The Athena Community Office
Abstract
The Athena Community Office (ACO) supports ESA's Athena Science Study Team (ASST) in its role as "focal point for the interests of the broad scientific community". The ACO is led by the Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC). Further ACO contributors are IRAP, MPE and the University of Geneva. The responsibilities assigned to the ACO are divided into four main categories: 1) Optimisation of the community efforts assisting the ASST in several aspects, for instance supporting the production of ASST documents including the White Papers of the scientific synergies of Athena with other observational facilities in the early 2030s; 2) Organisational aspects such as helping to the promotion of Athena science capabilities in the research world, through conferences and workshops; 3) Keep the Athena community informed on the status of the project with the regular release of the newsletter, brief news, weekly news on the Athena web portal and in the social channels; 4) Develop communication and outreach activities, of particular interest are the Athena nuggets.
- Publication:
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XIV.0 Scientific Meeting (virtual) of the Spanish Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- July 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020sea..confE.232M