Publications (8)
Gaia Radial Velocity Spectrometer
M. Cropper, D. Katz, P. Sartoretti +40
This paper presents the specification, design, and development of the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) on the European Space Agency's Gaia mission. Starting with the rationale fo…
The XMM-Newton Optical/UV Monitor Telescope
K. O. Mason, A. A. Breeveld, R. Much +16
The XMM-OM instrument extends the spectral coverage of the XMM-Newton observatory into the ultraviolet and optical range. It provides imaging and time-resolved data on targets simu…
Gaia Data Release 2: Processing the spectroscopic data
P. Sartoretti, D. Katz, M. Cropper +50
The Gaia Data Release 2 contains the 1st release of radial velocities complementing the kinematic data of a sample of about 7 million relatively bright, late-type stars. Aims: This…
Paper II: Calibration of the Swift ultraviolet/optical telescope
A. A. Breeveld, P. A. Curran, E. A. Hoversten +32
The Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) is one of three instruments onboard the Swift observatory. The photometric calibration has been published, and this paper follows up with d…
Gaia Early Data Release 3: Updated radial velocities from Gaia DR2
G. Seabroke, C. Fabricius, D. Teyssier +40
Gaia's Early Third Data Release (EDR3) does not contain new radial velocities because these will be published in Gaia's full third data release (DR3), expected in the first half of…
Gaia Data Release 2: Properties and validation of the radial velocities
D. Katz, P. Sartoretti, M. Cropper +51
For Gaia DR2 (GDR2), 280 million spectra, collected by the RVS instrument on-board Gaia, were processed and median radial velocities were derived for 9.8 million sources brighter t…
Photometric Calibration of the Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope
T. S. Poole, A. A. Breeveld, M. J. Page +28
We present the photometric calibration of the Swift UltraViolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) which includes: optimum photometric and background apertures, effective area curves, colour…
Gaia Data Release 2: The catalogue of radial velocity standard stars
C. Soubiran, G. Jasniewicz, L. Chemin +39
Aims. The Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) on board the ESA satellite mission Gaia has no calibration device. Therefore, the radial velocity zero point needs to be calibrated wit…