Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies
Introduction to ESF expert Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies
1. The European Science Foundation (ESF)
The European Science Foundation is an association of 75 Member Organizations from 30 countries. The ESF brings European scientists together to work on topics of common concern, to co-ordinate the use of expensive facilities, and to discover and define new endeavours that will benefit from a co-operative approach. The scientific work sponsored by ESF includes basic research in the natural sciences, the medical and biosciences, the humanities and the social sciences. The ESF links scholarship and research supported by its members and adds value by cooperation across national frontiers. Through its function as coordinator, and also by holding workshops and conferences and by enabling researchers to visit and study in laboratories throughout Europe, the ESF works for the advancement of European science.
On behalf of European radio astronomers, the Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies of the European Science Foundation (CRAF) coordinates activities to keep the frequency bands used by radio astronomy and space sciences free from interference.
It works towards this aim by:
The Committee has a rotating chair and usually meets twice each year. Its current Chairman is Dr. Axel Jessner (MPIfR) and Dr. P. Bolli (INAF) is the Secretary. CRAF's Frequency Manager is Dr Harry Smith who is based at the CRAF office, which is presently hosted at the University of Oxford, UK.
CRAF office address:
Oxford Astrophysics
Rm 363, Denys Wilkinson Bldg.
Keble Road
Oxford OX1 3RH
United Kingdom
Tel/Voicemail: intl + 44 186 527 3465
Fax: intl + 44 186 527 3390
Email (Frequency Manager): harry.smith@astro.ox.ac.uk
Last updated: 22 November 2010