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most citedThe Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope I. Overview of the instrument and its capabilities

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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.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

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.IM2024★ 114 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 103 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

Euclid's Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer ready for flight -- review of final performance

E. Medinaceli, L. Valenziano, N. Auricchio +44

ESA's mission Euclid, while undertaking its final integration stage, is fully qualified. Euclid will perform an extragalactic survey () by observing in the visible and near-…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 4 cited

Euclid Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer instrument flight model presentation, performance and ground calibration results summary

T. Maciaszek, A. Ealet, W. Gillard +95

The NISP (Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer) is one of the two Euclid instruments. It operates in the near-IR spectral region (950-2020nm) as a photometer and spectrometer.…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 665 cited

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope I. Overview of the instrument and its capabilities

P. Jakobsen, P. Ferruit, C. Alves de Oliveira +68

We provide an overview of the design and capabilities of the near-infrared spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the James Webb Space Telescope. NIRSpec is designed to be capable of carry…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 27 cited

Ariel: Enabling planetary science across light-years

Giovanna Tinetti, Paul Eccleston, Carole Haswell +313

Ariel, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, was adopted as the fourth medium-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme to be launched in 2029. Durin…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 97 cited

The Euclid mission design

Giuseppe D Racca, Rene Laureijs, Luca Stagnaro +39

Euclid is a space-based optical/near-infrared survey mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) to investigate the nature of dark energy, dark matter and gravity by observing the g…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 55 cited

VIS: the visible imager for Euclid

Mark Cropper, S. Pottinger, S. Niemi +33

Euclid-VIS is the large format visible imager for the ESA Euclid space mission in their Cosmic Vision program, scheduled for launch in 2020. Together with the near infrared imaging…