QUANTUM PHYSICS AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS IN SPACE

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1 Summer School Tutors 2015 July 14-23, Alpbach/Tyrol Austria QUANTUM PHYSICS AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS IN SPACE

2 SUMMER SCHOOL TUTORS Head Tutor: Peter Falkner, ESA Team Tutors: Team Blue: (E) Günter Kargl, Space Research Institute Graz Team Orange: (E) Eric Wille, ESA (TEC) Team Green: (E) David Fischer, Space Research Institute Graz Team Red: (E) Martin Gehler, ESA (SRE) Science Pool Tutors: Bernard Foulon, Onera Oliver Jennrich, ESA Christian Killow, University of Glasgow, Science (2nd week only) Vitali Müller, MPI for Gravitational Physics Hannover Jose Sanjuan, DLR/ZARM Rupert Ursin, Austrian Academy of Sciences Engineering Roving Tutors: Christophe Delaroche, CNES Astrid Heske, ESA, Engineering (Payload, Operations) Marcus Hallmann, DLR, Engineering (Mission Analysis) Carsten Scharlemann, FH- Wiener Neustadt, Engineering (Space Engineering) Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien

3 PETER FALKNER - HEAD TUTOR European Space Agency Head of Advanced Payload & Mission Concepts Office, Future Missions Preparation Office, Directorate of Science and Robotic Exploration Conducted many space mission studies Technology preparation & development for future missions Instrument development for planetary missions CO-I Huygens HASI/PWA, Stereo, Cluster-II, Rosetta, Space Instrumentation (Dr. Techn., TU-Graz) Space Systems Engineering (Eng., TU-Delft), Electrical Engineering (Eng., TU-Graz), Summer School Head Tutor, Lecturer, Tutor for several years 18 years at ESA before: 6 years at Austrian Academy of Sciences (IWF) Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 2

4 CHRISTOPHE DELAROCHE - ENGINEERING Centre National d Etude Spatial Microgravity Science Programme Manager Background STE-QUEST Atomic Clock EID-B Phase A proposal PHARAO Atomic Clock System Engineer INTEGRAL Spectrometer SPI Education Dipl.-Ing. in Energy Materials Engineering / Aeronautics and Space, Orleans University (France) Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 3

5 DAVID FISCHER - ENGINEERING Affiliation: Instrument Engineer, Space Research Institute Graz, Austrian Academy of Sciences Lecturer in Audio Engineering, TU Graz Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, FH Wiener Neustadt Work Topics: Magnetometer Instrument and Controller Design, Test Equipment, Data Postprocessing and Calibration Missions: Themis, Bepicolombo, MMS Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 4

6 MARTIN GEHLER - ENGINEERING System Engineer at the Future Missions Office, European Space Agency Study Manager for the SpaceTime Explorer and Quantum Equivalence principle Space Test Mission (STE-QUEST) Involved in JUICE, Gravitational Wave Observatory (L3) Preparation, multiple CDFs Background/Education Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering / Aeronautics & Astronautics, RWTH Aachen, DE Visiting Graduate at Caltech (Control and Dynamical Systems), US System Engineering/Technical Management for European Student Earth Orbiter (early stages) Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 5

7 ASTRID HESKE - ENGINEERING Applied Physicist/Payload Systems Engineer in the Future Missions Office at ESTEC, Science and Robotic Exploration in ESA Responsible for future payload technologies and studies of future mission payloads Experience Payload study manager for STE-QUEST, SPICA and PLATO Payload system engineering and instrument management on Herschel/Planck and James Webb Space Telescope Science operations of the Infrared Space Observatory PhD in Physics/Astronomy from Hamburg University (Germany) Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 6

8 GÜNTER KARGL - ENGINEERING Works at Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lecturer at Karl-Franzens University Graz Areas of Expertise: Comets and physical properties of planetary surfaces In-situ instrumentation Laboratory experiments Instrument development and scientific participation in e.g. Cassini/Huygens, Rosetta, InSight missions Alpbach Summer School Team Tutor since 2008 Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 7

9 MARKUS HALLMANN - ENGINEERING Mission Analyst, DLR AsteroidFinder, VEX, MEX, Herschel-Planck Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 8

10 ERIC WILLE - ENGINEERING Education PhD in Quantum Optics (Ultracold Li6/K40 Fermi Mixtures) University of Innsbruck / Austrian Academy of Sciences Study of Physics University of Technology Darmstadt & EPF Lausanne European Space Agency 6 years at ESA as Optical System Engineer Directorate of Technical and Quality Management Development of X-ray optics for ATHENA mission Instrument support for the STE-QUEST Atom Interferometer Development of Entangled Photon Sources for Quantum Communication Applications Other Technology Developments (optical terminals, deformable mirrors, ultralight reflectors, etc.) Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 9

11 VITALI MÜLLER - SCIENCE Earth s gravity field Gravitational Waves Laser Interferometry Optical Simulations Orbit dynamic (LEO, Lagrangian Points) LISA & GRACE (Follow-On) mission Future geodesy missions BSc & MSc University of Hannover, Max-Planck-Institute for Gravitational Physics Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 10

12 CARSTEN SCHARLEMANN - ENGINEERING Head of Aerospace Engineering department at the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Austria Propulsion Engineer: Development of electric and chemical propulsion systems Green propellants for space applications PM of the nanosatellite program PEGASUS (FHWN) Special interests: ISRU Green propellants Education: Ph.D. in Aerospace Eng., The Ohio State Univ., USA Master of Aerospace Eng., Technische Univ. München Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 11

13 OLIVER JENNRICH SCIENCE Science areas: Gravitational waves Astrophysics Metrology Data analysis Instrumentation Lasers Optics/Interferometry Photodetectors Projects/studies at ESA: LISA LISA Pathfinder Suzaku EUSO Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 12

14 PEP SANJUAN - SCIENCE Thermal systems Interferometry LISA Pathfinder LISA GRACE-Follow On PhD Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) Post-doc in the LISA group at the University of Florida Currently at DLR in Bremen (Space Enabling Technologies department) Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 13

15 BERNARD FOULON - SCIENCE Special Advisor for Space Projects of the Physics, Instrumentation and Sensing Department, ONERA The French Aerospace Lab Especially involved in conception, development and testing of electrostatic accelerometers: GRADIO for ARISTOTELES project (phases A and B), ASTRE for LMS and MSL-1 Shuttle missions STAR for CHAMP mission SuperSTAR for GRACE and GRACE-Follow-On missions GRADIO for GOCE mission Participation to: preparation of next generation of gravity mission studies (Micromega, E-motion, GRACE II, NGGM ) GEOSTEP mission preliminary studies STEP mission preliminary studies (Electrostatic Positioning System) LISA Inertial Sensor (Phase B) and member of the LISA-France Team MICROSCOPE mission as system manager during phases A and B, as instrument expert and AP/AQ manager during phase C/D and member of the MICROSCOPE Performance Study Team Development of specific test bench facilities for on ground fine characterizations of spaceborn subassemblies (accelerometers, gyroscopes, mechanisms), for verification of CPD and patch effects, and for measurement of micro Newton adhesion forces in the ultrasensitive accelerometers. Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 14

16 CHRISTIAN KILLOW - SCIENCE Project Scientist at the University of Glasgow for the flight model LISA Pathfinder Optical Bench Interferometer development and construction Significant experience of ground-based optical metrology tests for spaceborne gravitational wave detectors PI on projects to develop technologies from space science for Earth Observation Expert in the application of hydroxidecatalysis bonding for space missions, particularly optical assemblies Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 15

17 RUPERT URSIN - SCIENCE Education: Master thesis at CERN about anti-matter detectors PhD in Quantum Optics about long distance quantum teleportation at the University of Vienna Austrian Academy of Sciences: Senior group leader and deputy director Mainly dealing with the implementation of quantum communication protocols in a terrestrial and space scenarios in close collaboration with FFG and ESA. Implementing quantum key distribution devices as well as quantum random number generators. Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse Wien 16

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