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1.5 JOINT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
1.5.1 JRA1: Adaptive Optics
The Total human effort deployed during this reporting period for JRA1 is summarized in the
following table (in parenthesis additional manpower only for AC cost model):
Participant number 15 4 6 8b 11a 12 19 31 35
Participant short
name 16
ESO INSU/C
NRS
INAF-
Arcetri
Person-months 17 111,18 55,42 30,4 23,28
(14,16)
WP 1: Coordination of JRA1
MPIA NOVA GRANT
ECAN
24
(12)
ONERA Univ
Durham
4,58 19,96 20,73
(…)
Total
289,55
The management (ESO) of the JRA1 has been actively solicited in 2005 for the contract
negotiations and preparation of Technical Specifications/Statement of Work of Adaptive
Optics key components (Piezo deformable mirror, Thin Zerodur shell, Drive electronics for
deformable mirrors, MOEMS, wavefront sensor CCD, Deformable Secondary Mirror).
The JRA1 web page has been maintained by ESO to disseminate the information and reports
produced in the frame of this JRA (http://www.eso.org/projects/aot/jra1/). Some documents
are password protected. Monitoring of the FTE and HW expenditure is now in place and
effective.
A General meeting 2 was organised by ESO in July 2005 at INAF in Firenze. Regular
teleconferences between the principal work package managers have been organised. Strong
interaction between JRA1 and JRA2 has been maintained by ESO for the design review of
the Adaptive Optics CCD detector, specified in the frame of JRA1 and developed in the frame
of JRA2.
WP 2: System design
WP2.1: XAO system Study
Following the two competitive feasibility and conceptual design studies of the VLT XAO
system achieved by INSU and MPIA-INAF and reviewed by ESO in the fall of 2004, the
ESO Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) recommended in April 2005 to establish a
collaboration of both teams under the lead of INSU-LAOG as the P.I. institute. The main
goal of this collaboration was to enhance Planet Finder’s scientific capabilities by the
inclusion of the science instruments (integral field spectrograph and differential polarimeter)
proposed by the former MPIA led consortium. To support this merging, ESO has launched a
Post-phase A contract with the aim of providing enough resource to perform the R&D
activities between the end of the phase A and the start of the VLT Planet Finder design and
construction phase.
The newly merged Consortium has submitted a consolidated instrument concept (see figures)
and a strong coherent system and project management to ESO STC in October 2005.
Documentation presenting efforts of the two former Consortia towards these goals including
an executive summary (attached) has been produced. STC recommended to the ESO Council
15
Lead participant first
16
Use the same contractor short names and numbers indicated in the table “list of participants” in Annex I of
your contract.
17
AC contractors must include both the total estimated human effort (including permanent staff) and, in
brackets, additional staff only.
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