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most citedThe MUSE second-generation VLT instrument

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astro-ph.IM2022★ 879 cited

The MUSE second-generation VLT instrument

Bacon R., Accardo M., Adjali L. +65

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph currently in manufacturing, assembly and integration phase. MUSE has a…

astro-ph.IM2022

A 50 mK test bench for demonstration of the readout chain of Athena/X-IFU

Florent Castellani, Sophie Beaumont, François Pajot +22

The X-IFU (X-ray Integral Field Unit) onboard the large ESA mission Athena (Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics), planned to be launched in the mid 2030s, will be a cry…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 2 cited

The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase

Didier Barret, Vincent Albouys, Jan-Willem den Herder +296

The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer, studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray Observatory, a versatile ob…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 4 cited

A test platform for the detection and readout chain for the Athena X-IFU

Gabriele Betancourt-Martinez, François Pajot, Sophie Beaumont +26

We present a test platform for the Athena X-IFU detection chain, which will serve as the first demonstration of the representative end-to-end detection and readout chain for the X-…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 172 cited

SPIRou: nIR velocimetry & spectropolarimetry at the CFHT

J. -F. Donati, D. Kouach, C. Moutou +63

This paper presents an overview of SPIRou, the new-generation near-infrared spectropolarimeter / precision velocimeter recently installed on the 3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescop…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 132 cited

SPIRou: the near-infrared spectropolarimeter/high-precision velocimeter for the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope

Étienne Artigau, Driss Kouach, Jean-François Donati +30

SPIRou is a near-IR échelle spectropolarimeter and high-precision velocimeter under construction as a next-generation instrument for the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope. It is desig…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 17 cited

The Atmospheric Monitoring system of the JEM-EUSO telescope

S. Toscano, A. Neronov, M. D. Rodríguez Frías +1

The JEM-EUSO observatory on board of the International Space Station (ISS) is a proposed pioneering space mission devoted to the investigation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHE…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 138 cited

An evaluation of the exposure in nadir observation of the JEM-EUSO mission

J. H. Adams, S. Ahmad, J. -N. Albert +258

We evaluate the exposure during nadir observations with JEM-EUSO, the Extreme Universe Space Observatory, on-board the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 13 cited

The JEM-EUSO Mission: Status and Prospects in 2011

EUSO Collaboration, J. H. Adams, S. Ahmad +256

Contributions of the JEM-EUSO Collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, August, 2011.

astro-ph2006★ 15 cited

Probing unexplored territories with MUSE: a second generation instrument for the VLT

R. Bacon, S. Bauer, P. Boehm +57

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation VLT panoramic integral-field spectrograph under preliminary design study. MUSE has a field of 1x1 arcmin**2 samp…