Observatoire de Paris - PSL is organized around three scientific departments, three scientific services, and common services. The establishment is the secondary supervisor of four external laboratories and a member of three research federations.
The scientific departments and the Institute :
- LIRA : Astrophysics Instrumentation and Research Laboratory.
- LTE : Laboratoire Temps Espace.
- LUX : Laboratoire d’étude de l’Univers et des phénomènes eXtrèmes.
Scientific Services :
- ORN : Observatoire Radioastronomique de Nançay (Support and Research Unit).
- UFE : Unité de Formation et d’Enseignement (Training and Teaching Unit).
- UNIDIA : UNité d’Ingénierie et de Développements Instrumentaux pour l’Astrophysique (Support and Research Unit).
Secondary laboratories :
- OSUC : Observatoire des Sciences de l’Univers en région Centre.
- APC : Astroparticle and Cosmology.
- LPP : Plasma Physics Laboratory.
- LPC2E : Laboratory of Physics and Chemistry of the Environment and Space.
Research federations :
- FIRST-TF : a network of excellence (LabEx) under the “Investissements d’Avenir” program, focusing on time-frequency metrology and its applications.
- Plas@Par : a community of 150 scientists from Île-de-France gathered around an interdisciplinary federation at the frontiers of physics, astrophysics, chemical-physics and engineering sciences, with links to applied mathematics and computer science.
- Fédération Nanosats Ile de France : supported by the CNRS, it specializes in the development of scientific nanosatellite projects in Earth and Universe sciences.
Modifié le 15 janvier 2025
