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20242026
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6 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Euclid: Calibrating distances from surface brightness fluctuations with Early Release Observations of the Fornax cluster

R. Habas, M. Cantiello, G. Riccio +169

Surface brightness fluctuations (SBF), the pixel-to-pixel variations in flux that arise from the statistical distribution of stars in galaxy images, provide a powerful tool to meas…

astro-ph.GA2026

From DES to KiDS: Domain adaptation for cross-survey detection of low-surface-brightness galaxies

Hareesh Thuruthipilly, Krzysztof Lisiecki, Junais +19

Low-surface-brightness galaxies (LSBGs) are vital for understanding galaxy formation, but their diffuse nature makes them challenging to detect. Upcoming large-scale surveys are ex…

astro-ph.GA2025

FAST-SBF: an automatic procedure for the measurement of Surface Brightness Fluctuations for large sky surveys

Gabriele Riccio, Michele Cantiello, Rebecca Habas +9

The Surface Brightness Fluctuation method is one of the most reliable and efficient ways of measuring distances to galaxies within 100 Mpc. While recent implementations have increa…

gr-qc2025

The Science of the Einstein Telescope

Adrian Abac, Raul Abramo, Simone Albanesi +485

Einstein Telescope (ET) is the European project for a gravitational-wave (GW) observatory of third-generation. In this paper we present a comprehensive discussion of its science ob…

astro-ph.GA2024

VEGAS-SSS: An intra-group component in the globular cluster system of NGC 5018 group of galaxies using VST data

Pratik Lonare, Michele Cantiello, Marco Mirabile +7

Globular clusters (GCs) are fossil tracer of formation and evolution of galaxies and studying their properties provides crucial insights into past formation and interaction events.…

astro-ph.IM2024

Rubin ToO 2024: Envisioning the Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Target of Opportunity program

Igor Andreoni, Raffaella Margutti, John Banovetz +86

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) at Vera C. Rubin Observatory is planned to begin in the Fall of 2025. The LSST survey cadence has been designed via a community-driven pr…