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astro-ph.IM2022★ 54 cited

Gaia Data Release 3: Gaia scan-angle dependent signals and spurious periods

B. Holl, C. Fabricius, J. Portell +23

Context: Gaia DR3 time series data may contain spurious signals related to the time-dependent scan angle. Aims: We aim to explain the origin of scan-angle dependent signals and how…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 1.2k cited

Gaia Early Data Release 3: The astrometric solution

L. Lindegren, S. A. Klioner, J. Hernández +94

Gaia Early Data Release 3 (Gaia EDR3) contains results for 1.812 billion sources in the magnitude range G = 3 to 21 based on observations collected by the European Space Agency Gai…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 20 cited

Gaia Data Release 2. Short-timescale variability processing and analysis

M. Roelens, L. Eyer, N. Mowlavi +13

The Gaia DR2 sample of short-timescale variable candidates results from the investigation of the first 22 months of Gaia photometry for a subsample of sources at the Gaia faint end…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 211 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: Properties and validation of the radial velocities

D. Katz, P. Sartoretti, M. Cropper +51

For Gaia DR2 (GDR2), 280 million spectra, collected by the RVS instrument on-board Gaia, were processed and median radial velocities were derived for 9.8 million sources brighter t…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 243 cited

Gaia Radial Velocity Spectrometer

M. Cropper, D. Katz, P. Sartoretti +40

This paper presents the specification, design, and development of the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) on the European Space Agency's Gaia mission. Starting with the rationale fo…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 756 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: Photometric content and validation

D. W. Evans, M. Riello, F. De Angeli +9

Aims. We describe the photometric content of the second data release of the Gaia project (Gaia DR2) and its validation along with the quality of the data. Methods. The validation w…

astro-ph.IM2016

The Milky Way's halo in 6D: Gaia's Radial Velocity Spectrometer performance

George Seabroke, Mark Cropper, David Katz +9

Gaia's Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) has been operating in routine phase for over one year since initial commissioning. RVS continues to work well but the higher than expected…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 13 cited

Gaia on-board metrology: basic angle and best focus

A. Mora, M. Biermann, A. G. A. Brown +21

The Gaia payload ensures maximum passive stability using a single material, SiC, for most of its elements. Dedicated metrology instruments are, however, required to carry out two f…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 44 cited

Observing Extended Sources with the \Herschel SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer

Ronin Wu, Edward T. Polehampton, Mireya Etxaluze +20

The Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) on the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory utilizes a pioneering design for its imaging spectrometer in the for…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 3 cited

Impacts of The Radiation Environment At L2 On Bolometers Onboard The Herschel Space Observatory

Benoît Horeau, Olivier Boulade, Arnaud Claret +7

We present the effects of cosmic rays on the detectors onboard the Herschel satellite. We describe in particular the glitches observed on the two types of cryogenic far- infrared b…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 106 cited

The first release of data from the Herschel ATLAS: the SPIRE images

E. Pascale, R. Auld, A. Dariush +25

We have reduced the data taken with the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) photometer on board the Herschel Space Observatory in the Science Demonstration Phase (SDP…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 130 cited

Herschel-ATLAS: First data release of the Science Demonstration Phase source catalogues

E. E. Rigby, S. J. Maddox, L. Dunne +28

The Herschel-ATLAS is a survey of 550 square degrees with the Herschel Space Observatory in five far--infrared and submillimetre bands. The first data for the survey, observations…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 98 cited

H-ATLAS: PACS imaging for the Science Demonstration Phase

Edo Ibar, R. J. Ivison, A. Cava +26

We describe the reduction of data taken with the PACS instrument on board the Herschel Space Observatory in the Science Demonstration Phase of the Herschel-ATLAS (H-ATLAS) survey,…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 231 cited

In-flight calibration of the Herschel-SPIRE instrument

B. M. Swinyard, P. Ade, J-P. Baluteau +55

SPIRE, the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver, is the Herschel Space Observatory's submillimetre camera and spectrometer. It contains a three-band imaging photometer operati…