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Scientific departments and services

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.
Updated on 15 January 2025