AHEAD2020 has been approved to advance the integration of national efforts in high-energy astrophysics, keeping the community at the cutting edge of science and technology and ensuring that observatories are at the state of the art. The project will integrate key infrastructures for on-ground test and calibration of space-based instrumentation and promote their coordinated use.  CNR-ISM provides to the AHEAD community its research infrastructures available at the Elettra Italian National synchrotron radiation source for laboratory measurements of wavelengths and cross sections of inner-shell transitions of astrophysically abundant ions.

Thematic Area: Aerospace
Financing Body: EU
Starting year: 2020
End year: 2024
Call: H-2020, INFRAIA-01-2018-2019
Acronym: AHEAD2020
Title: Integrated Activities for the High Energy Astrophysics Domain
ISM Budget (k€): 210
ISM Role: Unit Coodinator
ISM Referent: Marcello Coreno
Other ISM staff involved: Stefano Orlando, Lorenzo Avaldi, Daniele Catone, Fabio Zuccaro
Website: http://ahead.iaps.inaf.it
Laboratory: GLAM, GasPhase