Untitled - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Grenoble
Untitled - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Grenoble
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Chapter 18<br />
Appendix 2: LAOG Technical group &<br />
facilities<br />
18.1 Introduction<br />
The organization LAOG technical group is driven by the necessity to support efficiently the activity of the<br />
astrophysical teams, mainly <strong>de</strong>dicated on three points:<br />
• general support to the laboratory (computing support);<br />
• R&D actions <strong>de</strong>dicated to the preparation of future operations;<br />
• direct involvements in the realization of large instruments <strong>de</strong>dicated to large international facilities and<br />
agencies (VLT-ESO, ESA, CNES, CFHT).<br />
The main drivers are the critical astrophysical requirements, which are mostly related to High Angular<br />
Resolution (HAR) observations for the two last above items.<br />
18.2 Teams<br />
The composition of the technical group aimes at having the full range of required specialties for all <strong>de</strong>sign studies<br />
of very specific instrument <strong>de</strong>dicated to HAR observations, either through adaptive optics or interferometry<br />
(mechanics, optics, electronics, instrument control, system engineering, project management, and software<br />
<strong>de</strong>velopment). An important part of the staff, 21 engineers and technicians, has a strong expertise for the<br />
<strong>de</strong>sign of the instruments main critical aspects.<br />
The technical group is thus organized into 5 teams (see organigram in Figure 1.3 )<br />
1. Instrumentation, including optics, tests and system expertise<br />
2. Electronics, including <strong>de</strong>sign, cabling, and system expertise<br />
3. Mechanics, with strong expertise in CAO, <strong>de</strong>tailed <strong>de</strong>sign, finite element analysis, MEMS/MOEMS <strong>de</strong>sign<br />
4. General support to the computing LAOG facilities<br />
5. Software <strong>de</strong>velopments for all instrumental projects.<br />
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