Work Plan Overview

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Work Package 1: Science Projects
Work Package Manager : Dr. J.Walsh (ESO)
Tasks Task Coordinator Collaboration
Task 1.1 Pre-main-sequence objects
Proto-stellar discs, jets, Herbig Haro objects, collimation, mass loss, mass accretion, pre-solar nebula
Dr. J.Walsh (ESO) ESO, LYO
Task 1.2 Resolved stellar populations
Local group and nearby galaxies, crowded fields, nuclear and bulge regions, most luminous stars, B and A supergiants, supernovae, Luminous Blue Variables, planetary nebulae, novae and cataclysmic variables, HII regions.
Dr. J.Walsh (ESO) ESO, AIP, CAM, DUR, MPE, LEI
Task 1.3 Normal Galaxies
Stellar and gas dynamics, supermassive black holes, galaxy nuclei, elliptical galaxies, spirals/bars
Dr. V.Cayette (PAR) PAR, CAM, DUR, MPE, ESO, LEI, LYO, IAC
Task 1.4 Active Galaxies
Gas dynamics, stellar populations, nuclear activity/starburst, fuelling of the active nucleus, (extended) narrow emission-line regions
Dr. P.Ferruit (LYO) LYO, MPE, ESO, LEI, PAR, IAC, CAM
Task 1.5 Groups and cluster of galaxies
Galaxy formation, galaxy evolution, tidal interaction and merging, star formation history
B.Garilli (MIL) MIL, PAR, AIP, DUR
Task 1.6 High redshift galaxies
Galaxy evolution, galaxy dynamics, galaxy formation, star formation history, cosmology
Dr. P.van der Werf (LEI) LEI, CAM, MPE, ESO, MAR, MIL, PAR, AIP, DUR
Task 1.7 Gravitational lensing
Gravitational lens models, QSO unresolved structure, dark matter in lens galaxies, extinction laws in galaxies
Dr. E.Mediavilla (IAC) IAC, PAR, AIP, DUR
 
Work Package 2: Data Analysis Tools
Work Package Manager : Dr. B.Garilli (MIL)
Tasks Task Coordinator Collaboration
Task 2.1 Data format and software specifications
Data format definition (including FITS format, FITS keyword list), software requeriments (including platforms, code structure, language, interfaces)
Dr. M.Kissler-Pating (ESO) all teams
Task 2.2 3D Visualization
Input/ouput of data files, data cube transformation, display/plotting options, extracting spectra and monochromatic images, graphical user interface
Dr. M.M.Roth (AIP) AIP, CAM, DUR, ESO, LEI, MAR, MIL, PAR
Task 2.3 Line fitting tool
Emission lines, gas kinematics, lilne ratios, line deblending, global data cube fitting, automated fitting processes
Dr. P.Ferruit (LYO) LYO, PAR, ESO, IAC, AIP, CAM, DUR
Task 2.4 Crowded field 3D spectroscopy
Accurate background subtraction, spectroscopy of faint point sources on high surface brightness distribution: testing, interpolation techniques, PSF-fitting techniques
Dr. M.M.Roth (AIP) AIP, ESO, MIL, CAM
Task 2.5 3D mosaicing
Combination of multiple exposures to increase S/N and/or FOV, "shift and stare" mode, dithering
Dr. L.E. Taccini-Garman (MPE) MPE, LYO, CAM, AIP, DUR, MIL
Task 2.6 Data cube exploration, data mining
Three-dimensional data scape, survays, 3D archives, object finding for specific signatures, serendipitous discoveries
Dr. V. Le Brun (MAR) MAR, MIL, PAR, DUR
Task 2.7 3D deconvolution
High spatial resolution, deconvolution techniques, deconvolution guiding using high resolution images, PSF restoration techniques
Dr. P.Ferruit (LYO) LYO, AIP, LEI, MPE
Task 2.8 3D cross correlation
Galaxy kinematics, radial velocity maps, radial velocities derived from absorption and emission lines, low signal-to-noise spectra, template spectra
Dr. V. Cayatte (PAR) PAR, LEI, MPE, LYO, DUR
 
Work Package 3: Collective Training Activities Work Package Manager : Dr. J.Allington-Smith (DUR)
Tasks Task Coordinator
Task 3.1 Kick-Off Meeting
Project starting point, strategies of final research and training programme, schedule and milestones, mini-workshop plan, splinter-meetings of individual task collaborations, coordination of recruiment of young researchers
Dr. M.M.Roth (AIP)
Task 3.2 Science Workshop
Review of state-of-the-art, detailed definition of science projects, planning common observing runs, plenary introduction of young researchers, presentations given by young researchers
Dr. R.Johnson (CAM)
Task 3.3 Data Analysis Workshop
Review of the progress after Year 2, sicence project reports, s/w development reports, feedback from observers, update of requeriments, presentations given by young researchers
Dr. P.Ferruit (LYO)
Task 3.4 Summary Workshop
Presentation of science results, presentation of Euro3D data analysis sfotware package, future directions, presentations given by young researchers
B. Garilli (MIL)
Task 3.5 Wroking Level Mini-Workshops
Coordinating meetings of collaborating participants for Tasks 1.1 - 1.7 and 2.1 -2.8, organization and presentations by young researchers
local team leaders
Task 3.6 IAC Winter School
Canary Island Winter School for Astrophysics series, training of young researchers, training beyond the network, book of Winter School lectures
Dr. E.Mediavilla (IAC)
Task 3.7 International Conference, ESO
ESO Astrophysics Symposia series, proceedings published by Springer, review speakers and presentations given by young RTN researchers
Dr. J.Walsh (ESO)
Task 3.8 Public Outreach and Education
Creating awareness of 3D spectroscopy for general public
Dr. R.Bacon (LYO)
Task 3.9 Euro3D Website, S/W Distribution and Support
Euro3D Newsletter, report, minutes of meetings, archive of technical documentation and publications, software distribution
P.Böhm (AIP)
Task 3.10 Technology Transfer
Creating awareness of astronomical 3D spectroscopy in other scientific fields and in industry
Dr. M.M.Roth (AIP)
Task 3.11 Network Management
Contract with EC, membership agreement, submission of documents, network communication, coordination of work plan, Newsletter distribution, progress monitoring, periodic reports, mid-term review, final report
Dr. M.M.Roth (AIP)
 
S.F.Sánchez, 1 October 2002, update: P.Böhm, 11 January 2005