NTE

NTE --

As part of the NTE development, for my Work package (WP16) 'Liquid nitrogen filling systems', a report was written describing several options for providing LN2 for the NTE for a period of at least 7 days, as specified.

In addition contributions to the detectors and associated systems has been made.

-Some work done on the NTE side, look for lifters for connecting the instrument to the telescope adapter. Several marks found and investigated for our needs. Produced documents on that matter. Now waiting for prices and fine information of few machines.

NTE

- provided input for the pipe-line requirement document

- i was added as a member of the science team

Significant staff effort by Jacob also on the management side...

NTE project management ----------- A project startup workshop was held at La Palma with the participation=

of local staff, NBI key project staff and staff representing the contribution from INAF. The workshop provided good opportunity to strengthen the coordination between members of the project aswell as actual progress on NTE requirements, procedural issues and documentation needed for the Preliminary Design Review, which will be held in the end of Novembe= r 2014. Throughout the period, there has been an on-going effort to assist the=

NBI in the project management of the NTE project. This has lead to a good=

understanding in the project team of what specific needs and requirements NOT has for the instrument.

Planned future activities -------------

- Provide continued assistance to the project management of the NTE project.

- Steer the development of the final design of the areas of the NTE to which the NOT is contributing.

A Collaboration Agreement was signed in February 2014 between the NOT and the NBI, Copenhagen, Denmark, to build the ``NOT Transient Explorer'' which consists of a medium resolution spectrograph covering the region from 350 nm to 1700 nm in two arms. This instrument is planned to be installed at the NOT in early 2018.

A significant amount of the management of the project is currently being done by NOT staff. In order to integrate the NTE project into the NOT organisation, key local staff was brought up-to-date with the state of the project. A small NTE workshop at the NOT office in San Antonio is being prepared to bring together the key people from the NBI and NOT to talk about the planning of the project towards the PDR which is foreseen for September this year.

As part of the NTE development, we have looked in more detail into the operation modes of the proposed NIR detectors 'H2RG' made by Teledyne, including the "SIDECAR" ASIC controller built by Teledyne specifically for these devices.