The PACS Instrument Control Centre

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The Herschel ground segment can be divided into five major elements: the Mission Operations Centre (MOC), the Herschel Science Centre (HSC), and the three Instrument Control Centres (ICCs). In addition the Nasa Herschel Science Center (NHSC) at IPAC/Caltech has been established to support the U.S. community.

The ICCs are responsible for the calibration and successful operation of their instrument, starting from the instrument level. They also provide documentation, software, calibration files and procedures for the scientific processing of the raw data. Their final task will be the consolidation of data, software, and documentation for the Herschel legacy archive.

The PACS ICC is located at the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) in Garching, Germany. During development phase, different institutes have set up groups under local management which work on, or provide significant contributions to, certain workpackages. Operational tasks will be carried out at the ICC.During the operations phase most of the institute staff will be located at the ICC in Garching.

PACS Composition and Management Structure

Participating Partners

Austria:	R.Ottensamer (UVIE)
Belgium:	J. Blommaert, W. De Meester, M. Groenewegen, R. Huygen, P.Royer, B. Vandenbussche,J. Vanautgaerden (KUL)
France:	R. Gastaud, K. Okumura, M. Sauvage (CEA)
Germany:	O.H. Bauer, D. Cesarsky, A. Contursi, H. Feuchtgruber, D. Lutz, T. Müller, S. Osterhage, E. Sturm, M. Wetzstein, E. Wieprecht, E. Wiezorrek (MPE),H. Dannerbauer, U. Klaas, J. Schreiber (MPIA)
Hungaria:	P. Abraham, Csaba Kiss, Viktor Toth, Szilard Csizmadia, Attila Moor (Konkoly/KISAG)
Italy:	P. Andreani, G. Rodighiero (SISSA), M. Benedettini, S. Pezzuto (IFSI)
Spain:	S. Iglesias-Groth (IAC)

Current ICC Working Groups

Calibration
U. Klaas (Coordinator), J. Blommaert, D. Cesarsky, M. Groenewegen, D. Lutz, T. Müller, K. Okumura, M. Sauvage, J. Schreiber, R. Vavrek (HSC), Csaba Kiss

Commanding
H. Feuchtgruber (Coordinator), M. Benedettini, A. Contursi, D. Cesarsky, H. Dannerbauer, T. Müller, S. Pezzuto, P. Royer, B. Vandenbussche, R. Vavrek (HSC)

Interactive Analysis (IA) Development/PCSS
E. Wieprecht (Coordinator), R. Huygen, Wim De Meester, S. Osterhage, R. Ottensamer, G. Turek (NHSC), J. Vanautgaerden, B. Vandenbussche (S/W System Engineer), M. Wetzstein, E. Wiezorrek

IA Users
A. Contursi (Coordinator), S. Iglesias-Groth, P. Royer, E. Sturm, D. Lutz, J. Schreiber

PACS Observations Simulator
P. Andreani (Coordinator), D. Cesarsky, R. Gastaud, K. Okumura, G. Rodighiero, J. Vanautgaerden, G. Turek (NHSC)

On-Board Data Reduction
M. Groenewegen (Coordinator), J. Blommaert, P. Royer, R. Vavrek (HSC), B.Ali (NHSC) D. Cesarsky (SPU), H. Feuchtgruber (eng. contact), N. Belbachir (implementation), A. Poglitsch (advisor), B. Schulz (NHSC, observer)

AOT Design
T. Müller (Coordinator), K. Okumura (Co-Coordinator), M. Sauvage, D. Lutz, U. Klaas, H. Feuchtgruber, D. Cesarsky (CUS), R. Vavrek (HSC), B. Altieri(HSC), New Hire at NHSC ?

Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE)
E. Wiezorrek (Coordinator), M. Benedettini, D. Cesarsky

Credits

The contents of this page are based onthe official home page for PACS edited by Eckhard Sturm and Heschel home page (ESA).

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