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most citedJupiter Science Enabled by ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

45 citations · 136 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

astro-ph.EP2023★ 45 cited

Jupiter Science Enabled by ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

Leigh N. Fletcher, Thibault Cavalié, Davide Grassi +47

ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will provide a detailed investigation of the Jovian system in the 2030s, combining a suite of state-of-the-art instruments with an orbital…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 10 cited

Probing Ganymede's atmosphere with HST Ly images in transit of Jupiter

Lorenz Roth, Gregorio Marchesini, Tracy M. Becker +6

We report results from far-ultraviolet observations by the Hubble Space Telescope of Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede transiting across the planet's dayside hemisphere. {Within} a t…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 1 cited

A New UV Spectral Feature on Europa: Confirmation of NaCl in Leading-hemisphere Chaos Terrain

Samantha K. Trumbo, Tracy M. Becker, Michael E. Brown +6

Recent visible-wavelength observations of Europa's surface obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope revealed the presence of an absorption feature near 450 nm that appears spatiall…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 45 cited

A sublimated water atmosphere on Ganymede detected from Hubble Space Telescope observations

Lorenz Roth, Nickolay Ivchenko, G. Randall Gladstone +5

Ganymede's atmosphere is produced by charged particle sputtering and sublimation of its icy surface. Previous far-ultraviolet observations of the O{\small I\,}1356-Å and O{\small I…

astro-ph.IM2020

Ultraviolet-Based Science in the Solar System: Advances and Next Steps

Amanda R. Hendrix, Tracy M. Becker, Dennis Bodewits +25

We review the importance of recent UV observations of solar system targets and discuss the need for further measurements, instrumentation and laboratory work in the coming decade.…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 1 cited

Priority Questions for Jupiter System Science in the 2020s and Opportunities for Europa Clipper

Kunio M. Sayanagi, Tracy Becker, Shawn Brooks +20

This whitepaper identifies important science questions that can be answered through exploration of the Jupiter System, with emphasis on the questions that can be addressed by the E…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 12 cited

Characterisation and Testing of CHEC-M - a camera prototype for the Small-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

J. Zorn, R. White, J. J. Watson +42

The Compact High Energy Camera (CHEC) is a camera design for the Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs; 4 m diameter mirror) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The SSTs are focused on…

astro-ph.IM2018

Feasibility and performance assessment of a practical autonomous deep space navigation system based on X-ray pulsar timing

Setnam Shemar, George Fraser, Lucy Heil +5

Shemar et al. (2016) presented results based on the output of a feasibility study for the European Space Agency (ESA) on the use of X-ray pulsars for deep space navigation, a conce…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 1 cited

Inauguration and First Light of the GCT-M Prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

J. J. Watson, A. De Franco, A. Abchiche +66

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is a candidate for the Small Size Telescopes (SSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). Its purpose is to extend the sensitivity of CTA…

astro-ph.IM2016

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

L. Tibaldo, A. Abchiche, D. Allan +67

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a forthcoming ground-based observatory for very-high-energy gamma rays. CTA will consist of two arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov teles…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 3 cited

The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Anthony M. Brown, A. Abchiche, D. Allan +63

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is proposed for the Small-Sized Telescope component of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). GCT's dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder (SC) opti…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 18 cited

The first GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

A. De Franco, R. White, D. Allan +32

The Gamma Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is proposed to be part of the Small Size Telescope (SST) array of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The GCT dual-mirror optical design allows…