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astro-ph.IM2016★ 6 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS): PCA-based automatic cleaning and reconstruction of survey spectra

A. Marchetti, B. Garilli, B. R. Granett +34

Identifying spurious reduction artefacts in galaxy spectra is a challenge for large surveys. We present an algorithm for identifying and repairing residual spurious features in sky…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 654 cited

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - I. Survey Description and Preliminary Data Release

T. W. Shimwell, H. J. A. Röttgering, P. N. Best +69

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is a deep 120-168 MHz imaging survey that will eventually cover the entire Northern sky. Each of the 3170 pointings will be observed for 8 hr…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 2.1k cited

Gaia Data Release 1. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties

Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari +5

At about 1000 days after the launch of Gaia we present the first Gaia data release, Gaia DR1, consisting of astrometry and photometry for over 1 billion sources brighter than magni…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 7.1k cited

The Gaia mission

Gaia Collaboration

Gaia is a cornerstone mission in the science programme of the European Space Agency (ESA). The spacecraft construction was approved in 2006, following a study in which the original…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 22 cited

Ultimate precision in cosmic-ray radio detection --- the SKA

Tim Huege, Justin D. Bray, Stijn Buitink +17

As of 2023, the low-frequency part of the Square Kilometre Array will go online in Australia. It will constitute the largest and most powerful low-frequency radio-astronomical obse…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 109 cited

Sardinia Radio Telescope: General Description, Technical Commissioning and First Light

P. Bolli, A. Orlati, L. Stringhetti +35

In the period 2012 June - 2013 October, the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) went through the technical commissioning phase. The characterization involved three first-light receivers…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 5 cited

The Science Case for ALMA Band 2 and Band 2+3

G. A. Fuller, A. Avison, M. Beltran +18

We discuss the science drivers for ALMA Band 2 which spans the frequency range from 67 to 90 GHz. The key science in this frequency range are the study of the deuterated molecules…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 282 cited

LOFAR facet calibration

R. J. van Weeren, W. L. Williams, M. J. Hardcastle +39

LOFAR, the Low-Frequency Array, is a powerful new radio telescope operating between 10 and 240 MHz. LOFAR allows detailed sensitive high-resolution studies of the low-frequency rad…