forty institutions

ACME brings together forty institutions from forteen countries. It will act as a pathfinder to broaden and improve access to the respective research infrastructures. This will improve interoperable systems for a rapid identification of potentially interesting astrophysical events. The datasets of the ACME infrastructures will also be open to other disciplines and increase citizen engagement.

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twee ACME-projecten

SRON will contribute to two ACME work packages by hosting a visitor program to share its expertise in X-ray spectroscopy and by providing access to the SPEX database of high-resolution X-ray spectra of different atoms. Astronomical X-ray observations need this database for calibration.

Header image: Neutrino telescope KM3Net. Credit: Nikhef

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