Projectconsortium

InstitutodeAstrofísicadeCanariasSpain

IstitutoNazionalediAstrofisicaItaly

UniversitàdegliStudidiRomaTorVergataItaly

Max-PlanckGesellschaftGermany

StockholmsUniversitetSweden

UniversityCollegeLondon–MSSLUnitedKingdom

InstitutodeAstrofísicadeAndalucíaSpain

IstitutoNazionalediOtticaItaly

InstitutoNacionaldeTécnicaAeroespacialSpain

A.D.S.InternationalItaly

ArcoptixSwitzerland

AndorTechnologyUnitedKingdom

CanaryIslandsObservatoriesInordertomakefeasibletheachievementofthe

scientificandtechnicalgoals,ESTwillbelocatedinthebestEuropeanlocation:theCanaryIslands.Bothobservatories(theObservatoriodelRoquedelosMuchachosandtheObservatoriodelTeide)have

repeatedlydemonstratedtheirexcellentqualityfordayandnightastronomicalobservations.

TheGRESTProjectGettingReadyfor

EuropeanSolarTelescope(EST)

ContactProjectCoordination

ManuelColladosVera

C/VíaLactea38200-LaLaguna

SantaCruzdeTenerife,SpainThisprojectissupportedbytheEuropeanCommission´sH2020ProgrammefortheperiodJune2015–June2018

undertheGrantAgreementnº653982 www.est-east.eu

ProjectOutputTheparticulardevelopmentandstrategictasksproposedherecanbesummarizedinthefollowingspecificobjectives:

1) Boostingnewgenerationdetectors,withthedevelopmentoftwoprototypesensors,oneforlarge-formatimagingandanotherforhigh-precisionpolarimetry,theevaluationofanexistinglargeformatwavefrontsensingcameraisalsoaddressed;

2) Developmentofacapacitance-stabilisedFabry-Perotprototypeforahighqualitycontroloftheparallelismoftheetalonplates;

3) Newtechniquesfor2Dsolarspectro-polarimetrywithintegralfieldunitsbasedonmulti-slitimageslicersoramicrolens-fedspectrograph;

4) Developmentoflargeformatliquid-crystalmodulators,requiredforthelarge-formatsensorsthatwillbeneededforthenewgenerationlargeaperturetelescopes;

5) EvaluationoftheperformanceoftheESTMCAOdeformablemirrorstoimprovethedesignandperformanceofthissystem;and

6) Strategicworktocoveringindustrial,financialandlegalissuesrelatedthefutureconstructionandoperationofEST.

Withalltheseelementsinhand,theprojectwillbeintheconditiontopresentadefiniteproposalfordetaileddesign,construction,managingandoperationofEST.

AboutGRESTTheGRESTProject(GettingReadyforEST)isanongoingprojecttotaketheEuropeanSolarTelescope(EST)tothenextlevelofdevelopmentbyadvancing in crucial activities to improve the performance of currentstate-of-the-art instrumentation. Legal, industrial and socio-economicissuesareaddressedaskeyquestionsforthebuildingofEST.