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astro-ph.IM2026

Toward the Italian Astronomical Community's Contribution to HWO: Science, Technology, and Instrument Concepts

A. Fontana, F. Annibali, N. Antonietti +101

This paper summarizes the interest of the Italian astronomical community in the possible participation in the development of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). It is largely b…

astro-ph.IM2026

ANDES, the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT: design and performance analysis of the YJH spectrograph

Vinooja Thurairethinam, David Lee, James Stevenson +29

The ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph (ANDES) is a powerful second-generation high-resolution spectroscopic instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). The UBV…

astro-ph.IM2026

ANDES, the high-resolution spectrograph of the ELT: simulated performance of the CORO module and overview of the high-contrast capabilities for exoplanet observations

M. N'Diaye, A. Simonnin, A. Spang +19

We present the simulated performance of the coronagraph (CORO) module for ANDES, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) high-resolution spectrograph. ANDES aims to address a broad ran…

astro-ph.IM2024

End-to-End simulation framework for astronomical spectrographs: SOXS, CUBES and ANDES

A. Scaudo, M. Genoni, G. Li Causi +73

We present our numerical simulation approach for the End-to-End (E2E) model applied to various astronomical spectrographs, such as SOXS (ESO-NTT), CUBES (ESO-VLT), and ANDES (ESO-E…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: science goals, project overview and future developments

A. Marconi, M. Abreu, V. Adibekyan +286

The first generation of ELT instruments includes an optical-infrared high-resolution spectrograph, indicated as ELT-HIRES and recently christened ANDES (ArmazoNes high Dispersion E…

astro-ph.IM2024

Progress on FORS-Up: the first instrument using ELT technologies

H. M. J. Boffin, V. Baldini, S. Bertocco +21

ESO is in the process of upgrading one of the two FORS (FOcal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph) instruments - a multi-mode (imaging, polarimetry, long-slit, and multi-object spe…

astro-ph.IM2024

ANDES, the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT: RIZ Spectrograph preliminary design

Bruno Chazelas, Yevgeniy Ivanisenko, Audrey Lanotte +44

We present here the preliminary design of the RIZ module, one of the visible spectrographs of the ANDES instrument 1. It is a fiber-fed high-resolution, high-stability spectrograph…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 8 cited

Ground-breaking Exoplanet Science with the ANDES spectrograph at the ELT

Enric Palle, Katia Biazzo, Emeline Bolmont +56

In the past decade the study of exoplanet atmospheres at high-spectral resolution, via transmission/emission spectroscopy and cross-correlation techniques for atomic/molecular mapp…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

The discovery space of ELT-ANDES. Stars and stellar populations

Ian U. Roederer, Julián D. Alvarado-Gómez, Carlos Allende Prieto +31

The ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph (ANDES) is the optical and near-infrared high-resolution echelle spectrograph envisioned for the European Extremely Large Telesco…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

CUBES: a UV spectrograph for the future

S. Covino, S. Cristiani, J. M. Alcala' +86

In spite of the advent of extremely large telescopes in the UV/optical/NIR range, the current generation of 8-10m facilities is likely to remain competitive at ground-UV wavelength…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

The CUBES Science Case

Chris Evans, Stefano Cristiani, Cyrielle Opitom +51

We introduce the scientific motivations for the development of the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph (CUBES) that is now in construction for the Very Large Telescope. The as…

astro-ph.IM2022

CUBES and its software ecosystem: instrument simulation, control, and data processing

Giorgio Calderone, Roberto Cirami, Guido Cupani +11

CUBES (Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph) is the recently approved high-efficiency VLT spectrograph aimed to observe the sky in the UV ground-based region (305-400 nm) with…

astro-ph.IM2022

CUBES, the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph

S. Cristiani, J. M. Alcalá, S. H. P. Alencar +74

In the era of Extremely Large Telescopes, the current generation of 8-10m facilities are likely to remain competitive at ground-UV wavelengths for the foreseeable future. The Casse…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 7 cited

CUBES Phase A design overview -- The Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph for the Very Large Telescope

Alessio Zanutta, Stefano Cristiani, David Atkinson +51

We present the baseline conceptual design of the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph (CUBES) for the Very Large Telescope. CUBES will provide unprecedented sensitivity for spe…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 46 cited

Fundamental physics with Espresso: Towards an accurate wavelength calibration for a precision test of the fine-structure constant

Tobias M. Schmidt, Paolo Molaro, Michael T. Murphy +56

Observations of metal absorption systems in the spectra of distant quasars allow to constrain a possible variation of the fine-structure constant throughout the history of the Univ…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 1 cited

HIRES, the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT

Alessandro Marconi, Manuel Abreu, Vardan Adibekyan +99

HIRES will be the high-resolution spectrograph of the European Extremely Large Telescope at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. It consists of three fibre-fed spectrographs prov…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 13 cited

Rotational and rotational-vibrational Raman spectroscopy of air to characterize astronomical spectrographs

F. P. A. Vogt, F. Kerber, A. Mehner +14

Raman scattering enables unforeseen uses for the laser guide-star system of the Very Large Telescope. Here, we present the observation of one up-link sodium laser beam acquired wit…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 56 cited

EELT-HIRES the high-resolution spectrograph for the E-ELT

A. Marconi, P. Di Marcantonio, V. D'Odorico +70

The first generation of E-ELT instruments will include an optical-infrared High Resolution Spectrograph, conventionally indicated as EELT-HIRES, which will be capable of providing…

astro-ph.IM2015

A Flexible and Modular Data Reduction Library for Fiber-fed Echelle Spectrographs

Danuta Sosnowska, Christophe Lovis, Pedro Figueira +4

Within the ESPRESSO project a new flexible data reduction library is being built. ESPRESSO, the Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectral Observations is a fibe…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 4 cited

Data Analysis Software for the ESPRESSO Science Machine

Guido Cupani, Valentina D'Odorico, Stefano Cristiani +6

ESPRESSO is an extremely stable high-resolution spectrograph which is currently being developed for the ESO VLT. With its groundbreaking characteristics it is aimed to be a "scienc…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 5 cited

ESPRESSO: The next European exoplanet hunter

F. Pepe, P. Molaro, S. Cristiani +55

The acronym ESPRESSO stems for Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectroscopic Observations; this instrument will be the next VLT high resolution spectrograph. T…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 1.2k cited

X-shooter, the new wide band intermediate resolution spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescope

Joel Vernet, H. Dekker, S. D'Odorico +87

X-shooter is the first 2nd generation instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope(VLT). It is a very efficient, single-target, intermediate-resolution spectrograph that was installe…