The European Solar Telescope (EST) will be a revolutionary Research Infrastructure that will play a major role in answering key questions in modern Solar Physics. This 4-meter class solar telescope, to be located in the Canary Islands, will provide solar physicists with the most advanced state-of-the-art observing tools to transform our understanding of the complex phenomena that drive the solar magnetic activity. The principal objective of the present Preparatory Phase is to provide both the EST international consortium and the funding agencies with a detailed plan regarding the implementation of EST.
The specific objectives of the proposed preparatory phase are: (1) to explore possible legal frameworks and related governance schemes that can be used by agencies to jointly establish, construct and operate EST as a new research infrastructure, with the implementation of an intermediate temporary organisational structure, as a previous step for future phases of the project; (2) to explore funding schemes and funding sources for EST, including a proposal of financial models to make possible the combination of direct financial and in-kind contributions towards the construction and operation of EST; (3) to compare the two possible sites for EST in the Canary Islands Astronomical Observatories and prepare final site agreements; (4) to engage funding agencies and policy makers for a long-term commitment which guarantees the construction and operation phases of the Telescope; (5) to involve industry in the design of EST key elements to the required level of definition and validation for their final production; (6) to enhance and intensify outreach activities and strategic links with national agencies and the user communities of EST.
To accomplish the aforementioned goals, this 4-year project, promoted by the European Association for Solar Telescopes (EAST) and the PRE-EST consortium, encompassing 23 research institutions from 16 countries, will set up the Project Office
Jan JurÄák, Manuel Collados, Jorrit Leenaarts, Michiel van Noort, Rolf Schlichenmaier Recent advancements in the EST project published pages: , ISSN: 0273-1177, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2018.06.034
Advances in Space Research
2020-03-11
2018
Murabito Mariarita, Francesca Zuccarello, Salvo L. Guglielmino, Paolo Romano Formation of Penumbra in a Sample of Active Regions Observed by the SDO Satellite published pages: 58, ISSN: 1538-4357, DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaac7c
The Astrophysical Journal 855/1
2020-03-11
2018
Iker S. Requerey, Basilio Ruiz Cobo, Milan Gošić, Luis R. Bellot Rubio Persistent magnetic vortex flow at a supergranular vertex published pages: A84, ISSN: 0004-6361, DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731842
Astronomy & Astrophysics 610
2020-03-11
2017
Melinda Nagy, Alexandre Lemerle, François Labonville, Kristóf Petrovay, Paul Charbonneau The Effect of “Rogue†Active Regions on the Solar Cycle published pages: , ISSN: 0038-0938, DOI: 10.1007/s11207-017-1194-0
Solar Physics 292/11
2020-03-11
2017
Salvo L. Guglielmino, Paolo Romano, Francesca Zuccarello Observational Evidence of a Flux Rope within a Sunspot Umbra published pages: L16, ISSN: 2041-8213, DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa835c
The Astrophysical Journal 846/2
2020-03-11
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