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astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

Pointing Accuracy Improvements for the South Pole Telescope with Machine Learning

P. M. Chichura, A. Rahlin, A. J. Anderson +93

We present improvements to the pointing accuracy of the South Pole Telescope (SPT) using machine learning. The ability of the SPT to point accurately at the sky is limited by its s…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: Testing the Lyot coronograph prototypes

Pierre Baudoz, Elsa Huby, Olivier Dupuis +3

MICADO, the European Extremely Large Telescope first light imager will feature a dedicated high contrast imaging mode specifically designed for observing and characterizing exoplan…

astro-ph.IM2024

Bayesian Deconvolution of Astronomical Images with Diffusion Models: Quantifying Prior-Driven Features in Reconstructions

Alessio Spagnoletti, Alexandre Boucaud, Marc Huertas-Company +2

Deconvolution of astronomical images is a key aspect of recovering the intrinsic properties of celestial objects, especially when considering ground-based observations. This paper…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 7 cited

Infrared photometry with InGaAs detectors: First light with SPECULOOS

Peter P. Pedersen, Didier Queloz, Lionel Garcia +15

We present the photometric performance of SPIRIT, a ground-based near-infrared InGaAs CMOS-based instrument (1280 by 1024 pixels, 12 micron pitch), using on-sky results from the SP…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 30 cited

First Very Long Baseline Interferometry Detections at 870μm

Alexander W. Raymond, Sheperd S. Doeleman, Keiichi Asada +276

The first very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) detections at 870m wavelength (345GHz frequency) are reported, achieving the highest diffraction-limited angular resolutio…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 33 cited

Selective Dynamical Imaging of Interferometric Data

Joseph Farah, Peter Galison, Kazunori Akiyama +16

Recent developments in very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) have made it possible for the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) to resolve the innermost accretion flows of the largest…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 7 cited

POEMMA-Balloon with Radio: a balloon-born multi-messenger multi-detector observatory

Matteo Battisti, Johannes Eser, Angela Olinto +1

The Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) is a proposed dual-satellite mission to observe Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs), increasing the statistics at the…

astro-ph.IM2024

Mid-order wavefront control for exoplanet imaging: preliminary characterization of the segmented deformable mirror and Zernike wavefront sensor on HiCAT

B. Buralli, M. N'Diaye, R. Pourcelot +13

We study a mid-order wavefront sensor (MOWFS) to address fine cophasing errors in exoplanet imaging with future large segmented aperture space telescopes. Observing Earth analogs a…

astro-ph.IM2024

What trade-off for astronomy between greenhouse gas emissions and the societal benefits? A sociological approach

P. Hennebelle, M. Barsuglia, F. Billebaud +6

The threat posed to humanity by global warming has led scientists to question the nature of their activities and the need to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from research. Unti…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

Photonic chip for visible interferometry: laboratory characterization and comparison with the theoretical model

Manon Lallement, Sylvestre Lacour, Elsa Huby +15

Integrated optics are used to achieve astronomical interferometry inside robust and compact materials, improving the instruments stability and sensitivity. In order to perform diff…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 5 cited

Photonic beam-combiner for visible interferometry with SCExAO/FIRST: laboratory characterization and design optimization

Manon Lallement, Elsa Huby, Sylvestre Lacour +15

Integrated optics are used to achieve astronomical interferometry inside robust and compact materials, improving the instrument's stability and sensitivity. In order to perform dif…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

The Blending ToolKit: A simulation framework for evaluation of galaxy detection and deblending

Ismael Mendoza, Andrii Torchylo, Thomas Sainrat +18

We present an open source Python library for simulating overlapping (i.e., blended) images of galaxies and performing self-consistent comparisons of detection and deblending algori…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: Sparse Aperture Masks, design and simulations

Elsa Huby, Pierre Baudoz, Sylvestre Lacour +3

MICADO, the European Extremely Large Telescope first light imager will feature a dedicated high contrast imaging mode specifically designed for observing and characterizing exoplan…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

The Fluorescence Camera of the POEMMA-Balloon with Radio (PBR): Design and Scientific goals

Matteo Battisti, Johannes Eser, George Filippatos +4

The POEMMA-Balloon with Radio (PBR) is a proposed payload to fly on a NASA Super Pressure Balloon (SPB). It will act as a pathfinder of the Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astroph…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 3 cited

MADNESS Deblender: Maximum A posteriori with Deep NEural networks for Source Separation

Biswajit Biswas, Eric Aubourg, Alexandre Boucaud +4

Due to the unprecedented depth of the upcoming ground-based Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, approximately two-thirds of the galaxies are li…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 6 cited

GRANDlib: A simulation pipeline for the Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection (GRAND)

GRAND Collaboration, Rafael Alves Batista, Aurélien Benoit-Lévy +112

The operation of upcoming ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray, gamma-ray, and neutrino radio-detection experiments, like the Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection (GRAND), poses signif…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

In-Flight Performance of Spider's 280 GHz Receivers

Elle C. Shaw, P. A. R. Ade, S. Akers +84

SPIDER is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the cosmic microwave background at degree-angular scales in the presence of Galactic foregrounds. SPIDER has mapped a large sky…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 3 cited

Multi-dimensional optimisation of the scanning strategy for the LiteBIRD space mission

Y. Takase, L. Vacher, H. Ishino +105

Large angular scale surveys in the absence of atmosphere are essential for measuring the primordial -mode power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Since this pro…

astro-ph.IM2024

Tilt-to-length coupling in LISA Pathfinder: long-term stability

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird +75

The tilt-to-length coupling during the LISA Pathfinder mission has been numerically and analytically modeled for particular timespans. In this work, we investigate the long-term st…

astro-ph.IM2024

Bolometric interferometry and spectral: a QUBIC overview

Tom Laclavère

The Q \& U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a new kind of cosmological instrument that uses interferometry to observe the sky. The unique synthesized beam of QUBI…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Best of both worlds: Fusing hyperspectral data from two generations of spectro-imagers for X-ray astrophysics

Julia Lascar, Jérôme Bobin, Fabio Acero

With the launch of the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and the advent of microcalorimeter detectors, X-ray astrophysics is entering in a new era of spatially resolve…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 12 cited

Precision measurements of the magnetic parameters of LISA Pathfinder test masses

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird +76

A precise characterization of the magnetic properties of LISA Pathfinder free falling test-masses is of special interest for future gravitational wave observatory in space. Magneti…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 13 cited

Magnetic-induced force noise in LISA Pathfinder free-falling test masses

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird +76

LISA Pathfinder was a mission designed to test key technologies required for gravitational wave detection in space. Magnetically driven forces play a key role in the instrument sen…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

Numerical simulations for the SAXO+ upgrade: Performance analysis of the adaptive optics system

Charles Goulas, Raphaël Galicher, Fabrice Vidal +16

SPHERE, operating at the VLT since 2014, is currently one of the high-contrast instruments with a higher performance. Its adaptive optics system, known as SAXO, will be upgraded to…