The PLATO Science Working Team (SWT) is appointed by ESA to advise on all aspects of the mission potentially affecting its scientific performance. It is chaired by the Project Scientist and will assiste them in maximising the overall scientific return of the mission within the established boundary conditions, acting as a focus for the interests of the scientific community in PLATO. The SWT will be asked to review and endorse top-level requirements (in all areas of the project) that impact science return.
Members of the SWT are expected to monitor and give advice on all aspects of the PLATO mission which affect its scientific performance. They perform specific scientific and/or technical tasks, as needed during development and operation, and are invited to participate in major project reviews as observers. Specifically, the SWT will be in charge of:
- Maximising the scientific return of the PLATO mission within programmatic constraints, while ensuring that the development and operations of the mission remain compatible with its main scientific objectives;
- Advising on the optimisation of the scientific performances of the instrument and spacecraft;
- Supervising the preparation and periodic update of the PIC and “prime sample” list;
- Monitoring and advising on the space- and ground-based observation strategies and plans and the calibration strategy;
- Monitoring, advising on, and supporting the plans and execution of the ground-based observations required for the PLATO mission success;
- Reviewing and optimising the reduction, analysis and exploitation of the PLATO mission data;
- Optimising access to the data via the mission archive(s);
- Supervising and advising on the release of scientific data products to the community;
- Monitoring publications of results by proprietary data holders, within the data right rules established in the Science Management Plan;
- Promoting public awareness and appreciation of the PLATO mission, and supporting ESA in the outreach efforts.
The SWT consists of:
- The PMC PI, co-PIs and up to nine members from the PMC, covering main areas relevant for the scientific objectives of the mission;
- Two “Community scientists” and one “Ground-based observations Scientist”;
- Up to two GOP Team(s) representatives
The actual number of members and composition of the SWT may change according to the different phases of the mission development.
PSWT MEMBERS
Dr. Ana M. Heras (Project Scientist, chair)
Directorate of Science
ESA/ESTEC
Keplerlaan 1
2200 AG Noordwijk
The Netherlands
Ana.Heras(at)esa.int
Prof. Conny Aerts
Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven
Celestijnenlaan 200D
3001 Leuven
Belgium
Conny.Aerts(at)ster.kuleuven.be
Dr. Magali Deleuil
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS
LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille) UMR 7326
13388, Marseille
France
magali.deleuil(at)lam.fr
Prof. Laurent Gizon
Department Solar and Stellar Interiors
Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 3
37077 Göttingen
Germany
gizon(at)mps.mpg.de
Dr. Marie-Jo Goupil
LESIA
Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon
5 Place Jules Janssen
92195 Meudon Cedex
France
MarieJo.Goupil(at)obspm.fr
Dr. J. Miguel Mas-Hesse (Co-Principal Investigator)
Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC/INTA)
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial
Ctra de Torrejón a Ajalvir, km 4
28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid
Spain
mm(at)cab.inta-csic.es
Dr. Hugh P. Osborn (Community Scientist)
Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern
Gesellschaftsstrasse 6
CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland
hugh.osborn(at)unibe.ch
Dr. Isabella Pagano (Co-Principal Investigator)
INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania
via S. Sofia 78
95123 Catania
Italy
isabella.pagano(at)inaf.it
Prof. Giampaolo Piotto
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Galileo Galilei”
Università degli Studi di Padova
Vicolo dell’Osservatorio, 3
I-35122 Padova
Italy
giampaolo.piotto(at)unipd.it
Prof. Don Pollacco
Department of Physics
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
UK
d.pollacco(at)warwick.ac.uk
Dr. Gavin Ramsay (Community Scientist)
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
College Hill
Armagh
BT61 9DG
Northern Ireland, UK
Gavin.Ramsay(at)armagh.ac.uk
Prof. Roberto Ragazzoni
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5
35122 Padova
Italy
roberto.ragazzoni(at)oapd.inaf.it
Prof. Heike Rauer (Principal Investigator)
DLR – Institut für Planetenforschung Extrasolare Planeten und Atmosphären
Rutherfordstraße 2
12489 Berlin
Germany
Heike.Rauer(at)dlr.de
Prof. Stéphane Udry
Observatoire de Genève
51 chemin des Maillettes
1290 Sauverny
Switzerland
Stephane.Udry(at)unige.ch
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