Previous STSMs

Results of the previous calls for Short Term Scientific Missions


 

Call of 2015

 

  1. Number of submitted proposals : 18
  2. Number of successful proposals : 18
  3. Available budget : 25000 EUR
  4. Total budget requested : 22615 EUR
  5. Total budget allocated : 22615 EUR

 

 

NameHome institutionHost institutionDatesReport
Dr Antxon Alberdi IAA-CSIC, GRANADA(ES) MPIfR, BONN(DE) 22 - 27 February GMVA Polarization observations of Blazars
Mr Ernest Alsina Ballester Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), La Laguna(ES) Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno (IRSOL), Locarno(CH), 6 April - 15 May Observation and modeling of the action of the Hanle and Zeeman effects in strong resonance lines
Dr Stefano Bagnulo Armagh Observatory, Armagh(UK) INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Firenze(IT), 15 March  - 18 April Imaging and spectropolarimetry of comets
Dr John Barnes Open University,Milton Keynes(UK) Georg-August-Universitat,Göttingen(DE) 31 May - 13 June The effect of a star's large-scale magnetic field geometry on precision radial velocities
Ms Sudeshna Boro Saikia Institute of Astrophysics, Goettingen(DE) Université de Montpellier, Montpellier(FR) 19 - 25 July Spectropolarimetry of solar-type binaries
Dr Gabriele Bruni Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn(DE) Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Granada(ES) 14 - 21 March Polarisation in active galactic nuclei with RadioAstron
Mr Flavio Calvo IRSOL, Locarno Monti(CH) Astronomical Institute ASCR, Ondrejov(CZ) 05 - 18 July A module for polarized radiation transfer in the continuum for the PORTA code
Mr Gerardo Capobianco INAF-Turin Astrophysical Observatory, Pino Torinese (TO)(IT) Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences,Tatranska Lomnica(SK) 06 - 12 September Spectro-polarimetry of the Solar Corona with the CorMag and the COMP-S at Lomnicky Stit Observatory
Ms Maria Isabel Carnerero Martin INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Pino Torinese (To)(IT) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, La Laguna (Tenerife)(ES) 22 June - 06 July Combining Near Infrared and Optical Polarimetry in a sample of Fermi-Blazars
Mr Maxime Devogele Université de Liège, Liège(BE) Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur ,Nice(FR) 20 April - 15 May Barbarians polarimetry observation with CAPS at C2PU
Dr Stanislav Gunár University of St Andrews, St Andrews(UK) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, La Laguna(ES) 26 June - 03 July Synthetic spectropolarimetry using 3D whole-prominence fine structure models
Mr Will McLean Armagh Observatory/University of Warwick, Armagh(UK) Delft University of Technology, Delft(NL) 22 - 26 June Modelling the spectropolarimetric signals of light reflected by planetary atmospheres and surfaces
Dr Luka Popovic Astronomical Observatory,Belgrade(RS) Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS,, F-67000
Strasbourg,(FR)
11- 16 May Measuring black hole masses in AGN using polarization in broad line profiles
Dr Pablo Reig Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas, Heraklion(EL) OBSERVATPRI ASTRONOMICO-UNIVERSIDAD DE VALENCIA,VALENCIA(ES) 31 August - 07 September Multicolour polarimetry of Be stars in open clusters
Dr. Marco Romoli University of Florence, Firenze(IT) Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences,Tatranska Lomnica(SK) 06 - 12 September Spectro-polarimetry of the Solar Corona with the CorMag and the COMP-S at Lomnicky Stit Observatory
Mr Djordje Savic Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade(RS) Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg(FR) 11 - 25 May Measuring black hole masses in AGN using polarization in broad line profiles
Dr Jiri Stepan Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ondrejov(CZ) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias,La Laguna - Tenerife(ES) 08 - 30 June Three-dimensional Radiative Transfer Modeling of the Hanle and Zeeman Effects in Chromospheric and Transition Region Lines
Dr Nataliya Zubko Finnish Geospatial Research Institute,Masala (FI) Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia,Granada (ES) 09 - 18 September Comparative polarization study of light scattering by aerosol particles and particulate surfaces


 

2nd call of 2014

 

  1. Number of submitted proposals : 16
  2. Number of successful proposals : 16
  3. Available budget : 17800 EUR
  4. Total budget requested : 17745 EUR
  5. Total budget allocated : 17745 EUR

 

NameHome institutionHost institutionDatesReport
Dr. Ivan Agudo Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE),Dwingeloo (NL) Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique (IRAM),Granada(ES) 22 September - 1st October Millimeter polarimetric monitoring of a sample of AGN with the IRAM 30m Telescope
Mr. Ernest Alsina  Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias,La Laguna (Tenerife)(ES  IRSOL (Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno),Locarno(CH) 15 September - 10 October Non LTE modeling of scattering polarization signals taking PRD effects into account
Dr. Mathieu Barthélemy  Institut de Planetologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG),Grenoble(FR) Belgian Institute for space aeronomy, Brussels(BE) 4-8 August Preparation of the first measurement campaign of the spectropolarimeter 1er cru
Dr. Alessandro Bemporad INAF-Turin Astrophysical Observatory,Pino Torinese (TO)(IT) Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranska Lomnica(SK) 17-21 November Polarimetry of the Solar Corona with the Turin Filter at Lomnicky Stit Observatory (LSO)
Dr. Gerardo Capobianco INAF-Turin Astrophysical Observatory,Pino Torinese (TO)(IT) Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences,Tatranska Lomnica(SK) 17-21 November Polarimetry of the Solar Corona with the Turin Filter at Lomnicky Stit Observatory (LSO)
Dr Alberto Cellino INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino,Pino Torinese(IT) Armagh Observatory,Armagh(UK) 22-29 October Analysis of first spectro-polarimetric data for asteroids
Mr Tanausú del Pino Alemán Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna(ES) Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno, Locarno(CH) 13-26 July Observation and Modeling of the Enigmatic Linear Polarization of the Solar Ba II Lines
Dr Sergio Fabiani INFN - Triete,Trieste(IT) Northumbria Universtity, Newcastle upon Tyne(UK) 18-22 August Preparing future missions for solar flare X-ray polarimetry
Dr Talvikki Hovatta Aalto University, Metsahovi Radio Observatory, Kylmala(FI) University of Crete, Heraklion(EL) 2-10 November Polarization monitoring of TeV blazars
Dr Frederic Marin Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague(CZ) Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, Strasbourg(FR) 22 September - 3 October Investigating clumpy AGN models with UV/optical polarimetry
Dr Ivan Marti-Vidal Onsala Space Observatory, Onsala(SE) Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn(DE) 29 August - 12 September Polarization algorithms for ALMA/VLBI observations
Mr Will McLean Armagh Observatory/University of Warwick, Armagh(UK) Delft University of Technology, Delft(NL) 31 August - 5 September Modelling of the Spectropolarimetry of Planetary Atmospheres
Mr Martin Pertenais Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Toulouse(FR) Universiteit Leiden, Sterrewacht Leiden, Leiden(NL), 08 - 12 September Collaboration for the R&D and protoyping of the polarimeters for X-Shooter and UVMag
Mr Loïc Rossi LATMOS/UVSQ, Guyancourt(FR) Technical University Delft,Delft(NL) 14- 18 July Going further into modeling of the polarization of Venus
Mr Aaron Stinson

Armagh Observatory, Armagh(UK)

Delft University of Technology,Delft(NL) 31 August - 5 September Modelling of spectro-polarimetry of atmosphere-less bodies of our Solar System
Mr Michal Zejmo Kepler Institute of Astronomy,Zielona Gora(PL) Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas / University of Crete,Heraklion(EL) 19 - 31 October Robo-Pol observations of different type of white dwarfs

 

 

1st call of 2014

 

  1. Number of submitted proposals : 12
  2. Number of successful proposals : 11
  3. Available budget : 12500 EUR
  4. Total budget requested : 9470 EUR
  5. Total budget allocated : 9470 EUR

 

NameHome institutionHost institutionDatesReport
Dr.Agniezka Slowikowska Kepler Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra,Zielona Góra(PL) Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas / University of Crete,Heraklion(EL) 07 - 14 June 2014 Preparation of the polarimetric observational proposal of magnetised white dwarfs
Dr. Krzysztof Krzeszowski Kepler Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra,Zielona Góra(PL) Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, University of Crete,Heraklion(EL) 07 - 14 June 2014 Development of polarimetric images analysis software and BeXBs observational proposal preparationi
Dr. Marco Romoli University of Florence INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Italy Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranska Lomnica (SK) 09- 15 June 2014 Polarimetry of the solar corona with the Turin-filter at Lomnicky Observatory
Dr. Maurizio Pancrazzi University of Florence INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Italy Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranska Lomnica (SK) 09- 15 June 2014 Polarimetry of the solar corona with the Turin-filter at Lomnicky Observatory
Prof. Silvano Fineschi INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Italy Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranska Lomnica (SK) 06 - 12 April 2014 Polarimetry of the solar corona with the Turin-filter at Lomnicky Observatory
Dr. Gerardo Capobianco INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Italy Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranska Lomnica (SK) 06 - 12 April 2014 Polarimetry of the solar corona with the Turin-filter at Lomnicky Observatory
Dr. Guiseppe Massone INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Italy Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranska Lomnica (SK) 06 - 12 April 2014 Polarimetry of the solar corona with the Turin-filter at Lomnicky Observatory
Dr. Irina Belskaya Institute of Astronomy of Kharkov National University, Ukraine LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, France 24 March - 02 April 2014 Polarimetry of main belt asteroids
Dr. José L. Gomez Instituto de Astrofsica de Andaluca-CSIC, Spain Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Germany 17 - 22 February 2014 Polarimetric Space VLBI Observations of AGN Jets with RadioAstron
Dr. Talvikki
Hovatta
Aalto University, Metsähovi Radio
Observatory, Finland
University of Crete, Greece 20 - 30 April 2014 Optical polarization of blazars and the effect of host galaxy dilution
Dr. Gianpaolo Tozzi INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy Armagh Observatory, UK 27 April - 17 May 2014 Polarimetry of cometary nuclei



2nd call of 2013

  1. Number of submitted proposals : 17
  2. Number of successful proposals : 13
  3. Available budget : 15000 EUR
  4. Total budget requested : 23485 EUR
  5. Total budget allocated : 16000 EUR

 

NameHome institutionHost institutionDatesReport
Dr.Galin Borisov Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory,Sofia, Bulgaria Armagh Observatory, Armagh, UK 14-30 November 2013 Polarimetry and spectropolarimetry of comets: data reduction techniques and results analysis
Ms Sudeshna Boro Saikia Institut für Astrophysik, Goettingen, Germany IRAP, Toulouse, France 6-10 October 2013 Magnetic field in cool stars
Dr Gerardo Capobianco INAF-Turin Astrophysical Observatory, Pino Torinese (TO), Italy Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences,Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia 14-26 October 2013 Polarimetry of the solar corona with the Turin-filter at Lomnicky Observatory
Dr Sergio Fabiani INAF-IAPS,Rome, Italy Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland 15-19 July 2013 A step towards solar flare X-ray polarimetry
Dr Silvano Fineschi INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino,Pino Torinese, Italy Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences,Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia 13-26 October 2013 Polarimetry of the solar corona with the Turin-filter at Lomnicky Observatory
Dr Alexander Kokhanovsky Institute of Environmental Physics,Bremen, Germany SRON,Utrecht, Netherlands 12-30 August 2013 Retrieval of cloud properties from multi-angle multi-wavelength spectro-polarimetric measurements
Dr Krzysztof Krzeszowski Kepler Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra,Zielona Góra, Poland The Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas,Heraklion, Greece 24 August - 7 September 2013 Development of software for polarimetric images analysis
Mr Claude LE MEN CNRS THEMIS UPS853,LA LAGUNA, Spain Astronomical Institute,Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia 7-14 July 2013 CORONAL POLARIMETRY and MAGNETOMETRY
Mr Giuseppe Massone INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino,PINO TORINESE, Italy Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences,Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia 14-26 October 2013 Polarimetry of the solar corona with the Turin-filter at Lomnicky Observatory
Mr Loïc Rossi LATMOS / UVSQ,Guyancourt, France Technical University Delft,Delft, Netherlands 1-5 July 2013 A polarized radiative transfer model for SPICAV data
Dr Agnieszka Slowikowska Kepler Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra,Zielona Góra, Poland Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas / University of Crete,Heraklion, Greece 24 August-7 September 2013 Polarizations of high mass X-ray binaries with Be stars and learning RoboPol polarimeter
Dr Marko Stalevski Astronomical Observatory,Belgrade, Republic of Serbia Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent,Gent 23 September-7 October 2013 Including polarization into radiative transfer code SKIRT
Pr Valentina Zharkova University of Bradford,Bradford, UK Istituto Di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS) INAF ,Rome, Italy 28 July - 3 August 2013 X-ray solar flare polarimetry from theory to experiment

 

 

 

1st call of 2013

  1. Number of submitted proposals : 7
  2. Number of successful proposals : 7
  3. Available budget : 15000 EUR
  4. Total budget requested : 10300 EUR
  5. Total budget allocated : 10300 EUR

 

NameHome institutionHost institutionDatesReport
Dr. Mathieu Barthélemy IPAG, Grenoble, France Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium 11-15 February 2013 1er cru instrument: calibration of the elements of the new design
Dr. Sandra Jeffers Institut für Astrophysik, Goettingen, Germany IRAP, Toulouse, France 24 February - 2 March 2013 Dynamo generation of magnetic fields in Cool Stars
Dr. Stanislav Gunar Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic IAC, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain 22-29 June 2013 Multi-dimensional radiative transfer in solar prominences
Mr. Ivan Milic Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France 1 Avril - 15 May 2013 Multidimensional radiative transfer effects on scattering polarization in MgH, C2 and Sr lines
Dr. Nataliia Shchukina MAO NASU, Kiev, Ukraine IAC, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain 31 January - 15 April 2013 Report Shchukina
Dr. Jiri Stepan AIAS, Ondrejov, Czech Republic IAC, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain 1-29 June 2013 Three-dimensional Radiative Transfer Modeling of Polarization Signals in Chromospheric Lines
Prof. Alberto Cellino INAF, Pino Torinese, Italy Armagh Observatory, Armagh, UK 17-24 March 2013 Interpretation of Asteroid Polarimetric Observations

 

 

3rd call of 2012

  1. Number of submitted proposals : 6
  2. Number of successful proposals : 6
  3. Available budget : 10000 EUR
  4. Total budget requested : 10965 EUR
  5. Total budget allocated : 10965 EUR (after SC decision)

 

NameHome institutionHost institutionDatesReport
Dr. Luka Popovic Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade, Serbia MAx-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany 05-10 November 2012 Polarization in optical and radio spectra of AGN
Dr. Fabio Muleri INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy MPI fûr extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany 26 November - 7 Decembre 2012 Calibration of the GPD X-ray polarimeter/JET-X telescope assembly at the MPE Panter test facility
Dr. Sergio Fabiani INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy MPI fûr extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany 26 November - 7 Decembre 2012 Calibration of the Gas Pixel Detector polarimeter at the Panter test facility
Dr. Jiri Stepan Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain 29 October-30 November 2012 Three-Dimensional Modeling of Polarized Radiative Transfer in the Solar Chromosphere
Dr. Valery Suleimanov Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Tuebingen, Germany University of Oulu, Finland 22 November - 5 December 2012 X-ray burst polarization
Mr. Patrick Matten Rûsselsheim, Germany IRSOL, Locarno, Switzerland 14 November - 15 December 2012 Electronic compensation of instrumental polarization

 

2nd call of 2012

 

  1. Number of submitted proposals : 8
  2. Number of successful proposals : 8
  3. Available budget : 12000 EUR
  4. Total budget requested : 11975 EUR
  5. Total budget allocated : 11950 EUR

 

NameHome institutionHost institutionDatesReport
Dr. Stefano Bagnulo Armagh Observatory, Armagh, UK Institut fuer Astronomie, Universitaet Wien, Wien, Austria 01-15 Decembre 2012 ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF STELLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS
Mr. Aaron Stinson Armagh Observatory, Armagh, UK University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 29 October-16 November 2012 Modelling of photometry and polarisation of atmosphere-less bodies of our solar system
Dr. Alessandro Bemporad INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Torino, Italy Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain 13-21 October 2012 Solar Corona Magnetism: spectropolarimetry for the diagnostics of coronal magnetic fields
Dr. Lucia Abbo INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Torino, Italy Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain 13-21 October 2012 Solar corona magnetism: spectropolarimetry for the diagnostics of coronal magnetic fields
Dr. Irina Belskaya Institute of Astronomy, Kharkov National University, Ukraine Armagh Observatory, Armagh, UK 12-25 November 2012 POLARIMETRY OF TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS
Dr. Dragana Ilic University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia Universiteit of Gent, Gent, Belgium 24 November-1 December 2012 Polarization studies of AGN and their BLR with the radiative transfer code SKIRT
Mr. Marko Stalevski University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia Universiteit of Gent, Gent, Belgium 24 November-7 December 2012 Including polarization into radiative transfer code SKIRT

 




1st call of 2012

 

  1. Number of submitted proposals : 4
  2. Number of successful proposals : 4
  3. Available budget : 8000 EUR
  4. Total budget requested : 3480 EUR
  5. Total budget allocated : 3480 EUR
NameHome institutionHost institutionDatesReport
Dr. Kari Nilsson Finnish Centre of Astronomy with ESO (FINCA), Finland. Zentrum für Astronomie, Universität Heidelberg, Germany 21-25 May 2012 Polarization of SDSS BL Lacerate objects
Dr. Jiri Stepan Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain 02-30 June 2012 3D modeling of polarized radiative transfer in the solar chromosphere
Dr. Mathieu Barthélemy Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), France Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium 07-14 July 2012 Calibration of the spectropolarimeter 1er Cru
Dr. Luca Belluzzi Institution de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Italy 11-15 June 2012 Solar corona magnetism: spectropolarimetry of forbidden lines for diagnostics of coronal mag. fields