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most citedThe HOSTS survey: evidence for an extended dust disk and constraints on the presence of giant planets in the Habitable Zone of Leo

13 citations · 27 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

astro-ph.IM20214 cited

Advances in control of a Pyramid Single Conjugate Adaptive Optics system

Guido Agapito, Fabio Rossi, Cedric Plantet +2

Adaptive optics systems are an essential technology for the modern astronomy for ground based telescopes. One of the most recent revolution in the field is the introduction of the…

astro-ph.IM20217 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.EP202113 cited

The HOSTS survey: evidence for an extended dust disk and constraints on the presence of giant planets in the Habitable Zone of Leo

D. Defrère, P. M. Hinz, G. M. Kennedy +38

The young (50-400 Myr) A3V star Leo is a primary target to study the formation history and evolution of extrasolar planetary systems as one of the few stars with known hot ($\s…

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.IM2020

EMCCD for Pyramid wavefront sensor: laboratory characterization

Guido Agapito, Tommaso Mazzoni, Fabio Rossi +3

Electro-Multiplying CCDs offer a unique combination of speed, sub-electron noise and quantum efficiency. These features make them extremely attractive for astronomical adaptive opt…

astro-ph.IM20203 cited

MAORY AO performances

Guido Agapito, Cedric Plantet, Lorenzo Busoni +7

The Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY (MAORY) should provide 30% SR in K band (50% goal) on half of the sky at the South Galactic Pole. Assessing its performance and the sensit…