aspera & astroparticle physics in europe thomas berghöfer aspera coordinator pt-desy / bmbf

Astroparticle Physics for Europe

ASPERA & Astroparticle Physics in Europe

Thomas BerghöferASPERA coordinator

PT-DESY / BMBF


ASPERA

• ERA-NET: Network of funding agencies

• EC funded since July 2006

• extended for 3 years in July 2009

• 22 partners from 16 countries


ASPERA-2 – the consortium

ARRS, BMBF, CEA, CERN, CNRS, DEMOKRITOS, FCT, FRS-FNRS, FOM, FWO, FZU, IFIN-HH, INFN, MICINN, NKTH, MEYS, NCBIR, NZZ, PT-DESY, SNF, STFC, VR

ARRS, BMBF, CEA, CERN, CNRS, DEMOKRITOS, FCT, FRS-FNRS, FOM, FWO, FZU, IFIN-HH, INFN, MICINN, NKTH, MEYS, NCBIR, NZZ, PT-DESY, SNF, STFC, VR

Astroparticle Physics - Science

Astroparticle Physics - Science

Seven sub fields:

• High Energy Gamma Rays

• Neutrino Mass

• High Energy Cosmic Rays

• High Energy Cosmic Neutrinos

• Dark Matter direct detection

• Gravitational Waves

• Low Energy Neutrinos & Proton decay

ASPERA Roadmap

ASPERA organised:

• 6 topical workshops (2005-2006)

• 7 working groups (2006-2007)

• Meetings on Theory, R&D, Computing

• 3 large symposia in 2006, 2007, 2008

ASPERA Roadmap

Results:

• 2 main documents1. Science vision2. Priorities

• Special document on R&D and knowledge transfer

• Discussions on therole of Theory

KM3NET

CTA

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Einstein Telescope

1 ton Dark Matter Detector

1 ton Neutrino mass Detector

MegatonProton Decay+ Neutrino Detector

European priorities in Astroparticle Physics

A possible funding scenario


Study funding and evaluation

• Questionnaires & National days

• National days (an ASPERA success story):

Organisation of 12 National Days, 2-4 to come

• Comparison of funding systems, decision making, and evaluation

=> ways to synchronize funding decisions


Study funding and evaluation

In 2006:

• 70 Mio € investment

• More than 2300 FTE

Update is planned for ASPERA-2


ASPERA – common call

• Launched on April 4, 2009

• Deadline: June 4, 2009

• First funding in October 2009

• Priorities: R&D for CTA & direct DM search

• 9 agencies participating

• Virtual pot of 3.7 M€

• 5 proposals (CTA + 4 DM: 7 M€) submitted


ASPERA – common call

Project Agencies Funding

CTA 6 (7) 2.2 (2.8)M€

EURECA 3 (4) 342 (623)k€

DARWIN 3 483k€

Two more calls to come in ASPERA-2

Astroparticle Physics for EuropeASPERA – proactive support


ASPERA – proactive support

Linking of Existing Infrastructure:

• Existing institutions in Europe with ApP interests

• What support can existing institutions offer?

technical support, workshop capacity, managerial support, expertise, …

• Best practice in Science Project Management

Learn from others: Auger, IceCube, Katrin, …


ASPERA „Interfaces“

• Website: www.aspera-eu.org

• Newsletter: see website

• Contact office: [email protected]

• Information visits

• Information links to key persons

• Participation in the network


ASPERA-2


ASPERA-2 work programme


ASPERA – why talk to others?

• Increase the level of interdisciplinarity

• Develop further astroparticle physics as an interdisciplinary field

• Synergies

• Share costs

• Increase impact to the society

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OECD Global Science Forum - Working group on Astroparticle Physics

o Two meetings in Paris and Krakow

o Interims report accepted by Global Science Forum

o Three scientific meetings planed:- “cosmic rays” in Europe, January 2010 to be organized by Christian Spiering- other topics covered by meetings in the U.S. and Japan

ASPERA and beyond


ApPEC

o Started to discuss its long-term future

ESFRI

o Nothing really new

o Will be happy when projects can be taken from the roadmap after successful start of construction

ASPERA and beyond


… wishes

Good Luck!

Thanks for your attention!

ASPERA …

aspera & astroparticle physics in europe thomas berghöfer aspera coordinator pt-desy / bmbf

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