The
consortium will combine and fully exploit the complementary expertise
at the different teams through an active plan of joint appointments
and secondments. In this way, the appointed ESRs/ERs will sample
diverse aspects of the field of molecular astrophysics and thereby
develop a well-rounded training. In addition, this will actively
promote transfer of knowledge within the consortium. For the ESR, one
institute will be the host institute, but these appointments will
include secondments to the other institute(s) in order to ensure
proper exposure of the ESRs to different methods and techniques.
For the ERs, appointment will be joined between two institutes. The ER
will be appointed first at the first institute and then for the
second year at the second institute. In this way, the ERs will
enlarge their expertise in an effective way, while at the same time
the consortium will actively promote transfer of knowledge. Where
applicable, the instrument of secondment will also be used to further
these goals for the experienced researchers and the consortium as a
whole.
When the ESR/ER is seconded to another institute, he/she will be assigned
a local supervisor. However, their home-institute supervisor will
make regular visit(s) to monitor and supervise overall progress in
his training and activities.
In accordance with Annex III.2.2i, ESRs/ERs on secondment will not
spend more than 30% of
their total appointment period in the network at another contractor.
With regard to the joint appointments, the family circumstances of
the ERs concerned will be fully taken into account and due care will
be taken to ensure that each time the eligibility criteria for
appointment as given in Annex III.3.2 will be satisfied.
The schedule of joint
appointments and secondments is detailed in Table B.4. This schedule
has been devised to both encompass the common research projects of
the contractors involved, as detailed in the workplan, and to provide
the appointed ESRs/ERs with a wide experience. While some contractors
will not directly appoint an ESR/ER, they will train the ESR in their
secondment in an essential and complementary aspect of molecular
astrophysics in terms of the science milestones the ESR will be
involved in. In addition, they will contribute to the overall
interweaving of the consortium, and contribute unique expertise and
experience required for the overall science goals in the area of
laboratory astrochemistry using ion-traps (
Leiden),
astronomical modelling of photodissociation regions and interstellar
shocks (
UPS), and laboratory spectroscopy using Fourier
transform spectroscopy techniques (
CNRS).
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Table
B.4: Consortium interactions: Secondment and joint appointments1
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Early
Stage Researcher
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Institute
of appointment
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Secondment
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Secondment
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RuG
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Leiden
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UMIST
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Meudon
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Warsaw
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UR12
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KUN
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U.J.F.
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Meudon
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Meudon
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UPS
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Toulouse
III
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Madrid
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Unibas
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Cologne
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Madrid
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Meudon
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Durham
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Experienced
researchers
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First
appointment
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Second
appointment
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Secondment
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Bordeaux
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Perugia
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UR12
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UR12
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LILLE
(CNRS)3
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Cologne
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Göttingen4
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UGOT4
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UOXF.DN4
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U.J.F.
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Notes for Table B.4
1) ESR will be seconded to the second (and third) institute for
training. In some cases, secondment to a third institute is required
for the workplan. ERs will be appointed for one year at the first
contractor and for the second year at the second contractor to
transfer knowledge across disciplines and national boundaries.
2) There are two large experimental astrochemistry groups in
UR1,
who will share the ER for two years. In addition, there is a
molecular physics group in
UR1. The
Warsaw ESR will be
seconded to this latter group.
3) During the
LILLE appointment, the ER will be seconded to
CNRS.
4)
This involves an appointment for three years for the three groups
(
Göttingen,
UGOT, and
UOXF.DN).
Specifically, the ESR appointed
to
RuG will be involved in model studies of deuterium
chemistry and will be seconded for 10 months to
Leiden to
study deuterium fractionation reactions in the laboratory (topic
1.3.2 and 1.3.8).
The ESR appointed to
Durham will be involved
in modelling ion/neutrals decoupling in star forming regions. The ESR
will be seconded for 10 months to
UPS to work on the shock and
photo-dissociation codes, in particular to introduce the new
ionisation/electronic attachment processes quantified by the
consortium into the models (topic 2.1.8).
The ESR appointed to
Meudon
will be involved in studying the impact of dust grains on the gas
chemistry, in particular the water abundance in star forming regions.
The ESR will be seconded for 10 months to
UPS to introduce
sticking and desorption processes on grains into shock and
photodissociation models (topic 1.1.9, 1.1.10, 1.1.11). This ESR will
also contribute to update the
Meudon collision rates database
(topic 3.1).
The ER appointed at
LILLE will be involved in
laboratory spectroscopy studies of small deuterated species and will
be seconded for about 2 months to
CNRS where the essential
preparatory FIR Fourier transform spectroscopy will be done for this
study. Through these secondments, the ESR and ER are provided with an
integrated training in the relevant aspects of their topic.