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The ELSA conference

Sèvres, 7-11 June 2010

The files of the presentations and posters are available here.
The scientific programme is available here.
The ELSA 2010 programme and timing is available here
The list of participants is available here.
The booklet of abstracts is available here.

[rouge]Proceedings[/rouge]
The Proceedings are published by EDP Sciences in the EAS Publications Series,
[rouge]Volume 45, 2010[/rouge].
Editors: C. Turon, F. Meynadier and F. Arenou.

Detailed information on the publication and the table of contents are available here.

All papers are available on-line from http://www.eas-journal.org/index.php?option=com_toc&url=/articles/eas/abs/2010/06/contents/contents.html

  • Scientific Programme
    30 June 2010, by Catherine Turon

    Monday 7 June

  • Second and final announcement
    2 June 2010, by Catherine Turon

    Meudon, 27 May 2010
    Dear Colleague,
    Please find below the second, and final, announcement of the
    ELSA conference 2010
    Gaia at the frontiers of astrometry
    Sèvres, France, 7-11 June 2010
    1- Final programme and list of posters
    2- Proceedings
    3- Visits organised during the Symposium: registrations due *before* Friday 4 June.
    All informations are available from http://wwwhip.obspm.fr/gaia2010/.
    Apologies if you receive this message more than once.
    Best wishes, I am looking (…)

  • Aim of the meeting
    15 April 2010

    The Symposium "Gaia: at the frontiers of astrometry" was the closing conference of the European Marie Curie Research Training Network "ELSA". It has been held in Sèvres (near Paris and Meudon) from [rouge]7 to 11 June 2010[/rouge]. The network started on 1 October 2006 for a duration of four years. Its overall objectives were to develop the theoretical understanding and practical analysis tools of importance for the European Space Agency’s astrometric mission Gaia (to be launched in 2012) (…)

  • First announcement
    8 February 2010, by Catherine Turon

    Meudon, 3 February 2010
    Dear Colleague,
    Please find below the first announcement of the
    ELSA conference 2010
    Gaia at the frontiers of astrometry
    Sèvres, France, 7-11 June 2010
    Registration is now open and you are kindly invited to register and submit abstracts for contributed posters or talks before 16 April 2010. Early registration closes on 16 April 2010. All abstracts will be reviewed by the SOC and the selection will be announced by 30 April 2010.
    Apologies if you receive (…)

  • Scientific Rationale
    3 February 2010, by Catherine Turon

    The Symposium "Gaia: at the frontiers of astrometry” will be the closing conference of the European network ELSA (European Leadership in Space Astrometry), a Marie Curie research training network supported by the European Community’s Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The network started on 1st October 2006 for four years. It is a coordinated action between 14 European institutes involved in the preparation of the European Space Agency mission Gaia. The objectives of this network are the (…)

  • Topics
    26 January 2010, by Catherine Turon

    1. ELSA and Gaia: context and status
    * ELSA and Gaia
    * General status of the mission (ESA).
    * Status of the hardware, satellite and payload (ESA and industry).
    2. Gaia modelling
    * Simulation of the Gaia instrument and observations.
    * Modelling the attitude of the satellite.
    * The experience with Hipparcos.
    3. Detectors in the space environment
    * Radiation effects on Gaia CCDs. Testing and modelling.
    * Detectors and radiation effects in the 2015 context.
    4. Gaia data (…)