Untitled - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Grenoble
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• Herschel-HIFI: Astromol is involved in the scientific preparation of the heterodyne instrument HIFI, on<br />
board the ESA satellite Herschel Space Observatory (HSO), which will be launched beginning 2008. One<br />
of the Astromol members (CC) is the coordinator of the team “Star Formation” for the use of the HIFI<br />
Guaranteed Time, and coordinator of the Herschel Key Program “Spectral Surveys of Star Forming<br />
Regions”.<br />
• FP6-THE MOLECULAR UNIVERSE is a network financed by the EC in the FP6 plan, in preparation<br />
of the Herschel mission. The goal of the network is to provi<strong>de</strong> the tools for the best interpretation<br />
of observations of molecules in the space. This means computing the molecular data relevant for the<br />
astrophysical observations, as well as the <strong>de</strong>velopment of astrophysical mo<strong>de</strong>ls for their interpretation.<br />
They are both among the goals of Astromol itself (§2.1), and, in<strong>de</strong>ed Astromol plays a major role in<br />
several milestones of the network, as well as in its management. In addition, being a training network, a<br />
major goal is the formation of young researchers. Astromol is also a major actor in this aspect, helping<br />
in the preparation of the 2005 Summer School “Molecular Astrophysics” and offering a post-doc position.<br />
• ALMA: Astromol is involved in the preparation of the ALMA project, contributing to the project “Action<br />
Specific pour ALMA” (ASA) with two of its members (CK and PV).<br />
• Projets Nationaux: PCMI and PNPS. Astromol regularly obtains funds from PCMI since its creation,<br />
and participate to its board (BL). It substantially contributes to the scientific results of PCMI, with about<br />
15% of refereed articles. Lately, Astromol has also obtained PNPS funds for the study of proto-planetary<br />
disks, in collaboration with FOST members (see §3.5).<br />
• CNRS/NSF project “Cyanopolyynes in the interstellar space”. Since 2004 Astromol (LW, CC, BL, AF,<br />
PV) received funds to collaborate with the University of California of Los Angeles (UCLA; M.Morris) in a<br />
project that aims to study the formation and evolution of cyanopolyynes in several regions of our Galaxy;<br />
from cold molecular clouds to star forming regions and regions close to the Galactic Center.<br />
• PAI vanGogh project “Proto-planetary disks”: since 2005 Astromol (CC and BL) has been fun<strong>de</strong>d to<br />
collaborate with the University of Amsterdam in a project which aims to study some key aspects of the<br />
physics and evolution of proto-planetary disks: the ionization in the disk midplane, the evolution of the<br />
dusty and gaseous components of the disk, and the effects of the disk irradiation from the central source.<br />
This project involves also members of the FOST team (see also §3.5).<br />
• JETSET : this is a EC FP6 network, <strong>de</strong>scribed in <strong>de</strong>tail in the FOST chapter.<br />
• CIMENT is UJF project “CIMENT” (Calcul Intensif, Modélisation, Expérimentation Numérique et Technologique),<br />
<strong>de</strong>tailed in subsection “High Performance Computing” (§3.4).<br />
In addition, Astromol members have collaborations with several colleagues world wi<strong>de</strong>: P.Caselli (Arcetri<br />
Obs., Italy), J.Cernicharo (Madrid, ES), Feigelson (Pen.State Un., USA), E.Herbst (Columbus, USA), D.Hollenbach<br />
(Nasa Ames, USA), J.Noga (Bratislava, SK), J.Tennyson (Un.Col.London, UK), X.Tielens (Groningen, NL),<br />
Moshe Elitzur (Univ. kentucky, USA) just to mention the most important collaborations.<br />
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