PROBA-3 Science Working Team (SWT) Meeting

(Dr. T. P. Ganeshan Auditorium - Mini Hall 1)

SWT #10 - Day 1, 09:00 - 11:00

Session 1: Inauguration and Introduction

09:00 - 09:05 Invocation

09:05 - 09:10 Lighting of Kuthuvilakku

09:10 - 09:20 Welcome Address (Prof. C. Muthamizhchelvan, Vice Chancellor, SRMIST)

09:20 - 09:25 Introduction (Prof. Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IIST, India, Convener)
09:25 - 10:10 Chief Guest's Address (Dr. S. Somanath, Chairman, ISRO) - CANCELLED

09:25 - 09:30 Introduction to Prof. J. Zender, ESA (Dr. A. Zhukov, ASPIICS PI, ROB, Belgium, Convener)
09:30 - 09:50 The European Space Agency – An overview (Prof. J. Zender, PROBA-3 Project Scientist, ESA)

09:50 - 10:20 ASPIICS science and status (A. Zhukov)
10:20 - 10:50 DARA science and status (W. Finsterle)
10:50 - 11:00 Vote of Thanks (Dr. Sanjay Kumar Mehta, SRMIST, India, Convener)

National Anthem

11:30 Departure to Sriharikota to attend the PROBA-3 launch
 

SWT #10 - Day 2, 09:00 - 15:30

Session 2: Synergies with the Aditya-L1 mission

09:00 - 09:30 Aditya-L1 Science Capabilities (K. Sankarasubramanian)
09:30 - 10:00 Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on Aditya-L1 (S. Padinhatteeri)

10:00 - 10:30 Observational capabilities of Visible Emission Line Coronagraph onboard Aditya-L1 (K. Sasikumar Raja)

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:20 Metis, ASPIICS, Aditya and CODEX: Perspectives for Joint Science (S. Fineschi)
11:20 - 11:40 Radio imaging of the ASPIICS field-of-view with SKAO precursors (D. Oberoi)

11:40 - 12:30 Discussion on the PROBA-3 - Aditya-L1 synergies and potential joint observation plans

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

Session 3: Science

14:00 - 14:20 Coronal cavities as an ASPIICS target (U. Bak-Steslicka)
14:20 - 14:40 Luminosity variations of G-stars: A 26 year perspective (W. Schmutz)

Session 4: Miscellaneous

14:40 - 15:00 Overview of the envisaged ESA Communication Activities in 2025 and 2026 (J. Zender)
15:00 - 15:20 Future meetings (J. Zender, A. Zhukov, W. Finsterle)
15:20 - 15:30 AOB

15:30 End of Science Working Team Meeting

16:00 - 17:30 at IST: Science interaction meeting of faculty members and students of the SRM group of institutions with ESA and European scientists