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20182026
most citedThe Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph for the VLT

42 citations · 68 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

The VLT/ERIS grating vector Apodizing Phase Plate coronagraph

M. A. Kenworthy, F. A. Dannert, J. Hayoz +29

We describe the design, laboratory manufacture, and on-sky testing of the grating vector apodizing phase plate (gvAPP) coronagraph for the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrogra…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The gas streamer G1-2-3 in the Galactic Center

S. Gillessen, F. Eisenhauer, J. Cuadra +61

The black hole in the Galactic Center, Sgr A*, is prototypical for ultra-low-fed galactic nuclei. The discovery of a hand-full of gas clumps in the realm of a few Earth masses in i…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 5 cited

High-contrast spectroscopy with the new VLT/ERIS instrument: Molecular maps and radial velocity of the gas giant AF Lep b

Jean Hayoz, Markus Johannes Bonse, Felix Dannert +66

The Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS) is the new Adaptive-Optics (AO) assisted Infrared instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Its refurbished Integral Fiel…

astro-ph.IM2024

The VLT/ERIS vortex coronagraph: design, pointing control, and on-sky performance

Gilles Orban de Xivry, Olivier Absil, Robert J. De Rosa +14

The Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS) is the new near-infrared instrument at the VLT-UT4. ERIS replaces and extends the observational capabilities formerly provide…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

SOUL at LBT: commissioning results, science and future

Enrico Pinna, Fabio Rossi, Guido Agapito +27

The SOUL systems at the Large Bincoular Telescope can be seen such as precursor for the ELT SCAO systems, combining together key technologies such as EMCCD, Pyramid WFS and adaptiv…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

MORFEO enters final design phase

Lorenzo Busoni, Guido Agapito, Alessandro Ballone +81

MORFEO (Multi-conjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations, formerly MAORY), the MCAO system for the ELT, will provide diffraction-limited optical quality to the large fiel…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

GMP-selected dual and lensed AGNs: selection function and classification based on near-IR colors and resolved spectra from VLT/ERIS, KECK/OSIRIS, and LBT/LUCI

F. Mannucci, M. Scialpi, A. Ciurlo +44

The Gaia-Multi-Peak (GMP) technique can be used to identify large numbers of dual or lensed AGN candidates at sub-arcsec separation, allowing us to study both multiple SMBHs in the…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 42 cited

The Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph for the VLT

R. Davies, O. Absil, G. Agapito +81

ERIS, the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph, is an instrument that both extends and enhances the fundamental diffraction limited imaging and spectroscopy capability for t…

astro-ph.IM2022

The simulator of the VLT Deformable Secondary Mirror: a test tool for adaptive optics instruments for the Yepun-UT4 telescope

Runa Briguglio, Armando Riccardi, Luca Carbonaro +3

The Deformable Mirror Simulator (DMS) is an optical device reproducing the F/13 beam from the adaptive secondary mirror of the Very Large Telescope UT4. The system has been designe…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 7 cited

MAORY: A Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY for ELT

Paolo Ciliegi, Guido Agapito, Matteo Aliverti +73

MAORY is the adaptive optics module for ELT providing two gravity invariant ports with the same optical quality for two different client instruments. It enable high angular resolut…

astro-ph.IM2021

Bringing SOUL on sky

Enrico Pinna, Fabio Rossi, Alfio Puglisi +20

The SOUL project is upgrading the 4 SCAO systems of LBT, pushing the current guide star limits of about 2 magnitudes fainter thanks to Electron Multiplied CCD detector. This improv…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 5 cited

ERIS: revitalising an adaptive optics instrument for the VLT

Richard Davies, Simone Esposito, Hans Martin Schmid +63

ERIS is an instrument that will both extend and enhance the fundamental diffraction limited imaging and spectroscopy capability for the VLT. It will replace two instruments that ar…