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“Lunar Observatory” Innovation at the interface of space-astrophysics and geophysics.

“Lunar Observatory” Innovation at the interface of space-astrophysics and geophysics. Joris van Enst Director Multidisciplinary Research. Drs. Joris.W.A. van Enst. LOFAR: Director Multidisciplinairy research

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“Lunar Observatory” Innovation at the interface of space-astrophysics and geophysics.

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  1. “Lunar Observatory”Innovation at the interface of space-astrophysics and geophysics. Joris van Enst Director Multidisciplinary Research

  2. Drs. Joris.W.A. van Enst • LOFAR: Director Multidisciplinairy research • Background Government Ministery of Education, Culture and Science: Head Sciences DepartmentESA council/ • ESA Science programmeESA EO/Mannend Space • Board NLR/NIVR/Dutch Space;

  3. ASTRON Knowledge institute for astronomical instrumentation Our mission: “Making astronomical discoveries happen through innovative observational facilities”

  4. Radio telescope in Westerbork ASTRON Institute200 employees • Radio Observatory • Technology Development • Opto-mechanical • Radio / IT • International center • Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe • HQ global Square Km Array project • Radio spectrum management • Regional expertise center • Commercial orientation Technical laboratory JIVE

  5. Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope After 12 hours, the WSRT becomes a telescope 3 km in diameter, with images 100x sharper!

  6. …and we use hundreds of tapes per session European VLBI Network: Telescopes connected by mail Dwingeloo

  7. Russia China USA 1-10 Gbps South Africa Post-2005 (RadioNet, Géant): Telescopes connected by fibres 30 Gbps – 2 Tbps

  8. Processing of wavefront by mechanical algorithms Processing of wavefront by electronics and software

  9. The LOFAR opportunity A new concept for a radio telescope; Using many (25.000) radio antannas; Using a extremely powerfull central processor; Covering a large area; Leading to a software telescope with the capability to measure in real time

  10. Wide Area Sensor Networks use large numbers of cheap sensors, like the LOFAR antennas….

  11. The development of (wireless) sensors forfighting Phytophtora

  12. … and the vibration sensors for geophysical research.

  13. Central processor Fibre optics data transport Sensor fields Radio antennas are “radio sensors”) So: other sensor applications are possible IBM Blue Gene L 30 TFLOPS 4th in the world LOFAR array configuration Central core - plus - 45 stations 100 km max baseline LOFAR is a multidisciplinairy adaptive wide area sensor network

  14. The LOFAR opportunity Complex modelling guided by streaming data (real time) for Astronomy and other applications like geophysics So, bring (any) environment on line

  15. LOFAR, the current status Energy management (wind)energy Astroparticle physics/detector Astronomy and Ionosphere Geophysics Infrasound Lunar Observatory Now casting Water and soil management Agriculture Crop Management

  16. LOFAR Phase 2 into Niedersaksen, Schleswig-Holstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen Ultimate LOFAR to Växjö SE Cambridge UK Potsdam DE Nançay FR etc

  17. Russia China USA 1-10 Gbps South Africa LOFAR phase 3: LOFAR data processing centre 30 Gbps – 2 Tbps Dwingeloo/Groningen We need glass fibre optics A Europe-wide Sensor Network is under consideration as FP7 GMES ‘Research Infrastructure’

  18. Russia China USA 1-10 Gbps South Africa Atlantic continen- tal margin Northwestern European Platform Paris basin Alps/Carpathians- Pannonian basin-system Iberia Aegean

  19. Lunar observatory • LOFAR Science on the Moon • Astronomy • Geophysics • Challenge for us, ESA and Europe

  20. The Lunar Observatory Thank you for your attention Joris van Enst

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