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Comet Interceptor Science Working TEam (SWT)
This website contains information and material from meetings of the Science Working Team (SWT) and its Working Groups.
The Comet Interceptor SWT advises ESA on all scientific aspects of the mission. All instruments are represented in the SWT, together with four Interdisciplinary Scientists.
Below are the lists of Comet Interceptor instruments and their lead scientists, and of the Interdisciplinary Scientsts.
| Instrument | Name | Institution | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comet Camera (CoCa) | Nicolas Thomas | Univ. Bern, Switzerland | CoCa Lead Scientist |
| Dust, Fields, Plasma (DFP) | Hanna Rothkaehl | Center of Space Research (CBK), Warsaw, Poland | DFP Lead Scientist |
| Vincenzo della Corte | INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy | DFP Co-Lead Scientist | |
| Marina Galand | Imperial College, London, UK | DFP Co-Lead Scientist | |
| Pierre Henri | CNRS, Orleans and Nice, France | DFP Co-Lead Scientist | |
| Uli Auster | TU Braunschweig, Germany | DFP Co-Lead Scientist | |
| Nicolas Andre | IRAP, France | DFP Co-Lead Scientist | |
| Hans Nilsson | IRF-Kiruna, Sweden | DFP Co-Lead Scientist | |
| Ivana Kolmasova | IAP, Praque, Czech Republic | DFP Co-Lead Scientist | |
| Mass Analyzer for Neutrals in a Coma (MANiaC) | Martin Rubin | Univ. Bern, Switzerland | MANIaC Lead Scientist |
| Modular InfraRed Molecules and Ices Sensor (MIRMIS) | Neil Bowles | Univ. Oxford, UK | MIRMIS Lead Scientist |
| Antti Näsilä |
VTT, Espoo, Finland |
MIRMIS Co-Lead Scientist | |
| Hydrogen Imager (HI) | Kazuo Yoshioka | Univ. of Tokyo, Japan | HI Lead Scientist |
| Narrow Angle Camera/Wide Angle Camera (NAC/WAC) | Naoya Sakatani | JAXA, Japan | NAC/WAC Lead Scientist |
| Shingo Kameda | Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan | NAC/WAC Co-Lead Scientist | |
| Plasma Suite (PS) | Satoshi Kasahara | University of Tokyo, Japan | PS Lead Scientist |
| Ayako Matsuoka | Kyoto University, Japan | PS Co-Lead Scientist | |
| Entire Visible Sky (EnVisS) | Vania Da Deppo | CNR-IFN, Padova, Italy | EnVisS Lead Scientist |
| Luisa Lara | IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain | EnVisS Co-Lead Scientist | |
| Optical Periscope Imager for Comets (OPIC) | Mihkel Pajusalu | Univ. of Tartu, Estonia | OPIC Lead Scientist |
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Geraint Jones | University College London, United Kingdom |
| Elena Martellato | INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padua, Italy |
| Colin Snodgrass | University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Seije Sugita | University of Tokyo, Japan |
The SWT is supported by Working Groups (WGs):
The members of the Science Operations Working Group are:
| Name | Institution | Function or Instrument represented |
|---|---|---|
| Antoine Pommerol | Univ. Bern, Switzerland | Comet Camera (CoCa) |
| Mariusz Pozoga | Center of Space Research (CBK), Warsaw, Poland | Dust, Fields, Plasma (DFP) |
| Jan Soucek | IAP, Prague, Czech Republic | DFP |
| Thomas Beck | Univ. Bern, Switzerland | Mass Analyzer for Neutrals in a Coma (MANiaC) |
| Tomas Kohout | Univ. Helsinki, Finland | Modular InfraRed Molecules and Ices Sensor (MIRMIS) |
| Kazuo Yoshioka | Univ. of Tokyo, Japan | Probe B1 Representative |
| Vincenzo della Corte | INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy | Entire Visible Sky (EnVisS) |
| Mihkel Pajusalu | Univ. of Tartu, Estonia | Optical Periscope Imager for Comets (OPIC) |
| Johan de Keyser | Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomie, Brussels, Belgium | Comet Interceptor Science DAta Centre (CISDC) Representative |
The members of the Target Identification WG and the Comet Environment WG can be found here