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astro-ph.EP2023

Planets Across Space and Time (PAST). V. The evolution of hot Jupiters revealed by the age distribution of their host stars

Di-Chang Chen, Ji-Wei Xie, Ji-Lin Zhou +11

The unexpected discovery of hot Jupiters challenged the classical theory of planet formation inspired by our solar system. Until now, the origin and evolution of hot Jupiters are s…

astro-ph.GA2015

A sample of galaxy pairs identified from the LAMOST spectral survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Shiyin Shen, M. Argudo-Fernández, Li Chen +23

A small fraction() of SDSS main sample galaxies(MGs) have not been targeted with spectroscopy due to the the fiber collision effect. These galaxies have been compiled into t…

astro-ph.IM2025

FALCO: a Foundation model of Astronomical Light Curves for time dOmain astronomy

Xiaoxiong Zuo, Yihan Tao, Yang Huang +13

Time-domain surveys have advanced astronomical research by revealing diverse variable phenomena, from stellar flares to transient events. The scale and complexity of survey data, a…

astro-ph.GA2019

The galaxy luminosity function in the LAMOST Complete Spectroscopic Survey of Pointing Area at the Southern Galactic Cap

Pinsong Zhao, Hong Wu, C. K. Xu +13

We present optical luminosity functions (LFs) of galaxies in the , , and bands, calculated using data in sky area of LAMOST Complete…

astro-ph.SR2025

Looking for Signs of Unresolved Binarity in the Continuum of LAMOST Stellar Spectra

Mikhail Prokhorov, Kefeng Tan, Nikolay Samus +10

We describe an attempt to derive the binarity rate of samples of 166 A-, F-, G-, and K-type stars from LAMOST DR5 and 1000 randomly selected presumably single stars from Gaia DR3 c…

astro-ph.IM2022

Galaxy Image Classification using Hierarchical Data Learning with Weighted Sampling and Label Smoothing

Xiaohua Ma, Xiangru Li, Ali Luo +2

With the development of a series of Galaxy sky surveys in recent years, the observations increased rapidly, which makes the research of machine learning methods for galaxy image re…

astro-ph.SR2022

Probable Dormant Neutron Star in a Short-Period Binary System

Tsevi Mazeh, Simchon Faigler, Dolev Bashi +24

We have identified 2XMM J125556.57+565846.4, at a distance of 600 pc, as a binary system consisting of a normal star and a probable dormant neutron star. Optical spectra exhibit a…

astro-ph.GA2014

A Search for Spectral Galaxy Pairs of Overlapping Galaxies based on Fuzzy Recognition

Haifeng Yang, Ali Luo, Xiaoyan Chen +7

The Spectral Galaxy Pairs (SGPs) are defined as the composite galaxy spectra which contain two independent redshift systems. These spectra are useful for studying dust properties o…

astro-ph.SR2016

Carbon stars from LAMOST DR2 data

Wei Ji, Wenyuan Cui, Chao Liu +3

In this work, we present the new catalog of carbon stars from the LAMOST DR2 catalog. In total, 894 carbon stars are identified from multiple line indices measured from the stellar…

astro-ph.EP2022

Planets Across Space and Time (PAST). III. Morphology of the Planetary Radius Valley as a Function of Stellar Age and Metallicity in the Galactic Context Revealed by the LAMOST-Gaia-Kepler Sample

Di-Chang Chen, Ji Wei Xie, Ji-Lin. Zhou +7

The radius valley, a dip in the radius distribution of exoplanets at ~1.9 Earth radii separates compact rocky Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes with lower density. Various hypotheses h…

astro-ph.CO2010

A very bright i=16.44 quasar in the `redshift desert' discovered by LAMOST

Xue-Bing Wu, Zhaoyu Chen, Zhendong Jia +18

The redshift range from 2.2 to 3, is known as the 'redshift desert' of quasars because quasars with redshift in this range have similar optical colors as normal stars and are thus…

astro-ph.GA2014

Relative Flux Calibration of the LAMOST Spectroscopic Survey of the Galactic Anti-center

Maosheng Xiang, Xiaowei Liu, Haibo Yuan +17

We have developed and implemented an iterative algorithm of flux calibration for the LAMOST Spectroscopic Survey of the Galactic anti-center (LSS-GAC). For a given LSS-GAC plate, t…

astro-ph.SR2014

White dwarf-main sequence binaries from LAMOST: the DR1 catalogue

Juanjuan Ren, Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas, Ali Luo +6

Context. White dwarf-main sequence (WDMS) binaries are used to study several different important open problems in modern astrophysics. Aims. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) ide…

astro-ph.SR2024

Colour-Based Disentangling of Mira Variables and Ultra-Cool Dwarfs

Aleksandra Avdeeva, Kefeng Tan, Santosh Joshi +4

Despite having different astronomical characteristics, the studies of mira variables and ultra-cool dwarfs frequently show similar red colors, which could cause leading to photomet…

astro-ph.SR2014

LAMOST observations in the Kepler field

Peter De Cat, Jianning Fu, Xiaohu Yang +9

The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) at the Xinglong observatory in China is a new 4-m telescope equipped with 4,000 optical fibers. In 2010, we i…

astro-ph.CO2010

Eight new quasars discovered by LAMOST in one extragalactic field

Xue-Bing Wu, Zhendong Jia, Zhaoyu Chen +18

We report the discovery of eight new quasars in one extragalactic field (five degree centered at RA=, Dec=) with the LAMOST commissioning observation…

astro-ph.GA2025

LAMOST medium-resolution spectroscopic survey of Galactic Open Clusters (LAMOST-MRS-O): An overview of survey plan and preliminary results

Xi Zhang, Chengzhi Liu, Jing Zhong +7

As part of the LAMOST medium-resolution spectroscopic survey, the LAMOST-MRS-O is a non-time domain survey that aims to perform medium-resolution spectral observations for member s…

astro-ph.SR2020

Phase II of the LAMOST-Kepler/K2 survey. I. Time series of medium-resolution spectroscopic observations

Weikai Zong, Jian-Ning Fu, Peter De Cat +20

Phase \RNum{2} of the LAMOST-{\sl Kepler/K}2 survey (LK-MRS), initiated in 2018, aims at collecting medium-resolution spectra (; hereafter MRS) for more than s…

astro-ph.GA2015

A Sample of E+A Galaxy Candidates in LAMOST Data Released 2

Haifeng Yang, Ali Luo, Xiaoyan Chen +14

A sample of 70 E+A galaxies are selected from 37, 206 galaxies in the second data release (DR2) of Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) according to t…

astro-ph.GA2014

The LAMOST Stellar Parameter Pipeline at Peking University --- LSP3

Maosheng Xiang, Xiaowei Liu, Haibo Yuan +17

We introduce the LAMOST Stellar Parameter Pipeline at Peking University --- LSP3, developed and implemented for the determinations of radial velocity and stellar atmosp…

astro-ph.GA2022

Overview of the LAMOST survey in the first decade

Hongliang Yan, Haining Li, Song Wang +24

The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), also known as the Guoshoujing Telescope, is a major national scientific facility for astronomical research l…

astro-ph.SR2016

Estimating stellar atmospheric parameters, absolute magnitudes and elemental abundances from the LAMOST spectra with Kernel-based Principal Component Analysis

Maosheng Xiang, Xiaowei Liu, Jianrong Shi +16

Accurate determination of stellar atmospheric parameters and elemental abundances is crucial for Galactic archeology via large-scale spectroscopic surveys. In this paper, we estima…

astro-ph.IM2014

Automatic stellar spectral parameterization pipeline for LAMOST survey

Yue Wu, Ali Luo, Bing Du +2

The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) project performed its five year formal survey since Sep. 2012, already fulfilled the pilot survey and the 1st…

astro-ph.EP2021

Planets Across Space and Time (PAST). II: Catalog and Analyses of the LAMOST-Gaia-Kepler Stellar Kinematic Properties

Di-Chang Chen, Jia-Yi Yang, Ji-Wei Xie +10

The Kepler telescope has discovered over 4,000 planets (candidates) by searching ? 200,000 stars over a wide range of distance (order of kpc) in our Galaxy. Characterizing the kine…

astro-ph.SR2026

StarCLR: Contrastive Learning Representation for Astronomical Light Curves

Junyao Ding, Xiaodian Chen, Xinyi Gao +7

With the rapid development of time-domain surveys, the availability of massive light curve data offers new opportunities for studying stellar evolution and variable star classifica…

astro-ph.SR2025

FLARE: A Framework for Stellar Flare Forecasting using Stellar Physical Properties and Historical Records

Bingke Zhu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Minghui Jia +6

Stellar flare events are critical observational samples for astronomical research; however, recorded flare events remain limited. Stellar flare forecasting can provide additional f…

cs.CV2026

Semi-supervised Source Detection in Astronomical Images: New Benchmark and Strong Baseline

Longhan Feng, Zihuang Cao, Ali Luo +5

Source detection in modern observational astronomy is a cornerstone for localizing and identifying stellar sources accurately. It is crucial for studies such as stellar population…

cs.LG2026

StellarF: A Physics-Informed LoRA Framework for Stellar Flare Forecasting with Historical & Statistical Data

Tianyu Su, Zhiqiang Zou, Qingyu Lu +4

Stellar flare forecasting represents a critical frontier in astrophysics, offering profound insights into stellar activity mechanisms and exoplanetary habitability assessments. Yet…

astro-ph.SR2024

Stellar Chromospheric Activity Database of Solar-like Stars Based on the LAMOST Low-Resolution Spectroscopic Survey: II. the bolometric and photospheric calibration

Weitao Zhang, Jun Zhang, Han He +2

The dependence of stellar magnetic activity on stellar parameters would be inspired by the chromospheric activity studies based on the large-scale spectroscopic surveys. The Ca II…

astro-ph.CO2011

Kinematics and Stellar Population Properties of the Andromeda Galaxy by the Spectroscopic Observations of the Guoshoujing Telescope

Hu Zou, Yanbin Yang, Tianmeng Zhang +6

The Andromeda galaxy was observed by the Guoshoujing Telescope (GSJT, formly named the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope -- LAMOST) during the 2009 commissi…

astro-ph.GA2014

The Nearest High-Velocity Stars Revealed by LAMOST Data Release 1

Jing Zhong, Li Chen, Chao Liu +14

We report the discovery of 28 candidate high-velocity stars (HVSs) at heliocentric distances of less than 3 kpc, based on the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telesc…

astro-ph.SR2025

Phase II of the LAMOST-Kepler/K2 Survey. II. Time Domain of Medium-resolution Spectroscopic Observations from 2018 to 2023

Mingfeng Qin, Jian-Ning Fu, Weikai Zong +11

The LAMOST-Kepler/K2 Medium-Resolution Spectroscopic Survey (LK-MRS) conducted time-domain medium-resolution spectroscopic observations of 20 LAMOST plates in the Kepler and K2 fie…

astro-ph.SR2026

The Stellar Abundances and Galactic Evolution Survey (SAGES). V. The First Data Release of the DDO51 Band

Qiqian Zhang, Zhou Fan, Gang Zhao +20

We present the first public data release of DDO51 band from the Stellar Abundances and Galactic Evolution Survey (SAGES), based on Nanshan One-meter Wide-field Telescope (NOWT) obs…

astro-ph.SR2022

Stellar Chromospheric Activity Database of Solar-like Stars Based on the LAMOST Low-Resolution Spectroscopic Survey

Weitao Zhang, Jun Zhang, Han He +3

$\require{mediawiki-texvc}$A stellar chromospheric activity database of solar-like stars is constructed based on the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMO…

astro-ph.EP2016

Exoplanet Orbital Eccentricities Derived From LAMOST-Kepler Analysis

Ji-Wei Xie, Subo Dong, Zhaohuan Zhu +14

The nearly circular (mean eccentricity <e>~0.06) and coplanar (mean mutual inclination <i>~3 deg) orbits of the Solar System planets motivated Kant and Laplace to put forth the hyp…

cs.CV2025

Sky Background Building of Multi-objective Fiber spectra Based on Mutual Information Network

Hui Zhang, Jianghui Cai, Haifeng Yang +6

Sky background subtraction is a critical step in Multi-objective Fiber spectra process. However, current subtraction relies mainly on sky fiber spectra to build Super Sky. These av…

astro-ph.GA2016

A systematic search for the spectra with features of crystalline silicates in the Spitzer IRS Enhanced Products

Rui Chen, Ali Luo, Jiaming Liu +1

The crystalline silicates features are mainly reflected in infrared bands. The Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) collected numerous spectra of various objects and provided a big…

astro-ph.CO2009

New Supernova Candidates from SDSS-DR7 of Spectral Survey

Liangping Tu, Ali Luo, Fuchao Wu +2

The letter presents 25 discovered supernova candidates from SDSS-DR7 with our dedicated method, called Sample Decrease, and 10 of them were confirmed by other research groups, and…

astro-ph.SR2025

Variability of H chromospheric activity of solar-like stars revealed by the time-domain data of LAMOST Medium-Resolution Spectroscopic Survey

Han He, Ali Luo, Haotong Zhang +1

The variability of H chromospheric activity of solar-like stars is investigated by using the time-domain data of LAMOST Medium-Resolution Spectroscopic Survey (MRS). We use $R_…

astro-ph.IM2023

An in-depth exploration of LAMOST Unknown spectra based on density clustering

Haifeng Yang, Xiaona Yin, Jianghui Cai +6

LAMOST (Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope) has completed the observation of nearly 20 million celestial objects, including a class of spectra labeled `Unkno…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Spectroscopic and Photometric Study of a Star Cluster Sample in Andromeda Halo

Hongrui Gu, Zhou Fan, Bingqiu Chen +18

Halo star clusters serve as vital tracers for the formation and evolution of the Andromeda galaxy. In this work, we present physical parameters for 29 M31 halo star clusters, deriv…

astro-ph.GA2011

Quantifying Kinematic Substructure in the Milky Way's Stellar Halo

Xiang-Xiang Xue, Hans-Walter Rix, Brian Yanny +13

We present and analyze the positions, distances, and radial velocities for over 4000 blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars in the Milky Way's halo, drawn from SDSS DR8. We search for…

astro-ph.EP2021

OGLE-2019-BLG-0468Lb,c: two microlensing giant planets around a G-type star

Cheongho Han, Andrzej Udalski, Chung-Uk Lee +37

With the aim of interpreting anomalous lensing events with no suggested models, we conducted a project of reinvestigating microlensing data in and before the 2019 season. In this w…

astro-ph.SR2015

Validation of LAMOST Stellar Parameters with the PASTEL Catalog

Hua Gao, Huawei Zhang, Maosheng Xiang +8

Recently the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) published its first data release (DR1), which is ranked as the largest stellar spectra dataset in th…

astro-ph.IM2023

L dwarfs detection from SDSS images using improved Faster R-CNN

Zhi Cao, Zhenping Yi, Jingchang Pan +4

We present a data-driven approach to automatically detect L dwarfs from Sloan Digital Sky Survey(SDSS) images using an improved Faster R-CNN framework based on deep learning. The e…

astro-ph.SR2016

LAMOST observations in the Kepler field. Analysis of the stellar parameters measured with the LASP based on the low-resolution spectra

Anbing Ren, Jianning Fu, Peter De Cat +12

All of the 14 subfields of the Kepler field have been observed at least once with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST, Xinglong Observatory, China…

astro-ph.GA2016

An Efficient Method for Rare Spectra Retrieval in Astronomical Databases

Changde Du, Ali Luo, Haifeng Yang +2

One of important aims of astronomical data mining is to systematically search for specific rare objects in a massive spectral dataset, given a small fraction of identified samples…

astro-ph.EP2018

LAMOST telescope reveals that Neptunian cousins of hot Jupiters are mostly single offspring of stars that are rich in heavy elements

Subo Dong, Ji-Wei Xie, Ji-Lin Zhou +2

We discover a population of short-period, Neptune-size planets sharing key similarities with hot Jupiters: both populations are preferentially hosted by metal-rich stars, and both…

astro-ph.EP2023

Planets Across Space and Time (PAST) IV: The Occurrence and Architecture of Kepler Planetary Systems as a Function of Kinematic Age Revealed by the LAMOST-Gaia-Kepler Sample

Jia-Yi Yang, Di-Chang Chen, Ji-Wei Xie +7

One of the fundamental questions in astronomy is how planetary systems form and evolve. Measuring the planetary occurrence and architecture as a function of time directly addresses…

cs.CL2026

Spec-o3: A Tool-Augmented Vision-Language Agent for Rare Celestial Object Candidate Vetting via Automated Spectral Inspection

Minghui Jia, Qichao Zhang, Ali Luo +5

Due to the limited generalization and interpretability of deep learning classifiers, The final vetting of rare celestial object candidates still relies on expert visual inspection-…

astro-ph.SR2013

White dwarf-main sequence binaries identified from the LAMOST pilot survey

Juanjuan Ren, Ali Luo, Yinbi Li +5

We present a set of white dwarf-main sequence (WDMS) binaries identified spectroscopically from the Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST, also called t…

astro-ph.SR2018

LEMONY--a Library of Empirical Medium-resolution spectra by Observations with the NAOC Xinglong 2.16\,m and YNAO Gaomeigu 2.4\,m telescopes

Chun Wang, Xiaowei Liu, Yang Huang +15

This study expands the coverage and improves the homogeneity of the distribution of MILES template stars in the parameter space, as well as extends the wavelength coverage of the t…

astro-ph.SR2019

Radial velocity measurements from LAMOST medium-resolution spectroscopic observations: A pointing towards the Kepler field

Nian Liu, Jian-Ning Fu, Weikai Zong +20

Radial velocity is one of key measurements in understanding the fundamental properties of stars, stellar clusters and the Galaxy. A plate of stars in the Kepler field were observed…

astro-ph.IM2013

Search for carbon stars and DZ white dwarfs in SDSS spectra survey through machine learning

Jianmin Si, Ali Luo, Yinbi Li +5

Carbon stars and DZ white dwarfs are two types of rare objects in the Galaxy. In this paper, we have applied the label propagation algorithm to search for these two types of stars…

astro-ph.GA2021

High-α-Metal-Rich stars in the LAMOST-MRS survey and its connection with the galactic bulge

Haopeng Zhang, Yuqin Chen, Gang Zhao +6

We report the detection of a large sample of high--metal-rich stars on the low giant branch with dex in the LAMOST-MRS survey. This special group corresponds to…

astro-ph.IM2025

The Mini-SiTian Array: A Pathfinder for the SiTian Project

Yang Huang, Jifeng Liu, Hong Wu +5

The Mini-SiTian Array serves as a pathfinder for the SiTian project, which aims to survey the entire sky in bands every 30 minutes, reaching a limiting magnitude of 21. This…

astro-ph.SR2015

Linearly Supporting Feature Extraction For Automated Estimation Of Stellar Atmospheric Parameters

Xiangru Li, Yu Lu, Georges Comte +3

We describe a scheme to extract linearly supporting (LSU) features from stellar spectra to automatically estimate the atmospheric parameters , log, and [Fe/H]. "Linear…

astro-ph.SR2020

LAMOST Observations in 15 \textit{K}2 Campaigns: I. Low resolution spectra from LAMOST DR6

Jiangtao Wang, Jian-Ning Fu, Weikai Zong +12

The LAMOST-\textit{K}2 (L\textit{K}2) project, initiated in 2015, aims to collect low-resolution spectra of targets in the \textit{K}2 campaigns, similar to LAMOST-\textit{Kepler}…

astro-ph.SR2025

The Stellar Abundances and Galactic Evolution Survey (SAGES). IV. Surface Gravity Estimation and Giant-Dwarf Separation with the DDO51 Filter

Qiqian Zhang, Zhou Fan, Gang Zhao +16

Reliable estimation of stellar surface gravity (log ) for a large sample is crucial for evaluating stellar evolution models and understanding galactic structure; However, it is…

astro-ph.SR2025

The Stellar Abundances and Galactic Evolution Survey (SAGES). II. Machine Learning-Based Stellar parameters for 21 million stars from the First Data Release

Hongrui Gu, Zhou Fan, Gang Zhao +14

Stellar parameters for large samples of stars play a crucial role in constraining the nature of stars and stellar populations in the Galaxy. An increasing number of medium-band pho…

astro-ph.IM2026

In-Orbit GRB Identification Using LLM-based model for the CXPD CubeSat

Cunshi Wang, Zuke Feng, Difan Yi +12

To validate key technologies for wide field-of-view (FOV) X-ray polarization measurements, the Cosmic X-ray Polarization Detector (CXPD) CubeSat series has been developed as a prot…

astro-ph.SR2015

SDSS/SEGUE Spectral Feature Analysis For Stellar Atmospheric Parameter Estimation

Xiangru Li, Q. M. Jonathan Wu, Ali Luo +5

Large-scale and deep sky survey missions are rapidly collecting a large amount of stellar spectra, which necessitate the estimation of atmospheric parameters directly from spectra…

astro-ph.EP2021

Planets Across Space and Time (PAST). I. Characterizing the Memberships of Galactic Components and Stellar Ages: Revisiting the Kinematic Methods and Applying to Planet Host Stars

Di-Chang Chen, Ji-Wei Xie, Ji-Lin Zhou +7

Over 4,000 exoplanets have been identified and thousands of candidates are to be confirmed. The relations between the characteristics of these planetary systems and the kinematics,…

astro-ph.GA2023

The Stellar Abundances and Galactic Evolution Survey (SAGES) -- -- I. General Description and the First Data Release (DR1)

Zhou Fan, Gang Zhao, Wei Wang +35

The Stellar Abundances and Galactic Evolution Survey (SAGES) of the northern sky is a specifically-designed multi-band photometric survey aiming to provide reliable stellar paramet…

astro-ph.SR2011

Metal-poor hypervelocity star candidates from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Yinbi Li, Ali Luo, Gang Zhao +3

Hypervelocity stars are believed to be ejected out from the Galactic center through dynamical interactions of (binary) stars with the central massive black hole(s). In this letter,…

astro-ph.SR2023

chromospheric activity of F-, G-, and K-type stars observed by the LAMOST Medium-Resolution Spectroscopic Survey

Han He, Weitao Zhang, Haotong Zhang +3

The distribution of stellar chromospheric activity with respect to stellar atmospheric parameters (effective temperature , surface gravity ,…

astro-ph.SR2016

Calibration of LAMOST Stellar Surface Gravities Using the Kepler Asteroseismic Data

Liang Wang, Wei Wang, Yue Wu +7

Asteroseismology is a powerful tool to precisely determine the evolutionary status and fundamental properties of stars. With the unprecedented precision and nearly continuous photo…

astro-ph.SR2014

LAMOST Spectroscopic Survey of the Galactic Anti-centre (LSS-GAC): target selection and the first release of value-added catalogues

Haibo Yuan, Xiaowei Liu, Zhiying Huo +16

As a major component of the LAMOST Galactic surveys, the LAMOST Spectroscopic Survey of the Galactic Anti-centre (LSS-GAC) aims to survey a significant volume of the Galactic thin/…

astro-ph.SR2018

LAMOST observations in the Kepler field. II. Database of the low-resolution spectra from the five-year regular survey

Weikai Zong, Jian-Ning Fu, Peter De Cat +19

The LAMOST-Kepler (LK-) project was initiated to use the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) to make spectroscopic follow-up observations for the tar…

astro-ph.GA2017

LAMOST Spectroscopic Survey of the Galactic Anticentre (LSS-GAC): the second release of value-added catalogues

Maosheng Xiang, Xiaowei Liu, Haibo Yuan +29

We present the second release of value-added catalogues of the LAMOST Spectroscopic Survey of the Galactic Anticentre (LSS-GAC DR2). The catalogues present values of radial velocit…