5 papers
Euclid. II. The VIS Instrument
Euclid Collaboration, M. S. Cropper, A. Al-Bahlawan +432
This paper presents the specification, design, and development of the Visible Camera (VIS) on the ESA Euclid mission. VIS is a large optical-band imager with a field of view of 0.5…
Euclid. I. Overview of the Euclid mission
Euclid Collaboration, Y. Mellier, Abdurro'uf +1134
The current standard model of cosmology successfully describes a variety of measurements, but the nature of its main ingredients, dark matter and dark energy, remains unknown. Eucl…
Euclid. IV. The NISP Calibration Unit
Euclid Collaboration, F. Hormuth, K. Jahnke +332
The near-infrared calibration unit (NI-CU) on board Euclid's Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) is the first astronomical calibration lamp based on light-emitting dio…
Euclid. V. The Flagship galaxy mock catalogue: a comprehensive simulation for the Euclid mission
Euclid Collaboration, F. J. Castander, P. Fosalba +366
We present the Flagship galaxy mock, a simulated catalogue of billions of galaxies designed to support the scientific exploitation of the Euclid mission. Euclid is a medium-class m…
Euclid. III. The NISP Instrument
Euclid Collaboration, K. Jahnke, W. Gillard +434
The Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) on board the Euclid satellite provides multiband photometry and R>=450 slitless grism spectroscopy in the 950-2020nm wavelength…