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20142026
most cited4MOST: Project overview and information for the First Call for Proposals

311 citations · 343 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

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

HRMOS: A High-Resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph for the VLT

Laura Magrini, Thomas Bensby, Sofia Randich +174

This White Paper presents the scientific rationale and instrument concept for HRMOS (High-Resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph), a next-generation instrument proposed for the ESO V…

astro-ph.GA2025

Mapping the Ages of Stars with Chemistry

Carlos Viscasillas Vázquez, Giada Casali, Laura Magrini +11

Chemical clocks, based on age-sensitive stellar abundance ratios, offer a powerful and scalable approach to reconstruct the formation history of the Milky Way. This white paper out…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 4 cited

CUBES, the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph: towards final design review

Matteo Genoni, Hans Dekker, Stefano Covino +39

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.IM2023★ 1 cited

HRMOS White Paper: Science Motivation

Laura Magrini, Thomas Bensby, Anna Brucalassi +52

The High-Resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph (HRMOS) is a facility instrument that we plan to propose for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO)…

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, 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★ 4 cited

Simulated observations of heavy elements with CUBES

H. Ernandes, B. Barbuy, B. Castilho +2

We investigate the feasibility of robust abundances for selected neutron-capture elements (Ge, Bi, Hf, U) from near-UV spectroscopy with the CUBES instrument now in development for…

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.IM2021★ 6 cited

Stellar astrophysics in the near UV with VLT-CUBES

H. Ernandes, C. J. Evans, B. Barbuy +10

Alongside future observations with the new European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), optimised instruments on the 8-10m generation of telescopes will still be competitive at 'groun…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 311 cited

4MOST: Project overview and information for the First Call for Proposals

R. S. de Jong, O. Agertz, A. Agudo Berbel +335

We introduce the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST), a new high-multiplex, wide-field spectroscopic survey facility under development for the four-metre-class Vis…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 8 cited

4MOST - 4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope

Eric Depagne, the 4MOST consortium

4MOST (4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope) is a spectroscopic facility that will be installed on ESO's VISTA around 2020. The science rationale of this facility are to be foun…