The performance related activities affect the PLATO mission at large and are therefore part of the high level system activities. The PLATO Performance Team (PPT) tasks address instrument as well as science related issues:

• assessment of the science requirements by overall science performance analysis,
• assessment of the instrument aspects concerning performance requirements,
• assessment of the science aspects impacting performance issues, 
• develop a simulation model of the PLATO  payload performance (PLATOSim, and simplified models where needed),
• bookkeeping of instrument and science parameters to use for performance modelling, 
• support the PCL, the PLATO board and ESAs PLATO Science Working Team,
•  provide the PLATO (Instrument) Performance Report. 

The block diagram above shows the main structure of the PPT. It includes experts from all major elements of the PMC who contribute to the PPT activities as needed. The PPT is divided into four tasks: FGS Performance, instrument, and science aspects, and the overall instrument signal and noise budgets. The PPT reports to the PCL and interacts closely with ESA.

 

PPT Members

• Conny Aerts, Astroseismic Mode Detection; Stellar Parameter Accurancy Leader; Complementary science Performance Issues Leader,
  • KU Leuven, Belgium
• Thierry Appourchaux, Astroseismic Mode Detection Leader; Stellar Parameter Accurancy; Calibration & Operation
  • IAS, France
• Anko Börner, Instrument noise performance Coordinator,
  • DLR, Germany
• Juan Cabrera, Science performance Coordinator; Instrument performance: Data Processing (L0 to L1); Science performance: Exoplanet Detection, Data Processing (L1 to L2); Instrument noise performance: Models & Simulations,
  • DLR, Germany
• Szilard Csizmadia, Science performance: Planet Parameter Accurancy,
  • DLR, Germany
• Joris de Ridder, Instrument noise performance: Models & Simulations
  • KU Leuven, Belgium
• Anders Erikson, PLATO Operation & Calibration Manager (PCOTM); Instrument performance: Data Processing (L0 to L1); Science performance: Calibration & Operation Leader,
  • DLR, Germany
• Laurent Gizon, Science performance: Link to Science Requierements;Science performance: Data processing (L1 to L2) Leader,
  • MPSSR, Germany
• Maria Jo Goupil, Science performance: Asteroseismic Mode Detection, Stellar Parameter Accuracy Leader; Complementary Science Performance Issues,
  • OBSPM, France
• Jason Gow,
  • Cambridge, UK
• Denis Griessbach, Fine Guidance Performance Coordinator,
  • DLR, Germany
• Rik Huygen, Instrument noise perfromance: Models & Simulations,
  • KU Leuven, Belgium
• Tom Kennedy, Instrument performance: Electronics/CCD,
  • MSSL, UK
• Alexander Koncz, Instrument performance: Electronics/CCD,
  • DLR, Germany
• Demetrio Magrin, Instrument performance: Optics,
  • INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Padova, Italy
• Miguel Mas-Hesse, Instrument performance: Thermal/Mechanics,
  • CAB-INTA, Spain
• Harald Michaelis, Instrument performance: Electronics/CCD,
  • DLR, Germany
• Valery Mogulsky, Instrument performance: Optics; Science performance: Calibration & Operation
  • OHB, Germany
• Matteo Munari, Instrument performance: Optics
  • INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy
• Valerio Nascimbeni, Science performance: Target Filed
  • University of Padova, Italy
• Isabella Pagano, Instrument performance: Optics Leader,
  • INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy
• Martin Pertenais,
  • DLR, Germany
• Gisbert Peter, Instrument performance: Data Processing (L0 to L1); Science performance: Calibration & Operation,
  • DLR, Germany
• Daniele Piazza, Instrument performance: Optics;  Thermal/Mechanics,
  • University of Bern, Switzerland
• Giampaolo Piotto, Science perfromance: Target Field Leader; Calibration & Operation,
  • University of Padova, Italy
• Don Pollacco, Science performance: Link to science requirements; Data processing (L1 to L2); Follow up performance; Calibration & Operation,
  • Warwick University, UK
• Roberto Ragazzoni, Instrument performance: Optics,
  • INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Padova, Italy
• Heike Rauer, PLATO Consortium Leader (PCL); PLATO Performance Team (PPT) Coordinator; Science performance: Link to Science Requierements; Data processing (L1 to L2)
  • DLR, Germany
• Klaus Raum, Instrument performance: Electronics/CCD,
  • OHB, Germany
• Steve Rockstein, Instrument performance: Thermal/Mechanics Leader,
  • OHB, Germany
• Reza Samadi, Instrument performance: Data Processing (L0 to L1) Leader;
  Instrument noise performance: Models & Simulations; Science perfromance: Data processing (L1 to L2)
  • OBSPM, France
• Dimitri Serrano-Verlarde, Instrument noise performance: Models & Simulations
  • OHB, Germany
• Alan Smith, Instrument performance: Electronics/CCD Leader,
  • MSSL, UK
• Stéphane Udry, Science performance: Exoplanet detection; Follow up performance,
  • University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Dave Walton, Instrument performance: Electronics/CCD
  • MSSL, UK
• Jürgen Wohlfeil, Science perfromance: Calibration & Operation,
  • DLR, Germany