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most citedGaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

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75 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q2) -- The Euclid Galactic Bulge Survey

J. -P. Beaulieu, E. Bachelet, M. Gilles +173

The Euclid Quick Data Release Q2 provides an unprecedented deep, wide-field, high-angular-resolution view of the inner Galactic bulge through the Euclid Galactic Bulge Survey (EGBS…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid: Precise inference of defocus wavefront error from image diffraction spike measurements

D. Neumann, L. Miller, H. Hoekstra +146

The success of the Euclid cosmological weak lensing measurements requires unprecedented knowledge of the point spread function (PSF) shape. Defocus wavefront errors induce variatio…

astro-ph.EP2026

Euclid: Asteroid rotation periods from the Euclid Ecliptic Survey

B. Y. Irureta-Goyena, B. Altieri, J. -P. Kneib +142

The Euclid Ecliptic Survey was conducted during the calibration phase of the mission, 23-31 December 2023, as a campaign to study Solar System objects. We used data from this surve…

astro-ph.IM2026

Euclid: An automated system to match Rubin transient alerts to Euclid observations

C. Duffy, I. M. Hook, C. M. Gutierrez +150

The Vera C. Rubin observatory is expected to produce 10 million transient alerts per night in ugrizy filters, whilst Euclid is a visible to near-infrared space telescope engaged in…

astro-ph.IM2026

Euclid. Properties and performance of the NISP signal estimator

Euclid Collaboration, F. Cogato, B. Kubik +292

The Euclid spacecraft, located at the second Lagrangian point of the Sun-Earth system, hosts the Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) instrument. NISP is equipped with…

astro-ph.IM2025

Euclid Structural-Thermal-Optical Performance

Euclid Collaboration, A. Anselmi, R. Laureijs +290

The Euclid system performance is defined in terms of image quality metrics tuned to the weak gravitational lensing (WL) cosmological probe. WL induces stringent requirements on the…

astro-ph.CO2025

Euclid preparation. XCVIII. Cosmology Likelihood for Observables in Euclid (CLOE). 5: Extensions beyond the standard modelling of theoretical probes and systematic effects

Euclid Collaboration, L. W. K. Goh, A. Nouri-Zonoz +301

Euclid is expected to establish new state-of-the-art constraints on extensions beyond the standard LCDM cosmological model by measuring the positions and shapes of billions of gala…

physics.ins-det2025

Euclid: Methodology for derivation of IPC-corrected conversion gain of nonlinear CMOS APS

J. Le Graet, A. Secroun, M. Tourneur-Silvain +121

We introduce a fast method to measure the conversion gain in Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductors (CMOS) Active Pixel Sensors (APS), which accounts for nonlinearity and interpi…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 2 cited

Euclid preparation. Overview of Euclid infrared detector performance from ground tests

Euclid Collaboration, B. Kubik, R. Barbier +341

The paper describes the objectives, design and findings of the pre-launch ground characterisation campaigns of the Euclid infrared detectors. The pixel properties, including baseli…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 2 cited

Euclid VI. NISP-P optical ghosts

Euclid Collaboration, K. Paterson, M. Schirmer +309

The Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) onboard Euclid includes several optical elements in its path, which introduce artefacts into the data from non-nominal light pa…

astro-ph.IM2025

Performance of the image persistence model for Euclid infrared detectors

B. Kubik, R. Barbier, G. Smadja +99

Large-format infrared detectors are at the heart of major ground and space-based astronomical instruments, and the HgCdTe HxRG is the most widely used. The Near Infrared Spectromet…

astro-ph.IM2025

Euclid preparation: The NISP spectroscopy channel, on ground performance and calibration

Euclid Collaboration, W. Gillard, T. Maciaszek +356

ESA's Euclid cosmology mission relies on the very sensitive and accurately calibrated spectroscopy channel of the Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP). With three opera…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

Euclid: Star clusters in IC 342, NGC 2403, and Holmberg II

S. S. Larsen, A. M. N. Ferguson, J. M. Howell +156

We examine the star cluster populations in the three nearby galaxies IC 342, NGC 2403, and Holmberg II, observed as part of the Euclid Early Release Observations programme. Our mai…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 2 cited

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). The first catalogue of strong-lensing galaxy clusters

Euclid Collaboration, P. Bergamini, M. Meneghetti +375

We present the first catalogue of strong lensing galaxy clusters identified in the Euclid Quick Release 1 observations (covering ). This catalogue is the resu…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1): First visual morphology catalogue

Euclid Collaboration, M. Walmsley, M. Huertas-Company +352

We present a detailed visual morphology catalogue for Euclid's Quick Release 1 (Q1). Our catalogue includes galaxy features such as bars, spiral arms, and ongoing mergers, for the…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 15 cited

Euclid: A complete Einstein ring in NGC 6505

C. M. O'Riordan, L. J. Oldham, A. Nersesian +195

We report the discovery of a complete Einstein ring around the elliptical galaxy NGC 6505, at . This is the first strong gravitational lens discovered in Euclid and the fi…

astro-ph.IM2025

Euclid: Detecting Solar System objects in Euclid images and classifying them using Kohonen self-organising maps

A. A. Nucita, L. Conversi, A. Verdier +141

The ESA Euclid mission will survey more than 14,000 deg of the sky in visible and near-infrared wavelengths, mapping the extra-galactic sky to constrain our cosmological model…

physics.ins-det2024

Tracking radiation damage of Euclid VIS detectors after 1 year in space

Jesper Skottfelt, Matt Wander, Mark Cropper +13

Due to the space radiation environment at L2, ESA's Euclid mission will be subject to a large amount of highly energetic particles over its lifetime. These particles can cause dama…

astro-ph.GA2024

Euclid: Early Release Observations -- A preview of the Euclid era through a galaxy cluster magnifying lens

H. Atek, R. Gavazzi, J. R. Weaver +200

We present the first analysis of the Euclid Early Release Observations (ERO) program that targets fields around two lensing clusters, Abell 2390 and Abell 2764. We use VIS and NISP…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 40 cited

Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Dwarf galaxies in the Perseus galaxy cluster

F. R. Marleau, J. -C. Cuillandre, M. Cantiello +193

We make use of the unprecedented depth, spatial resolution, and field of view of the Euclid Early Release Observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster to detect and characterise the…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 20 cited

Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Overview of the Perseus cluster and analysis of its luminosity and stellar mass functions

J. -C. Cuillandre, M. Bolzonella, A. Boselli +199

The Euclid ERO programme targeted the Perseus cluster of galaxies, gathering deep data in the central region of the cluster over 0.7 square degree, corresponding to approximately 0…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 23 cited

Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Globular clusters in the Fornax galaxy cluster, from dwarf galaxies to the intracluster field

T. Saifollahi, K. Voggel, A. Lançon +196

We present an analysis of Euclid observations of a 0.5 deg field in the central region of the Fornax galaxy cluster that were acquired during the performance verification phase…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 30 cited

Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Deep anatomy of nearby galaxies

L. K. Hunt, F. Annibali, J. -C. Cuillandre +196

Euclid is poised to make significant advances in the study of nearby galaxies in the local Universe. Here we present a first look at 6 galaxies observed for the Nearby Galaxy Showc…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 13 cited

Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Unveiling the morphology of two Milky Way globular clusters out to their periphery

D. Massari, E. Dalessandro, D. Erkal +158

As part of the Euclid Early Release Observations (ERO) programme, we analyse deep, wide-field imaging from the VIS and NISP instruments of two Milky Way globular clusters (GCs), na…