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SuperDARN (Super Dual Auroral Radar Network)
The
International Super Dual Auroral Radar Network has been developed in the last
10 years for the study of the high latitude ionosphere in the framework of
solar-terrestrial relations and investigation of the near earth environment.
SuperDARN consists of 2 longitudinal chains, in the northern and southern
hemispheres, comprising respectively 9 and 6 HF coherent radars. The coverage
in the southern hemisphere will be completed by the installation in DomeC of
two radars, covering the auroral regions
COCHISE (Cosmological Observations at Concordia with
High-sensivity Instrument for Source Extraction)
The
Antarctic plateau is considered the best site for astronomical observations in
submillimetric and millimetric wavelenght range.
The Cochise
team already performed 3 observing campaign at DomeC with the aim of measuring
the atmospheric stability and the main results show that here the conditions
are excellent for millimetric observations.
IRAIT
(International Robotic Antartcic Infrared Telescope)
The International
Robotic Antartcic Infrared telescope is a reflector optimized for infrared
wavelenghts. It will be partly installed next year and during 2008_09 campaign
it will start the observation.
In the
meantime a preparing experiment (mini IRAIT) is carried out at Dome C for
monitoring the sky with a small telescope.
For the
major experiment the scientific objectives are ambitious: not only
technological demonstrations for bigger telescopes, but also original science
at an already high level, especially studies of mass loss and star formation in
our Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds |