory |
Yes |
|
|
Sinead McGlynn |
smcglynn@particle.kth.se |
AlbaNova Universitetcentrum Stockholm |
analysis |
no |
no |
We did organize a first workshop of the topical group on 2-3 September in "Chateau Mercier in Sierre Swizterland"
Here are the minutes and the report we will send to ESA.
