Science goals and Science goals and requirements for high-requirements for high-

energy Astrophysics energy Astrophysics missions and missions and experimentsexperiments

“HEARME”“HEARME”Luigi Piro

Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica CosmicaINAF, Rome

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Goals Goals • Networking Activity (NA2) in AHEAD• Foster collaborations in HEA European space to

increase flight opportunities • Define goals and requirements for HE missions

and experiments in the context of bi/multilateral european collaborations

• Select the mission/experiments to be assessed at the System Design Facility every year

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How How • Activity not overlapping with ESA (mid/large) and

National programs• Target to experiments/missions to be carried out

within bi/multilateral programs with at least two European participants

• Goals and Req.s derived taking into account:• Astronet, ESA CV, and National Plans• Community driven, through workshop organization and

science working groups • the class of the experiments

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HEARME StructureHEARME Structure

Hearme board:Hearme coordinator,

AHEAD Steering Committee,

SysDef Coordinator, SWG chairs

Astronet, ESA,Nat.l plan

Doc.s

SYSDEF

Science community

SWG 1 SWGNWorkshops

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Proposals

Organize a science workshop per yearAdvise by science working groups each by 4-

5 experts◦Evolution of Large scale structures◦Evolution of star to galaxies◦Extreme physics in Galactic and Extragalactic

sources◦….

Define Goals and RequirementsReceive proposals and Select experiments /

mission for System Definition Studies

ActivitiesActivities

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Board meeting (1 per year): 20keuroSWG meetings (1 per year per WG): 40

keuro Workshop organization (1 per year): 30

keuroSecretarial support, web: 20 keuroGeneral expenses: 10 keuroTot 120keuro/year

Budget per yearBudget per year

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