March 24, 2015

Participants

Leader

CNESCNES Centre National d'Études Spatiales
General information http://www.cnes.fr/
CoRoT at CNES http://smsc.cnes.fr/COROT/

French laboratories

LESIALESIA
Laboratoire d'Études Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique

Major responsibilities in CoRoT
- Global scientific management
- Detectors: http://pccorot15.obspm.fr/COROT-CAL/index_agl.html
- Photometric bench: http://corotsol.obspm.fr/banc_photo/index.html
- Focal bloc - Electronics
- CoRoTCam: Focal bloc + dioptric objective
- On board software
- Equipment bay
- Ground segment: http://corotsol.obspm.fr/
- Data reduction centre

LAMLAM
Laboratoire d'astronomie de Marseille
http://www.oamp.fr/lam/

Major responsibilities in CoRoT
- telescope, baffle, cover
- mechanical test equipments
- exoplanet programme
- exoplanet observations calibrations

IASIAS
IAS Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
http://www.ias.U-psud.fr

Major responsibilities in CoRoT
- Dispersive system of the Camera
- Integrations of the camera
- Participation to the exoplanet reduction pipe-line
- CO-responsibility of the L1--> L2 sismo pipe-line
- Responsibility of the public archive
- Coordination of the Data Analysis activities (DATeam) telescope, baffle, cover

OMPOMP
Observatoire de Midi-Pyrénées (LAT, CESR)
http://www.obs-mip.fr/omp/
Major responsibilities in CoRoT
- Astrophysical data bases
- CoRoTSky a tool to prepare observations
- contribution to the scientific preparation

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