ASPERA Status ASPERA Status

Astronet GB

20 September 2006

S.Katsanevas

CNRS/IN2P3

What is the AstroParticle ERA net (ASPERA)?What is the AstroParticle ERA net (ASPERA)?

An EU ERANET program with– 17 partners from 12 countries and CERN, CNRS coordinator, ambition to

cover all countries with astroparticle activities in Europe– EU budget 2.5 M€ for 3 years (1 July 2006 to 1 July 2009) used for 33

meetings, 10 new liaison officers , 26 deliverables, 5 milestones. Goals (increasing level of ambition)

1. Evaluate the current status of Astroparticle Physics funding in Europe2. Provide the community with a common electronic infrastructure and

outreach policy 3. Increase the partnership to all European countries with activities in

Astroparticle, coordinate with other regions 4. Prepare a detailed roadmap and strategic plan of the facilities5. Propose common evaluation procedures, management, benchmarks6. Achieve integration/coordination/linking of facilities (Ulabs, CT, GWA)7. Achieve common funding calls (e.g for R&D) 8. Achieve partial alignment of funds in Europe for Astroparticle

ASPERAASPERA17 agencies 12 countries + CERN:

1. Belgium FNRS/FWO

2. Czech Rep. MEYS

3. France CEA/CNRS

4. Germany BMBF/PTDESY

5. Greece DEMOKRITOS

6. Italy INFN

7. Netherlands FOM

8. Portugal FCT

9. Spain MEC/FECYT

10. Sweden VR

11. Switzerland SNF

12. UK PPARC

13. CERN

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5 workpackages5 workpackages

WP4

Web/Database/Outreach

Network Extension

BMBF/MEC

WP2RoadmapPPARC

WP1

Status in research funding

NIKHEF WP3

European wide procedures

INFN

WP5

Management

CNRS

Management structureManagement structureManagement Structure of Aspera Details

Peer Review CommiteeF.Avignone, J.Bernabeu , J. Bluemer, K. Danzmann, E. Fernandez,

W. Hofmann, J.Iliopoulos, U.Katz, P.Lipari, M. Martinez, A. Masiero, B. Mours,P. Binetruy, F.Ronga, A.Rubbia, S.Sarkar, G. Sigl, G. Smadja, N. Smith, A. Watson

Task 1.4Coordination

FOM

Task 1.3Dissemination

CEA

Task 1.2BenchmarkingPPARC + FOM

Task 1.1Compilation studiesMEC/FECYT + INFN

WP1Status in research funding

G.Steenhoven

Task 2.5Coordination

PPARC

Task 2.4Dissemination

CEA

Task 2.3A posteriori linking

BMBF/PTDESY

Task 2.2Evaluation procedures

PPARC + FOM

Task 2.1Roadmap

FOM

WP2RoadmapA. Coates

Task 3.5Coordination

INFN

Task 3.4Dissemination

CEA

Task 3.3Cooperation agreements

BMBF/PTDESY

Task 3.2RTD Coordination

INFN + MEC/FECYT

Task 3.1Action Plan

INFN + MEC/FECYT

WP3European wide procedures

B. Dettore

Task 4.4Consortium, Extension

WP coordinationBMBF/PTDESY

Task 4.3Outreach

CERN

Task 4.2Internet based communication

MEC/FECYT + FCT

Task 4.1Electronic portal and database

CNRS + SNF

WP4Electronic infrastructure

Outreach, ExtensionT. Berghoeffer

Task 5.1Consortium

management, auditing etc..CNRS

WP5Consortium, management,

auditingN. Olivier

Joint Secretariat :N. Olivier, G.Steenhoven, A. Coates, B. Dettore,

C. Sutton/J.Gillies, A. Ferrer, C. Cavata

CoordinatorS. Katsanevas

Governing BoardJ. Seed (PPARC), M. Spiro (CNRS), R. Koepke (BMBF), R. Petronzio (INFN), J. Zinn Zustin (CEA),

C. Declercq (FWO), M. Bourquin (SNF), D. Bertrand (FNRS), I. Siotis (Demokritos), M. Pimenta (FCT),F. Linde (FOM), D. Espriu (MEC),T. Baez (FECYT), I. Ridky (MEYS), P.O Hulth (VR), D. Schlatter (CERN)

ASPERA WP1ASPERA WP1

Status APP funding in Europe

–Inventory of systems & rules

–Identify barriers for collaboration

(legal, financial)

Collect statusCollect status information information

How do other agencies operate

– Funding philosophy

– Which programs?

– Who can be funded?

– Which disciplines?

– Conditions?

– Other organisations?WP 1

InstrumentsInstruments Program manager meetings:

1. Define criteria (early 2007) 1st workshop 15 January 2007 Paris

Working stays abroad: Administrative open days

a. 1st meeting in Paris on the 16/17 of January 2007 in Parisb. 2nd meeting April in Amsterdamc. 3rd meeting June in Hambourgd. 4th meeting July Londone. 5th meeting October Romef. 6th meeting November Madrid g. 7th meeting January 2008 Geneva/Bernh. 8th meeting March Brussels i. 9th meeting May Lisbonj. 10th meeting June Stockholm

k. 11th meeting September Athens• 12th meeting November Prague

• A draft document ready a few major agencies serve as “cobays” for its pertinence before large diffusion (PPARC,INFN,CNRS,INFN, FOM)

ASPERA WP2ASPERA WP2

A Roadmap for APP in Europe

–Roadmap and areas of common R&D

–Formulation of a common evaluation policy

–A posteriori linking of existing infrastructures

Astroparticle Physics, a definition through 6 questions*Astroparticle Physics, a definition through 6 questions*

1. What is the Universe made of ?2. Do protons have a finite life time ?3. What are the properties of neutrinos ? What is their role

in cosmic evolution ?4. What do neutrinos tell us about the interior of Sun and

Earth, and about Supernova explosions ?5. What is the origin of cosmic rays ? What is the view of

the sky at extreme energies ?6. What is the nature of gravity ? Can we detect

gravitational waves ? What will they tell us about violent cosmic processes ?

Courtesy ApPEC PRC

*”Science is the art of replacing unimportant questions that can be answered

by important ones which cannot” Edward B. Ferguson Jr. 1976.

A definition through instrumentsA definition through instruments

1. High Energy neutrinos 2. High energy gamma rays 3. Gravitational antennas4. High energy cosmic rays 5. Dark matter6. Large Underground Detectors7. Neutrinos mass (endpoint, doublebeta) and reactor

neutrinos

Spiering, ApPEC.

Charged Cosmic RaysGeV-TeV gamma(incl. DM indirect)

HE neutrinosatm. neutrinos(incl. DM indirect)

Solar axions

underwaterunderice

i.e. Hess, Auger

CAST

UG lab

DM directUG lab

Solar Supernova

WIMP

satellite

MeV/GeV (Agile, Glast)MeV/GeV CR (Pamela, AMS)CR @ extreme energies

Spiering, ApPEC.

No particles from heaven but:- same infrastructure ()- closely related question (tritium decay)

UG lab Oscillations (accelerators) NO

proton decay

Accelerator

Laser axions mReactor

Spiering, ApPEC.

Resonance AntennasInterferometers(Geo-600, VIRGO)

Interferometerlow frequency(LISA)